Your Nov. 1 report “Europe just says Maybe” clearly shows the soft position that many European countries are taking on drugs (Europe). As a Colombian living in Berlin, I have seen the drug problem from the suppliers’ side, as well as the consumers’ side. While in Europe “drugs are being normalized” and consumption is rising, the war in Colombia is worsening and the drug business thriving. Everybody knows that this problem has to be eliminated from both the supply and the demand side....

The current trouble began where, since 1789, trouble often has begun in modern politics, in France. There voters rebelled against the hint of a whiff of the austerity required to comply with the “convergence criteria” of the “stability pact” that followed from the Maastricht agreement. (Public resistance to the drive for European unification expresses, in part, wholesome suspicion of a political agenda expressed in freshly minted jargon.) French voters gave a victory in parliamentary elections to Socialists who want the criteria relaxed....

The Original Poster (OP), known as u/taintedCH, posted about their situation in Reddit’s popular “Antiwork” forum where it received more than 23,000 upvotes and 2,400 comments. The post can be found here. Complaints Within the Workforce According to the 2022 World Happiness Report, Americans are unhappier than their Northern European counterparts, with Finland, Denmark, and Iceland taking the top three spots for happiest citizens. The United States and the United Kingdom came in 16th and 17th, respectively....

Video of a detractor calling him a “traitor” at the Salt Lake City airport went viral online earlier in the year, and in February, he met President Joseph R. Biden in the Oval Office, prompting online vitriol. As he entered the convention, he was waiting for a censure motion over his two votes to convict former President Donald J. Trump on impeachment charges. But perhaps only in majority-Mormon Utah could Romney — whose family ties link back to descendants of Joseph Smith, the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — stare down Trump’s new Republican “base” and brush it off in stride....

But he’s not going to be starting for the West when it takes the court Feb. 14 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. Teammate Stephen Curry, along with Russell Westbrook, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant and Kawhi Leonard, will take the court, meaning Green will come off the bench. MORE: Meet the starters | All-Star Game jersey history But it isn’t Bryant’s fault that Green is not a starter. Over the past week, Mavericks center Zaza Pachulia jumped ahead of Green in the voting, meaning Bryant stole Pachulia’s spot, not Green’s....

In fact, the graduate transfer from Notre Dame won’t even be the Seminoles’ backup when fall practice starts. MORE: Where does FSU rank among teams since 2000? | All-ACC Team Junior Sean Maguire is listed on the team’s depth chart (via CFT) as Jameis Winston’s successor in Tallahassee this fall. Redshirt freshman J.J. Cosentino is the current backup. The Seminoles open the season Sept. 5 against Texas State, so there’s some time for Golson to win the job....

The former Aston Villa player who recently overcame a hamstring injury was introduced in the second half and immediately hit the ground running. And the former England manager is delighted with the 28-year-old midfielder for his consistent top-notch performances for the team. “Idrissa is important without the ball in the way he screens the back four,” Allardyce told the club website. “He has this N’Golo Kante-like style and we have heard the praise about Kante and what he did for Leicester City [when Leicester improbably won the title in 2015/16]....

The Toffees will begin the campaign with a home game against Stoke City, while the first Merseyside derby of the season against Liverpool will take place on December 9 at at Anfield. With money available to spend and the potential sale of Romelu Lukaku likely to further boost the coffers, there could be a few new faces in Ronald Koeman’s starting XI come August. Their full league fixture list for 2017-18 is below....

Leroy Fer put the visitors in front but Dominic Calvert-Lewin restored parity for his side just before the break. Gylfi Sigurdsson and Wayne Rooney’s goals secured Sam Allardyce’s men the win. And the Senegal international who featured from start to finish in his 23rd appearance for the Toffees this season was impressed with the manner Iin which his side clinched their seventh maximum points. “Three Points. Good Comeback lads,” Gueye tweeted after the game....

The 18-year-old has played 16 times in the Premier League for Everton this term and established himself as one of the most promising young players in the division. Davies’ speed, tenacity and ability on the ball have made him a very effective option for manager Ronald Koeman, and he now looks set to become a vital component of the Dutchman’s midfield over the next five years. The story of Gabriel Jesus’ childhood...

The Toffees have claimed victory in eight league games in a row on home turf, a run stretching back to the Merseyside derby against Liverpool on December 19. What next for Chelsea’s youngsters? Ronald Koeman has enjoyed a solid first season at Everton on that foundation and will be hoping for a better outcome on this occasion than the 5-0 defeat his team suffered last November at Stamford Bridge....

