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The only thing that outshines a mirrorball trophy is a diamond ring. Some Dancing With the Stars pros have found their perfect match in the ballroom, but others have kept their personal lives off the dance floor. Lindsay Arnold exchanged vows with her high school sweetheart, Sam Cusick, in their home state of Utah in June 2015. After two years of wedded bliss, the former So You Think You Can Dance star gushed about finding love outside of Hollywood. “Oh my gosh, I don’t know how I could be with anybody else,” she told Us Weekly exclusively in November 2017,…

Russia is “probably” paying for Iranian kamikaze drones by assisting Iran’s nuclear research programs, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday.Zelenskyy made the statement during an address to the Haaretz Democracy Conference on Monday, saying Russia has purchased at least 2,000 Shahed-136 drones and has used them to bombard Ukraine. Iranian instructors have been spotted in Belarus teaching Russian forces to coordinate drone strikes with the Iranian-made drone system, leading to further fears that Belarus’ role in the conflict in Ukraine may soon escalate.”Russia has used almost 4,500 missiles against us, and their stock of missiles is dwindling,” Zelenskyy said. “That…

XRP price wallows in the red as bulls attempt to keep the token above $0.45. The money remittance token was rejected at $0.47 following an earlier attempt to break out. XRP price will likely consolidate at $0.45 before trying another move up.Ripple Vs. SEC: Assessing an XRP Price Rally To $50XRP price has lost much of its month-long upward momentum, making it brush shoulders with $0.55 twice before falling back down again. The small wins Ripple Labs has been bagging in court has improved sentiment among the XRP Army. Even though the price corrected to $0.42, investors and experts are looking…

Chinese technology stocks sold off sharply after President Xi Jinping secured a third term as party leader and new data showed the country’s economy fell well short of Beijing’s growth target.The Hang Seng Tech index dropped 9.7 per cent on Monday in Hong Kong after China said its gross domestic product lagged the target set for the third quarter. The index has only once before fallen as much in a day.Nasdaq’s Golden Dragon index, which tracks US-listed shares in Chinese companies, dropped 15 per cent as Alibaba, JD.com and Pinduoduo all came under heavy selling pressure. The gauge is now…

Max Verstappen and Red Bull started the United States Grand Prix determined to honor the memory of founder and team owner Dietrich Mateschitz and the racing powerhouse he built.Driver and team both delivered, overcoming self-inflicted race drama to chase down Mercedes’s Lewis Hamilton to win Sunday.”I think this is a race he would have loved to see,” Verstappen said of the victory that came a day after the team announced Mateschitz , the Austrian billionaire co-founder of the Red Bull energy drinks global empire, had died at age 78. The Red Bull team was told shortly before Saturday qualifying that…

The Philadelphia spirit is strong with this one. A young Phillies fan sent a message to Padres supporters with a middle-finger salute for Fox 5 San Diego anchor Julian Del Gaudio on Sunday night outside Citizens Bank Park. “Well Philly, thanks for the memories,” Del Gaudio wrote on Twitter. He added, “Gonna miss Philly” on Instagram. The NLCS reached Philadelphia even at 1-1 on Friday, but the Phillies stormed to three straight wins to punch their ticket to the 2022 World Series. They sealed the series with a dramatic comeback on Sunday afternoon. Trailing 3-2 in the eighth inning, Bryce…

Something is shaking European politics.In September, Italy elected populist firebrand Giorgia Meloni, who on Friday became the country’s first far-right leader since the war-time fascist Mussolini.Days before the nationalist, right-wing Sweden Democrats made an electoral breakthrough, gaining 20.5% of the vote in an election dominated by concerns over gang violence and immigration.Though there are some exceptions — a pro-European, liberal recently saw off a far-right populist challenger for the Austrian presidency — these two examples point to a possible populist, a right-wing resurgence in Europe, with populists polling well in Bulgaria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Finland.So what is happening…

The writer is a former EU trade commissioner and UK business secretaryIn retrospect, this energy crisis looked inevitable. To attribute this solely to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is simplistic. Rather, this is a longer-term tale of energy insecurity and under-investment. Western gas supplies have been left fragile by Europe not diversifying its energy sources, by Putin and Gazprom’s increasing manipulation of the European market over the past decade and by under-investment in oil and gas as the US shale boom has waxed and waned. This combination has caused gas prices to soar to 10 times the normal average, leading…

The trial in the criminal case brought by the Manhattan district attorney against the Trump Organization is about to begin, as jury selection is set to kick off on Monday.The company is facing allegations of tax fraud following a three-year investigation, although former President Trump is not facing any charges personally. The business is accused of paying senior executives millions in off-the-books compensation through fringe benefits.The indictment alleged that executives “received substantial portions of their income through indirect and disguised means, with compensation that was unreported or misreported” by the company so employees could report lower earnings to tax authorities.…

Chicago’s gun violence erupted into another bloody weekend in which over 50 people were shot, including a 14-year-old boy on a playground and three men with gang affiliations killed at a drag racing incident that involved nearly 100 cars, authorities said Monday morning.The violence occurred from 6 p.m. Friday to 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Chicago police said.In total, there were 43 shooting incidents and 51 shooting victims, which included at least eight juveniles. Police said that of the 11 recorded murders, 10 people were fatally shot and one was fatally stabbed.Among those fatally shot were three Hispanic males at a…