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Chris Rock breaks down in tears on stage in first show since Will Smith's Oscars slap & says he's 'still processing' it

Chris Rock breaks down in tears on stage in first show since Will Smith's Oscars slap & says he's 'still processing' it : %22Mr.%20Smith%u2019s%20actions%20at%20the%2094th%20Oscars%20were%20a%20deeply%20shocking%2C%20traumatic%20event%20to%20witness%20in-person%20and%20on%20television.%20Mr.%20Rock%2C%20we%20apologize%20to%20you%20for%20what%20you%20experienced%20on%20our%20stage%20and%20thank%20you%20for%20your%20resilience%20in%20that%20moment.%0A%0A%22We%20also%20apologize%20to%20our%20nominees%2C%20guests%20and%20viewers%20for%20what%20transpired%20during%20what%20should%20have%20been%20a%20celebratory%20event.%22%0A%0AThey%20then%20added%20that%20Will%20apparently%20refused%20to%20leave%20the%20show.%0A%0A%u201CThings%20unfolded%20in%20a%20way%20we%20could%20not%20have%20anticipated.%20While%20we%20would%20like%20to%20clarify%20that%20Mr.%20Smith%20was%20asked%20to%20leave%20the%20ceremony%20and%20refused%2C%20we%20also%20recognize%20we%20could%20have%20handled
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Maria Pevchikh on Twitter: "There is an elephant in the negotiation room. Its name is Roman Abramovich. Allow me to give you some context on who this guy actually is and how his participation in the Ukraine-Russia peace talks should be viewed. https://t.co/2vlRqwaLlq" / Twitter

Maria Pevchikh on Twitter: "There is an elephant in the negotiation room. Its name is Roman Abramovich. Allow me to give you some context on who this guy actually is and how his participation in the Ukraine-Russia peace talks should be viewed. https://t.co/2vlRqwaLlq" / Twitter
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'Red Notice' Is Netflix's Biggest Movie Ever. Critics Don't Get Why. - Bloomberg

'Red Notice' Is Netflix's Biggest Movie Ever. Critics Don't Get Why. - Bloomberg : While%20we%20don%u2019t%20know%20how%20many%20people%20watched%20it%20%u2013%20or%20how%20many%20finished%20it%20%u2013%20we%20do%A0know%2C%20thanks%20to%20director%20Rawson%20Marshall%20Thurber%2C%20that%20at%20least%20121%20million%20accounts%20have%20watched%20at%20least%20two%20minutes.%20We%20also%20know%20that%20328%20million%20hours%20equates%20to%20164%20million%20Netflix%20accounts%20watching%20the%20whole%20thing%20once.
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There%u2019s%20no%20excuse%20for%20Will%20Smith%u2019s%20Oscars%20slap%20of%20Chris%20Rock%20%7C%20Miami%20Herald

There%u2019s%20no%20excuse%20for%20Will%20Smith%u2019s%20Oscars%20slap%20of%20Chris%20Rock%20%7C%20Miami%20Herald : from%20the%20Kremlin%20to%20Mar-a-Lago%20to%20the%20Academy%20Awards%2C%20there%20are%20few%20things%20more%20unpredictable%20%u2014%20or%20dangerous%20%u2014%20than%20a%20man%20who%20feels%20pressed%20to%20vindicate%20his%20manhood.%20The%20weaker%20the%20man%2C%20the%20greater%20the%20need%20and%20the%20vaster%20the%20collateral%20damage
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Why%20is%20Abramovich%20playing%20peacemaker%20after%20Russia%u2019s%20invasion%20of%20Ukraine%3F%20%7C%20Roman%20Abramovich%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : More%20recently%2C%20Abramovich%20brought%20a%20libel%20case%20in%20London%20against%20journalist%20Catherine%20Belton%2C%20after%20contesting%20several%20claims%20in%20Belton%u2019s%20book%20Putin%u2019s%20People%2C%20including%20that%20he%20bought%20Chelsea%20at%20Putin%u2019s%20request.%20Abramovich%20settled%20with%20Belton%20after%20her%20publisher%20agreed%20the%20book%20would%20acknowledge%20this%20was%20not%20a%20statement%20of%20fact.%0A%0AIn%20that%20court%20case%2C%20his%20lawyers%20claimed%20%u201CAbramovich%20is%20someone%20who%20is%20distant%20from%20Putin%u201D%2C%20something%20which%20has%20been%20thrown%20into%20question%20by%20his%20sudden%20appearance%20as%20an%20envoy.%0A%0AA%20source%20in%20the%20Ukrainian%20delegation%20told%20news%20outlet%20Ukrayinska%20Pravda%20that%20Abramovich%20had%20positioned%20himself%20as%2
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Why%20is%20Abramovich%20playing%20peacemaker%20after%20Russia%u2019s%20invasion%20of%20Ukraine%3F%20%7C%20Roman%20Abramovich%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : Information%20about%20Abramovich%u2019s%20wealth%20and%20lifestyle%20have%20instead%20tended%20to%20come%20from%20court%20cases%2C%20notably%20an%20epic%202012%20battle%20in%20the%20London%20courts%20with%20his%20former%20benefactor%20Boris%20Berezovsky%2C%20who%20claimed%20Abramovich%20had%20swindled%20him%20out%20of%20several%20billion%20dollars%20by%20forcing%20him%20to%20sell%20his%20stake%20in%20oil%20company%20Sibneft%20at%20a%20reduced%20price.%20The%20judge%20found%20in%20Abramovich%u2019s%20favour.%0A%0A
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Boris Becker reveals shock and embarrassment over bankruptcy - BBC News

