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Anonymous ID: 6feaa6 Dec. 25, 2018, 8:55 a.m. No.4464110   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Head of Rothschild in Russia pens fairy tales between flights

 

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Giovanni Salvetti, the head of Rothschild in Russia and CIS, takes five flights a week in his job managing the bank’s operations from Kazakhstan to Ukraine. In-between time, he has written a book of fairy tales for his children. “I did not decide to create a book – it was a request of my children. Every night I am with them they want me to tell a story. They don’t want me to read a story,” Salvetti, 47, said after receiving the first printed edition of his book.

 

He has three children: two boys aged 12 and 10 and a girl of eight. “Once they told me: We like very much your stories. Why don’t you write one?” The book, “Arturo and the Unicorn”, is available in Russian, English and Italian. It tells the story of a poor man from the Italian town of Bergamo working for a local nobleman. The book’s hero is blackmailed and jailed but he manages to escape thanks to his paintings. “The message is that life sometimes can be unjust, but that art can help you even in the darkest moments of your life,” says Salvetti, whose bank advises companies and government bodies in ex-Soviet countries.

 

Salvetti did the drawings for the book himself, and published it with his own funds. It can be bought online or in book stores in Russia and Ukraine for about 3 euros and proceeds from sales will go to a charity to help children in Russia and Ukraine who are suffering from cancer.

 

Asked if anything about his business could be learned from the fairy tale book, Salvetti said none of the characters were based on people in real life. “I think I can write something more interesting not about children but about my… experiences in my business,” he said, joking that might carry risks. “But then I’ll have to move to Argentina or Sri Lanka.”

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-banks-rothschild-book/head-of-rothschild-in-russia-pens-fairy-tales-between-flights-idUSKCN1OO0PN?il=0

Anonymous ID: 6feaa6 Dec. 25, 2018, 9:05 a.m. No.4464213   🗄️.is 🔗kun

German police find Islamic State flag after suspected attack on railway

 

German police said on Tuesday they had found a flag of the Islamic State (IS) militant group near the site of a suspected attack on a railway track in Berlin and that investigators were examining whether the perpetrators had any political motives. It is still unclear whether the flag and a text in Arabic found close to the railway track were left by the same people who damaged the overhead contact wire, police said.

 

“Since the beginning of the investigation, several pieces of evidence have been secured,” police said, adding that authorities discovered a torn steel cable and the damaged overhead contact wire at the train track on Sunday. Train operator Deutsche Bahn [DBN.UL] informed the federal police about the incident and local train services were temporarily interrupted, police said. It remains unclear if there is any connection between the Berlin investigation and a similar case in Bavaria where unknown suspects tried to damage or even derail a high-speed train with a steel cable in October.

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security/german-police-find-islamic-state-flag-after-suspected-attack-on-railway-idUSKCN1OO0PJ?il=0

Anonymous ID: 6feaa6 Dec. 25, 2018, 9:22 a.m. No.4464376   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4409 >>4422 >>4452 >>4478

Britain's Prince Philip misses Christmas Day church service

 

SANDRINGHAM, England (Reuters) - Britain’s Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth’s husband, missed a traditional Christmas Day church service on Tuesday, though a royal source said that the 97-year old was in good health and just wanted to spend the day in private.

 

Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, married Elizabeth in 1947 and has been by his wife’s side throughout her reign, the longest in British history. “The duke is in perfectly good health, he is just spending the day privately,” the royal source said. Former naval officer Philip, who had successful hip replacement surgery earlier this year, retired from public life last year, quipping at the time that he was no longer able to “stand up much”.

 

Senior members of the royal family traditionally attend a Christmas service at the St Mary Magdalene church in Sandringham, eastern England. Elizabeth attended, as did Charles, Prince of Wales, heir to the throne. Charles’ wife, Camilla, did not attend, according to a Reuters photographer at the church. Charles’ sons, Princes William and Harry, also went to the service with their wives, Kate and Meghan. The U.S. born actress, who is pregnant, exchanged a smile with Kate as they walked to church.

 

Elizabeth will say in her Christmas message that the traditions of peace and goodwill need to be heeded as much as ever, and people should respect each other even when they harbor the most deeply held differences. According to excerpts released by Buckingham Palace, the 92-year-old monarch will also speak of family and friendship following a year in which her grandson Harry married Meghan at a dazzling ceremony.

 

The queen has avoided commenting in public on contentious issues, and the excerpts make no mention of the visit in July by U.S. President Donald Trump or the turmoil over Britain’s departure from the European Union. Speaking about the birth of Jesus, she will say: “I believe his message of peace on earth and goodwill to all is never out of date. It can be heeded by everyone; it’s needed as much as ever.” “Even with the most deeply held differences, treating the other person with respect and as a fellow human being is always a good step towards greater understanding.”

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-royals/britains-prince-philip-misses-christmas-day-church-service-idUSKCN1OO0J3

Anonymous ID: 6feaa6 Dec. 25, 2018, 9:27 a.m. No.4464424   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>4464409

I believe it's notable…not something he misses, and the excuse, seems lame as well. He's healthy but he can't stand long? Something is up big here!