11 minutes ago Trump inauguration moved inside by freezing weather as large crowds gather in Washington for protests: Live

President-elect says he has ordered inauguration and speeches to take place in the Capitol Rotunda ‘as used by Ronald Reagan in 1985’

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5 hours ago Coronation Street star reveals he's so skint he can't turn his heating on as he claims BBC cancelled TV job due to anti

The Irish actor, 64, who is best known for playing Jim McDonald on the ITV soap, revealed that 2024 was his worst ever year in the entertainment industry.

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2 hours ago NHS forced to pay out over £31million for violent assaults on health staff

NHs staff have received payouts in 1,496 cases totalling £31.4million over the last seven years, NHS records show - and legal fees of £28.4m nearly doubled the bill for the taxpayer

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27 minutes ago Gladiators viewers declare 'show is ruined' after fan favourite is forced to quit the competition after suffering painful injury

Gladiators viewers declared the rebooted BBC show was ruined after it was announced a fan favourite had been forced to quit the competition.

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98 minutes ago The Observer view on the Gaza ceasefire: it’s time for both sides to think again

This brief, fragile pause is a chance for all involved in the Israel-Palestine conflict to accept that violence does not work The ceasefire in Gaza, due to begin tomorrow, will bring welcome relief from daily violence but amounts, at present, to little more than a fragile, temporary pause in a conflict that is far from over. Israel has not achieved its principal war aim, as defined by its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu: the total elimination of Hamas. Nor has Hamas achieved its objective: the destruction of Israel. The leaders responsible for the 7 October 2023 terrorist atrocities are dead. The organisation’s capabilities are severely reduced. But it has survived – which its supporters claim is a victory for Palestinian sumud (steadfastness).Most of the 98 remaining Israeli hostages, alive and dead, will not be freed in this first phase of the ceasefire, which is to last for six weeks. There is no agreed “day after” strategy for devastated Gaza, where nearly 47,000 Palestinians...

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6 hours ago Katie Price and Kerry Katona lined up for new TV show after moving in together

Former glamour model Katie Price and ex-Atomic Kitten star Kerry Katona are looking to join forces for a new TV show, after their on-stage success during their panto run

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37 minutes ago Arne Slot praises Liverpool star who helped spark Darwin Nunez heroics: 'Don't forget him'

Uruguayan striker would not have struck his dramatic stoppage-time brace were it not for the impact of a fellow substitute

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14 hours ago Taylor Swift surfaces with family in NYC after Justin Baldoni 'brought her up' in Blake Lively lawsuit

The sighting comes amid claims she was was left 'perplexed' by Justin Baldoni 's supposed claim that Blake Lively enlisted her to 'pressure' him in his explosive new lawsuit.

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3 hours ago Manchester United £150m transfer theory raised after spectacular Jude Bellingham claim

Real Madrid and England star Jude Bellingham was previously wanted by Man United before signing for Borussia Dortmund from Birmingham City in 2020.

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2 hours ago Arsenal vs Aston Villa LIVE! Premier League match stream, latest score and goal updates today

Gunners forced into change in defence after fresh injury concern

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3 hours ago Keon West: ‘You can’t tell that racism is or isn’t happening because you know a Black person who earns a lot of money’

The author and academic on mistaking feelings for facts, the importance of education and why Kemi Badenoch will do nothing to help ethnic minoritiesRead an extract from The Science of Racism by Keon WestKeon West is professor of social psychology at the University of London. He was born in Trinidad, grew up in Jamaica, and studied in the US and France before coming to the UK as a Rhodes scholar in 2006 to do a doctorate at Oxford University.Why do you think we need a book about the science of racism? What I find frustrating, shocking and worrying is that as a society, when we talk about racism we express feelings about it and emotions and opinions, but our conversations aren’t based on facts – or science. Not only that, we make the mistake of misinterpreting our feelings as if they were facts. This leads nowhere: one person will say: “Well, I don’t see any racism, so racism is over.” And another person will say: “Well, someone didn’t hire me for a job, so racism is alive and well.” ...

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26 hours ago Strictly Come Dancing’s Amy Dowden reveals how she’s changed after sudden show exit

Professional dancer Amy Dowden has revealed she 'feels like Amy again' following her Strictly Come Dancing set back as she was forced out of the show due to an injury

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38 minutes ago How Trump plans to halt nationwide TikTok ban on his first day in office

In a phone interview with NBC News, Trump said he hadn't yet made a final decision but was considering the move ahead of assuming office on Monday.