Boris Becker reveals shock and embarrassment over bankruptcy - BBC News : Becker%20said%20he%20felt%20%22very%20embarrassed%22%2C%20adding%3A%20%22Because%20it%20was%20all%20over%20world%20news%2C%20and%20I%20walked%20through%20the%20gate%20of%20Wimbledon%20and%20everyone%20knew.%20I%20was%20embarrassed%20because%20I%20was%20bankrupt.%22%0AHe%20told%20jurors%20the%20bankruptcy%20was%20also%20in%20the%20midst%20of%20a%20%22stressful%20time%22%20with%20his%20then%20wife%20Sharlely%20%22Lilly%22%20Becker%2C%20while%20they%20were%20living%20in%20%22separate%20quarters%22%20at%20a%20%A322%2C000-a-month%20rented%20house%20in%20Wimbledon%2C%20south-west%20London.%0ABecker%2C%20who%20arrived%20at%20court%20hand%20in%20hand%20with%20his%20partner%20Lilian%20de%20Carvalho%20Monteiro%2C%20sat%20at%20the%20witness%20box%20on%20Monday%20to%20give%20evidence%2C%20as%20the%20jury%20was%20told%20he%20has%20injuries%20to%20his%20ankle%20and%20knees.%0AHis%20barrister%2C%20Jonathan%20Laidlaw%20QC%2C%20t
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Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian Peace Negotiators Suffer Symptoms of Suspected Poisoning - WSJ

Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian Peace Negotiators Suffer Symptoms of Suspected Poisoning - WSJ : Western experts who looked into the incident said it was hard to determine whether the symptoms were caused by a chemical or biological agent or by some sort of electromagnetic-radiation attack, the people familiar with the matter said.
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Will%20Smith%20Hits%20Chris%20Rock%20at%20the%20Oscars.%20Here%u2019s%20What%20We%20Know.%20-%20The%20New%20York%20Times

Will%20Smith%20Hits%20Chris%20Rock%20at%20the%20Oscars.%20Here%u2019s%20What%20We%20Know.%20-%20The%20New%20York%20Times : The%20Academy%20later%20issued%20a%20statement%20on%20Twitter%20that%20mentioned%20neither%20Smith%20nor%20Rock%2C%20but%20said%20%u201CThe%20Academy%20does%20not%20condone%20violence%20of%20any%20form.%u201D%0A
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These Unexplored Historical Photos Are Remarkable - Illumeably

These Unexplored Historical Photos Are Remarkable - Illumeably : A%20horse%20weighing%2016%20times%20an%20average%20human%20is%20expected%20to%20have%20a%20few%20fans.%20Brooklyn%20Supreme%20is%20the%20star%20here%20as%20this%20red%20roan%20Belgian%20stallion%20weighed%203%2C197%20pounds%20and%20measure%20six%20and%20a%20half%20feet.%20%0A%0AWhether%20this%20horse%20is%20the%20largest%20one%20to%20exist%20is%20a%20moot%20point%20but%20its%20enormous%20size%20made%20it%20popular.%20Its%20owners%20Charles%20Grant%20Good%20and%20Ralph%20M.%20Fogleman%20entered%20a%20partnership%20with%20Good%20and%20exhibited%20this%20horse%20around%20the%20US%20charging%20ten%20cents%20from%20the%20%u201Cviewers%u201D.%20%0A%0A
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%u2018Tip%20of%20the%20iceberg%u2019%3A%20rise%20in%20Russian%20spying%20activity%20alarms%20European%20capitals%20%7C%20Financial%20Times

