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Parasite actor Song Kang-ho joins Netflix's Beef Season 2

Korean actor Song Kang-ho, renowned for his role in the Oscar-winning film Parasite, has officially signed on to appear as a guest star in the second season of Netflix's popular series Beef. The first season of Beef, which premiered in 2023 on Netflix, was a huge success, garnering numerous accolades including eight Emmy Awards, four Critics Choice Awards, three Golden …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Olympic prize money ‘unfair’, favours the elite, says IOC

The Hindu

Offering prize money at the Olympic Games was unfair and was shown at the Paris Games to favour a small number of elite athletes to the detriment to others, the International Olympic Committee said on Tuesday. IOC spokesman Mark Adams said that the IOC’s executive board had discussed the topic of prize money distribution, raised by International Federations and athletes’ …

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3 weeks ago

UK’s top earners benefit most from shared parental leave

The Independent

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. New data obtained by campaign group The Dad Shift under freedom of information laws found that …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Too many Democrats need to hear this truth bomb

Raw Story

In the wake of this terrible election, I will NOT be a part of this self-loathing and whining by too many in Democratic “leadership” in this country right now as they try to convince people like me — a high school dropout — that I am some college-educated elite who doesn't understand what the majority of the “hardworking” white voters …

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4 weeks, 1 day ago

Violence against doctors: IMA chief criticises National Task Force recommendations, says they are out of touch with reality

The Hindu

The Indian Medical Association has criticised the recommendations of the Supreme Court-constituted National Task Force on the safety of doctors, particularly its stance against the need for a Central law for their protection. Incidents of violence however, have continued: earlier this month, the Kalaignar Centenary Super Speciality Hospital in Chennai, stood witness to a brutal attack on one of its …

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1 month ago

J.K. Rowling says people like John Oliver "make idiots of themselves" supporting trans athletes

Salon

J.K. Rowling is going head-to-head with fellow Brit John Oliver. The "Harry Potter" series author slammed John Oliver for his comments on "Last Week Tonight," in which he addressed misinformation spread around trans athletes in high school during the 2024 election cycle. The British author, who has been vocal about her views on transgender people, blasted Oliver, stating he enjoyed …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Trump picks Tulsi Gabbard, Iraq veteran who called Democrats ‘elitist warmongers,’ as intelligence director

Live Mint

US President-elect Donald J Trump has selected Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman turned Republican, as the new director of national intelligence. Tulsi Gabbard left the Democratic Party in 2022 to become an independent, saying at the time that Democrats were an “elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness,” before joining the Republican Party this October. Tulsi Gabbard has …

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1 month, 1 week ago

The truth bomb too many Democrats need to hear

Raw Story

In the wake of this terrible election, I will NOT be a part of this self-loathing and whining by too many in Democratic “leadership” in this country right now as they try to convince people like me — a high school dropout — that I am some college-educated elite who doesn't understand what the majority of the “hardworking” white voters …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

The Secret Sauce of the China-India Rivalry Is Education

Live Mint

-- The world’s two most-populous nations began to open up to the world around the same time, in the early 1990s. But while both grew rapidly and pulled hundreds of millions of people out of poverty, China’s per capita income is now more than double India’s, when their currencies are adjusted for their true purchasing power. That’s the thesis of …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Labour wants to abolish private schools ‘by the back door’, headteacher claims

The Telegraph

Labour’s real aim is to abolish private schools “by the back door”, the headteacher of a leading independent school has said in an outspoken attack on Sir Keir Starmer’s VAT and National Insurance increases. He warned that Labour’s policy agenda would require further tax rises to compensate for stagnating economic growth “and schools like mine will become over-elitist, not through …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Musicians and Boyer lecturers Anna Goldsworthy and Aaron Wyatt on why we need music more than ever

ABC

Anna Goldsworthy speaks about classical music with an almost spiritual reverence. Professor Goldsworthy believes classical music can remind us that "we have more in common than we have apart". But I think it's worth also highlighting that classical music is still something that's happening today; there are still living Australian composers," he says. Wyatt and Professor Goldsworthy agree that the …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

The Budget raid on private schools like mine puts their very existence under threat

The Independent

Rachel Reeves has now confirmed in her first Budget that she will introduce VAT on private school fees from January 2025 – and will remove business rates relief, too. Many independent schools like mine offer bursaries and scholarships to ensure that a high-quality education is accessible to all. Education secretary Bridget Phillipson is leading a raid on independent school coffers …

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2 months ago

Iconic Hong Kong Jazz Pianist Ted Lo to Headline Freespace Jazz Fest

China Daily

Iconic Hong Kong-born jazz pianist Ted Lo is set to perform at the Freespace Jazz Fest alongside two of the city's finest new-generation jazz musicians. Lo, who made his mark in the demanding '80s New York jazz scene, will give a performance that is unique and inspired by the place where he's playing, the audience reactions and the venue's acoustics.

