Covids long term side effects can ruin your love life warns

Covid’s long-term side effects can ruin your love life, warns a top psychologist

Covid’s long-term side effects can ruin your love life, as the loss of taste and smell is associated with a decrease in sexual desire, warns a leading psychologist

  • Covid sufferers may need marriage counseling in the future, says the psychologist
  • Dr Robert King said loss of smell, a symptom of Covid, could ruin a relationship
  • He said studies show that if a woman’s sense of smell changes, it can change her attractiveness.
  • His research found that women attracted to their partner’s scent have a better orgasm

Covid sufferers may need sexual therapy or marriage counseling in the future if the virus damages their sense of smell, a leading psychologist has warned.

Loss of sense of smell and taste is a common symptom of coronavirus. This is sometimes temporary, but other sufferers report long-term problems.

Dr Robert King said that smell is so important to the power of attraction that losing it – or changing it – due to a coronavirus can ruin a relationship.

He warned that women may be most affected.

Dr Robert King warns that Covid sufferers may need sexual therapy or marriage counseling in the future if the virus damages their sense of smell (image)

Dr Robert King warns that Covid sufferers may need sexual therapy or marriage counseling in the future if the virus damages their sense of smell (image)

He added that previous studies have shown that if a woman’s sense of smell is changed by factors such as birth control pills, it can “drastically change” her attraction to her partner.

Dr. King’s own study found that women who described their partner’s scent as attractive had a more intense orgasm.

An expert from the University College Cork in Ireland said his study showed that a partner’s aromatic odor predicted “energetic, deeply felt and energetic orgasmic reactions” better than all other characteristics.

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The soluble film works faster than the pill, and scientists hope it will make sex more spontaneous for men with erectile dysfunction, which affects one in ten.

Viagra, also called sildenafil, can take up to an hour to work, and some men complain that it ruins the moment.

The tape can also help 40% of men who struggle to take pills.

Researchers in Thailand hired 120 men with erectile dysfunction and gave half of them the strips to take for eight weeks and half of the same drug in pill form.

The results, published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine, show that the strips are as effective as the pills, but allow men to get aroused seven minutes faster than the pills.

Meanwhile, the Canadian company IntelGenx plans to present a similar film, which melts in the mouth, but the effect of which lasts longer, in the UK.

Other studies show that women have more cells in the area of ​​the brain that are sensitive to odor than men.

Dr King said women were likely to have developed these extra brain cells to pick up signals that would help them find a biocompatible partner so they could give birth to healthy babies.

He added: “Although it is disputed what exactly is signaled by the partner’s odor, it is not disputed that the odor is important, especially for women whose extra sensitivity to odor and 40 percent extra density of … [in this area] probably doing something important.

“Therefore, the effects of Covid are likely to be noticed by sex therapists, marriage counselors and the like in the coming months and years,” he wrote in a letter to the scientific journal Archives of Sexual Behavior.

Some scientists believe that a person’s natural odor transmits information about his immune system.

It is believed that we prefer the smell of a potential partner whose immune genes are different enough from ours to be able to give birth to a healthy baby.

Women may have developed greater sensitivity in this area because their “reproductive investment – a nine-month pregnancy – is longer than men’s.”

If a woman’s child dies, she will be less likely to continue to reproduce and so she will not pass on her genes.

Dr. King said, “So, [natural] the selection rewarded particularly picky women.

In a 2021 Italian study, a 29-year-old woman with Covid-related odor loss told researchers: “Without any evidence of odor and this strange, bitter taste when we kiss, my boyfriend has become completely unknown to me. My sexual desire is gone … I left him.

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Actress AnnaLynne McCord has been mocked for uploading a video

Actress AnnaLynne McCord defends the twisting of her toes

Actress Anna Lynn McCord defends her ugly poem about her desire to be Russian president Vladimir Putinmother and war prevention in Ukraine.

The 2:20 video went viral and generated 26.4 million views since it was released on Thursday morning.

McCord seems to show sympathy for the Russian leader, suggesting that she herself may be a dictator.

“I know how easy it was for me to move towards becoming a dictator myself,” McCord said BuzzFeed News.

“If certain circumstances in my life were different, if I was a little less inclined to healing and more to justification, I would be a darkly powerful man,” she said.

Actress Anna Lynn McCord, 34, defended her obsessive poem about her desire to be the mother of Russian President Vladimir Putin and prevent a war in Ukraine.

Actress Anna Lynn McCord, 34, defended her obsessive poem about her desire to be the mother of Russian President Vladimir Putin and prevent a war in Ukraine.

McCord, 34, published a bizarre poem online Thursday about her desire to be the mother of Russian President Vladimir Putin

McCord, 34, published a bizarre poem online Thursday about her desire to be the mother of Russian President Vladimir Putin

She said in an interview outside the poem that

She said in an interview outside the poem that “she could easily move towards becoming a dictator herself.”

The star has previously talked about her difficult upbringing, which led her to be raised in a trailer park, but said that she managed to “cure” and leave behind the difficulties.

McCord said she was motivated to share the poem after waking up “out of grief” for “children of war” and young Ukrainians experiencing war for the first time.

She told the paper how she felt about “children who grow into adults and become people who do historically horrific things”, adding that she personally understands “early life trauma”.

The former star of 90210 shared his thoughts on the Russian president Twitterprovoking harsh criticism from consumers who called McCord “selfish” and “narcissistic” for drawing attention to himself as Putin made a brutal attempt to take power Ukraine.

She began her verse with an apology to 69-year-old Putin.

