Time
President Javier Milei’s Radical Plan to Transform Argentina
Milei has been on a mission to ‘Make Argentina Great Again’
AFP
Argentina's Milei sings hard rock at book launch
In a tie and leather jacket, Argentina's President Javier Milei rocked out in front of thousands of fans during the launch of his latest economics book in Buenos Aires Wednesday night."I wanted to do this because I wanted to sing," Milei told spectators, before performing his own version of a local rock song at the Luna Park stadium, which has hosted major sporting events and concerts by international stars.Then, in another twist, he launched into a lengthy lecture from his 13th book "Capitalism, Socialism and the Neoclassical Trap."Milei returned to some of his favorite themes which he has brought up in international fora, such as slamming socialism and abortion, which he said was a "mechanism to massacre populations."The 53-year-old libertarian was a political outsider when he was elected last year on a wave of anti-government sentiment, vowing to halt Argentina's decades of economic decline.The concert saw the return of his rock-star persona, a remnant of his youth playing in a Rolling Stones cover band, which won voters over during his election campaign."I am here to support Javier in everything he does. I like his ideas, I like what he does, he is sincere, he is transparent, he says what he thinks," Santiago Roldan, a 20-year-old supermarket employee, told AFP.Milei, an economist who became a popular television panelist before entering politics, gave a lesson in liberal economics stretching from ancient Egypt to the fall of the Berlin Wall.As the evening dragged on, many of the around 10,000 supporters, left.Milei "remains a character who likes to put on a show," said political scientist Rosendo Fraga of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences.The firebrand president has been in the international spotlight in recent days after he called Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's wife "corrupt", sparking a diplomatic spat. The show came just hours after the release of the latest statistics showing economic activity had slowed 8.4 percent year-on-year in March, amid his government's austerity drive.Milei has slashed public spending, cut the cabinet in half, did away with tens of thousands of government jobs, suspended new public works contracts and ripped away fuel and transport subsidies.He also devalued the peso by 50 percent, and the measures have hit consumers hard. While inflation is slowing, prices are still up some 290 percent from the previous year.tev/pbl/fb/bgs
OK! Magazine
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OK! Magazine
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The Telegraph
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What a difference two years can make. In December 2021, Giovanni Pernice, paired with actress Rose Ayling-Ellis, was one half of arguably the most popular partnership in Strictly Come Dancing’s history. The duo claimed the glitterball that year and their silent Couple’s Choice dance won a Bafta. “If social media makes you despair about humanity, and think we’ve suddenly turned into a mean and divisive society,” Richard Osman tweeted at the time, “just watch #Gogglebox watching Rose and Giovanni
Manchester Evening News
Killer teens slaughtered man 'like lions on prey' in horror street execution
Bailey Atkinson was murdered
Northwich & Winsford Guardian
Woman refused to let partner use the toilet in 'degrading' campaign of control
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The Telegraph
Savers drain pension pots ahead of Labour tax raid
Savers are draining their pension pots to avoid Labour taxes ahead of the general election, advisers have said.
Manchester Evening News
Crowd trashes man's home after finding out about sick behaviour
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The Conversation
Putin’s designs on a Baltic island are leading Sweden to prepare for war
A rogue document apparently showing Russian intention to expand its territory in the Baltic region surfaced in the past few days.
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Indiewire
A History of Unsimulated Sex Scenes in 17 Cannes Films, from ‘Mektoub’ to ‘Antichrist’ to ‘Caligula’
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Associated Press
Man insults judge who sentenced him to 12 years in prison for attacking police during Capitol riot
A New Jersey electrician who repeatedly attacked police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, siege at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Friday to 12 years in prison by a judge who called him “a menace to our society.” Christopher Joseph Quaglin argued with and insulted U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden before and after the judge handed him one of the longest prison sentences among hundreds of Capitol riot cases. “You're Trump's worst mistake of 2016,” Quaglin told McFadden, who was nominated to the court by then-President Donald Trump in 2017.
The Telegraph
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The Telegraph
US submarine that sank the most Japanese warships in WW2 found off Philippines
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