Some have said they’re staying to continue the fight for free speech, while others have seen it as an opportunity to get something they want from Musk. On Monday, the Twitter board voted unanimously to accept Musk’s takeover bid, and he’s expected to take over fully in six months’ time. Some celebrities have either already left or announced their intention to leave the platform, seemingly in protest of Musk’s takeover....

“Starbucks is in the process of evaluating their organic presence on FB, and whether they should continue to have a presence on the platform at all,” a Facebook employee wrote to colleagues in internal discussions seen by BuzzFeed News. “Anytime they post (organically) in regards to social issues or their mission & values work (e.g. BLM, LGBTQ, sustainability/climate change, etc.) they are overwhelmed by negative/insensitive, hate speech related comments on their posts,” the memo added....

In a recent “Cuffing Season” survey by The Balance, more than half of respondents ages 18 to 40 said they didn’t consider vaccination status a dealbreaker when choosing whether or not to pursue a relationship. One in five people surveyed affirmed that they would go on a date with someone who was unvaccinated, and 37% said “it depends.” The factors it depends on, however, were not specified. Only 37% of respondents considered vaccination status an important factor when dating, with 46% saying it was slightly important or less, and 30% saying vaccination status was not an important dating consideration at all....

The bill, called the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, could become the first gun violence legislation to pass Congress in decades. It was backed in the Senate by all 48 Democrats, two allied independents and 14 Republicans, in a 64 to 34 vote. These are the 34 Republican senators who voted against the bill: John Barrasso, WyomingMarsha Blackburn, TennesseeJohn Boozman, ArkansasMike Braun, IndianaTom Cotton, ArkansasMike Crapo, IdahoTed Cruz, TexasSteve Daines, MontanaDeb Fischer, NebraskaChuck Grassley, IowaBill Hagerty, TennesseeJosh Hawley, MissouriJohn Hoeven, North DakotaCindy Hyde-Smith, MississippiJim Inhofe, OklahomaRon Johnson, WisconsinJohn Kennedy, LouisianaJames Lankford, OklahomaMike Lee, UtahCynthia Lummis, WyomingRoger Marshall, KansasJerry Moran, KansasRand Paul, KentuckyJim Risch, IdahoMike Rounds, South DakotaMarco Rubio, FloridaBen Sasse, NebraskaRick Scott, FloridaTim Scott, South CarolinaRichard Shelby, AlabamaDan Sullivan, AlaskaJohn Thune, South DakotaTommy Tuberville, AlabamaRoger Wicker, Mississippi...

Disney has put the focus on including as many films and television series for all generations of fans. The studio has also begun reviving or rebooting many classic titles to appeal to a specific generation, ’90s kids. There are many animated and live-action revivals in the works for Disney+ that tap into the childhoods of ’90s fans around the world. Here are all the upcoming projects that the ’90s kids will love....

One of the most iconic images from that horrific event was the “Tank Man”—a young man who defiantly stood in front of rows of PLA tanks, trying to prevent them from moving forward. This incident took place on June 5, the day after the Tiananmen Square Massacre. So the young man must have known the danger he was facing. He wore a white shirt and a pair of black pants, a typical outfit for Chinese citizens back in the 1980s....

The target for everyone at White Hart Lane is to land the Premier League title, with a challenge sustained throughout 2015-16. Can Wanyama be the next Yaya? Leicester City’s remarkable efforts ultimately pipped them to the post, but Spurs are right back in contention this term – sat second in the table, seven points off the pace. Stability and consistency are being rewarded in north London, with a team that blends youth and experience buying into the philosophies of their manager and committing themselves to the collective cause with new long-term deals....

Kohberger appeared in court in Pennsylvania and waived his extradition, allowing for his return to Moscow, Idaho. In a tweet on Wednesday morning, Brian Entin of NewsNation confirmed that the extradition process was underway and Kohberger was removed from the Monroe County jail at around 6 a.m. local time. “On January 3, 2023, the suspect in the Moscow homicide investigation, Bryan C. Kohberger, waived extradition in Pennsylvania. Within the next 10 days, Kohberger will be returned to Idaho,” the Moscow Police Department said in a press release....

The upcoming film reunites the Academy Award-winning Coppola with the great Bill Murray, who previously appeared in Coppola’s 2003 classic Lost in Translation and 2015’s offbeat Netflix holiday special A Very Murray Christmas. In On the Rocks, Murray stars as a concerned father to a character played by the tremendous Rashida Jones. (It’s worth mentioning that Jones also appeared in A Very Murray Christmas.) He’s worried that his daughter’s husband is cheating on her, so he suggests that they follow his son-in-law around town....