“I’m very sorry I wasn’t your mother,” she said. “If I were your mother, you would be so loved, held in the arms of a joyful light.”

She told BuzzFeed that she believes her mission is to raise awareness of the changes needed within “education systems” to “protect children and stop the creation of dictators and abusers, enslavers, rapists and abusers.”

McCord suggested adding “nervous system regulation” as a “mandatory tool for young children to stop the violence pandemic”.

In the video, McCord, 34, talks about how Putin’s life would have been different if he had been embraced by her love.

Although McCord blames the family matriarch for the entire poem, Putin’s mother, Maria Shelomova, has been described by others as a kind factory worker who secretly named him during the communist era.

Details of Putin’s early life are scarce, but Putin described his mother in an interview published on the Kremlin’s website as an excellent chef who lives a normal life.

“We lived very simply cabbage soup, cutlets, pancakes,” Putin said. “But on Sundays and holidays my mother baked very tasty stuffed muffins with cabbage, meat and muffins and cottage cheese cakes.”

Although McCord blames the family matriarch for the entire poem, Putin's mother, Maria Shelomova, has been described by others as a kind factory worker who secretly named him

Although McCord blames the family matriarch for the entire poem, Putin’s mother, Maria Shelomova, has been described by others as a kind factory worker who secretly named him

The invasion was ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose widely condemned leadership is driving the world to the brink.

The invasion was ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose widely condemned leadership is driving the world to the brink.

Putin's mother Maria Shelomova

Putin’s mother Maria Shelomova

However, she hinted in the poem that she speaks metaphorically and really means Russia with her references to the “mother”.

The actress states in her poem that she would have done a better job and saved the world from war only if she had been born earlier.

“If I were your mother, the world would be warm,” she said.

Everything could have been avoided, McCord said.

“If I were your mother, if the world was cold, I would die to keep you warm,” she said. “I would die to protect you from the unjust; violence; terror; uncertainty. I would die to give you life.

Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of Ukraine this week.

Authorities say more than 100 civilians and soldiers have been killed while Russia attacks on multiple fronts across the country.

On the first day of the conflict, 57 people were killed and another 169 were injured, the Ukrainian Ministry of Health said.

Authorities in Ukraine say more than 100 civilians and soldiers have been killed

Authorities in Ukraine say more than 100 civilians and soldiers have been killed

Megan McCain led a round of criticism, tweeting:

Megan McCain led a round of criticism, tweeting: “I’m not sure if this is meant to be a parody or really everyone in Hollywood is just crazy

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Others joined in mocking the actress’ poetry, although some said they really liked it.

McCord’s poetry failed to garner much praise on Twitter, with many calling it self-centered and ridiculous.

DailyMail.com columnist Megan McCain tweeted: “I’m not sure if this is meant to be a parody or if everyone in Hollywood is just crazy.

“But I thank this actress for making me smile for the first time in 24 hours. “Enough, girl, the wars are over.”

“Calm down,” @ConceptualBIG tweeted after listening to McCord’s poem. There is no need to torture people using rales as a weapon.

Posted by @articninjapaul: “Why do celebrities keep posting their tapes from Twitter auditions?”

“This must be a war crime,” tweets @ fishontherun2.

Although most scoffed at the poem, some found it sincere.

“If you really listen to her words, instead of just making quick judgments, her idea is that blind loyalty to the state and power is an attempt by the ego to replace emotional needs that have not been met,” one person wrote on Twitter. “She’s right, too.”

Dear President Vladimir Putin

Dear President Vladimir Putin

I’m so sorry I wasn’t your mother

If I were your mother, you would be so loved

Held in the arms of joyful light

It would never be the predicament of this story

The world is unfolding before our eyes

Pure demise

To the nation that sits peacefully under the night sky

If I were your mother

The world would be warm

So much laughter and joy

And nothing would hurt

I can’t imagine the stain

The pain that steals the soul

That the little boy you must have seen and believed …

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Hundreds of Ukrainians fleeing Russian army invasion cross border

Hundreds of Ukrainians fleeing Russian army invasion cross border

Hundreds of brave Ukrainians are returning to their besieged homeland to fight the invading Russian army.

The heroic volunteers responded to a battle cry from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Green calls on men between the ages of 18 and 60 to stay and protect the country from it Vladimir Putinthe pressure of.

And while Polish authorities say more than 40,000 have fled the war-torn nation since fighting erupted earlier this week, another 9,000 have crossed the border and hundreds are ready to fight Russian troops.

At Medyka, a Polish border post 50 miles west of the Ukrainian city of Liiv, Mail Online met three men who had returned from around the world to take up arms.

Sergei Udod, 40, Nikola Lisko, 42, and Victor Kondratyuk, 53, met on a flight from Paris to Warsaw before boarding the Medica, where they planned to head to Kiev and face the Russians.

At Medyka, a Polish border post 50 miles west of the Ukrainian city of Liiv, Mail Online met three men who had returned from around the world to take up arms.  Sergei Udod, 40, Nikola Lisko, 42, and Viktor Kondratyuk, 53, (pictured together) met on a flight from Paris to Warsaw before taking a lift to Medica, where they planned to head to Kiev and get up. against the Russians

At Medyka, a Polish border post 50 miles west of the Ukrainian city of Liiv, Mail Online met three men who had returned from around the world to take up arms. Sergei Udod, 40, Nikola Lisko, 42, and Viktor Kondratyuk, 53, (pictured together) met on a flight from Paris to Warsaw before taking a lift to Medica, where they planned to head to Kiev and get up. against the Russians

Although Polish authorities say more than 40,000 have fled the war-torn nation since fighting erupted earlier this week, another 9,000 have crossed the border and hundreds are ready to fight Russian troops.

