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The 10 Best TV Shows of 2024

Slate

Let’s not sugarcoat it: 2024 was a bit of an underwhelming year in television. With Hollywood production still down compared to Peak-TV highs, and with streaming companies raising subscription prices while cutting back on original programming, it’s felt, more than ever, like there’s nothing good to watch. Highly anticipated new seasons of everyone’s favorite shows fizzled; expensive-looking adaptations and IP …

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1 month, 1 week ago

A lion cub evacuated from Lebanon to a South African sanctuary escapes airstrikes and abuse

Associated Press

BEIRUT — When Sara first arrived at her rescuers’ home, she was sick, tired, and was covered in ringworms and signs of abuse all over her little furry body. After spending two months in a small Beirut apartment with an animal rights group, the four-and-half-month-old lion cub arrived Friday at a wildlife sanctuary in South Africa after a long journey …

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1 month, 1 week ago

A lion cub evacuated from Lebanon to a South African sanctuary escapes airstrikes and abuse

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. After spending two months in a small Beirut apartment …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Why crypto mania is reaching new heights

Live Mint

Donald Trump’s victory has a flavour of revenge—not just for the man but also for crypto bros and their assets of choice. Over the course of election night, as it became clear Mr Trump had won America’s presidential election, the price of bitcoin, the most widely traded cryptocurrency, jumped by 10%. The mood music during the campaign is one reason …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

A Trump presidency won’t necessarily be the gift for Putin that Moscow thinks it is...

The Independent

Washington has provided more than $64bn in military aid for Ukraine – far in excess of any of Kyiv’s other allies in the West. While support will continue until January at least, when Trump takes office in the White House, Kyiv will be fearful of that source of money being halted, given the brutal state of the front line in …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

A Trump presidency won’t necessarily be the gift for Putin Moscow thinks it is...

The Independent

Washington has provided more than $64 billion in military aid for Ukraine – far in excess of any of Kyiv's other allies in the West. While support will continue until January at least, when Trump takes office in the White House, Kyiv will be fearful of that source of money being halted given the brutal state of the frontline in …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

The Great Showdown: A Deep Dive into the 2024 Presidential Election

The Hindu

The article explores the potential outcomes of the upcoming US presidential elections in 2024, with three main scenarios: a Trump win, a Harris win, and a contested outcome that goes to the courts. The author, a seasoned political reporter, provides insights into the campaign, focusing on key conversations and personal stories of the candidates. The book also sheds light on …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Aaron Rodgers stats Jets vs. Texans on Thursday Night Football: This will all be over soon.

Slate

At best, Aaron Rodgers has failed to transform the New York Jets into anything other than the New York Jets. The Jets’ entire last season became about a quarterback who would not be playing for them, and who frequently created negative news cycles for the team with his weekly appearances on ESPN’s Pat McAfee Show. Rodgers’ every utterance becomes national …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump rally at Madison Square Garden marked by bombastic, incendiary, racist commentary

LA Times

Days before the November election, when presidential candidates typically barnstorm battleground states, former President Trump delivered a fiery, bombastic closing argument that summed up years of grievances against his perceived enemies, including Democratic rival Kamala Harris, at a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Trump repeated attacks on Harris’ intellect, calling her a “very low-IQ individual” …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Venom: The Final Farewell - A Thrilling Ride to the Apocalypse

The Hindu

Venom: The Last Dance concludes the trilogy with a bang, delivering a satisfying and entertaining conclusion to the action-packed saga. The film features Tom Hardy's return as Eddie Brock and his symbiotic housemate Venom, who embark on a thrilling road trip with a hippie family. The action sequences are spectacular, with Venom taking center stage in a flurry of explosions …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

5 unforgettably bad sequels to stream after you see ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’

LA Times

“Joker: Folie a Deux” made headlines this week for all the wrong reasons: The follow-up to 2019’s blockbuster “Joker” about the demented comic-book villain bombed with both critics and audiences despite the return of Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix and the star power of Lady Gaga. However, “Jaws 2” is a masterpiece when compared to the stream of bigscreen chum that …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Michael Cohen claims Trump will get Seal Team 6 to ‘round up critics or opponents’ if he wins 2024 race

The Independent

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Bombastic claims on economy conceal choke points that will strangulate growth: Jairam Ramesh

The Hindu

Asserting that the last 10 years have seen "highly detrimental economic trends", the Congress on Sunday said the monsoon has receded but at least "three dark clouds" of languishing private sector investment, stagnating manufacturing and decline in real wages and productivity for labourers, still loom over the Indian economy. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said bombastic claims on …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

Fox News and America’s Talking: the lessons Roger Ailes learned from his first cable network.