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30 hours ago Are our offices too female? That's a billionaire's incendiary new claim. But when BRENDAN O'NEILL dives into the details, his conclusion may shock you

What a makeover Mark Zuckerberg has had. Just a few years ago the Meta boss was the world's best-known nerd. Now he sports an unruly moptop, baggy black T-shirts and gold chain.

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4 hours ago Pensioners forced to wait for winter fuel payments until the spring as decision delays grow

Newly revealed figures show that at the start of December, pensioners faced an average wait of 106 days for their winter fuel payments

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13 hours ago St Johnstone v Motherwell: Cup clash gives fringe players a chance to stake a claim, says Well boss

Stuart Kettlewell urges his stars to step up to the plate in the face of injuries

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3 hours ago ‘I’ll kiss the ground’: chaos feared amid Gaza ceasefire as families head home

Hundreds of thousands are now set to return to whatever remains of their houses or to claim bodies from the rubbleAid agencies in Gaza are bracing for chaotic scenes this week as hundreds of thousands of people try to return to homes across the territory after the expected implementation of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on Sunday.Before the ceasefire, which is due to begin at 8.30am local time, Israel has continued to carry out attacks inside Gaza. The local health ministry claimed on Saturday that 23 Palestinians had been killed in the previous 24 hours, while the Israeli army said it had conducted strikes on 50 “terror targets” on Friday. Continue reading...

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35 hours ago No Dylan but loads of Coldplay! What the songs with a billion streams on Spotify tell us about music taste today

Spotify’s Billions Club tracks the world’s most popular songs, but dozens of greats are nowhere to be found. From TikTok to TV soundtracks, we explore the forces shaping pop’s new canonIn 2011, Jacob Rubeck and Nick Rattigan were living in a basement in Reno, Nevada, and thinking about starting a band. One afternoon, Rubeck came up with a frisky Strokes-like guitar riff, Rattigan whipped up the melody and lyrics and Surf Curse’s Freaks was born. “We wrote the song in like 30 minutes,” the singer says.A catchy song about alienation and longing, Freaks was released in 2013 and became a raucous highlight of their live shows but didn’t trouble the wider world until 2021, when it was discovered, out of the blue, by TikTok users. Its Spotify streams kept going up and up and up, until last March it passed a remarkable milestone. Unlike Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd or Prince, Surf Curse can claim membership of Spotify’s Billions Club, the running playlist of every song to have a...

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45 minutes ago BBC Gladiator's Bradley Walsh shares 'bad news' as star forced to pull out of show

The BBC show returned to screens tonight - but someone was missing

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15 hours ago People over State Pension age with impaired hearing could be due up to £434 each month

Make sure you or an older family member are not missing out on extra support through Attendance Allowance.

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25 hours ago LA's Olympic venues were spared by wildfires, but the city's rebuild could impact the Games' runup

The deadly wildfires that have ravaged sections of Los Angeles left an indelible imprint on the region's landscape and psyche

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5 hours ago Putin missile attack on Zelenskyy's hometown kills five as it emerges Ukraine eliminated Russian chemicals colonel in attack using UK

Children were forced to jump from windows to get out of the wreckage, unable to reach shelter before the missiles fell, Ukrainian outlet TSN reports .

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46 minutes ago Darwin Nunez praised for proving Arne Slot wrong as Liverpool told 'that's how you win titles'

Liverpool needed two late goals from Darwin Nunez to claim a late victory away to Brentford, with the Uruguayan pouncing when the game looked destined to end goalless

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26 hours ago Alejandro Garnacho makes Manchester United transfer 'promise' as £46m deal claim made

Alejandro Garnacho has been linked with a move away from Old Trafford with Man United rejecting an offer from Napoli for the Argentine's signature.

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28 hours ago Sir Jim Ratcliffe could be forced to sell the one Manchester United player he doesn't want to

Manchester United find themselves in desperate times but one shining light remains unblemished at Old Trafford

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5 hours ago Putin's fuel plans ablaze as Ukraine launches devastating drone strike

An overnight strike on Lyudinovo in Kaluga region ignited a key oil facility supplying the Putin war machine, then the Uzlovaya oil depot in Tula region went up in flames too

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98 minutes ago Chris Riddell on the new American Gothic, starring Donald Trump and Elon Musk – cartoon

What will become of liberty when these two take control of the United States of America?You can buy a copy of this cartoon Continue reading...