Although Polish authorities say more than 40,000 have fled the war-torn nation since fighting erupted earlier this week, another 9,000 have crossed the border and hundreds are ready to fight Russian troops.

Ukrainian soldiers are depicted building on the other side of Kiev's highway as they prepare to defend the city from Russian invaders, with gunfire and explosions heard in the center of the capital on Friday.

Ukrainian soldiers are depicted building on the other side of Kiev’s highway as they prepare to defend the city from Russian invaders, with gunfire and explosions heard in the center of the capital on Friday.

Sergei, a doctor based in Libya, said: “We have no choice but to go back and fight. This is our duty. Our country must be protected and we are all ready for that.

“Russia’s aggression must be stopped. We are a proud nation and we are brave, our army may be smaller than Putin’s, but we will make sure he fights and give him a match he will not expect.

“He will wish he had never moved to Ukraine and stayed at home in Moscow. We will not surrender without a fight and we are ready to die if we have to.

Officer Mikola, who was on holiday in Brazil when Russia invaded earlier this week, said: “I could have chosen the easy way and just stayed on the beach, but I couldn’t do that when I knew my compatriots were fighting and they are dying to save our country.

“I have friends and relatives who took up arms and I have a family back in Kiev. As soon as I saw the situation, I didn’t think about it and returned by plane from Brazil to Europe, where I met these two boys in Paris and flew to Warsaw.

“It’s been a long road and who knows how it will end, but I will do my duty and defend my country.”

The driver of the truck, Victor, who flew in from Canada, said: “You have to face aggression, so I came back. I fought before in 2014 and I know I will fight again. “My country needs me, our president needs us, and the people need to stay together to fight Putin and his forces.”

Hundreds poured into Poland at low temperatures, eagerly grabbing cups of hot tea and coffee offered to them by local charities and volunteers.

Hundreds poured into Poland at low temperatures, eagerly grabbing cups of hot tea and coffee offered to them by local charities and volunteers.

Many have spent hours in long queues and closed roads winding back from the border to Liv and Quiv for more than eight hours.

Many have spent hours in long queues and closed roads winding back from the border to Liv and Quiv for more than eight hours.

Just before arriving in Medica, President Zelenski posted an exciting speech on Facebook, dressed in military attire and with his advisers, he said excitingly: “We are all here. Our soldiers are here. The citizens are here and we are here. We defend our independence, our country. That’s how it will happen.

“Glory to our defenders, men and women, glory to Ukraine.”

His advisers answered in one voice: “Glory to our heroes.”

Another man, who declined to give his name and who stopped when he returned to Ukraine from Poland, said: “I saw President Zelensky give his speech. He was there in Kiev with his advisers and talked about our brave soldiers, men and women who are fighting crazy.

“I have made sure that my wife and children are safe here in Poland and now I am returning to help in the battle. That’s the least I can do.

As he spoke, hundreds poured into Poland in the cold, eagerly grabbing cups of hot tea and coffee offered to them by local charities and volunteers.

Many had spent hours in long queues and closed roads that ran back more than eight hours from the border to Liv and Quiv.

Bottles of water as well as bars of fruit and chocolate were handed out, and the number of women and children passing by was almost obvious, with almost no men, after President Zelenski imposed martial law banning men aged 18-60 from leaving. country.

It says that this is “to ensure the defense of the state, maintaining combat and mobilization readiness of the armed forces of Ukraine and other military formations.”

Earlier, President Zelenski said: “We will give weapons to anyone who wants to defend the country. Be ready to support Ukraine in the squares of our cities. “

Medica shows people fleeing Ukraine as Russian forces attack the capital

Medica shows people fleeing Ukraine as Russian forces attack the capital

View of the Polish-Ukrainian border at Medica as people flee Ukraine

View of the Polish-Ukrainian border at Medica as people flee Ukraine

They saved Anastasia Podhovna and Daria Rihiemova with their cat Siri

They saved Anastasia Podhovna and Daria Rihiemova with their cat Siri

Law student Daria Rlhimova, 19, had left her boyfriend in Lviv to fight the Russians, and blinking tears as she crossed the border at Medica, she said: “People are scared, I’m scared, but our country is strong, we will fight and resist.

“I left my boyfriend to fight, my mother lives in Poland and is waiting for me here. I don’t know when I’ll be back and see my boyfriend, but we’ll talk every day. He fulfills his duty to his homeland, like other brave Ukrainians, and we are all proud of them.

“It took me 24 hours to cross the border, and while I was there, the Ukrainian authorities came to the border and said that all men between the ages of 18 and 65 had to return, and there were a lot of emotional scenes.

“The wives cried, saying they wanted to go with them, but the men said no, they had to go to Poland and they will get together again when it’s all over. I have seen some families even decide to return because they do not want to be separated. It was heartbreaking.

As she spoke, her friend Anastasia Pedhovna, 19, was standing next to her, sobbing, she was clutching a suitcase and carrying a basket with her pet Siri, Daria said: “I met this poor girl in the queue to cross the border. She is from Kiev and has been crying all day, she is terrified and scared.

“She was there when the explosions started and her family told her to leave and go to Poland, she doesn’t know anyone and she has nowhere to go. All he has is a suitcase with clothes and his cat, and that’s all thanks to Putin.

