Former US Ambassador to the UN Bill Richardson predicted Sunday that US citizens Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner, who are imprisoned in Russia, will be freed in a “two-for-two” prisoner swap with Moscow.
“I’m optimistic. I think she’s going to be free,” Richardson said of WNBA star Griner on ABC’s “This Week.”
“There’s gonna be a prisoner swap, though, and I think it’ll be two-for-two, involving Paul Whelan. We can’t forget him.”
Griner was sentenced last week to nine years in a penal colony for drug possession and smuggling, after pleading guilty to drug possession charges. Whelan, a former US Marine, is three years into a 16-year sentence on spying charges, which he and the US deny.
Richardson dodged questions about whether educator Marc Fogel, who is facing 14 years for drug possession and smuggling, would also be included in swap talks.
“All of these that are wrongfully detained need to come home,” Richardson said.
He added that his foundation, The Richardson Center, is involved in talks about the release of three other Americans held by Russia, but that he was a “catalyst” for what would ultimately be a government-to-government agreement.
The Biden administration reportedly floated a potential prisoner swap last month in which Griner and Whelan would be released in exchange for convicted Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout. Officials have publicly confirmed that they offered an exchange but have not explicitly said if it involved Bout.
President Biden on Friday said he’s “hopeful” about Griner’s situation, though White House officials declined to say if there were specific developments that led him to feel that way.
Richardson on Sunday commended Biden for considering the exchange with Bout, though he said “I would have done it quietly.”
“Our objective should be, despite prisoner exchanges that are not popular, to bring American hostages home. Some of these prisoner exchanges are not good. The optics are not good. But we have to do it sometimes,” he said.
Tecno announced a new smartphone in India a couple of days ago, called Camon 19 Pro 5G. Initially, the company had not revealed much information about the device but now, it has confirmed the release date. Since the smartphone is already available in the global market, we also have a fair idea of the specifications and features that it is going to offer. Keep reading to know more about the Tecno Camon 19 Pro India launch date.
As per official communication received from Tecno India, the Tecno Camon 19 Pro 5G is releasing in India on August 10, 2022. However, looking at the teasers, it seems like the company is going to launch the smartphone in a different way this time. Tecno Mobile India is going to collaborate with the American fashion magazine Cosmopolitan. More details about the launch could come out soon.
Tecno Camon 19 Pro features (expected)
Tecno Camon 19 Pro 5G may come with a 6.8-inch FHD+ display that supports up to 120Hz refresh rate. Under the hood, the smartphone could feature MediaTek Dimensity 810 SoC, combined with up to 8GB of RAM and up to 256GB of storage. Along with the primary 64MP camera with RGBW + (G+ P) lens, the device could feature two 2MP cameras for portrait and macro shots. Interestingly, the camera setup might also feature optical and electronic image stabilization.
Tecno Camon 19 Pro price in India
Further, the global model packs a 5,000 mAh battery that supports 33W fast charging. More details about the smartphone should surface in the coming days. In the past, we have seen that the company releases its smartphone within a few days after sending the official release note. Hence, those who are looking to purchase a mid-range smartphone and have a budget of around Rs. 25,000 should look forward to the device, especially if they want a decent camera performance.
Kyly Clarke looks downcast as she goes shopping alone in Sydney a day before her birthday after her ex-husband Michael Clarke debuts new socialite girlfriend Jade Yarbrough
By Caleb Taylor For Daily Mail Australia
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He ex-husband Michael Clarke recently went public with his new girlfriend, socialite Jade Yarbrough.
And Kyly Clarke looked downcast while running errands at Westfield Eastgardens on Monday.
Just a day before her birthday, the former House Rules judge was spotted carrying groceries and wrapping paper as she left her local Woolworths supermarket.
Is everything OK? Kyly Clarke looked downcast as she went shopping alone in Sydney on Monday after her ex-husband Michael Clarke debuted his new socialite girlfriend Jade Yarbrough
The former model will turn 41 on Tuesday and appeared to be planning a party.
Stylish Kyly kept it casual in an off-white hoodie along with a pair of black tights and runners.
She wore a designer bag crossbody for the shopping trip.
Kyly rans errands at a local Westfield and was spotted carrying bags full of shopping
Kyly’s ex Michael and his new squeeze Jade went Instagram official last week during their European vacation.
Jade, 30, shared a photo of Michael wrapping his arms around her shoulder as they explored the streets of Italy.