Slate

Before he ran Fox News, Roger Ailes launched a very different kind of channel. “Roger Ailes’ Secret Nixon-Era Blueprint for Fox News,” Gawker, June 30, 2011. “Fox’s 24-Hour News Is Oddly Familiar,” New York Times, Oct. 10, 1996. “Roger Ailes’s Pork Roast,” the New Yorker, Aug. 22, 1994. “At the New Fox News Channel, the Buzzword is Fairness, Separating News …

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3 months ago

The Actual Electoral Map Is Three States

Politico

Yet none of those other four battlegrounds are relevant if Trump first blocks her in Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina. “Except if you win Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, then that’s going to get you over the hump.” Trump’s television advertising reflects his focus on the trio. “With big reservations coming in for North Carolina, I’d be surprised if there …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

'I'm going on record to say that…': Zaheer Khan's bombastic take contradicting Rohit, Kohli on IPL's Impact Player rule

Hindustan Times

Despite knowing that it is one of the most hotly debated topics of IPL, newly-appointed Lucknow Super Giants team mentor Zaheer Khan made no attempts to hide his support for the Impact Player rule. Introduced in the 2023 season, the Impact Player rule, which allows all IPL teams to substitute a player -- batter or bowler -- during their respective …

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54 years, 11 months ago

Obama’s First DNC Speech Outlines a Winning Strategy for Kamala Harris

Slate

This article was originally featured in Foreign Policy, the magazine of global politics and ideas. Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up in a declaration made over 200 years ago, ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among …

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5 months ago

Eminem review, The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grace): Punching downwards, joylessly and without inspiration

The Independent

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Slim Shady alter-ego behind his 1999 breakthrough LP …

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5 months ago

Trump recounts assassination attempt, outlines grim portrait of America in 92-minute acceptance speech

LA Times

Former President Trump formally accepted the Republican presidential nomination for a third time Thursday night, capping a momentous six days in which he survived an assassination attempt, selected a running mate and made nightly appearances before adulatory crowds and speakers at the party’s national convention. Much of the speech — which ran 92 minutes — was dominated by him retelling …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Suryakumar Yadav's bombastic posts on Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh's destructive knocks vs Zimbabwe sets internet ablaze

Hindustan Times

India may have faltered in the opening game of the five-match T20I series against Zimbabwe on Saturday, which sparked concerns about whether the team could find possible replacements for recently retired Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in the format. Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh helped India beat Zimbabwe in 2nd T20I Abhishek Sharma, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Rinku Singh, all of whom …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

GOP megadonor handed Trump $10M — despite him blowing off her single request: report

Raw Story

Republican megadonor Miriam Adelson, the wife of the late right-winger Sheldon Adelson, has given former President Donald Trump a whopping sum of money even as he has apparently blown off her request that he tone down his rhetoric. The New York Times reports that Adelson earlier this year asked Trump to be "less bombastic" and then pledged to generously fund …

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6 months ago

How Trump's speeches have 'gone deeper into bizarre tales and vulgarities'

Raw Story

Former President Donald Trump has lost whatever modicum of message discipline he used to have at his campaign rallies and has become a stream of consciousness for his grievances and vendettas, wrote Erin Doherty for Axios. For example, "last month in Wildwood, N.J., he was accusing the Biden administration of allowing criminals into the U.S. when he took a rhetorical …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Fran Drescher: Union boss who turned the tables on Hollywood suits

LA Times

Fran Drescher may have been “The Nanny” in another life. “I bring my own sense of self, my Buddhist wisdom and a lot of chutzpah.” Initially, entertainment executives anticipated last year’s labor tensions would follow a predictable pattern: Screenwriters, represented by the Writers Guild of America, would strike but eventually lose momentum and turn on one another, creating internal fractures …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump Biographer Says This Telltale Sign ‘Indicates Panic’ In Ex-President

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Donald Trump biographer Tim O’Brien suggested Wednesday that all signs point to the former president seriously freaking out over his hush money trial, which is now in the jury deliberation phase. “I think everything he’s doing, I think, indicates panic,” replied O’Brien, whose 2005 book “TrumpNation: The Art of Being The Donald” questioned Trump’s bombastic assertions of …

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The 10 Best TV Shows of 2024

A lion cub evacuated from Lebanon to a South African sanctuary escapes airstrikes and abuse

A lion cub evacuated from Lebanon to a South African sanctuary escapes airstrikes and abuse

Why crypto mania is reaching new heights

A Trump presidency won’t necessarily be the gift for Putin that Moscow thinks it is...

A Trump presidency won’t necessarily be the gift for Putin Moscow thinks it is...

The Great Showdown: A Deep Dive into the 2024 Presidential Election

Aaron Rodgers stats Jets vs. Texans on Thursday Night Football: This will all be over soon.

Trump rally at Madison Square Garden marked by bombastic, incendiary, racist commentary

Venom: The Final Farewell - A Thrilling Ride to the Apocalypse

5 unforgettably bad sequels to stream after you see ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’

Michael Cohen claims Trump will get Seal Team 6 to ‘round up critics or opponents’ if he wins 2024 race

Bombastic claims on economy conceal choke points that will strangulate growth: Jairam Ramesh

Fox News and America’s Talking: the lessons Roger Ailes learned from his first cable network.

The Actual Electoral Map Is Three States

'I'm going on record to say that…': Zaheer Khan's bombastic take contradicting Rohit, Kohli on IPL's Impact Player rule

Obama’s First DNC Speech Outlines a Winning Strategy for Kamala Harris

Eminem review, The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grace): Punching downwards, joylessly and without inspiration

Trump recounts assassination attempt, outlines grim portrait of America in 92-minute acceptance speech

Suryakumar Yadav's bombastic posts on Abhishek Sharma, Rinku Singh's destructive knocks vs Zimbabwe sets internet ablaze

GOP megadonor handed Trump $10M — despite him blowing off her single request: report

How Trump's speeches have 'gone deeper into bizarre tales and vulgarities'

Fran Drescher: Union boss who turned the tables on Hollywood suits

Trump Biographer Says This Telltale Sign ‘Indicates Panic’ In Ex-President