Law student Daria Rlhimova (right) comforts her friend Anastasia Podhovna after crossing the border at Medica

Law student Daria Rlhimova (right) comforts her friend Anastasia Podhovna after crossing the border at Medica

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Delta TERMINATES code sharing agreement with Russian carrier Aeroflot

Delta TERMINATES code-sharing agreement with Russian carrier Aeroflot

Delta Airlines has severed ties with Russia’s Aeroflot as the United States puts financial pressure on the Kremlin to Vladimir Putin‘s invasion of Ukraine.

“Delta has withdrawn our code-sharing services, which work with Russia’s national airline Aeroflot, into effect immediately,” an Atlanta-based airline said in a corporate statement.

Delta does not fly directly to Russia or Ukraine, but the code-sharing agreement meant that Delta and Aeroflot customers could use each airline’s website to book flights with any carrier, making traveling between the US and Russia a lot. easier.

“We removed our code from the services operated by Aeroflot outside Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport and removed the code from Aeroflot from the services operated by Delta from Los Angeles and New York-JFK. “Accommodation will be provided for customers affected by these changes,” Delta said in a statement.

RECOGNIZED: Atlanta-based Delta Airlines has cut ties with Russia's Aeroflot.  KLM Dutch Airlines, a partner of Delta, has also limited its services in Russia

RECOGNIZED: Atlanta-based Delta Airlines has cut ties with Russia’s Aeroflot. KLM Dutch Airlines, a partner of Delta, has also limited its services in Russia

Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday banned Aeroflot from landing in Heathrow or other airports in the United Kingdom.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday banned Aeroflot from landing in Heathrow or other airports in the United Kingdom.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday banned Aeroflot from landing in Heathrow or other airports in the United Kingdom.

Aeroflot operates direct flights from Moscow to four cities in the United States, New York, Washington, Los Angeles and Miami.

There was still a reservation for these destinations.

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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, which is partnering with Delta, told CNBC that it had canceled a flight.

“At the moment, we have decided, given the precarious situation, not to allow our crew to stay overnight in Russia,” the statement said. “Therefore, it is not possible to make the night flight to Moscow, so we canceled it.”

Russia’s Federal Transport Agency, known as Rosaviatsia, has said that British airlines are banned from entering Russian airspace.

“This measure was taken in accordance with the provisions of the Intergovernmental Agreement on Air Services between Russia and the United Kingdom in response to unfriendly decisions by the United Kingdom aviation authorities regarding the restriction of scheduled flights of aircraft owned, leased or operated by a Russia or registered in Russia, “the agency said in a statement.

Delta Airlines does not fly directly to Ukraine or Russia

Delta Airlines does not fly directly to Ukraine or Russia

This means that flights from Europe to Asia will take much longer and will be more expensive due to diversion and additional fuel costs.

Flights to the Far East used to be the most direct route – over the frozen wastelands of Siberia. But escalating tensions mean they have to fly over the Middle East on a longer route that burns more fuel and is likely to raise ticket prices.

The flight ban will also cost the Russian airline, according to aviation analyst Alex Macheras.

United stars Edinson Cavani (left) and Nemanja Matic (right) in the photo of an Aeroflot flight

United stars Edinson Cavani (left) and Nemanja Matic (right) in the photo of an Aeroflot flight

Earlier, Manchester United changed flights with the Russian state airline Aeroflot and now cancels its sponsorship agreement in light of the invasion of Ukraine

Earlier, Manchester United changed flights with the Russian state airline Aeroflot and now cancels its sponsorship agreement in light of the invasion of Ukraine

European countries pay up to $ 420 million for the overflight fee, he said, most of that money goes to subsidize Aeroflot’s operations.

“Russian airspace is one of the most expensive in the world (for flying) and airlines pay the Russian government * a lot * for its use, so Russia is losing here as well,” Maceras wrote on Twitter on Friday.

“Airlines that pay for the use of Russian airspace (Siberian Corridor) for overflight are also financially supporting Aeroflot, Russia’s largest airline, which has been earning steady revenue from similar overflight fees paid by foreign airlines for years.”

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Alaska’s Anchorage Airport told Reuters it had begun receiving inquiries Thursday about its ability to operate additional flights.

Airlines often used the Arctic airport for refueling during the Cold War, when Russian airspace was also banned.

Also Friday, Aeroflot received the shoe from British football team Manchester United, which withdrew from a $ 53 million sponsorship for the remaining 18 months.

“In light of the events in Ukraine, we have revoked Aeroflot’s sponsorship rights,” a spokesman for the team said.

Boris Johnson says Putin has Boris Johnson says Putin has

Boris Johnson says Putin has “chosen the path of bloodshed and destruction” in Ukraine after launching “horrific attacks” on his neighbor

“We share the concerns of our fans around the world and express our condolences to those affected.”

The football club plans to paint the Aeroflot logo on Old Trafford, the stadium where the team plays.

The team’s last flight would be on Tuesday for the Champions League playoffs against Atletico Madrid, but was canceled due to the invasion.

The Russian airline is not the only war-torn trade. On Friday, President Joe Biden announced sanctions directly against Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in addition to the ban on banking.

“In line with the decision of our European allies, the United States will join them in sanctioning President Putin and Foreign Minister Lavrov and members of Russia’s national security team,” said White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki.

She said additional sanctions would be imposed, including a travel ban.

The move will be largely symbolic, as it remains unclear where Putin’s money is and how much.

Bloomberg notes that Putin’s latest financial revelation reveals that his annual income is about 10 million rubles ($ 120,050) and he owns three cars and an apartment.

But there are also reports that Putin owns a $ 100 million superyacht. And that its value is estimated at $ 200 billion.

Earlier on Friday, Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Vladimir Green for about 40 minutes.

Zelenski said the two discussed tougher sanctions against Russia and more support from the United States.