Rumors that the pair were dating broke in July.
Stylish Kyly kept it casual in an off-white hoodie along with a pair of black tights and runners
Jade and Michael are said to have met through Today Show star Karl Stefanovic, who also happens to be Jade’s brother-in-law.
The single father of one is also close friends with Jade’s business partner’s husband.
The Daily Telegraph reports that Michael has become ‘quite fond’ of Jade in recent weeks.
Kyly’s ex Michael and his new squeeze Jade Yarbrough went Instagram official last week during their European vacation
Michael was in a high-profile relationship with PE Nation co-founder Pip Edwards, which ended for the first time in February last year after several months of dating.
Pip and Michael’s relationship began in June 2020 after his split from wife Kyly Clarke, which they had announced four months earlier.
After parting ways with Pip in February, the couple rekindled their romance in October, but split again in December.
Michael was previously in a high-profile relationship with PE Nation co-founder Pip Edwards, but split in December. The couple had an on-again/off-again relationship
Michael and Kyly separated in September 2019, but only revealed their split in a surprise announcement on February 12, 2020.
It is understood there was no third party involved in their break-up.
In an official statement at the time, the Clarkes said the “friendly” decision to separate was “the best course” for their daughter.
Michael and Kyly separated in September 2019, but only revealed their split in a surprise announcement on February 12, 2020
Former North Melbourne teammates Wayne Carey and Anthony Stevens reportedly had to be “separated” at a premiership reunion on the weekend.
More than 20 years after Carey’s cheating scandal with Stevens’ then-wife forced him out of the Kangaroos, SEN reports the pair clashed at a gathering of former North players on Saturday night.
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According to SEN’s Sam Edmund, there was an “ugly altercation” between Carey and Stevens at North Melbourne’s 1996 premiership gathering at the Railway Hotel in Yarraville.
“It’s a pretty sad sequel,” Edmund said on SEN’s Dwayne’s World.
Witnesses said, Dwayne, that Carey went at Stevens, accusing him of talking behind his back, telling people not to bother trying to catch up with him but then being fine in-person.
“Witnesses said Carey went at Stevens, accusing him of talking behind his back and telling people he couldn’t be contacted and to not bother trying to catch up with him, but then being fine in-person.”
The Herald Sun reports the “verbal stoush” centered around Stevens’ mental health, with Carey discussing how he dealt with his own issues following the affair scandal.
Edmund said witnesses had told him the pair were “separated”, with fellow ex-Kangaroos left “stunned” by the verbal attack.
The Herald Sun reported there was no potential of violence and that the pair “moved on and shared a beer together” afterwards.
Stevens then did not take part in the club’s 1996 reunion parade at Marvel Stadium on Sunday — where 17 players took part in a motorcade before North Melbourne’s clash with Sydney — as he was left “shattered by the heated exchange”.
The Kangaroos told the Herald Sun Stevens, who is a club director, didn’t attend Sunday’s parade because he was ill.
While Stevens was absent, Carey was in a car with his young son, along with former teammate Wayne Schwass and premiership coach Denis Pagan.
The gathering was to celebrate the club’s 25-year anniversary, as Covid restrictions in 2021 forced the meeting to pushed back to last weekend.
Carey was caught cheating with Stevens’ former wife Kelli in 2002. He left the club in disgrace and played out the rest of his career at the Adelaide Crows.
The scandal returned to the public eye earlier this year when Carey spoke about it on SAS Australia on Channel 7.
The 51-year-old called the affair “biggest regret of his adult life.”
“One of the biggest stories was when I slept with a teammate’s wife,” he said.
“It’s haunted me for over 20 years. I was in self destruction mode and I guess my life started to unravel.”
A tradesman who came to the aid of a stabbed woman said he distracted an alleged attacker long enough for her to grab the knife and throw it onto the footpath.
Helen Coulston, 46, is now fighting for her life after the daylight attack at the home on Weonga Road in Dover Heights, one of Sydney’s most exclusive addresses.
A woman is fighting for her life after she was stabbed by a man who came to her door on Monday. Credit:edwina pickles
Builder Peter Haramis, 37, was eating lunch on a nearby block with two concreters when they heard the woman’s screams and began walking, then running up the hill as the sounds became more panicked.
Coulston was screaming, “help me, help me, he’s gonna kill me”, he said.
