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Latest from Ukraine war can Zlelnksyy turn around his PR disaster after being lambasted by global media outlets? He is seeking to repair his image, by travelling to pose with the first Turkish vessel leaving Ukraine. It is now the sixth month of Russia’s attack on Ukraine and time to conduct an interim audit into the progress of the war. The question is often asked as to who is winning and who is losing, but such binary questions are confounded by the complexity of the situation. Indeed, one wonders whether winning or losing is a meaningful concept at all. However,…

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Shakira facing an 8-year prison term as prosecutors in Barcelona seek to make an example of the pop star. Prosecutors in Spain will ask a court to sentence Colombian pop star Shakira to eight years and two months in prison if she is convicted in her expected trial for alleged tax fraud. Shakira, whose full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, is charged with failing to pay the Spanish government €14.5 million in taxes between 2012 and 2014. The prosecutors said on Friday that they would also seek a fine of €24 million. The indictment details six charges against Shakira.…

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