Russia receiving more energy payments in yuan and rouble, says deputy PM

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Saturday that Russia will continue to accept more payments for energy exports in the country's rouble currency and China's yuan as Moscow works to ditch U.S. dollars and euros.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russia-receiving-more-energy-payments-yuan-rouble-says-deputy-pm-2023-04-22/?source=Snapzu

NATO allies 'agree Ukraine will become member'

All NATO allies have agreed that Ukraine will become a member, says secretary general Jens Stoltenberg.
Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/nato-allies-agree-ukraine-will-become-member-12862389?source=Snapzu

YSL Trial: Defense Attorney Arrested for Carrying Prescription Drugs

Anastassios Manettas’ arrest embodies a chaotic few days in the sprawling trial of Young Thug and 13 others accused of gang and racketeering charges
Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/young-thug-ysl-trial-lawyer-arrested-1234720466/amp/?source=Snapzu

Who will win 87,000 bottles of wine? 'Drops of God' is the ultimate taste test

If you're looking for the plot that's the surest to suck people in, you could do worse than centering on a contest. Be it Rocky, Pitch Perfect or Squid Game, such stories possess a built-in suspense and drama. They make us ask, "Who's going to win?"
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2023/04/20/1171008600/drops-of-god-review-manga-wine?source=Snapzu

1,000-year-old canoe recovered from N.C. lake moves Waccamaw tribe members to tears

When Michael Jacobs first laid eyes on a canoe his ancestors expertly crafted a millennium ago, he says he "couldn't do nothing but cry." Jacobs is the chief of the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe in southeastern North Carolina, where a team of archaeologists and tribe members and local residents recently pulled a 1,000-year-old canoe from the water.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/waccamaw-ancient-canoe-1.6815398?source=Snapzu

Gwyneth Paltrow is not sure about returning to Marvel: 'A 64-year-old Pepper Potts? How great'

Gwyneth Paltrow said that she's not sure about appearing in future Marvel movies as she gets older. Paltrow starred in the first-ever Marvel Cinematic Universe movie "Iron Man" as the titular character's love interest, Pepper Potts. She has reprised the role in six more Marvel movies, with her last being 2019's "Avengers: Endgame," in which Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) sacrificed his life to defeat villain Thanos.
Read more: https://www.insider.com/gwyneth-paltrow-uncertain-returning-marvel-pepper-potts-2023-4?source=Snapzu

R. Kelly Files Appeal Over 30-Year Prison Sentence, Argues Prosecutors Did Not Prove Case

His attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, filed Kelly's appeal on Tuesday. This development came after a jury found him guilty on all nine counts of a superseding indictment charging him with racketeering predicated on criminal conduct including sexual exploitation of children, forced labor, and Mann Act violations.
Read more: https://radaronline.com/p/r-kelly-files-appeal-in-new-york/?source=Snapzu