When he arrived at the triple-level home, the woman was doubled over at her door with a man standing over her. The man was not her her husband Walt Coulston.
“He sort of, he looked at me and he froze… so I thought to myself, this is it, I think I have to fight him here,” he said. But just as he was about to start running, the woman took advantage of the split second her attacker had stopped.
“She grabbed the knife and threw it past me onto the footpath.”
Haramis said he was able to pick up the knife, which had “about four centimeters of blood” along it, and the woman ran inside her house and locked the door.
Coulston was wearing a white shirt. Haramis said “you could see red, she was bleeding”.
Lake Mead, a federal park as well as the country’s largest reservoir, has unveiled yet more secrets as human remains were discovered at Swim Beach on Saturday, officials said.
The find was reported in the late morning at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, the National Park Service said in a statement. Park rangers cordoned off the area while Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department divers helped with recovery, it said.
It was the fourth time since May possibly decades-old remains have been reported at the lake located in Arizona and Nevada 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas. The discoveries include the following:
May 1: Remains were found in a barrel. A victim had suffered a gunshot wound and his or her demise might be dated to the 1970s or early ’80s based on clothing, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said.
May 7: Remains were found in another barrel discovered along a shoreline, officials said.
July 25: Remains were reported at Swim Beach.
The Clark County Medical Examiner is responsible for determining identities, where possible, and cause of death.
A July 6 discovery of remains near the reservoir’s Bolder Islands turned out to be the body of a woman who had gone missing after she fell off a jet ski June 30, authorities said.
Authorities and experts say the four discoveries of possibly much older remains could be the result of the lake’s receding waterline, which has dropped its telltale white “bathtub ring,” made of drying minerals, more than 170 feet since 1983. The reservoir is at about one-quarter of its capacity.
In May, the Southern Nevada Water Authority announced that one of its water supply intakes was exposed to the lake’s descending surface and could no longer be used to draw liquid. The authority said it had long planned for the event, and had a deeper intake ready to take over.
Nearly continuous drought in major regions of the West and Southwest has plagued the Colorado River since at least the dawn of the millennium. Other symptoms have included the mighty Colorado’s longtime failure to reach the Gulf of California until last year, when a binational agreement put water back in Mexico’s delta.
The growing Southwest’s dependence on the Colorado River — which feeds taps and helps grow food for an estimated 33 million people — has also played a role in the lake’s shrinking presence. Last year the federal government announced mandatory water cuts for the seven states that use the Colorado.
In June, Lake Mead’s surface elevation was measured at 1,044.03 feet, its lowest since the lake was filled in the 1930s. In July, that number was bested by a new low: 1040.92 feet.
Some observers have speculated that the lake could reveal some long-held secrets buried by mobsters who killed for power and money in Las Vegas in the decades following World War II.
Historian and Mob Museum Vice President Geoff Schumacher told NBC News affiliate KNSV of Las Vegas that it was unlikely the mob would dump bodies so close to town because it was averse the kind of publicity and law enforcement attention that might have created.
“The mob doesn’t want murder victims to be found in the city because it creates bad publicity in a tourist town,” he told the station in July.
However, Schumacher said in May a body in barrel is a different story.
“A barrel has a signature of a mob hit,” he said. “Stuffing a body in a barrel. Sometimes they would dump it in the water.”
Lake Mead was created by Hoover Dam, completed in 1935 and officially opened the next year. It held up the Colorado River’s flow through Black Canyon and pushed water into four basins that can help it hold two years’ worth of the river’s flow.
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Dennis Romero is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
Bitcoin, ethereum and other major cryptocurrencies have struggled to maintain momentum after charging higher through July.
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The bitcoin price, down around 70% from its all-time highs, had begun to rally last month but has since stalled as traders await a Federal Reserve bombshell and a “hundred-pound gorilla gets closer by the day.” The price of other top ten coins ethereum, BNB
BNB ,XRP
XRP solana, cardano and dogecoin have also struggled.
Now, BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager with $10 trillion in assets under management, has partnered with major crypto exchange Coinbase to provide its institutional clients with access to bitcoin.
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“This is a huge milestone for the crypto space, as it demonstrates the demand from BlackRock’s
BLK clients and institutional investors to access bitcoin,” Marcus Sotiriou, analyst with digital asset broker GlobalBlock, said via email. “BlackRock is opening the floodgates for institutions to access bitcoin.”
