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Trump’s quips about Greenland and the "Gulf of America" are reaching an unintended audience.

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Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. According to the journalists Susan Glasser and Peter Baker, the idea of taking over Greenland was inspired by the perfume magnate Ronald Lauder, who is also a longtime friend and supporter of Trump’s. As O’Neil summed up the situation …

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Makar Sankranti 2025: Date, history, and all you need to know

India Today

Makar Sankranti is one of the most auspicious festivals celebrated in India, marking the transition of the Sun into the zodiac sign of Capricorn. HISTORY OF MAKAR SANKRANTI The festival is associated with the Sun God, Surya, and his journey towards the Northern Hemisphere, marking the beginning of longer days and shorter nights. RITUALS AND TRADITIONS OF MAKAR SANKRANTI Holy …

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K Annamalai backs R Ashwin on Hindi remark: A language of convenience

India Today

Tamil Nadu BJP president K. Annamalai has backed former Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin's statement that Hindi is not the national language of India. Ashwin, who recently retired midway through the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, had made the remark about Hindi during a recent event at a private college in Chennai, where he discussed his career and broader social issues. When he noticed …

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55 years ago

Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location

Wired

Some of the world’s most popular apps are likely being co-opted by rogue members of the advertising industry to harvest sensitive location data on a massive scale, with that data ending up with a location data company whose subsidiary has previously sold global location data to US law enforcement. The thousands of apps, included in hacked files from location data …

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1 day, 23 hours ago

IWL 2024-25: Odisha FC Women set to begin title defence against Gokulam Kerala

The Hindu

The defending champion, Odisha FC Women, is set to kick off its Indian Women’s League 2024-25 season with an away fixture against Gokulam Kerala FC on Friday at the EMS Stadium in Kozhikode, Kerala. With four IWL titles to its name, Gokulam Kerala is historically the most successful team in Indian women’s football. Despite its efforts, OFCW faced tough competition …

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2 days, 10 hours ago

Meta braces for Trump 2.0 as it loosens hate speech, abuse rules; scraps fact-checking from its platforms

India TV News

Followed by its move to scrap fact-checking from its platforms, social media giant Meta has decided to loosen rules around hate speech and abuse as well. Meta says, "We do allow allegations of mental illness or abnormality when based on gender or sexual orientation, given political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality and common non-serious usage of words like …

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US applications for jobless claims fall to 201,000, lowest level in nearly a year

Associated Press

U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in nearly a year last week, pointing to a still healthy labor market with historically low layoffs. The Labor Department on Wednesday said that applications for jobless benefits fell to 201,000 for the week ending January 4, down from the previous week’s 211,000. When the Labor Department releases hiring numbers …

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Kohli, Sharma brand values to stay intact in short run despite Australia test issues: Ad experts

Live Mint

Despite recent challenges in the Test series against Australia during the Border-Gavaskar trophy, batsman Virat Kohli’s brand value should largely stay unaffected, but captain Rohit Sharma could see a dip in his advertising career in the long run after retirement. Brand and advertising experts told Mint brand Kohli will continue to prosper, provided his performance improves in the upcoming one-day …

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3 days, 10 hours ago

U.S. applications for jobless claims fall to 201,000, lowest level in nearly a year

LA Times

A help wanted sign is displayed at a restaurant in Chicago on Nov. 25, 2024. U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in nearly a year last week, pointing to a still healthy labor market with historically low layoffs. The Labor Department on Wednesday said that applications for jobless benefits fell to 201,000 for the week ending …

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Why Magnus von Horn avoided making ‘The Girl With the Needle’ seem too realistic

LA Times

Magnus von Horn never wanted to make a biopic of a serial killer: The Poland-based filmmaker finds that morally strange. “So many things are not historically correct in our film, but that’s not important in my mind because the emotional truth is there,” director Magnus von Horn says of his film “The Girl With the Needle.” “We tried many other …

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4 days, 16 hours ago

Carvana extends loan sale deal with Ally Financial, refuting Hindenburg report

Live Mint

Carvana Co. said it has reestablished an agreement with Ally Financial Inc. to sell the lender up to $4 billion in used-vehicle loan receivables over the next year, a move that counters one claim by short seller Hindenburg Research that the financier was pulling back on their relationship. Hindenburg’s report, written after conducting research that included interviewing former employees, said …

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5 days, 10 hours ago

First bird flu death reported in the U.S., according to the CDC

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First bird flu death reported in the U.S., according to the CDC toggle caption Callista Images/Getty Images The U.S. has recorded its first death of a person infected with bird flu. Sponsor Message "We have 20-plus years of data showing that it's a pretty nasty virus," said Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center at the Brown University School of …

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First U.S. death from bird flu reported in Louisiana

Salon

On Monday, the Louisiana Department of Health reported that a patient with a severe case of bird flu, caused by the H5N1 virus, had died from their infection, a first for the United States. Even before the patient died, their case made headlines for several reasons: bird flu is raging across North America, swamping dairy and poultry farms and causing …

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1 week ago

Ukraine ends Russian gas pipeline to Europe – but how much will it cost Moscow?