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3 months ago

Green Day fans slam Ticketmaster over outrageous ticket prices for the punk rock band's Aussie tour: 'Shameful and elitist'

Daily Mail

Furious Green Day fans have taken to social media to slam Ticketmaster's pricing for the punk rock band's upcoming Australian tour, with prices rising to $500 a ticket. Last week, the American rock band announced they will bring their Saviors stadium tour Down Under in March 2025 after promising to return to the country a year ago. Green Day will …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Bengaluru’s MAP holds unusual tactile exhibit

The Hindu

How often is one allowed to engage with art at galleries and museums apart from absorbing it visually? Addressing this common issue, The Museum of Art and Photography in Bengaluru, recently conducted Please Touch, a walkthrough that allowed visitors to interact with art using their senses of touch, smell, hearing and sight. It was initially supposed to be an activity …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Charles Manson: mass murderer of unspeakable evil who left a dark and disturbing musical legacy

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. “‘Helter Skelter’ is confusion,” Manson said in court, “confusion …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

‘They Brought Almost Nothing New With Them’: Washington Ponders Biden’s DC Legacy

Politico

Washington might call him a man out of time, but the country, they figured, would appreciate that. And then they came in and suddenly all the January 6 stuff just kind of went away.” “After four years of Trump, Biden brought back a reminder of how leadership and a team acquits itself with decency and loyalty,” says Juleanna Glover, a …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Clooney and Roberts help Biden raise USD 28 mn at fundraiser featuring dire warnings about Trump

Deccan Chronicle

Los Angeles: Some of Hollywood's brightest stars headlined a glitzy fundraiser for President Joe Biden on Saturday night, helping raise what his re-election campaign said was USD 28 million and hoping to energise would-be supporters for a November election that they argued was among the most important in the nation's history. Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel interviewed Biden and former President …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Clooney and Roberts help Biden raise $28 million at a fundraiser featuring dire warnings about Trump

Hindustan Times

LOS ANGELES — Some of Hollywood's brightest stars headlined a glitzy fundraiser for President Joe Biden on Saturday night, helping raise what his reelection campaign said was $28 million and hoping to energize would-be supporters for a November election that they argued was among the most important in the nation's history. Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel interviewed Biden and former President …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Clooney and Roberts help Biden raise $30 million-plus at a star-studded Hollywood gala

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Some of Hollywood’s brightest stars headlined a fundraiser for President Joe Biden that took in a record $30 million-plus for a Democratic candidate, according to his campaign, in hopes of energizing would-be supporters for a White House contest they said may rank among the most consequential in U.S. history. Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel interviewed Biden and former …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

'International Khan Market Gang': Jaishankar Slams Western Media And 'Attempts to Influence Indian Politics, Voters'

News 18

External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday slammed the Western media and called the anti-India ecosystem the “international Khan Market gang”. “In the country today, there is a certain thought process, or entitlement process for which the metaphor of ‘Khan Market Gang’ is a very good description. I want to tell you there is an international Khan Market Gang as …

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8 months ago

Opera gets slapped with the ‘elitist’ label. L.A. proves just how wrong that is

LA Times

The label of elitism sticks to opera like superglue. Los Angeles Opera last week unveiled two new productions of operas old or avant-garde: Verdi’s 19th century chestnut “La Traviata,” and Huang Ruo’s 2021 “Book of Mountains and Seas,” based on ancient Chinese myths. Liparit Avetisyan as Alfredo, far right, Rachel Willis-Sorensen as Violetta and the cast of L.A. Opera’s “La …

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8 months ago

How Modi Hacks EVMs, Part 8: Seminal 10 years with epochal events and decisions – from Ram Mandir to G20, Women’s Reservation Bill, NEP and more

Op India

As hard as it is to believe, we were able to write 9 articles in a series titled How Prime Minister Modi hacks EVMs without even touching upon the huge and epochal events that have unfolded in his 10 years as PM. It took Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative to restore the Sengol to its rightful place in the Lok …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Biden visits his Pennsylvania hometown to call for more taxes on the rich and cast Trump as elitist

Associated Press

SCRANTON, Pa. — President Joe Biden made a nostalgic return to the house where he grew up in working-class Scranton on Tuesday, kicking off three days of campaigning across Pennsylvania by calling for higher taxes on the rich and casting Donald Trump as an out-of-touch elitist. “These are the competing visions for our economy that raise questions of fundamental fairness …

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Parasite actor Song Kang-ho joins Netflix's Beef Season 2

Olympic prize money ‘unfair’, favours the elite, says IOC

UK’s top earners benefit most from shared parental leave

Too many Democrats need to hear this truth bomb

Violence against doctors: IMA chief criticises National Task Force recommendations, says they are out of touch with reality

J.K. Rowling says people like John Oliver "make idiots of themselves" supporting trans athletes

Trump picks Tulsi Gabbard, Iraq veteran who called Democrats ‘elitist warmongers,’ as intelligence director

The truth bomb too many Democrats need to hear

The Secret Sauce of the China-India Rivalry Is Education

Labour wants to abolish private schools ‘by the back door’, headteacher claims

Musicians and Boyer lecturers Anna Goldsworthy and Aaron Wyatt on why we need music more than ever

The Budget raid on private schools like mine puts their very existence under threat

Iconic Hong Kong Jazz Pianist Ted Lo to Headline Freespace Jazz Fest

Green Day fans slam Ticketmaster over outrageous ticket prices for the punk rock band's Aussie tour: 'Shameful and elitist'

Bengaluru’s MAP holds unusual tactile exhibit

Charles Manson: mass murderer of unspeakable evil who left a dark and disturbing musical legacy

‘They Brought Almost Nothing New With Them’: Washington Ponders Biden’s DC Legacy

Clooney and Roberts help Biden raise USD 28 mn at fundraiser featuring dire warnings about Trump

Clooney and Roberts help Biden raise $28 million at a fundraiser featuring dire warnings about Trump

Clooney and Roberts help Biden raise $30 million-plus at a star-studded Hollywood gala

'International Khan Market Gang': Jaishankar Slams Western Media And 'Attempts to Influence Indian Politics, Voters'

Opera gets slapped with the ‘elitist’ label. L.A. proves just how wrong that is

How Modi Hacks EVMs, Part 8: Seminal 10 years with epochal events and decisions – from Ram Mandir to G20, Women’s Reservation Bill, NEP and more

Biden visits his Pennsylvania hometown to call for more taxes on the rich and cast Trump as elitist