My harmonious padlet by MONICA LUCIA https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90 Made with a creative frenzy en-us 2017-04-11 19:44:56 UTC 2026-01-04 11:23:28 UTC hello@padlet.com moniklucy https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165976480 2017-04-11 20:09:48 UTC https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165976480 White House: Russia, Syrian regime trying to 'confuse' the world over chemical attacks moniklucy https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165976818 2017-04-11 20:11:53 UTC https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165976818 The White House said Tuesday the Syrian regime and Russia are trying to "confuse the world community about who is responsible for using chemical weapons against the Syrian people in this and earlier attacks."Senior administration officials stopped short of saying there was definitive proof of Russian collusion with Syria on the chemical attack last week, but the administration bluntly accused the Russian government of helping the Syrian regime cover-up chemical weapons still in the country."I think it's clear that the Russians are trying to cover up what happened there," one senior administration official said.How Syria is shuffling Trump-era politicsPresident Donald Trump authorized cruise missile strikes against President Bashar al-Assad's military in Syria last week after the regime used sarin gas on their own people, including children. The strikes, which saw 59 tomahawk missiles launched from ships in the eastern Mediterranean, hit the base used to launch the chemical attack.Officials said Tuesday that Russians were located on the small base before the chemical attack was launched."We do think that it is a question worth asking the Russians," another official said. "How is it possible that their forces were located with the Syrian forces that planned, prepared and carried out this chemical weapons attack at the same installation, and did not have foreknowledge?""Russia's allegations fit with a pattern of deflecting blame from the regime and attempting to undermine the credibility of its opponents," the official said. moniklucy https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165977673 2017-04-11 20:17:06 UTC https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165977673 'Dollars and euros': How a Malaysian firm helped fund North Korea's leadership moniklucy https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165981962 2017-04-11 20:48:38 UTC https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165981962 By James Pearson, Tom Allard and Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Over the past two decades, North Korean-born Han Hun Il, the founding chief executive of a Malaysian conglomerate, funnelled money to the leadership in Pyongyang, a North Korean defector, speaking out for the first time, told Reuters. Han’s conglomerate, Malaysia Korea Partners (MKP), worked in partnership with Jang Song Thaek, according to Lee Chol Ho, who worked as a trader for Han for nine years until he defected to Seoul in 2010. Jang, the uncle of North Korea’s ruler Kim Jong Un, was considered one of North Korea’s most powerful men until he was executed for treason in 2013. Reuters was unable to independently confirm Lee’s account of Han’s relationship with North Korea’s leadership, including his assertion that money was funnelled to North Korea’s leadership body, the central committee of the ruling Workers’ Party. Reuters also couldn’t determine how the central committee, which controls North Korea’s highly sanctioned nuclear and weapons programme, used the funds from Han or if the payments are continuing. The new disclosures come at a time when United Nations sanctions monitors are intensifying scrutiny of both Han and MKP. A February report by experts monitoring U.N. sanctions on North Korea says MKP’s bank subsidiary in Pyongyang is a particular focus. A 2013 U.N. resolution bars foreign companies or foreign joint ventures with a North Korean company from having a financial subsidiary in North Korea.The U.N. report says the bank, called International Consortium Bank, was established as a joint venture between MKP and Jang’s Sungri Economic Group. The bank is licensed by North Korea’s central bank and registered with the Pyongyang Municipal People’s Committee, it said. If the U.N. experts find sanctions have been violated, they could recommend the U.N. Security Council blacklist MKP, its executives or one or more of its subsidiaries, subjecting them to a global travel ban and asset freeze. STRAINED TIES Han, also known as Dr. Edward Hahn, hung up the phone and blocked a Reuters reporter on his messaging app when contacted for comment. MKP did not respond to requests for comment on Lee’s assertions. The company issued a statement dated March 23 saying MKP had “no reason to hide the fact” that Han is North Korean. It denied owning ICB or any other North Korean bank and said nobody from the United Nations has contacted the company. The U.N. said it does not comment on its ongoing investigations. Lee’s description of how MKP operated appears to shed fresh light on the close ties between Malaysia and North Korea, which have come under strain following the assassination of Kim Jong Nam, the elder half-brother of North Korea’s ruler, with the highly toxic VX nerve agent in February. Reuters reported in February that North Korea’s spy agency was running an arms export operation out of Malaysia. [nL3N1GC2UF] Malaysia’s foreign ministry did not respond to Reuters’ requests for comment. PYONGYANG BANK MKP, which Han formed in 1996 with his Malaysian partner, Yong Kok Yeap, operates in 20 countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, piling up contracts worth at least $350 million, an MKP corporate video and promotional brochures shows. Yong declined requests to be interviewed. MKP’s main business is construction, but it is also involved in a number of other activities, including financial services and coal trading, according to U.N. reports, company sources, registration documents and MKP promotional material. ICB is among several banks the U.N. is currently investigating for possible breaches of various U.N. Security Council resolutions. These include one from 2013 calling on members states to prohibit financial service companies where there are “reasonable grounds to believe that such financial services could contribute to [North Korea’s] nuclear or ballistic weapons programs.” In its March 23 statement, MKP said its website had been “hacked” to insert ICB under its list of service companies and place a “doctored photograph” of “MKP personnel”, including Yong, visiting ICB’s office in Pyongyang. A search of archive.org, a database of old websites, shows ICB has been listed on MKP’s website since 2009, including under its earlier name, Sungri Hi-Fund International Bank. As of April 10, ICBwas still listed on the website. In its February report, the U.N. said it had inquired with Malaysia and MKP about ICB and had “yet to receive a reply.”Taken from: http://www.euronews.com/2017/04/10/dollars-and-euros-how-a-malaysian-firm-helped-fund-north-koreas-leadership