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Germany’s gymnastics abuse scandal: What you need to know

What accusations have been made? On December 28, former elite gymnast Tabea Alt used her Instagram account to go public about abuse she said she experienced at the national gymnastics center in Stuttgart and “in German women’s gymnastics in general.” The 24-year-old wrote that she was even made to perform and compete in Stuttgart while suffering from…
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Why both Biden and Trump oppose Japan’s takeover of US Steel

After months of opposition, US President Joe Biden on Friday blocked the proposed buyout of the United States Steel Corporation, or US Steel, by Japan’s Nippon Steel. The second-largest US steelmaker had previously approved the $14.9-billion (€14.5-billion) takeover bid, saying it would help protect the ailing firm from intense competition from abroad, including China. Nippon Steel had…
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US announces $8 billion arms sale to Israel

The United States intends to sell $8 billion (€7.7 billion) in arms to Israel, sources familiar with the plan said on Saturday. President Joe Biden’s administration has informally told the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the US Congress, which need to approve the sale, of the plan on Friday. The arms package…
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Golden Globes Will Be Toothless, Warns Host Nikki Glaser: Trump, Blake Lively, Scandals Snuffed

Comedian Nikki Glaser is warning us ahead of time: tomorrow night’s Golden Globes show on CBS will be toothless. Glaser tells Yahoo Entertainment that she won’t be making jokes about Donald Trump. She’ll avoid the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni scandal. She’s just not going to offend anyone. “I’m not gonna go so hard that anyone’s gonna be offended,”…
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Bringing a tyrannical Ethiopian queen and her twins to life

Playwright Banna Desta has brought to life an often-overlooked ancient African civilisation in her latest work – a compelling audio drama about an increasingly tyrannical queen and her scheming twin sons. “As well as wanting the audience to be entertained – because the play is good fun – I wanted to add another dimension to people’s understanding…
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Johnson re-elected as House Speaker in razor-tight margin

Republican Mike Johnson survived a razor-thin vote to remain House Speaker in a drama-filled, highly-anticipated vote that marked the start of complete Republican control in Washington. Johnson could only afford to lose two votes because of the tight margin of control Republicans have in Congress. While he came close to losing re-election, he survived the vote after…
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South Korean presidential guards prevent arrest of impeached Yoon after tense stand-off

South Korea’s presidential guards and military troops prevented authorities from arresting impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday in a tense six-hour stand-off inside Yoon’s compound in the heart of Seoul. Yoon is under criminal investigation for insurrection over his Dec. 3 martial law bid that stunned South Korea and led to the first arrest warrant to…
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IT’S RAIL FAST ‘World’s FASTEST bullet train’ that can reach 280mph is unveiled – and it even has a dining car and plush business-class

INCREDIBLE plans have been revealed for the world’s fastest “bullet” train that comes with a restaurant-style dining car and has a plush business-class section. China has successfully tested a prototype of its next-generation high-speed rail that can reach a top speed of 281mph – breaking its own record. The latest CR450 prototype has been hailed for high…
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Americans have already been ditching spirits and beer. Alcohol companies are future proofing themselves

Friday’s warning from the US surgeon general that alcohol is a “well-established, preventable cause of cancer” is perhaps a wakeup call for millions of Americans, but it’s the worst-case scenario that many beer and spirits companies have been preparing for over the years. Major brewers, including Molson Coors and Anheuser-Busch InBev, and spirit giants such as Diageo…
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Tim Cook is donating $1 million to Trump’s inauguration, too

Apple CEO Tim Cook is the next tech exec to donate $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration committee, according to Axios. Cook’s donation follows similar commitments from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos through Amazon, and Meta as Big Tech companies and executives work to curry favor with the incoming administration. Cook famously built…
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US’s top doctor calls for cancer warnings on alcohol

The most senior doctor in the US is calling for alcoholic drinks to carry cancer warnings. Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy has today published an advisory on alcohol and cancer risk, citing studies linking alcohol to at least seven different cancers. His advisory outlines the direct link between alcohol consumption and increased cancer risk, including breast cancer.…
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BOMBER ‘DUMPED’ ‘Rambo’ soldier & Trump fan Matthew Livelsberger ‘was dumped by wife’ before shooting himself & blowing up Cybertruck