“Strengthening sanctions, concrete defense assistance and the anti-war coalition have just been discussed with @POTUS. Grateful to [United States] for the strong support for [Ukraine]He wrote Twitter.

Zelensky demanded that Putin be directly sanctioned

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President Zelenskys spokesman said Ukraine and Russia were discussing a

President Zelensky’s spokesman said Ukraine and Russia were discussing a possible ceasefire

Vladimir Green discusses a possible ceasefire with the Kremlin, despite warnings that Russian troops will try to take Kiev by the end of the night.

The Ukrainian president is talking to the Russian government at the first signs of potential talks between the warring parties, his spokesman Sergei Nikiforov said on social media.

Governments are discussing the timing and venue of the talks.

Vladimir Zelensky discusses a possible ceasefire with the Kremlin, despite warnings that Russian troops will try to take Kiev by the end of the night

Vladimir Zelensky discusses a possible ceasefire with the Kremlin, despite warnings that Russian troops will try to take Kiev by the end of the night

The Kremlin said earlier Friday that it had offered to meet with Ukrainian officials in the Belarusian capital, Minsk.

The Kremlin said earlier Friday that it had offered to meet with Ukrainian officials in the Belarusian capital, Minsk.

The Kremlin said earlier Friday that it had offered a meeting with Ukrainian officials in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, but instead Ukraine had offered Warsaw a place that had led to a “pause” in contacts.

Nikiforov said: “I must refute the allegations that we refused to negotiate. Ukraine was and remains ready to talk about a ceasefire and peace. This is our constant position.

“We agreed with the proposal of the President of the Russian Federation. During these hours, consultations are held between the parties on the place and time of the negotiation process.

“The earlier the negotiations start, the better the chances of us returning to normal life.”

But US State Department spokesman Ned Price said Russia’s offer to negotiate was an attempt at diplomacy “at gunpoint” and that President Vladimir Putin’s military should stop bombing Ukraine if it is serious about negotiations.

The overtures contrasted sharply with the events unfolding on the ground and Putin’s harsh rhetoric against Ukrainian leaders, including a call for a coup by the country’s military.

Zelensky said on Saturday before dawn that Russian troops would try to capture the capital Kiev at night.

Zelensky said on Saturday before dawn that Russian troops would try to capture the capital Kiev at night

Zelensky said on Saturday before dawn that Russian troops would try to capture the capital Kiev at night

People examine the exterior of a damaged apartment building hit by a missile strike early in the morning in the capital

People examine the exterior of a damaged apartment building hit by a missile strike early in the morning in the capital

Ukrainian military vehicles pass by Independence Square in the center of Kiev

Ukrainian military vehicles pass by Independence Square in the center of Kiev

“Special attention to Kiev – we can not lose the capital,” Zelensky said in a video message released by the presidency.

“Tonight they will try a storm” in the capital, he added, apparently referring to Kiev.

The defense ministry told residents to make gasoline bombs to repel the invaders, and on Friday night witnesses said they heard artillery shelling and intense gunfire from the western part of the city.

Zelensky posed with aides on the streets of the capital, vowing to defend Ukraine’s independence.

While Russian special forces have reached the suburbs of Kiev, it is believed that most of Russia’s heavy armor is still more than 50 kilometers from the capital.

Western officials have suggested that Russia will assassinate Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and his ministers if they take over Kiev.

Soldiers tasked with defending Kiev from Russian troops take up positions under the city's highway

Soldiers tasked with defending Kiev from Russian troops take up positions under the city’s highway

Ukrainian soldiers are depicted building across a highway in Kiev as they prepare to defend the city from Russian invaders, with gunfire and explosions heard in the center of the capital.

Ukrainian soldiers are depicted building across a highway in Kiev as they prepare to defend the city from Russian invaders, with gunfire and explosions heard in the center of the capital.

Some families have taken refuge in Kiev after being hit by Russian missiles on Thursday night.

Others were desperately trying to board full trains heading west, some of the hundreds of thousands who had fled their homes to find safety, according to the head of the UN Relief and Works Agency.

After weeks of warnings from Western leaders, Putin launched a tripartite invasion of Ukraine from the north, east and south on Thursday, in an attack that threatened to disrupt European order after the Cold War.

“Again, I call on the servicemen of the Ukrainian armed forces: do not allow neo-Nazis and (Ukrainian radical nationalists) to use your children, wives and elders as human shields,” Putin told a televised meeting with Russian security. Council on Friday. “Take power into your own hands, it will be easier for us to reach an agreement.”

Putin cited the need to “denationalize” Ukraine’s leadership as one of the main reasons for the invasion, accusing it of genocide against Russian-speakers in eastern Ukraine. Kiev and its Western allies have dismissed the allegations as baseless propaganda.

The White House said the United States would impose sanctions on both Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov – actions coordinated with the European Union and Britain. However, the constant tightening of restrictions does not deter Russia.

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Judge overturns admission rules for Virginias elite high school

Judge overturns admission rules for Virginia’s elite high school

In an email to the TJ community, school principal Ann Bonitatibus wrote that “each of us has a responsibility to our community to speak up and take action against racism,” adding that the TJ community “does not reflect racial makeup.” in public schools in Fairfax County.

Over the next few months, the Fairfax County School Board considered various changes to the admissions process for a series of meetings that the Coalition for TJ said were rushed and opaque—an argument the judge ultimately agreed with. In October, the board voted to eliminate the standardized testing requirement, promptly raising objections from parents, many of whom had paid substantial sums for exam preparation courses, and alumni who felt it would weaken the school’s reputation as a rigorous academic center.

