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Paris’s Louvre museum plans to organize yoga and sports classes in its famous galleries as part of a city-wide cultural program ahead of the Olympics.The world’s largest museum will offer visitors the opportunity to participate in dance, yoga and exercise classes with instructors and instructors while admiring its world-famous paintings and sculptures.The announcement was one of several made on Tuesday aimed at stoking Olympic enthusiasm ahead of the Games opening in Paris on July 26.”The Louvre is actually in the center of Paris. It will be the physical center of the Olympics,” said Laurence des Cars, the museum’s director.For more…

Do you remember – it feels so long ago now – the days when it was a shock to find out that a rich, famous, charismatic man had been using his riches, fame and charisma to rape and abuse women and children and cover it up for years and years?Glitter: The Popstar Paedophile is the bleakest of nostalgia trips, taking us back to those quaint times, before the public Jimmy Savile revelations, before the R Kelly revelations, before the Rolf Harris revelations, before Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein … I could, unfortunately, go on but I think the point is made.This…

1. Judge expresses doubt about Trump’s lawyersTrump lawyer Todd Blanche desperately tries to save Trump from being held in contempt of court for allegedly violating a gag order banning attacks on potential trial witnesses and other participants, the presiding judge said. Juan Merchan clearly wasn’t impressed.”Mr. Branch, you are losing all credibility, I have to tell you now,” the judge said. “You are losing all trust of the court. Is there anything else you would like to argue?Prosecutors in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office are asking Trump to fine him up to $1,000 for each of 10 posts they say…

Two employees of a rightwing youth organization who harassed and assaulted a queer professor last year agreed to a diversion program and admitted they were guilty of the acts.Turning Point USA’s Kalen D’Almeida and Braden Ellis accosted the Arizona State University (ASU) professor David Boyles last October, hounding him about his sexuality and the classes he teaches. Boyles is an English instructor and the co-founder of Drag Story Hour Arizona.At one point, D’Almeida pushed Boyles to the ground, bloodying his face. Boyles posted an image of his injuries online at the time, saying his physical injuries were “relatively minor” but…

A wine merchant who blindly tasted a glass of different wines every mile during the London Marathon says he feels “honored” after his challenge went viral on social media as he surpassed his fundraising target.Tom Gilbey, nicknamed “The Wine Guy,” tasted 25 glasses of wine during the race, pausing every mile to guess the drink’s grape variety, country of origin and year.One of his videos on TikTok has been viewed more than 3.2 million times. He took his first drink at around 9.30am shortly after the game started.Gilbey said he was aiming to raise £2,000 for the Sobel House hospice…

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureGOAL! Arsenal 3-0 Chelsea (Havertz 57)Now it’s Odegaard’s time to look for Havertz down the middle. A glorious pass curled in front of Havertz. He strides down the middle, then eases off to the left to make sure Cucurella, on his right shoulder, can’t act. He reaches the edge of the box before lifting confidently over Petrovic and in. Game over!Share56 min: Partey attempts to release Havertz into acres with a simple long ball down the middle. Petrovic races out of his box to hack clear.Share54 min: Chelsea’s defending…

The New York judge presiding over Donald Trump’s criminal trial has delayed a decision on whether he should be fined $10,000 for attacking an expected trial witness in direct violation of a gag order designed to protect trial participants from being targeted for Trump’s abuse.Judge Juan Merchan reserved his ruling. But he seemed deeply unconvinced by arguments from Trump’s chief lawyer, Todd Branch, that a series of social media posts were merely a response to Trump’s political attacks and were therefore permissible.”Mr. Branch, you have lost all credibility, I must tell you now,” the judge said at one point. “You…

Russian forces have made significant advances in a narrow corridor in eastern Ukraine as an offensive by Moscow to take territory before western military aid arrives appears to be gathering pace.Footage posted by Kremlin military bloggers shows a Russian tricolour flying above the shattered village of Ocheretyne. Russian troops reportedly entered the territory on Sunday, north-west of the town of Avdiivka, after advancing about 5km in 10 days.It comes as Ukraine’s foreign ministry said it was suspending consular services for military-age men living abroad, except for those heading back to Ukraine, in a move designed to increase conscription.Russian flag raised…

The most important thing I teach my students is to find people who disagree with them.This is because the essence of learning is to test one’s ideas, assumptions and values. What better place to test ideas, assumptions and values ​​than at university?Apparently Columbia University President Minush Shafiq disagrees with me. Last week, she knelt before House Republicans and pledged to discipline professors and students who protested the ongoing massacre in Gaza, which has killed about 34,000 people, mostly women and children.The next day, she summoned the New York Police Department to arrest more than 100 students who were peacefully protesting.Can…

Name: Personality audit.Age: People have worried about what other people think about them since the beginning of time.Even more so since the beginning of the internet and social media. How do you see me, incidentally? Great. Inquisitive, certainly.That’s my job. I mean what about my personality? Erm, are you sure you really want to know?Yes! I’m bright, warm and fun to be around, right? Well …Hang on, are you saying there could be a gap between how people (me, for example) see themselves and how others (you, for example) see them? It is possible.But even if it wasn’t all five-star…