SUSPECTED Cybertruck bomber Matthew Livelsberger was dumped by his wife just days before the deadly Trump hotel blast, claim police sources. The 37-year-old active soldier shot himself in the head before his Tesla full of explosives burst into flames just hours after a separate terror attack in New Orleans. A handgun was found at the feet of…
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Oil spill from Russian ‘shadow fleet’ reaches Crimean shore

The ecological disaster involving two aging Russian tankers off Crimea is escalating, with the oil spill spreading to the beach, Russian authorities have confirmed. Russian officials warned on Thursday that an oil leak from two damaged tankers had reached the beaches of the annexed Crimea peninsula. The two aging tankers, named Volgoneft-212 and the Volgoneft-239, were carrying…
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Gunman kills 12 in Montenegro small-town rampage

A man shot dead 12 people in a rampage in a small town in Montenegro before turning his gun on himself early on Thursday, authorities said, in one of the Balkan nation’s worst mass killings. The attacker, named by police as 45-year-old Aco Martinovic, initially shot dead four people at a restaurant in Cetinje on Wednesday afternoon…
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South Korean authorities fail to arrest impeached President Yoon due to security stand-off

South Korean authorities failed to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday over his martial law declaration, after evading a crowd of protesters outside his compound but coming to a standoff with presidential security forces inside. Yoon supporters gathered in the pre-dawn hours near the presidential residence, with the numbers swelling into the hundreds as they…
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AI SAY New AI cameras which can tell if a driver is DRUNK are rolled out on UK roads – find out if they’re popping up near you

NEW AI cameras that can catch drunk drivers in the act have been rolled out, with footage revealing the exact moment they were installed. The state-of-the-art tech, developed by Acusensus, works by scanning passing cars for tell tale signs of impaired driving. New footage spots officers carefully placing the cameras at strategic roadside locations in Devon and…
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The 15 Richest Counties in the U.S.

Upscale Enclaves Americans’ incomes are on the rise though geographic disparities remain, figures from the U.S. Census Bureau show. Overall, the nation’s median household income was $80,610 in 2023, up from $77,540 the year prior, a report from the bureau says. Some communities in the U.S. have comfortably exceeded those numbers in recent years, other census data…
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‘KILL’ BID Exiled Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad ‘POISONED’ in ‘assassination bid’ which left him ‘struggling to breathe’

A POISONING attempt has been made on ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad, it has been claimed. The toppled Syrian tyrant has been under Vladimir Putin’s protection in Moscow since December 8 last year. But online account General SVR — supposedly run by a former top spy in Russia — says he was taken ill on Sunday. It claims…
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Miami’s beachfront high-rises are sinking fast. It’s a warning for coastal properties worldwide.

Coastal properties worldwide are sinking, including some of Miami’s pricey waterfront high-rises. In a study published in the journal Earth and Space Science in December, researchers found that 35 buildings along the coasts of Miami’s barrier islands have sunk into the ground by 2 to 8 centimeters between 2016 and 2023. This sinking phenomenon, called subsidence, is…
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‘ACT OF EVIL’ Cops probing possible link between N.Orleans ‘terror attack’ that killed 15 & Tesla Cybertruck explosion, Biden reveals

COPS are probing a possible link between the New Orleans rampage and the Tesla Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas, Joe Biden has revealed. At least 15 people were killed early on New Year’s Day in Louisiana when an attacker ploughed his white pickup into revellers on the famed Bourbon Street before opening fire. He was gunned down…
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Taiwan board game invites players to imagine Chinese invasion

A new board game set against the backdrop of armed conflict around Taiwan is set to be released in January 2025, amid renewed threats from Beijing, inviting players to participate in an imaginary Chinese invasion 20 years from now. China has ramped up military activity close to democratically governed Taiwan in recent years, including massing naval forces…
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Russian gas era in Europe ends as Ukraine stops transit

Russian gas exports via Soviet-era pipelines running through Ukraine came to a halt on New Year’s Day, marking the end of decades of Moscow’s dominance over Europe’s energy markets. The gas had kept flowing despite nearly three years of war, but Russia’s gas firm Gazprom said it had stopped at 0500 GMT after Ukraine refused to renew…
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Virgin Australia crew allegedly raped, robbed in Fiji