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26 hours ago CBO projects U.S. debt to grow $23.9 trillion in 10 years, not including costs of extending tax cuts

The national debt is slated to rise by $23.9 trillion over the next decade, a sum that does not include trillions of dollars in additional tax cuts being championed by President-elect Donald Trump

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29 hours ago OREO ditches iconic round shape as fans braced for biscuit's edgy new look

The iconic Oreo biscuit is reportedly changing its shape, with the classic round cookie set to become a perfect square – and the brand has shared a first look at the new design

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5 hours ago ‘A lot of chaos, quickly’: panic grips US music industry as ‘kingmaker’ TikTok faces ban

Labels and artists forced to rethink marketing strategies as viral hit-making app faces possible US shutdown on SundayOn a recent Monday morning, Olivia Shalhoup opened her laptop and steeled herself for a day of meetings. Around 40% of her work as the founder of Amethyst, a marketing and PR agency, focuses on helping musicians navigate TikTok. On this particular day, the fate of the app in the US hung in the balance, with a supreme court ruling looming, and her clients were tense. “The big thing we were talking about in every single call is: ‘What are we going to do?’” Shalhoup said. “To say that TikTok is crucial to artist campaigns right now is an understatement. No one is immune from this.”Since its debut in 2017, TikTok has become a star-making machine, as short-form video content has eclipsed traditional forms of music promotion such as TV and radio. The app has the power to make rising artists into A-listers, propel their ascent to the top of the charts, and turn Magic FM sta...

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99 minutes ago Trump's 'poisoned chalice' as he faces 'serious health issues' and 'Elon Musk dominance'

As Donald Trump returns to the presidency, astrologer Palmist Ankur says he foresees significant challenges ahead, pointing to issues with public image, health, and leadership

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29 hours ago Older people with health issues can get help claiming £108 weekly benefit from charity

Independent Age can help pensioners with health issues claim Attendance Allowance.

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35 hours ago MAGA porn star is offering free services to LA firefighters for their heroic efforts during wildfires

A patriotic porn star who went viral for her support of Donald Trump is offering to spent the night with L.A.'s first responders to thank them for handling the Los Angeles wildfires. 

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5 hours ago The fairground ride that KILLS you: Terrifying video shows how artist's 'euthanasia rollercoaster' would kill passengers speeding through G

The concept of the rollercoaster was conceived in 2010 by Lithuanian artist Julijonas Urbonas, with the aim of giving people a death 'with elegance and euphoria '.

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2 hours ago Inside America's Trumpiest county where ranchers work the land, the nearest doctor is 70 miles away and just 15 people voted for Kamala Harris

Grant County proved it was more Republican than most when 95.9 per cent - or some 351 voters out of 366 - marked their X for Mr Trump in November's US Presidential election.

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31 hours ago Ben Doak transfer stance made clear as bidding war for Liverpool's £30m man addressed by Middlesbrough boss

The Scotland international has been subject to interest from Premier League clubs

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6 hours ago Tory coalition of chaos with Nigel Farage 'would lead to NHS charging for ops'

The warning comes as the two right-wing parties have been neck and neck in polls in recent weeks - with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch already facing questions about joining forces with Reform UK

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2 hours ago Who will tame Donald Trump this time? Roll up, roll up, for the White House travelling circus | Simon Tisdall

On the eve of his return, it’s clear that world leaders, whether they like him or loathe him, can’t ignore this unpredictable showmanMichelle Obama’s one-woman boycott of Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration on Monday requires no explanation. It’s plain that the former first lady has zero tolerance and even less love for a man who delights in racist and sexist behaviour. Lots of other people, especially among US allies in Europe, would boycott Trump, too, if they could. Yet, inescapably, they must deal with him for the next four years.Such fear and loathing is by no means universally shared. A poll, published last week by the European Council on Foreign Relations, found that in China, India, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, South Africa and Brazil, more people welcome Trump’s return than deplore it. In contrast, people in the UK, France, Germany and a clutch of other west European countries are frankly appalled at the prospect. Continue reading...

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32 hours ago Man City transfer latest as new £50m move made amid triple 'agreement' and Alphonso Davies claim

The very latest Manchester City transfer news with a big decision awaiting Pep Guardiola after a new January target was identified

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6 hours ago Major update on 'sexsomnia' soldier who claimed he raped women in his sleep horrifies victims

Joseph Short, who was jailed in May 2016, will still be subject to restrictions and monitoring after his release this week - but victims fear he could now seek revenge

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2 hours ago Gladiators Wolf star snubbed in BBC reboot as he claims he'd '100 percent' dominate new cast

The Gladiators revival is set for a second series on the BBC this weekend with viewers seeing the likes of Sabre, Legend and Diamond returning to the arena.

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34 hours ago DWP breaks down Pension Credit barriers to help older people claim £4,200 income boost

A successful new claim for Pension Credit can unlock access to Winter Fuel Payments, help with housing costs and Council Tax.