%u2018Tip%20of%20the%20iceberg%u2019%3A%20rise%20in%20Russian%20spying%20activity%20alarms%20European%20capitals%20%7C%20Financial%20Times : The%20scene%20seemed%20more%20suited%20to%20an%20Austin%20Powers%20spy%20farce%20than%20a%20John%20le%20Carr%E9%20cold%20war%20intrigue.%0A%0A%u201CI%20told%20Moscow%20that%20you%20are%20such%20a%20good%20boy%2C%u201D%20lieutenant%20colonel%20Sergey%20Solomasov%2C%20a%20spook%20working%20for%20Russia%u2019s%20GRU%20military%20intelligence%20agency%2C%20told%20his%20Slovak%20contact%2C%20Bohus%20Garbar.%20%u201CMoscow%20decided%20that%20you%u2019ll%20be%20a%20hunter.%u201D%A0%0A%0ABut%20Solomasov%20%u2014%20on%20paper%2C%20Russia%u2019s%20deputy%20military%20attach%E9%20in%20Bratislava%20%u2014%20was%20wrong.%20Garbar%20did%20not%20get%20a%20chance%20to%20hunt.%20Instead%20he%20was%20the%20hunted%3A%20Slovak%20agents%20had%20filmed%20the%20meeting%20with%20his%20handler.%0A%0AOn%20March%2014%2C%20Solomasov%20was%20one%20of%20three%20Russians%20expe
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Trump%20accidentally%20proves%20that%20the%20Clinton%20campaign%20wasn%u2019t%20the%20driving%20force%20of%20the%20Russia%20probe%20-%20The%20Washington%20Post

Trump%20accidentally%20proves%20that%20the%20Clinton%20campaign%20wasn%u2019t%20the%20driving%20force%20of%20the%20Russia%20probe%20-%20The%20Washington%20Post : If%20you%20were%20just%20reading%20the%20lawsuit%2C%20you%20would%20learn%20that%20the%20internal%20discussions%20were%20revealed%20%u201Cafter%20the%20DNC%20servers%20were%20hacked%20by%20an%20individual%20using%20the%20name%20%u2018Guccifer%202.0.%u2019%20%u201D%20If%2C%20however%2C%20you%20were%20at%20all%20conscious%20during%20the%20period%20from%20June%202016%20to%2C%20say%2C%20last%20week%2C%20you%20would%20recognize%20that%20the%20actual%20source%20of%20those%20documents%20was%20that%20they%20were%20stolen%20by%20hackers%20working%20for%20Russia.%20The%20investigation%20into%20Russian%20interference%20in%20the%202016%20election%20demonstrated%20that%20pretty%20robustly%2C%20including%20finding%20examples%20of%20hackers%20in%20Russia%20searching%20for%20translations%20of%20phrases%20that%20are%20later%20used%20by%20%u201
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Opinion | The Ginni and Clarence Thomas conundrum - The Washington Post

Opinion | The Ginni and Clarence Thomas conundrum - The Washington Post : %u201CI%20think%20we%20should%20be%20careful%20destroying%20our%20institutions%20because%20they%20don%u2019t%20give%20us%20what%20we%20want%20when%20we%20want%20it.%u201D%0AThose%20were%20wise%20words%2C%20spoken%20in%20September%20by%20Supreme%20Court%20Justice%20Clarence%20Thomas%20when%20he%20delivered%20a%20lecture%20at%20the%20University%20of%20Notre%20Dame%20Law%20School.%20It%20is%20too%20bad%20Thomas%u2019s%20advice%20didn%u2019t%20get%20through%20to%20his%20wife%2C%20Virginia.
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Is Yandex, Russia's Marquee Tech Company, In Trouble? One Former Board Member Says Yes.

Is Yandex, Russia's Marquee Tech Company, In Trouble? One Former Board Member Says Yes. : On%20March%207%2C%20Yandex%20announced%20the%20resignation%20of%20two%20board%20members%2C%20quoting%20them%20as%20saying%20%u201Cour%20hearts%20are%20with%20the%20entire%20team%20in%20these%20challenging%20times.%u201D%20A%20week%20later%2C%20the%20deputy%20executive%20director%20resigned%2C%20after%20he%20was%20hit%20with%20European%20Union%20sanctions.%20Then%20Yandex%20announced%20it%20was%20looking%20to%20sell%20two%20of%20its%20most%20visible%20content%20divisions%20to%20focus%20on%20its%20other%20businesses.%0A%0AWestern%20sanctions%2C%20meanwhile%2C%20have%20led%20to%20the%20company%u2019s%20shares%20being%20frozen%20on%20U.S.%20stock%20exchanges.%20That%20in%20turn%20has%20led%20shareholders%20to%20seek%20repayment%20on%20bond%20guarantees%2C%20but%20the%20company%20says%20it%20doesn%u2019t%20have%20the%20%241.25%20billion%20to%20cover%20that%20amount.%0A%0A
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When Doctors Cite 'Regret' to Deny Care, Who Is Really Protected? | WIRED