The Fiji government on Thursday said police were investigating incidents involving two crew members of Australian airline Virgin Australia (IPO-VIR.AX),  who were allegedly victims of rape and theft in Nadi in the early hours of New Year’s Day. The crew members were in the popular tourist destination on a layover before they were supposed to fly off…
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Congo sentences 13 soldiers to death in bid to boost discipline

A Congolese military tribunal has sentenced 13 soldiers to death on charges including murder, looting, and cowardice in what military authorities said was a drive to improve army discipline after territorial losses due to soldiers fleeing. The soldiers were sentenced on Tuesday in the town of Lubero in Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern North Kivu province, where…
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‘TERROR ACT’ Moment Tesla Cybertruck explodes outside Trump hotel with 1 killed & 7 hurt as Elon Musk reveals blast caused by bomb

THIS is the dramatic moment a Tesla Cybertruck explodes outside one of Donald Trump’s hotels killing one – and leading tech tycoon Elon Musk to speak out about the blast himself. Cops are probing whether the deadly explosion was an “act of terror” after the truck pulled up to the hotel in Nevada and blew up –…
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Do not wipe toilet seat with toilet paper: Japanese maker

Japanese toilets – equipped with music players, automatic flushes, and heated seats – are clearly not afraid of making a splash with their innovative designs. But these cutting edge seats have an unlikely nemesis: toilet paper. Toto, a top Japanese toilet bowl maker, said last week that users should refrain from wiping their seats with toilet paper,…
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Ukraine ends transit of Russian gas to EU

Russian gas supplies to EU states via Ukraine have ended after a five-year deal between Ukraine’s gas transit operator Naftogaz and Russia’s Gazprom expired. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier that his country would not allow Russia to “earn additional billions on our blood” and had given the EU a year to prepare. The European Commission said…
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Justin Baldoni Sues New York Times Over Blake Lively Story for $250 Million

“The Times story relied almost entirely on Lively’s unverified and self-serving narrative,” claims the lawsuit Justin Baldoni; Blake Lively James Devaney/GC Images; Gareth Cattermole/Getty ImagesJustin Baldoni is suing the New York Times after it published a story about Blake Lively‘s sexual harassment and smear campaign allegations against him. On Tuesday, Baldoni — and nine other plaintiffs, including…
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6 Children Arrested In Stabbing Death In UK

The 18-year-old male victim was stabbed to death on Rose Avenue Law enforcement is requesting CCTV, dashcam and doorbell footage that captures the moments of a fatal stabbing that took place in the United Kingdom. The Derbyshire police arrested seven people — four 17-year-old boys; a 52-year-old man; and two girls, ages 15 and 16-years-old, on “suspicion…
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At least 71 killed in Ethiopia road accident

At least 71 people died in Ethiopia when a truck packed with passengers plunged into a river, according to the spokesperson for the southern Sidama regional government and a statement. The accident occurred in the Bona district, the regional communication bureau said in a statement issued late on Sunday. Wosenyeleh Simion, spokesperson for the Sidama regional government,…
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Woman burned to death on New York subway identified

A woman who died after being set on fire on the New York City subway earlier this month was identified as Debrina Kawam, 57, of Toms River, New Jersey, the New York medical examiner’s office said on Tuesday. Kawam was identified through fingerprint analysis and her death from thermal and inhalation injuries was ruled a homicide, said…
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Kate Middleton ‘Is on a Mission’ to Reconcile Prince Harry and King Charles: ‘Life Is Too Precious’

Princess Kate Middleton admits that learning she had cancer in early 2024 was “scary.” When doctors delivered the shocking diagnosis, which she publicly announced in March, the Princess of Wales suddenly found herself “face to face” with her own mortality, she further confessed in September after completing chemotherapy, which led her to form “a new perspective on…
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North Korea’s Kim calls Putin his ‘dearest friend’

In his New Year letter to the Russian leader, Kim Jong Un praised their close bilateral ties. Relations between Pyongyang and Moscow have deepened since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Pyongyang and Moscow have strengthened their political, military, and cultural ties since Russia’s invasion of UkraineImage: Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service/AP/picture alliance North Korean leader Kim Jong…
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Meet Lucy Guo, she is the second richest self-made woman after Kyle Jenner. The 27 year old cracked the male-dominated world of tech and co-founded Scale AI with world’s youngest billionaire Alexandr Wang.

