It’s a sweeping, ambitious, somewhat corrupt dream of one Anatole “Zsa-zsa” Korda (Del Toro), one of the richest industrialists in Europe, to exploit a vast region of the world. We begin in 1950, with yet another assassination attempt on Korda’s life — his sixth plane crash, to be exact, which occurs as he sits smoking a cigar and reading about botany.
Ukraine’s presidential adviser, Mykhailo Podolyak, said Zelenskyy will sit at the table only with the Russian leader.Secretary of State Marco Rubio is among U.S. officials due to be in Turkey for the talks.
In May 2024, China and Brazil issued a joint peace plan that called for a peace conference with Russia and Ukraine and no expansion of the battlefield, but Zelenskyy dismissed it.On Tuesday, Brazil and China released a joint statement hoping that “a direct dialogue between the parties can begin as soon as possible.”The U.S. and Western European leaders have threatened Russia with further sanctions if there is no progress in halting the fighting in Ukraine.
France’s foreign minister said he is working with U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a leading ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, on a potential new package of what he called “devastating” sanctions.The measures would aim to “asphyxiate once and for all the Russian economy” and squeeze Russia “by the throat,” with possible 500% import tariffs on Russian oil and countries that buy it, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said. He told French broadcaster BFMTV he would see Graham on Thursday in Turkey.
Sanctions already adopted by Ukraine’s allies have failed to stop Putin.
Russian forces have beenSleep, he says, is sometimes impossible, as he worries about the large family he supports in Haiti and whether his work permit will be canceled. On the kitchen counter are stacks of receipts for the money transfers he’s sent back home.
Haitian immigrant Idaneau Mintor, a meat plant worker, stands at the doorway of his one-bedroom apartment he shares with a fellow Haitian, April 15, 2025, in Dumas, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Haitian immigrant Idaneau Mintor, a meat plant worker, stands at the doorway of his one-bedroom apartment he shares with a fellow Haitian, April 15, 2025, in Dumas, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Haitian immigrant Idaneau Mintor, a meat plant worker, stands in the doorway of his one-bedroom apartment he shares with a fellow Haitian, April 15, 2025, in Dumas, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)Haitian immigrant Idaneau Mintor, a meat plant worker, stands in the doorway of his one-bedroom apartment he shares with a fellow Haitian, April 15, 2025, in Dumas, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)