moniklucy https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165982012 2017-04-11 20:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165982012 moniklucy https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165982449 2017-04-11 20:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165982449 EXCLUSIVE: The fall and rise of Monaco's Radamel Falcao moniklucy https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165982606 2017-04-11 20:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165982606 moniklucy https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165982683 2017-04-11 20:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165982683 Monaco (CNN)They said he was finished -- that El Tigre would never roar again following the serious injury he suffered in January 2014.Radamel Falcao, among the highest-paid players in English Premier League history; Radamel Falcao, scorer of just five goals in two Premier League seasons.Follow @cnnsportSo English football supporters could have been forgiven for rubbing their eyes in disbelief in February as he raced through Manchester City's defense, casually brushing aside John Stones before sumptuously dinking the ball over Willy Caballero.Here he was, reborn on the biggest stage of all. Back at AS Monaco and back in business, three years on from his lowest ebb after he tore his anterior cruciate ligament, leading the line for the most prolific team in Europe."You learn from every experience, both good and bad," muses Falcao, speaking to CNN in a rare interview ahead of Monaco's first-leg quarterfinal tie against Borussia Dortmund Tuesday. "My time in England gave me experiences which I've learned from and have made me better."I was always sure that when I had continuity in matches and minutes, my form would return to the level I was used to and the goals, as a matter of consequence, would come."Taken from: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/11/football/radamel-falcao-monaco-redemption-fall-and-rise-colombia-manchester-united-chelsea-dortmund/index.html moniklucy https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165983161 2017-04-11 21:00:49 UTC https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165983161 'Thor: Ragnarok' makes Marvel history moniklucy https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165983212 2017-04-11 21:01:24 UTC https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165983212 moniklucy https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165983329 2017-04-11 21:02:18 UTC https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165983329 The newly released teaser trailer for "Thor: Ragnarok" isn't just delighting Marvel fans for its action.It also features the first female lead villain in a Marvel film, Cate Blanchett as Hela.While there have been other women on the dark side, such as Nebula ( played by Karen Gillan) from "Guardians of the Galaxy," Hela (a.k.a. Goddess of Death) represents the first time such a baddie has been front and center, creating mayhem in the Marvel universe.Based on the new trailer, she's pretty tough, capable of destroying Thor's signature weapon, his hammer Mjolnir.Asgardian Avenger (portrayed by Chris Hemsworth) is clearly going to have a tough time with Hela."Asgard is dead," she announces in the trailer.Blanchett is promising a complex villain."She arrives with a lot of baggage," the actress told Entertainment Weekly. "She's a little bit cross."As far as Blanchett is concerned, Hela has been a long time coming."Can you believe we're having this conversation and it's 2017 and we're talking about the first female villain," she said. "It's ridiculous."Blanchett added that it's exciting to see women stepping into the dark space as "There's so much untapped potential villainy in women.""I think finally it's beginning to be acknowledged that women and men want to see a diverse array of characters, and that's race, gender across the sexual spectrum," she said."Thor: Ragnarok" opens in theaters in November.Taken from: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/11/entertainment/thor-ragnarok-cate-blanchett/index.html moniklucy https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165983633 2017-04-11 21:05:06 UTC https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165983633 2017 BAFTA TV Award Nominations Announced: The Full List moniklucy https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165986657 2017-04-11 21:27:05 UTC https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165986657 moniklucy https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165986913 2017-04-11 21:30:12 UTC https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165986913 Among the list of nominees announced Tuesday, The Crown leads this year's pool with five nods, including recognition for Claire Foy, John Lithgow, Jared Harris and Vanessa Kirby. HBO's The Night Of and FX's The People v. O.J. Simpson also received nominations in the "International" category while Netflix saw additional success with Stranger Things, which was also nominated in the same group.While The Night Manager swept this year's Golden Globe Awards with three wins out of four nominations, it was only nominated for a BAFTA in the "Supporting Actor" category for Tom Hollander. The Late Late Show With James Corden landed a nomination for Virgin TV's Must See Moment thanks to his "Carpool Karaoke" segment with former First Lady Michelle Obama. moniklucy https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165987980 Meanwhile, Foy, who also won a Golden Globe Award for her performance as a young Queen Elizabeth II, remains a favorite to win a BAFTA for her second career nomination. 

"I'm very honored to have been nominated for a BAFTA and so thrilled the show has been recognised in so many categories and to share this with Jared, John and Vanessa and all the amazing cast and crew," she said in a statement. "It's especially meaningful because the show is made in the UK with such a wealth of incredible British talent. Very, very excited."
]]> 2017-04-11 21:42:06 UTC https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/165987980 dianita_katira https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/166197923 2017-04-13 04:55:34 UTC https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/166197923 News by Diana Montero dianita_katira https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/166198211 2017-04-13 05:03:58 UTC https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/166198211 News by Alexandra Novoa dianita_katira https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/166198255 2017-04-13 05:05:03 UTC https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/166198255 News by Heidi Delgado dianita_katira https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/166198287 2017-04-13 05:05:51 UTC https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/166198287 News by Monica González dianita_katira https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/166198316 2017-04-13 05:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/moniklucy/3jeozut2oj90/wish/166198316