Alexandr Wang holds the distinction of being the world’s youngest self-made billionaire at 25. His US$1 billion net worth is derived mainly from Scale AI, the start-up he co-founded in 2016. The tech platform is currently valued at US$7.3 billion. But Wang isn’t the only one who’s making waves in the tech scene. His former co-founder, Lucy Guo, is…
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Chinese video sites remove Keanu Reeves’ films

Chinese streaming platforms have pulled down the films and video content starring Hollywood actor Keanu Reeves. At least 19 films starring Reeves were removed from the Chinese Video platform, Tencent, according to Los Angeles Times. Among the 19 deleted films, “The Matrix” trilogy, “Speed,” “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure,” and romances including “Something’s Gotta Give” and “The…
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‘Three ‘rats’ looting Pakistan for last 30 years’: Top quotes from Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s power show in Islamabad

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, the 69-year-old former cricketer, is heading a coalition government in Pakistan. On March 8, the Opposition parties submitted a no-confidence motion before the National Assembly Secretariat, alleging that the government was responsible for the economic crisis and the spiralling inflation in the country. Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday attacked the opposition parties at…
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Ukraine war: Zelenskyy admits it’s ‘impossible’ to completely force Russia out of country – amid fears of Korea-style split

In its latest intelligence update, the MoD said local counterattacks have hampered Russian attempts to reorganise its forces, amid fears Chernihiv could become the next Mariupol. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has admitted it would be “impossible” to completely force Russian forces out of Ukraine, amid fears Vladimir Putin is seeking a Korea-style split. The head of military intelligence…
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Azerbaijan expresses outrage after Russia says it violated ceasefire

Over the weekend, Azerbaijani forces crossed a ceasefire line in Nagorno-Karabakh, sparking skirmishes with Armenian forces. Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry expressed outrage on Saturday after Russia’s Defense Ministry reported that Azerbaijani armed forces had violated the ceasefire that ended the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war by crossing the line of contact. On Thursday, Azerbaijani forces crossed the line of contact near the…
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‘Pimps’ are stalking Poland’s railway stations and border crossings targeting vulnerable women and children refugees fleeing Ukraine, charity groups warn

Women and children fleeing Ukraine are being preyed upon by traffickers in neighboring countries, charity groups have warned. Karolina Wierzbińska, a coordinator at Homo Faber, a human rights organization based in Lublin, Poland, told The Guardian that charity workers had witnessed refugees being targeted as they arrived in the country. “We’ve registered the first cases of [suspected] pimps preying on Ukrainian…
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Birbhum Violence: CBI Starts Probe; Fleeing Bogtui Residents Scared to Return Amid Fear of Violence

Amid an eerie calm prevailing over the Bogtui village near Rampurhat town in West Bengal’s Birbhum district after eight people were killed in arson earlier this week, a team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) reached the village on Saturday and started its investigation into the violence. Unidentified people had on March 21 set 10 houses on fire in the…
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50 ministers from Imran Khan’s party go missing as Pakistan PM fights for survival

Over 50 of the federal and provincial ministers were not seen in the public space, The Express Tribune reported. Out of those missing ministers, 25 were federal and provincial advisers and special assistants, while four of them are the ministers of the state, four are advisors and 19 are the special assistants. Islamabad: As the no-confidence motion against Pakistan Prime…
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CHINA HAS HONED ITS JUSTIFICATIONS FOR TAKING RUSSIA’S SIDE

A MONTH AFTER Vladimir Putin plunged Europe into war, China is ready to explain why it sees no urgent need to stop Russia—its closest strategic partner—from killing Ukrainians. After fine-tuning arguments and propaganda lines for weeks, China’s Communist Party bosses and their envoys now have talking points for every audience. The most common argument is built on deflection…
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Biden says Putin ‘cannot remain in power’ in fiery speech on Ukraine war

U.S. President Joe Biden said that Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power” in Poland Saturday, remarks a White House official said later were meant to prepare the world’s democracies for extended conflict over Ukraine, not back regime change in Russia. Biden’s comments on Saturday, including a statement earlier in the day calling Putin a “butcher,”…
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Missiles shatter Lviv calm, and an opera

The first of the blasts hit around 4.45 pm, minutes after a public opera performance on in front of the Lviv National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre and featuring a singer from Kharkiv – the city that has been at the receiving end of Russian invasion – was cut short by air sirens. A safe haven providing…
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