In December, the board approved a new admissions process that, in addition to guaranteeing eligibility for every high school in the school system, added four “experience factors” such as whether students were economically disadvantaged or in the process of learning English.

The school argued in court that the factors it intended to eliminate included many factors other than race – for example, after the changes, the percentage of economically disadvantaged students rose from less than 1 percent to more than a quarter of the incoming class. But Judge Hilton, appointed by President Ronald Reagan, was not convinced, arguing that internal emails and messages and racial data seen by board members “clearly show that diversity means racial diversity in the first place.”

The school board could do this through other measures, such as increasing the number of TJ students or offering free exam preparation courses, he wrote. But the policy designed by the school to “increase the enrollment of blacks and Hispanics,” he wrote, “would of necessity reduce the representation of Asian Americans.”

Julia McCaskill, who has three daughters in Fairfax County schools — two of them in TJ — said the parents gathered outside the school after Judge Hilton’s decision, having a little celebration despite the cold.

“We’re just very happy,” said Ms. McCaskill, a Chinese-American who participated in the lawsuit. “We feel like common sense has prevailed because a school can deny it’s about race, but it sounds like it’s about race.”

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Sharon Osborne says she would never come back to The

Sharon Osborne says she would “never come back” to The Talk because “CBS is a nasty doll”

Sharon Osbourne says she “would never come back” to The Talk because “CBS is a nasty doll.”

The 69-year-old woman was recorded in front of the Erewhon market in West Hollywood on Thursday, where she could not help but tell TMZ what she really thinks about the show and the network she works for.

Sharon, who was fired from The Talk in March 2021, said that even if she was asked to return, she would not be interested.

“No, I would never go back to this show. “CBS is a nasty big doll,” she said.

Sharon Osborne says she would

Sharon Osborne says she would “never come back” to The Talk because “CBS is a nasty doll” (pictured at Erewhon Market in West Hollywood on Thursday)

Sharon, who was fired from The Talk in March 2021, said that even if she was asked to return, she would not care

Sharon, who was fired from The Talk in March 2021, said that even if she was asked to return, she would not care

When the paparazzi asked if Sharon thought it was

When the paparazzi asked if Sharon thought it was “fair” to fire her, she insisted it didn’t matter: “Hey, listen, it happened. I do not care. I honestly don’t care. It’s not like I need him

Sharon was walking to her car with her husband Ozzy when a paparazzi shouted if any of them would return to work this year, with Sharon shrugging.

Her comment about never returning to The Talk came after the paparazzi asked, “Sharon, do you think about everything that happened to Upie Goldberg?” [on The View] that you have to get your job back?

When the paparazzi asked if Sharon thought it was “fair” to fire her, she insisted it didn’t matter.

“Um … hey, listen, it happened.” I do not care. I honestly don’t care. It’s not like I need that, “she said.

Asked if she was retiring, however, she said, “Damn, no!”

Sharon has dropped out after 11 seasons last March amid a network investigation into allegations that she made racist comments.

Sharon has dropped out after 11 seasons last March amid a network investigation into allegations that she made racist comments.

The drama erupted in a show on March 10, 2021, during which Sharon defended the comments Pierce Morgan made about Megan Markle, and things soon heated up between her and host Cheryl Underwood.

The drama erupted in a show on March 10, 2021, during which Sharon defended the comments Pierce Morgan made about Megan Markle, and things soon heated up between her and host Cheryl Underwood.

Sharon ended her conversation after 11 seasons last March amid a network investigation into allegations that she made racist comments.

The drama erupted in a show on March 10, 2021, during which Sharon defended the comments Pierce Morgan made about Megan Markle.

During the discussion, Sharon asked host Cheryl Underwood, “Train me, tell me when you hear him say racist things.” so that makes me a racist?

The moment was controversial, and Sharon later apologized.

“I really feel sorry for anyone of color that I have offended and / or anyone who feels confused or disappointed by what I have said,” she said in a statement. “I panicked, felt blinded, defended myself, and allowed my fear and horror to be accused of racism to take over.”

But then two former co-hosts appeared to accuse Sharon of racist and homophobic comments.

Holly Robinson Pete said Sharon called her “too ghetto” in front of producers, while Leah Remini said she heard Sharon say racist things about former presenter Julie Chen and homophobic things about The Talk creator Sarah Gilbert.

In September, Sharon gave her first in-depth interview since the incident to DailyMailTV, defending her comments on the show.

In September, Sharon gave her first in-depth interview since the incident to DailyMailTV, defending her comments on the show.

Sharon denied the allegations, but CBS launched an investigation and soon announced that Sharon was leaving the show.

In September, Sharon gave her first in-depth interview since the incident to DailyMailTV, defending her comments on the show.

“It was a matter of freedom of speech. It was pure freedom of speech, “Sharon told DailyMailTV. “A journalist friend of mine who wrote something that people don’t like, and then a few crazy people out there, some thugs say, ‘You must be a racist, that’s why you say that,’ about my friend Pierce. Anyway, come on.

Sharon claims that the seemingly impromptu moment was actually carefully organized by the show’s executive director, who wanted to create controversy without her knowing, telling co-hosts to ask her if people now consider her a racist.

“They all knew the issue and they all knew what was happening. I felt completely betrayed, “said Sharon.

What made the hat worse, she said, was that when Cheryl began to cry, Sharon told her to stop.

“We had disagreements and I told her she shouldn’t cry, I should cry and it didn’t go well,” she said. “At the time of the commercial break, she didn’t want to talk to me. I begged her to talk to me, but she didn’t, and I generally said, fuck you.

