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The American social network Parler announced Thursday that it had given up on being bought out by Kanye West, entangled in a series of controversies and accused of anti-Semitism. Again on Thursday, the American rapper confessed his admiration for Hitler and the Nazis.

During an interview with conspiratorial American presenter Alex Jones, Ye, wearing a black balaclava covering his entire face, launched into a tirade about sin, pornography and the devil. “I see positive things about Hitler too,” the rapper said.

‘This guy […] invented the highways, invented the microphone that I use as a musician. We can’t say publicly that this person has done anything good and I’ve had enough, ”added Kanye West.

The rapper, who claims to have bipolar disorder and recently suggested he could run for President of the United States in 2024, doubled down on his provocation, prompting shocked laughter from his host. ‘I’ve had enough of labels. Every human being has brought something of value, especially Hitler,’ he insisted. ‘I love Hitler.’

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‘The Nazis were thugs and did very bad things,’ tried to correct him the presenter Alex Jones, recently sentenced to pay nearly a billion dollars for having denied the reality of a massacre in a school. ‘But they did good things too’, retorted the rapper. ‘We have to stop insulting the Nazis all the time. […] I love Nazis.’

Parler’s parent company, Parlement Technologies, said it had ‘agreed with Ye to terminate the sale agreement for Parler’. “This decision was made in mid-November in the interest of both parties,” said the company, which indicated that “Talking [continuerait] to study opportunities for growth and evolution of the platform.

Since posting anti-Semitic messages on Instagram and Twitter in early October, Kanye West has gradually become persona non grata in the business world. Balenciaga then Adidas ended their partnership with the artist, known for his unpredictable behavior and his taste for controversy.

Launched in 2018, Parler gained popularity after Donald Trump was ousted from Twitter after the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, mainly among ultra-conservatives.

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Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate arrived in Boston on Wednesday for their first visit to the United States in eight years. This is William’s first overseas trip since becoming heir to the British crown.

A sign of the importance of this trip for the British monarchy and its former colony, the White House announced on Wednesday that US President Joe Biden would go to ‘greet the Prince and Princess of Wales’ in Boston, capital of New England. and historic city symbol of British colonialism before the revolution and American independence at the end of the 18th century.

For ‘our first visit abroad since the death of my grandmother, I would like to thank the people of Massachusetts, and Boston in particular, for their many tributes to the late Queen. She remembered with great fondness her visit for the bicentenary [de la révolution, ndlr] in 1976,” the Prince of Wales said upon arriving at Boston airport.

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The princely couple’s journey was due to culminate on Friday with the second edition of the ‘Earthshot’ prize created by Prince William in 2020 to support innovative solutions to regenerate the planet. Five prizes of one million pounds sterling each (1.14 million francs) will be awarded in five categories.

Aged 40, parents of three children aged 4 to 9, the Prince and Princess of Wales strive to project a more modern and accessible image of the monarchy, but also an irreproachable sense of duty.

Their move, however, is already suffering from the controversy that arose in the United Kingdom on Wednesday. An 83-year-old former lady-in-waiting, close to the late Queen Elizabeth II for more than 60 years and godmother to Prince William, resigned on Wednesday after insistent questions about her origins to a black feminist activist during a reception.

However, no meeting has been announced between Prince William and his brother Harry, who lives in California with his wife Meghan and their two young children. The two couples are notoriously cold, especially since the television interview given by Harry and Meghan, known as the Sussexes, in the United States in March 2021, which had notably accused the royal family of racism.

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