5 d. ago ‘Grazie Francesco’: silence gives way to cheers and applause for ‘pope of the people’

As Pope Francis’s coffin emerged into St Peter’s Square, the crowd paid tribute to a leader who urged the world to build bridgesAs bells tolled and the coffin emerged from the gloom of the basilica, a hush fell across St Peter’s Square, in keeping with traditional solemnity, but the crowd itched to break it. Death had silenced Pope Francis but those who had come to see him off were not going to stifle their love or grief. He had requested a simple burial, not a silent one.The quiet held while 14 pallbearers placed the wooden casket on the edge of the stairs for the start of the mass and continued while cardinals streamed to one side to form a blazing red bloc. On the other side was an array of dark-suited prime ministers, presidents, princes, princesses, kings and queens. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago 'ChatGPT gave me a palm reading and chilling prediction made me run to doctor's'

A woman who shared a photo of her palm with an AI chatbot for a reading was left horrified when it sent her a dark prediction that made her book an appointment with a doctor

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7 d. ago 'I asked ChatGPT for a palm reading and dark prediction sent me running to doctor's'

A woman who asked the AI tool ChatGPT to give her a palm reading for fun was left horrified when it made a rather dark prediction that sent her running to the doctor's

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9 d. ago Who will be the next Pope? AI predicts the new head of the Roman Catholic Church after Pope Francis dies

If you just can't wait for the world's most secretive election to run its course, MailOnline has used AI to predict who will be voted in as the head of the Catholic Church following Pope Francis' death.

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9 d. ago ChatGPT's palm reading 'saves woman's life' after spotting possible skin cancer

TikToker urges people to check anything new or unusual on their skin after ChatGPT spotted a possible skin cancer during a palm reading, leaving the internet amazed at what artificial intelligence can do

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2 w. ago Hanks had Castaway, De Niro Raging Bull, now Alec Baldwin reveals he lost 10kg for Blue Jasmine

The great revelation from the finale of The Baldwins was that the actor had looked moderately slimmer for a bit part in 2013 and plans get back into that shapeYou’d be forgiven for not watching The Baldwins, the just-concluded TLC reality series about Alec and Hilaria Baldwin and all their children. This is because it was exactly the thing you assumed it to be.On one hand, The Baldwins desperately wanted to be a show in the traditional TLC mould; a zany happy-go-lucky series about the chaos of raising an enormous family. But on the other, it was also about what happened on the set of Rust in 2021. And so every wack-a-doodle moment of family fun found itself being counterbalanced with the explicit acknowledgment that Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in an accident that caused untold pain to countless people and has cast a long dark shadow over Baldwin’s career. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Grand National 2025 pinstickers' guide: All 34 runners rated, best chances and top 4 prediction

The Grand National is back at Aintree on Saturday where last year's champion I Am Maximus will aim to cross the line first once again, but there is stiff competition

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4 w. ago US health agency layoffs gut mine safety, infertility and smoking programs

Thousands lost jobs as sweeping cuts reshape public health, leaving experts and lawmakers scrambling From experts in mine safety to smoking and infertility – mass layoffs hit branch after branch of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s plan to downsize nearly a quarter of the 82,000-person workforce took effect.Even as the sprawling nature of layoffs became apparent on Tuesday, a complete accounting was elusive. Layoffs were undertaken with few public details, with even apoplectic congressional lawmakers left in the dark. Continue reading...

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last month ‘I cried like a little boy’: pigeon fanciers in Belgium relive agony of stolen prized birds

Suspected criminal gangs are leaving pigeon racers bereft after a spate of thefts in aviaries across the countryWhen champion pigeon racer Tom Van Gaver walked into one of his lofts one morning last November, he immediately knew something was wrong. Part of the door had been smashed from the inside. He soon realised it was no accident: thieves had broken into his aviary in Moortsele in Flanders and stolen five birds, including Finn, one of his most renowned breeders. Father and grandfather to many champions, Finn was “the Mona Lisa of the pigeon world”, Van Gaver said.The five birds, he estimates, were worth €750,000 (£625,000), but like da Vinci’s masterpiece, it is hard to tell, because he had no plans to sell. He had ordered a retirement loft so his oldest birds could live out their days under more sun. Instead, CCTV footage shows one of the thieves snatching Finn and bundling the delicate jade-necked dark bird into a plastic bag. Continue reading...

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