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“It was a matter of freedom of speech. It was pure freedom of speech, “Sharon told DailyMailTV.

“I would tell that to each of my friends,” she explained. “When you say it to a friend, it’s different from telling it to someone you don’t know. If you can’t be real with someone you’ve worked with for 10 years, then you don’t have a friendship and that’s how I look at things.

After moving away from the now scandalous episode and the ensuing consequences, Sharon admitted that she was not happy with the reaction of the audience, the network, the producers or her co-hosts.

“Leaving me for 20 minutes live on TV … live on TV … unprepared, unproduced, without knowing what’s going on,” she recalls, shaking her head. “Wait, where’s their apology to me?” They could cut at any time and take an advertising break, but why didn’t they cut?

“They didn’t cut because they liked the argument and they liked everyone talking about it because they needed something for the show that was going to the bathroom,” she said. “So they thought she had the biggest followers. Let’s go for her.

“I felt completely betrayed, not protected by CBS. I felt used. I felt like an old shoe, “Sharon added. “They didn’t care.” This was the attitude and it was set by one of the leaders.

After moving away from the now scandalous episode and the ensuing consequences, Sharon admitted that she was not happy with the reaction of the audience, the network, the producers or her co-hosts.

After moving away from the now scandalous episode and the ensuing consequences, Sharon admitted that she was not happy with the reaction of the audience, the network, the producers or her co-hosts.

DailyMailTV asked CBS about Sharon’s accusations that it was created by executives. The network responded by repeating the same statement it made in March when the incident occurred.

“Sharon Osbourne has decided to leave the CONVERSATIONS,” the statement said. “The events of the March 10 show embarrassed everyone involved, including the audience watching at home. As part of our review, we concluded that Sharon’s behavior toward her co-hosts during the March 10 episode was inconsistent with our values ​​for a respectable job. We also found no evidence that CBS executives organized the discussion or blinded any of the hosts.

The public reaction to Sharon’s comments about the episode was strong, quick and unforgiving.

“It was as if I went in there with a machine gun and threatened to kill someone,” she said. “It was not like coming in with T-shirts, with terrible slogans. I didn’t come in with a white hood, I don’t tell jokes about religion or color.

“Where is the forgiveness? Where is the second chance? So you’re saying something wrong. You’re not threatening anyone, but you’re saying something wrong. You go out, you go out, “she added.

The consequences were so severe that Sharon curled up at home, fearing how people might treat her in public. In addition, she and her husband, Ozzy Osbourne, began receiving constant death threats.

“I definitely went through a difficult period in the beginning. I found it uncomfortable. The humiliation that people would think I might be racist, “she admitted, adding that it was difficult to swallow the burqa in public.

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“I definitely went through a difficult period in the beginning. I found it uncomfortable. The humiliation that people would think I might be racist, “she admitted

“They were going to kill the family. They would come at night with knives, cut all our throats and animals. So I had all this, all the threats and we had to have 24-hour security.

“It’s like, listen, it’s about me, not me [Ozzy], not for my children. Everything you have to say about me, I can accept. Don’t start with my family. I mean, it’s … you can’t go lower.

Emotional stress has been crippling for some time. Sharon remembered going shopping at The Grove in Los Angeles with her eldest daughter, Amy, and had to leave because she was too worried about being around people.

Her good friend and former co-host of The Talk, Sarah Gilbert, suggested she try a unique form of therapy and recommended a doctor who treats with ketamine.

“I went through three months of therapy,” she said. “I was treated with ketamine and I managed to get out. All the tears and everything I felt, you know. All this is gone.

Ketamine, a drug used in anesthesia, can be used in small doses to treat forms of depression, according to Harvard.

She said that time, therapy and her family have helped her shake off her traumatic exit from The Talk and she is ready to move on.

“You know how this industry works – nothing is eternal and everyone is replaceable,” Sharon said. ‘Everyone.’

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PLATELLS PEOPLE In this crisis cant Prince Harry and Megan

PLATELL’S PEOPLE: In this crisis, can’t Prince Harry and Megan put on a sock?

Like Russia the invasion began and the women fled with their children from the bombing, the duke and Duchess of Sussex declare from their mansion in California that they “stand with the people of Ukraine.”

What a consolation for families huddled in terror in makeshift bunkers to learn that this spoiled couple feels their pain and is “against any violation of international and humanitarian law.” How Putin should tremble in his boots!

Long live the Lord, this couple has given the word absurd hidden depths; they elevated grandeur and pomp to a new art form.

What is so grimly predictable is their deluded belief that we stick to their every deep word.

Last August, they told us that the Taliban’s advance in Afghanistan had left them “with a broken heart.” They felt “the many layers of pain due to the situation” – indeed, they felt it so searing that they remained “silent.”

What a comfort for families huddled in terror in makeshift bunkers to learn that this spoiled couple feels their pain and is

What a comfort for families huddled in terror in makeshift bunkers to learn that this spoiled couple feels their pain and is “against any violation of international and humanitarian law.”

Only once in their privileged life were they truly speechless. But they will not put on a sock, of course, because they are committed to “alleviating the suffering of those we know and those we may never meet.”

This duet with tin ears are universal for laughter. Yet today, they will be honored by an American civil rights group, joining other recipients, including Rihanna, Jay-Z and Serena Williams.

But although they will jump to any celebration to wave their so caring accreditations, it seems outrageously insensitive that we have not heard a word from them about the Queen’s decision to give Camilla the title of Queen Consort when Charles becomes King.

There was a moment when Harry was screaming for his stepmother. Now there is radio silence.