When Doctors Cite 'Regret' to Deny Care, Who Is Really Protected? | WIRED : The%20psychological%20consequences%20of%20a%20prescription%20or%20procedure%20may%20be%20relevant%20to%20a%20patient%u2019s%20understanding%20of%20the%20risks%20they%20are%20undertaking%2C%20but%20the%20emphasis%20on%20anticipatory%20regret%20often%20%u201Callows%20a%20lot%20of%20values%20or%20political%20views%20to%20be%20projected%20into%20that%20future%2C%u201D%20says%20Jacob%20D.%20Moses%2C%20a%20postdoctoral%20fellow%20in%20the%20history%20of%20medicine%20and%20public%20health%20at%20Johns%20Hopkins%20University.%0A%0A
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Ash Barty announces shock retirement from tennis at 25 | Ash Barty | The Guardian

Ash Barty announces shock retirement from tennis at 25 | Ash Barty | The Guardian : %u201CToday%20is%20difficult%20and%20filled%20with%20emotion%20for%20me%20as%20I%20announce%20my%20retirement%20from%20tennis%2C%u201D%20Barty%20wrote%20in%20a%20post%20on%20Instagram%2C%20alongside%20a%20video%20of%20the%20interview.%0A%0A%u201CI%20wasn%u2019t%20sure%20how%20to%20share%20this%20news%20with%20you%20so%20I%20asked%20my%20good%20friend%20@caseydellacqua%20to%20help%20me.%20I%20am%20so%20thankful%20for%20everything%20this%20sport%20has%20given%20me%20and%20leave%20feeling%20proud%20and%20fulfilled.%0A%0A%u201CThank%20you%20to%20everyone%20who%20has%20supported%20me%20along%20the%20way%2C%20I%u2019ll%20always%20be%20grateful%20for%20the%20lifelong%20memories%20that%20we%20created%20together.%u201D%0A%0A
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Anne%20Frank%3A%20Dutch%20publisher%20recalls%20book%20on%20diarist%u2019s%20betrayal%20after%20critical%20report%20%7C%20Anne%20Frank%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : The%20Betrayal%20of%20Anne%20Frank%3A%20A%20Cold%20Case%20Investigation%20by%20Canadian%20bestselling%20author%20Rosemary%20Sullivan%20has%20been%20widely%20criticised%20by%20experts%20since%20its%20release%20in%20January.%0A%0AThe%20book%20named%20a%20Jewish%20notary%2C%20Arnold%20van%20den%20Bergh%2C%20as%20the%20main%20suspect%20in%20exposing%20the%20family%u2019s%20hideout%20to%20the%20Nazis.%0A%0AThere%20was%20a%20backlash%20by%20Jewish%20groups%2C%20historians%20and%20independent%20researchers%20who%20subsequently%20criticised%20the%20cold%20case%20team%u2019s%20conclusion.%0A%0ALast%20month%2C%20the%20main%20umbrella%20group%20for%20Europe%u2019s%20national%20Jewish%20communities%20urged%20HarperCollins%20to%20pull%20the%20English%20edition%2C%20saying%20it%20had%20tarnished%20Anne%20Frank%u2019s%20memory%20and%20the%20di
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Foreign%20Minister%20Sergey%20Lavrov%u2019s%20interview%20with%20TV%20channels%20RT%2C%20NBC%20News%2C%20ABC%20News%2C%20ITN%2C%20France%2024%20and%20the%20PRC%20Media%20Corporation%2C%20Moscow%2C%20March%203%2C%202022%20-%20The%20Ministry%20of%20Foreign%20Affairs%20of%20the%20Russian%20Federation
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There%u2019s%20an%20easy%20way%20to%20help%20Ukraine%20without%20military%20escalation%3A%20cancel%20its%20foreign%20debt%20%7C%20Owen%20Jones%20%7C%20The%20Guardian

