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- A + A KYIV/ISTANBUL/YUZHNE/BEIRUT/LONDON (Aug 14): Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has warned Russian soldiers who shoot at Europe's largest nuclear power station or use it as a base to shoot from, that they will become a "special target" for Ukrainian forces. Meanwhile, an Africa-bound food aid cargo was getting ready to depart from Ukraine in the coming days, the first since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and sources said the first grains ship to leave Ukraine under a UN deal was nearing Syria. Russian troops captured the Zaporizhzhia nuclear facility in southern Ukraine early in the war, but it is still being run by Ukrainian technicians. Amid fears of a nuclear catastrophe over renewed shelling there over the past days, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for the establishment of a demilitarised zone. Ukraine and Russia trade blame for the shelling. "Every Russian soldier who either shoots at the plant, or shoots using the plant as … [Read more...] about Ukraine targets Russian soldiers accused of threatening nuclear plant

Salman Rushdie (File image) The attack on Salman Rushdie in western New York state Friday prompted renewed interest in previous attacks on people connected to his 1988 novel, “The Satanic Verses,” including its Japanese translator, who was killed in 1991. The translator, Hitoshi Igarashi, was stabbed to death at age 44 that July at Tsukuba University, northeast of Tokyo, where he had been teaching comparative Islamic culture for five years. No arrests were ever made, and the crime remains unsolved. Rushdie said at the time that news of Igarashi’s death had left him feeling “extremely distressed.” Rushdie, 75, underwent hours of surgery after being stabbed and was put on a ventilator Friday evening, but by Saturday he had started to talk, according to his agent, Andrew Wylie. Igarashi had translated “The Satanic Verses” for a Japanese edition that was published after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, then the supreme leader of Iran, had ordered Muslims to kill the Indian-born … [Read more...] about Rushdie attack recalls 1991 killing of his Japanese translator

Cody and Zach Vichinsky changed the luxury real estate game on Long Island by specializing in properties worth more than $10 million, including homes seen on Succession and in Wall Street . So why is greed no longer good? By Luisa Kroll In August 2021, Bespoke Real Estate in Water Mill, New York, secured the exclusive rights to sell a dazzling contemporary oceanfront home with an inverted triangle roof in Wainscott, a hamlet of tony East Hampton. Bespoke, which was founded in 2014 by brothers Cody and Zach Vichinsky, had been using its extensive research and vast database to identify and pitch other owners of multimillion-dollar homes in the Hamptons. Within two months, the property, which had a glamorous cameo as a beach house belonging to a billionaire played by Adrien Brody in an episode of HBO’s Succession , went into contract for $45 million. Cody Vichinsky, whose firm represented both the buyer and seller, credits Bespoke’s data-driven marketing and … [Read more...] about Exclusive: Brothers Behind $8 Billion Luxury Real Estate Firm Bespoke Cut Commission Rate To 1%