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Presidential decisions can mean life or death for millions around the world, that’s why constitutional safeguards exist. But do they work in practice?
Donald Trump’s cognitive skills are amazing. So amazing! So great! So much better than any other dumb presidential contender you could mention, at least according to Trump himself, who bragged once again last week of how he had repeatedly aced what he calls “a very hard test for a lot of people”. (It’s thought he means a screening tool for mild cognitive impairment in elderly people.)
Sure, the 79-year-old leader of the free world recently interrupted a cabinet meeting in the middle of a war to ramble on at length about a conversation he supposedly had with the head of the Sharpie pen company over supplying bespoke presidential felt-tips, of which the firm said it could find no record. And made a baffling joke about Pearl Harbor during a press conference in front of an alarmed-looking Japanese prime minister. And called the strait of Hormuz the “strait of Trump”, before adding that that was absolutely deliberate because “there are no accidents with me”. But anyway, to be clear, his mental state is great. The greatest!
Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist
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Seven people including Prince Harry have accused Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL) of using unlawful information gathering to obtain stories. John’s partner, David Furnish, and the actor Liz Hurley are also among the group. ANL denies all the claims.
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BREDA (ANP) - Nederlandse bedrijven kunnen helpen om Oekraïne weer op de been te krijgen. Dat zei minister van Buitenlandse Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking Sjoerd Sjoerdsma op het bedrijvenforum voor Nederlandse en Oekraïense bedrijven voorafgaand aan de Lviv-conferentie.
"De schade door Rusland is enorm. We moeten Oekraïne weer opbouwen samen. De wederopbouw kan niet wachten op een wapenstilstand", zei Sjoerdsma. Hij ziet in de heropbouw van het land een belangrijke rol voor Nederlandse bedrijven. "Overheden kunnen de kosten niet alleen dragen. Private investeringen zijn cruciaal."
De minister begrijpt dat investeren in het buitenland niet zonder risico is, al helemaal niet in een land dat in oorlog is. Hij zei dat de Nederlandse en Oekraïense overheid aan het kijken zijn hoe ze de risico's kunnen aanpakken. Sjoerdsma stelt dat de Nederlandse overheid bedrijven actief ondersteunt, vooral wanneer ze actief zijn in energie, water, landbouw of gezondheidszorg.
There are thousands upon thousands of types of mold out there. Some you can eat—think the rind on a wheel of brie or a gray fungus known as “noble rot” that gives certain types of grapes an extra sweet flavor for dessert wines. But there are plenty we shouldn’t eat, and when that loaf of bread in the cupboard begins to turn blue-green, it’s definitely time to chuck it in the bin. For Kathleen Ryan, the myriad colors and textures of mold continue to inspire larger-than-life sculptures of fruit and other foods that, in a way, preserve decay.
Ryan’s oversized works are characterized by their textural finishes, often using an array of colored beads and semiprecious stones to achieve the effects of layered fungi and rot, in addition to salvaged metal and other materials. Recent works such as “Bad Lemon (Slice of Paradise)” and “Screwdriver” nod to the realm of cocktails and, by extension, the notion of luxury and even vacations—concepts that somewhat sour within the context of an increasingly vulnerable economy.
Juxtaposing stones ranging from amethyst and azurite to turquoise and tourmaline with salvaged metal from vintage cars, Ryan’s sculptures evoke an array of associations. She has previously likened their over-the-top scale to the roadside attractions tourists might see along Interstate highways, such as giant doughnuts and other foods and animals.
Like a geode that doesn’t look like much from the outside, works like “Bad Lemon (Slice of Paradise)” have two very different personalities, where the metal exterior lets on little about what’s inside. Ryan taps into our appreciation of hidden beauty when opening up an ancient, crystallized stone while simultaneously suggesting the grotesqueness of opening a peach, for example, only to find it rotten inside.
Some of the works seen here were recently on view at Karma in New York, and you can find more on Ryan’s Instagram.
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