There%u2019s%20an%20easy%20way%20to%20help%20Ukraine%20without%20military%20escalation%3A%20cancel%20its%20foreign%20debt%20%7C%20Owen%20Jones%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : Since%20Russia%20annexed%20Crimea%20in%202014%20%u2013%20triggering%20a%20conflict%20in%20the%20east%20that%20had%20claimed%20thousands%20of%20lives%20before%20the%20current%20invasion%20%u2013%20Ukraine%20has%20been%20forced%20to%20borrow%20%2461bn%20%28%A346bn%29%20from%20external%20lenders%2C%20according%20to%20calculations%20by%20the%20Jubilee%20Debt%20Campaign%3B%20a%20small%20sliver%20has%20been%20paid%20off%2C%20but%20what%20remains%20represents%20about%20a%20third%20of%20the%20country%u2019s%20total%20economy.%20Ukraine%20was%20due%20to%20cough%20up%20%247.3bn%20this%20year%20alone%20%u2013%20more%20than%20its%20annual%20education%20budget.%20For%20a%20rich%20country%20blessed%20with%20peace%2C%20that%20would%20be%20manageable%2C%20but%20Ukrainians%20are%20poorer%20today%20than%20when%20the%20Soviet%20Union%20col
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The%20real%20%u2013%20and%20far%20scarier%20%u2013%20reason%20Republicans%20think%20Biden%20is%20illegitimate%20%7C%20Thomas%20Zimmer%20%7C%20The%20Guardian

The%20real%20%u2013%20and%20far%20scarier%20%u2013%20reason%20Republicans%20think%20Biden%20is%20illegitimate%20%7C%20Thomas%20Zimmer%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : This%20sparked%20the%20latest%20round%20in%20the%20never-ending%20debate%20over%20whether%20or%20not%20Republicans%20actually%20believe%20that%20the%20election%20was%20stolen%20from%20them.%20Politically%2C%20it%20is%20important%20to%20push%20back%20against%20the%20opportunistic%20ways%20in%20which%20Republicans%20up%20and%20down%20the%20country%20have%20been%20using%20the%20%u201Cbig%20lie%u201D.%20But%20if%20we%20are%20trying%20to%20understand%20what%20is%20animating%20the%20right%u2019s%20rapidly%20accelerating%20radicalization%20against%20democracy%2C%20binary%20assumptions%20of%20Republicans%20as%20either%20true%20believers%20or%20power-hungry%20cynics%20are%20not%20very%20helpful%20and%20actually%20obscure%20more%20than%20they%20illuminate.%20In%20some%20fundamental%20way%2C%20Republicans%20are%20both.%20What%20we%20really%
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Inside the �250m Abramovich property portfolio | Roman Abramovich | The Guardian

Inside the �250m Abramovich property portfolio | Roman Abramovich | The Guardian : Among%20other%20well-known%20assets%20held%20by%20the%20oligarch%20is%20a%2029%25%20stake%20in%20the%20London-listed%20steel%20and%20mining%20group%20Evraz%2C%20which%20was%20worth%20%A32.5bn%20at%20the%20end%20of%202021.%0A%0AHowever%2C%20the%20shares%20then%20plummeted%2C%20with%20Abramovich%u2019s%20stake%20worth%20about%20%A3338m%20as%20the%20crisis%20in%20Ukraine%20unravelled.%20The%2010-member%20board%20of%20directors%20of%20Evraz%20resigned%20this%20month%20after%20sanctions%20were%20imposed%20on%20the%20Russian%20oligarch%20and%20shares%20in%20the%20company%20were%20suspended.%0A%0AAbramovich%20did%20not%20respond%20to%20numerous%20efforts%20by%20the%20Guardian%20to%20contact%20him.
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%u2018No%20one%20will%20marry%20your%20children%2C%u2019%20Pakistan%20PM%20warns%20MPs%20ahead%20of%20no-confidence%20vote%20%7C%20Imran%20Khan%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : With%20a%20vote%20of%20no-confidence%20looming%20over%20his%20government%2C%20Pakistan%u2019s%20prime%20minister%2C%20Imran%20Khan%2C%20warned%20those%20planning%20to%20vote%20against%20him%20that%20they%20risk%20social%20disgrace%2C%20and%20that%20%u201Cno%20one%20will%20marry%20your%20children%u201D.%0A%0AThe%20no-confidence%20vote%20is%20expected%20to%20be%20tabled%20on%20Friday%2025%20March%2C%20backed%20by%20a%20coalition%20of%20politicians%20who%20accuse%20Khan%20of%20bad%20governance%20and%20economic%20incompetence.%20In%20January%20inflation%20reached%2013%25%20and%20the%20cost%20of%20fuel%20and%20food%20rocketed.
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