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. “Russia is losing markets and will incur financial losses.” …

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Asian singers and actors who relocated to Asia see global crossover opportunity

Associated Press

Twenty years after he was a young, struggling actor in Toronto, Thomas Lo is now the one giving young Asian actors their big breaks. Two crews on two different continents filmed “Cross My Mind,” a series about a Chinese American aspiring music producer in Los Angeles who becomes telepathically connected to a Hong Kong advertising executive. “It’d be cool if …

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1 week ago

Brooklyn Moors, Jordan Chiles impress in rough season opener for UCLA gymnastics

LA Times

UCLA gymnast Brooklyn Moors flies through the air during her floor exercise routine at the American Gold Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics Classic in Oceanside on Saturday. For the first time since February 2022, the graduate student competed in three events Saturday — beam, floor exercise and vault — showcasing her versatility to lead UCLA gymnastics to a third-place score of 195.250 …

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55 years ago

Luther Vandross gay documentary: In Never Too Much, the singer-songwriter’s queer sensibilities are on full display.

Slate

For most of his career, Luther Vandross cut a puzzling figure. Vandross had tried his hand at the theater even before that, penning songs for a musical that would become The Wiz, including one of its centerpieces, “A Brand New Day.” Prior to solo fame, he fronted disco classics by Chic and Change, including the latter’s effervescent “Glow of Love,” …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Ukraine ends Russian gas pipeline to Europe – but how much will it cost Moscow?

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. “Russia is losing markets and will incur financial losses.” …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Massive debris suspected to be from rocket launch crashes in Kenyan village

India Today

A quiet Wednesday afternoon turned extraordinary when a massive metallic ring, weighing approximately 500 kilograms and measuring eight feet in diameter, crash-landed in the village around 3 p.m. local time. The Kenya Space Agency confirmed that the object is space debris, specifically a separation ring from a recent rocket launch. Following the discovery of a metallic fragment of a space …

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1 week, 1 day ago

PM Modi govt committed to revive historic, cultural heritage of Kashmir, will reclaim what has been lost: Amit Shah

Op India

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday asserted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is committed to reviving the historic and cultural heritage of Kashmir and that we will soon ‘reclaim what has been lost.’ Shah made the statement after releasing the book ‘Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh Through the Ages: A Visual Narrative of Continuities and Linkages’ here in the …

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1 week, 4 days ago

R Ashwin reacts to Jamie Overton's non-striker run-out warning in Big Bash League

India Today

Former India off-spinner R Ashwin reacted to Jamie Overton's attempt to run out a batter at the non-striker's end during a Big Bash League match on New Year's Eve at the Adelaide Oval. Ashwin appeared to support Overton, who was alert to opposition batter Finn Allen's habit of leaving the non-striker's crease before the delivery stride was completed. In the …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Jailed PKK Leader Ready to Work With Turkey for Peace, DEM Says

Live Mint

-- The leader of separatist Kurdish group PKK said he’s ready to cooperate with the Turkish government in a bid to end a long-running conflict that has claimed thousands of lives, according to a statement by the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party, or DEM, on Sunday. One day after Bahceli’s call, PKK attacked Turkish state defense firm Turkish Aerospace …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Was 2024 indeed better than last year for the big boys of Indian IT?

Live Mint

Bengaluru: India’s top five information technology services companies grew at a slower clip in the first nine months of this year, defying hopes that the $254 billion industry would rebound after reporting its weakest growth ever in 2023. The spectre of GenAI Keith Bachman, an analyst with BMO Capital Markets, said in a 12 December report that increased hiring by …

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1 week, 6 days ago

'Get their comeuppance': Ex-Trump official calls for cuts to United Nations

Raw Story

Rep. Elise Stefanik, who is the presumptive next United Nations ambassador is one of President-elect Donald Trump's more traditional Cabinet appointments, and is unlikely to face a tough confirmation battle in the Senate. In an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, John Bolton — who was former President George W. Bush's U.N. ambassador before briefly serving as Trump's National Security …

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Trump’s quips about Greenland and the "Gulf of America" are reaching an unintended audience.

Makar Sankranti 2025: Date, history, and all you need to know

K Annamalai backs R Ashwin on Hindi remark: A language of convenience

Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location

IWL 2024-25: Odisha FC Women set to begin title defence against Gokulam Kerala

Meta braces for Trump 2.0 as it loosens hate speech, abuse rules; scraps fact-checking from its platforms

US applications for jobless claims fall to 201,000, lowest level in nearly a year

Kohli, Sharma brand values to stay intact in short run despite Australia test issues: Ad experts

U.S. applications for jobless claims fall to 201,000, lowest level in nearly a year

Why Magnus von Horn avoided making ‘The Girl With the Needle’ seem too realistic

Carvana extends loan sale deal with Ally Financial, refuting Hindenburg report

First bird flu death reported in the U.S., according to the CDC

First U.S. death from bird flu reported in Louisiana

Ukraine ends Russian gas pipeline to Europe – but how much will it cost Moscow?

Asian singers and actors who relocated to Asia see global crossover opportunity

Brooklyn Moors, Jordan Chiles impress in rough season opener for UCLA gymnastics

Luther Vandross gay documentary: In Never Too Much, the singer-songwriter’s queer sensibilities are on full display.

Ukraine ends Russian gas pipeline to Europe – but how much will it cost Moscow?

Massive debris suspected to be from rocket launch crashes in Kenyan village

PM Modi govt committed to revive historic, cultural heritage of Kashmir, will reclaim what has been lost: Amit Shah

R Ashwin reacts to Jamie Overton's non-striker run-out warning in Big Bash League

Jailed PKK Leader Ready to Work With Turkey for Peace, DEM Says

Was 2024 indeed better than last year for the big boys of Indian IT?

'Get their comeuppance': Ex-Trump official calls for cuts to United Nations