Coinbase, widely regarded as one of the world’s biggest crypto on-ramps, announced this week it would connect to Aladdin, BlackRock’s investment technology platform that handled $21.6 trillion worth of assets in 2020, allowing the global investment industry access to bitcoin, with more cryptocurrencies potentially added later.
“Our institutional clients are increasingly interested in gaining exposure to digital asset markets and are focused on how to efficiently manage the operational lifecycle of these assets,” Joseph Chalom, global head of strategic ecosystem partnerships at BlackRock, said in a statement.
BlackRock’s move into the world of bitcoin and crypto comes after chairman Larry Fink called bitcoin an “index of money laundering” in 2017.
“I think this could be seen as a green light by other funds to enter the crypto space too,” Sotiriou added, pointing to a report that found almost a quarter of fund managers expect to increase exposure to crypto-related assets over the next two years.
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The news has sparked a wave of bitcoin price predictions, with investors claiming BlackRock exposure could see the bitcoin price return to its all-time highs of almost $70,000 per bitcoin.
“As institutional and retail inflows pick up momentum, I predict that we will see bitcoin hit fresh all-time highs by the end of the year,” Nigel Green, the chief executive of asset manager at Vere Group, said in emailed comments. “I would not be surprised for it to hit $70,000, which would surpass the previous all-time high of $68,000 in November 2021.”
“As the infrastructure for institutional investors to place their bets on digital assets grow, so will their involvement in this market,” Mikkel Morch, executive director at Digital Asset Investment Fund ARK36, said via email, adding: “Crypto is simply inevitable at this point.”
The bitcoin price has crashed this year, tanking the wider crypto market and major cryptocurrencies ethereum, BNB, XRP, solana, cardano and dogecoin as the US Federal Reserve battles soaring inflation with a series of historic interest rate hikes and cutting its huge pandemic-era stimulus measures.
The Piaget Polo collection has long been a benchmark in the world of high-end sports watches, and the latest release of the Skeleton and Date references with green dials are elegantly eye-catching. We’ve seen a lot of green dial watches released over the last couple of years, but this new offering from Piaget elevates the color to a new level of sporty sophistication that will look as great as it does in the office as it does in the great outdoors.
Green is definitely having a moment in the watch world, joining blue as an alternative to more conservative white or black dials. You can quickly understand why, as green delivers a similar touch of color that a casual blue dial might serve up, without being as attention seeking as an orange or yellow dial.
Within Piaget’s green Polo watches is the skeletonised dial in stainless steel, as well as a solid green dial cased in 18k rose gold. Despite the differences in materials, the complexity of creating the skeletonised dial in the stainless steel reference sees them priced similarly, with each watch bringing a very different impression to the wrist.
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Both timepieces feature 42mm cases, but that’s where the case similarities finish. The skeletonised steel version measures an impressively slender 6.5mm in thickness, with a water resistance guarantee of 30m. In contrast, the rose gold version is slightly thicker at 9.4mm thick, but has an increased water resistance of 100m, arguably making it more versatile in terms of where you can wear it.
The green skeletonised dial isn’t much of a dial, instead delivering the naturally inspired hue through the color treated bridges and plates of the movement, allowing a generous view of the mechanical elements of the movement. The solid green dial of the rose gold reference features the same horizontal grooves that you might have seen on other Piaget Polo models, including the black, blue, gray or silver examples, with solid gold applied hour markers, hands and the trapezoidal date window frame .
As you’d expect from two watches that deliver such different visual impressions, both timepieces are powered by their own movements, with the skeletonised reference containing the in-house Caliber 1200S1. It serves up a view of the dark gray microrotor, as well as the mainspring barrel, and features approximately 44 hours of power reserve. In contrast, the rose gold reference is powered by the in-house Caliber 1110P automatic movement, which ticks away at 28,800vph and delivers 50 hours of power reserve.
While the rose gold reference arrives on a comfortable green leather strap, the skeletonized steel model comes with a matching steel H-link bracelet, as well as the option of an interchangeable leather strap. It’s an exciting new offering from Piaget, that not only shows the versatility of the Polo collection, but also offers an entirely new presence on the wrist.
The skeletonised stainless steel version comes with an RRP of $46,400, while the reference in rose gold has a price of 44,900.
Zoey Deutsch, Sophie Turner, and Orlando Bloom are apparently on the list.
Celebrities are reportedly removing likes from Johnny Depp’s Instagram statement posted after he won his heavily publicized defamation case against Amber Heard in June.