Only once in their privileged life were they truly speechless.  But they will not put on a sock, of course, because they are committed to

Only once in their privileged life were they truly speechless. But they will not put on a sock, of course, because they are committed to “alleviating the suffering of those we know and those we may never meet.” Ukrainian soldiers are pictured above in Kiev next to a downed plane

Maybe he’s just keeping everything for his autobiography, which will be released during the Queen’s anniversary celebrations.

Eventually, he finds time in his frantic schedule to complain to his London lawyers, Schillings (who cost squillions), about those who dare to insult his dignity and Megs.

Meanwhile, the queen is moving, performing light duties, although she has Covid.

How sad for Her Majesty that her soldier grandson Harry had failed to inherit her selfless spirit and sense of duty.

Enough shame of fashion, thank you. Our stylists argue that we have clothes for £ 200 in our wardrobe that we never wear. In my case, it’s more than £ 2,000 in a lot of closets – and the only reason I don’t wear them is because I can’t fit in them anymore!

Soccer in a slow lane

Not long ago, UEFA announced that the final of the Champions League will not be held in St. Petersburg in May, as planned. The Grand Prix in Russia was also canceled after former Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel and current champion Max Verstappen refused to compete. If only there was such a chorus of condemnation by footballers over St. Petersburg – but maybe they were too busy to kneel.

We’ll all miss you, Helen

Peaky Blinders is back for its sixth and final series tomorrow night without the magnificent matriarch Polly Gray, played menacingly by Helen McCrory, who died last year.

As millions of her fans wonder how the show can go on without Polly, let’s all think of her husband Damien Lewis and their two children, for whom, painfully, life must go on without their beloved Helen.

Known for her long locks, Nicole Scherzinger posted a video on TikTok in which she cut them into a short wavy bun. Or maybe she just took out her hair extensions.

Furious viewers of The One Show have accused Mrs Brown’s Boys star Brendan O’Carroll of racism for joking that black actor Tyler Perry, who plays a nasty grandmother in the new film A Madea Homecoming, may not make it to his hit TV show. BBC show. Surely the awakened warriors must be equally outraged that both men play old women – considered so insulting that both Tuxi and Mrs. Doubtfire were burned in the fire of indignation #womanface.

End of the quay show for Amol

Asked by ITV if the rumors that Amol Rajan had been offered a shocking deal to replace Pierce Morgan were true, they laughed and said the last thing they needed was a politically correct squeaky metropolitan wears a fake diamond earring. The only one who spread this rumor, they said, was Amol Nitrate (the nickname of the ambitious Beeb).

Shortly afterwards, when Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed Halina Hutchins on the set of the western film Rust, he was filmed comforting her husband Matt and nine-year-old son Andros. Now Mr Hutchins says he is horrified that Baldwin is playing the victim and is furious that he refuses to take responsibility for the tragedy. Meanwhile, the star appears with her young children, who look discouraged and confused. Oscar nomination for this acting, Mr. Baldwin.

Camilla says her favorite book to read to her grandchildren is David Williams’ Gangsta Granny, which plans to steal crown jewels from the Tower of London. Strange choice, given that her sworn detractors, who accuse her of Charles’ divorce, think she has a place there – in the Tower.

Westminster Wars

The prime minister directed his inner Churchill in response to the invasion of Ukraine – a stately with magnificent speeches and a leader of the EU on economic sanctions, which tragically proved insufficiently severe, not in time to save the Ukrainian people.

Unlike Churchill, the Western world has chosen not to fight the Russians on the beaches of Ukraine or on the streets. Unlike Churchill, at the darkest hour for Ukraine, the Free World surrendered.

After MP David Ames was stabbed to death during his operation, lawmakers promised a new, kinder policy, only to continue bile and vitriol. It was tragic that the invasion of Ukraine, like a courtesy, had to finally come down on the Municipalities.

Former SNP leader Alex Salmond has suspended “until further notice” – he did not leave – his lucrative TV show on Russian state television RT. It’s too late to see him as a pacifier for Putin who grabs money.

Zoe’s Batman’s chest

As if the side tits weren't disgusting enough, now we have Batman's tits, which the star of the new film, Zoe Kravitz, brought to the red carpet for his presentation

As if the side tits weren’t disgusting enough, now we have Batman’s tits, which the star of the new film, Zoe Kravitz, brought to the red carpet for his presentation

As if the side tits weren’t disgusting enough, now we have Batman’s tits, which the star of the new film, Zoe Kravitz, brought to the red carpet for his presentation.

Not only is it stupid, it also looks very painful.

Or maybe he just got dressed quickly and put the Catwoman mask upside down on his bosom.

Does M&S seem to be tied to computer nodes, worrying about the feelings of women who can’t have children – or trying to reassure those in the trans lobby for whom “mother” may be an insult?

Whatever it was, the email we loyal customers received asking us if we preferred not to be reminded of Mother’s Day was absurd – not least because it managed to remind us of Mother’s Day anyway.

A study found that dogs grieve when they lose a companion dog. Cats do it too.

When my ginger and white mogul Ted lost his best friend Rocky, who lived next door and was killed on the way, he was inconsolable, even giving up his Felix treats. Then, months later, every day at dusk, Ted would go out and sit on the wall where he and Rocky were meeting, shouting pitifully about him.

Bjorn of Abba has separated from Lena, his wife of 41, after spending time with his first wife, Agnetha, while working on Voyage, the band’s first album in 40 years. Whether it’s a renewed first love, Voulez-Vous, “we’ve done it all before and now we’re back to get more, yeah.” We, the fans of Abba, can live with hope.

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