1 hour ago Satire at its finest: South Park takes on Trump’s martial takeover, AI and tech bros

No show has ever worked harder to have its finger on the nation’s pulse than Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s long-running comedy – and it really showsEarly on in its 27th season, South Park has garnered more controversy than it has in years (possibly ever), along with some of its highest ratings.Last week’s episode took aim at the Trump administration’s brutal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (Ice) raids, poked fun at secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s penchant for puppy murder and cosmetic surgery (Noem has since climbed atop her moral high horse and accused the show of sexism), and of course, Donald Trump himself. Along with Trump’s martial takeover of Washington DC, this week’s instalment, titled Sickofancy, takes aim at artificial intelligence (specifically ChatGPT) and the larger tech-bro industry. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago World's oldest person turns 116 in UK care home as Brit gran takes title from Brazilian

Ethel Caterham, the world's oldest living person, has celebrated her 116th birthday. She claimed the title in April following the passing of Sister Inah Canbarro Lucas in Brazil

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4 h. ago World’s oldest living person celebrates her 116th birthday with ‘quiet day’

Ethel Caterham, of Lightwater, Surrey, who was born in August 1909, succeeded to the title of oldest living person in April.

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4 h. ago World's oldest living person celebrates her 116th birthday in UK care home

Ethel Caterham was born five years before the start of the First World War

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6 h. ago Many happy returns! British woman who is world's oldest living person celebrates her 116th birthday in Surrey care home

Ethel Caterham, who lives in the home in Lightwater, became the oldest person alive in April after the death of Brazilian nun Sister Inah Canabarro aged 116.

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3 d. ago A fisherman spotted an old Buick in the Mississippi River. The human remains inside may have solved a decades

Authorities believe the remains found inside the sunken vehicle belong to Roy Benn, who disappeared in 1967 with a large sum of money.

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6 d. ago Second person dies from 'toxic' poisoning from sandwich at tourist spot

Tamara D'Acunto, 45, had eaten a sandwich from a food truck in Calabria

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7 d. ago Iconic Brazilian coach Dilma Mendes: ‘Police would arrest me for playing football’

The 59-year-old developed the career of Formiga and now the pair are dreaming big for Brazil women’s seven-a-side teamDilma Mendes’s contribution to football has been significant. She is the coach responsible for identifying and honing the talent of Formiga, one of Brazil’s most emblematic female footballers. Mendes trained the player from the age of nine until her professional career began at 16. Now, more than 30 years later, they are working together again, to bring the Football 7 World Championship title to Brazil. The international tournament takes place in Curitiba, in the south of Brazil, from 21-24 August.Mendes, twice voted the best women’s seven-a-side coach in the world, has called up the 47-year-old Formiga to lead the fight for a second world title, and Formiga’s wife, the former player Érica de Jesus, will be assistant coach. Mendes’s career with the national seven-a-side outfit began in 2019, when she was hired to develop a new team, and she searched all corners of Br...

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7 d. ago Australia’s Molly Picklum and Jack Robinson dominate Teahupo’o swell to win Tahiti Pro titles

Picklum scores three eight-point rides to beat American Caitlin SimmersBoth Australians lock in WSL finals spots for Fiji later this monthAustralian surfers Molly Picklum and Jack Robinson have dominated the waves at Teahupo’o to take out the Tahiti Pro titles.Picklum out-pointed American rival Caitlin Simmers to win the women’s competition in a statement result before her Fiji world title charge. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Second person dies after eating broccoli amid outbreak of deadly toxin

Officials in Italy are investigating an outbreak of botulism linked to contaminated broccoli

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8 d. ago Second person dies after 'toxic broccoli' in sandwich as vegetable recalled

Tamara D’Acunto passed away after eating a panini she'd bought at a food truck.

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8 d. ago Taylor Swift's most distinctive eras as she announces new album The Life of a Showgirl

Taylor Swift just announced the news of her 12th studio album, titled The Life of a Showgirl, so take a look back at her most distinctive eras to prepare you for her new music

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1 week ago I grew up on the edge of one of the world's most dangerous beaches

Piha Beach in New Zealand is one of the world's most dangerous beaches, but for one person it was the local.

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