Depp launched the lawsuit against Heard, his ex-wife, alleging that she defamed him after writing a 2018 op-ed in Washington Post about the backlash that women receive after speaking up about sexual violence.
Social media sentiment was undoubtedly skewed in Depp’s favor, but the tide could be turning amid last week’s release of newly unsealed court documents that seem to be giving even Depp’s most devoted supporters pause.
The documents reportedly reveal that Depp stating that Heard never actually caused him harm, possible evidence that some of the photos Depp’s team submitted to the court had been edited, suggestions that Depp tried to submit nude photos of Heard into evidence, and disturbing text exchanges between Depp and Marilyn Manson.
And while a huge number of celebrities tapped ‘like’ on Johnny Depp’s June 1 Instagram post where he thanked the jury for “giving him [his] life back,” celebrities who have since removed them reportedly include Bella Hadid, Zoey Deutsch, Halle Bailey, Joey King, Sophie Turner, Orlando Bloom, Robert Downey Jr., and Yungblud.
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Johnny Depp’s trial made him so popular that he reportedly amassed nearly 7 million new followers on Instagram over the last year. Decontextualized moments of the trial were memorably splashed all over the TikTok, giving way to a deluge of clips that mocked and ridiculed Heard, especially during particularly emotional moments of testimony; whereas Depp tended to be gushed over and venerated.
A couple of weeks after the conclusion of the trial, Heard spoke about her representation on social media in an interview. “Even somebody who is sure I’m deserving of all this hate and vitriol, even if you think that I’m lying, you still couldn’t look me in the eye and tell me that you think on social media there’s been a fair representation,” Heard said. “You cannot tell me that you think this has been fair.”
She added that she didn’t blame the jury for siding with Depp. “I don’t blame them,” she stated. “I actually understand. He’s a beloved character and people feel they know him. He’s a fantastic actor.”
Mark Ricciuto is determined to hold onto his position as Adelaide’s footy director, reports SEN’s Sam Edmond.
Ricciuto, a club great, is under increasing pressure to hold his spot following the revelations of former players about the club’s infamous 2018 pre-season camp.
Respected broadcaster Gerard Whateley told SEN’s Crunch Time on Saturday: “Anyone who had a position of authority at the time and had oversight for what happened for what transpired or played an active role in the cover-up, has to be removed from their position.”
Ricciuto was in his current position at the time of the camp and has been a defender of the camp’s intentions in the past.
Former president Rob Chapman and CEO Andrew Fagan have both since departed the club, as has coach Don Pyke and head of footy Brett Burton, who were all present in 2018.
It leaves Ricciuto as one of the few remaining figures who is still at the Crows from the time of the camp.
The Adelaide Crows board met on Saturday to address the fallout from the Eddie Betts/Josh Jenkins revelations on the infamous camp. Sources say footy director Mark Ricciuto is defiant and determined to hold his position on him. There is a lot of angst among the Crows alumni.
“I can tell you that the Adelaide board met on Saturday morning to discuss its next course of action over what many former players are describing as the most shameful chapter in the club’s history,” Edmund told SEN Breakfast.
“Now, there’s a lot of pressure on a club great, Mark Ricciuto as the footy director and his ongoing position at the club given he has been among the strongest defenders of the camp with a previously very stern, ‘nothing to see here’ mentality .
“But those close to him say he’s absolutely defiant, he’s determined not to step down no matter the pressure that comes his way.”
Ricciuto addressed the fallout from Eddie Betts’ biography on Wednesday morning, telling Triple M Adelaide: “Player welfare is always No. 1, no matter what’s going on. You always want everyone to be happy and all that, so it’s very sad that Eddie has written that.
“I think the club’s been on record at times to say that they acknowledged that it wasn’t handled perfectly and had all good intentions, but it didn’t go perfectly.
“We all love Eddie and hopefully Eddie’s getting over that. That was four years ago, certainly the club’s moved on from that and looking towards the future and made a lot of ground since back then.”
Whateley was scathing in his analysis of Ricciuto’s statement.
“I listened to Mark Ricciuto and it made me wildly angry. The lack of humanity in understanding what has transpired here, don’t worry about the judgement, that’s enough. A basic human instinct to people under your care who suffered from this experience under your watch, that’s it,” he said.
“It doesn’t have to be more than that, and if you don’t front up to it, the organization will never adequately recover.”