Economics

6 hours ago Gerwyn Price hits 147 snooker break to add to darts star's array of nine

Darts star and keen snooker player Gerwyn Price has apparently posted a 147 break having rubbished Shaun Murphy's claim that he has hit a nine-dart finish

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2 hours ago The Masked Singer fans 'work out' Tattoo's identity after 'lucky' clue

The Masked Singer has made a return to our TV screens and fans claim to have ‘figured out’ Tattoo's identity after spotting a major clue

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34 hours ago Liam Payne's friend sues star's dad for $10million in damages over 'defamation'

Liam Payne's friend Rogelio "Roger" Nores has filed a defamation lawsuit against the late pop star's father, Geoff Payne, over his claims about the circumstances surrounding the singer's death.

Economics

6 hours ago ‘Discovered’ diaries of British socialite Unity Mitford reveal Hitler relationship

Diaries, believed to be genuine, chronicle 139 pre-war meetings between antisemitic British socialite Unity Mitford and the Nazi leaderThe diary of an antisemitic British socialite who was obsessed with Adolf Hitler and struck up a personal relationship with the Nazi leader has been discovered, according to the Daily Mail.The leather-bound journals, which had been lost to historians and unseen for eight decades, appear to reveal the extent of aristocrat Unity Mitford’s relationship with the dictator. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago Global politics will become noisier on Monday when Donald Trump takes office

Editorial: But the great disruptor was not the end of the world last time, so Keir Starmer should hold his nerve

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34 hours ago Rachel Reeves claims Britain would be WORSE off if she hadn't hiked taxes as she says backlash 'won't get me down'... amid fears of fresh pensions raid

Rachel Reeves sounded defiance in her first broadcast interview since the UK suffered an extraordinary battering from markets.

Economics

8 hours ago Ruben Amorim suffers Man Utd transfer blow as priority target turns his back on move

Ruben Amorim has been desperate for new signings after a difficult start to his reign at Manchester United, but one of his top targets is set to force the manager back to the drawing board

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3 hours ago Vanity Fair article raises questions about Meghan Markle's claims that Royals made her wear neutrals

A Vanity Fair article has once again raised questions over Meghan Markle's claims that the Royal Family made her wear neutral colours so she wouldn't stand out.

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39 hours ago Attendance Allowance simplified to help older people make a new claim for up to £434 each month

More than 1.6 million people over State Pension age are receiving either £72.65 or £108.55 each week in Attendance Allowance.

Economics

8 hours ago Suicides, new tactics and propaganda iPads: details from captured North Koreans expose new foe in Ukraine

Discovery of two injured servicemen sent from Pyongyang and disguised as Russian fighters blows apart myth that Zelenskyy’s fight is solely with MoscowThe news was sensational. It travelled quickly among Ukrainian soldiers fighting in Russia’s Kursk region. “I heard from a friend of a friend,” one officer, Vitalii Ovcharenko, recalled. “This was half an hour after it happened. My friend said: ‘We’ve got a North Korean prisoner! He’s in shock but OK.’ I said: ‘Wow.’” Ovcharenko added: “Everyone wanted a selfie. They wrapped him in a blanket and gave him tea.”Last week’s capture of two North Korean servicemen was an extraordinary moment in Russia’s bloody war against Ukraine. The Kremlin has taken elaborate steps to conceal the presence of 12,000 elite troops sent in autumn by Pyongyang to Russia. At camps in the Far East they were given Russian equipment: uniforms, rifles and fake military documents. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Trump considering rejecting Lord Mandelson as Starmer’s nominee for ambassador to the US

Exclusive: With Donald Trump set to be sworn in as the 47th US president on Monday, the nomination of Lord Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to the US is still causing problems

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41 hours ago Liam Payne’s pal Roger Nores sues singer’s dad for £8million in death defamation claim

A close friend of the late singer Liam Payne has launched legal proceedings against the artist's father Geoff Payne, in an eye-watering £8 million lawsuit for defamation

Economics

8 hours ago Kolkata police volunteer convicted in junior doctor rape and murder case

Father of victim breaks down as convict claims he is being framed

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3 hours ago Hilary Benn was behind decision that paves the way for Gerry Adams to claim compensation, Number 10 says

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn was behind the decision to approve a law change that paves the way for Gerry Adams to claim compensation, Number 10 has confirmed.

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41 hours ago Pension triple lock threat as Conservatives float scrapping guaranteed income boost for older Brits

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said the triple lock pension guarantee could become income-based - just weeks after attacking Labour for means testing the Winter Fuel Payment

Economics

8 hours ago Briton jailed in Dubai for 16 years ordered to sign document claiming his human rights are being upheld

Exclusive: Imprisoned British businessman Ryan Cornelius has appealed to the Foreign Office for help after his Dubai jailers tried to force him to sign a document claiming his human rights were being upheld, we can reveal

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3 hours ago ‘It’s an absolute travesty’: fears for border wildlife as Trump takes office

Environmentalists are braced for new construction on the president’s signature border wall – and the damage that would wreakDuring Donald Trump’s first presidential term, he began an ambitious and costly border militarization program, including the construction of over 450 miles of wall that severed wildlife corridors and fragmented ecosystems in some of the country’s most remote and biodiverse regions. With his second inauguration on Monday, environmentalists are bracing for any new phase of construction that could exacerbate the ecological toll of the border wall.“It’s an absolute travesty and a disaster for border wildlife,” said Margaret Wilder, a human-environment geographer and political ecologist at the University of Arizona, regarding the environmental impact of the existing border wall and the prospect of renewed construction. She said the wall harmed efforts “after many decades of binational cooperation between the US and Mexico to protect this fragile and biodiverse regio...

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41 hours ago Revealed: 'Broke stay at home mum' Helen Flanagan's £1m home yards from a bus stop... after she told judge she can't lose her driving licence because it's so remote

Helen Flanagan claimed she is 'really struggling financially' and cannot even afford a £10 taxi to take her son to nursery, but was banned from driving at Wirral Magistrates' Court.

Economics

9 hours ago Sting's tantric sex truth revealed: Star reveals what really happens during 7 hour sessions with wife Trudie Styler

Their tantric sex life has been a hot topic for decades, after famously claiming to bed each other for hours on end back in the nineties.

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3 hours ago With his toxic revamp, Emperor Zuckerberg is preparing to be Trump’s puppet | John Naughton

The Meta boss has embraced masculinity and abandoned fact-checking and decorum. Is this the future of the tech industry?Years ago the Economist magazine had a striking cover in which Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, was portrayed as a languid clone of the Roman emperor Augustus. This was inspired by stories that Zuck was fascinated by Gus. On honeymoon in Rome in 2012, for example, he took so many photos of the emperor’s sculptures that his wife joked it was as if there were three people on the holiday. The couple even named their second daughter August.Explaining his fascination for Rome’s first emperor, Zuckerberg told the New Yorker that “basically, through a really harsh approach, he established 200 years of world peace What are the trade-offs in that? On the one hand, world peace is a long-term goal that people talk about today [but] that didn’t come for free, and he had to do certain things.” Continue reading...

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42 hours ago Title IX memo throws wrench in plans for schools to pay NIL money directly to athletes

The U.S. Department of Education says plans for colleges to pay athletes directly for their name, image and likeness deals would run afoul of Title IX

Economics

10 hours ago Paul Danan 'died after he slipped and fell at luxury apartment', reports claim

His death at 46 was announced on Thursday

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3 hours ago 'We’d have to sacrifice to live in another Trump administration': meet the Americans fleeing the US for London

After Trump’s re-election, Democrats are flocking to more liberal destinations — and London is high on the list

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11 hours ago Disney child stars now from 'haunted past' and MeToo claims to tragic death

Life hasn't always been rosy for the Disney child stars it would seem

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3 hours ago Sam Thompson and Zara McDermott's split causes 'weird dynamic with Pete Wicks'

Sam and Zara reportedly parted ways after five years last December, but a source has claimed that the split has led to a somewhat "weird" dynamic between Sam and best mate Pete

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13 hours ago ‘It raised our spirits’: Palestinian refugees in Syria on the ceasefire in Gaza

Yarmouk camp residents lived through fighting and starvation in the Syrian civil war and feel intimately connected to the suffering in the Gaza StripAfter 15 months of watching their relatives suffering in Gaza, residents of the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus finally breathed a sigh of relief. The war in the besieged Palestinian territory was soon to be over.“Hearing that the fighting will finally stop, it raised our spirits. We don’t have any work or money, but now we have something at least to make us happy, now you hear people laughing in the streets,” said Rbeia Abu Hmeida, 45, a Palestinian refugee who lives in the Yarmouk camp. Continue reading...

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4 hours ago Inside the scramble to move Trump’s inauguration indoors as MAGAworld caught off guard

Trump confirmed his inauguration was moving inside as temperatures are forecast to plummet to the low 20s

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14 hours ago A train station was once the pride of Syria's capital. Some see it as a symbol of revival after war

A train station in Damascus was once the pride of the Syrian capital, an essential link between Europe and the Arabian Peninsula during the Ottoman Empire and then a national transit hub

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