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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Man on the Inside: Ted Danson’s great Netflix show looks like a sitcom but is something else.

Slate

In Maite Alberdi’s documentary The Mole Agent, an elderly Chilean man goes undercover inside a nursing home to investigate charges that one of the residents is being abused and taken advantage of. A year after his wife’s death, Charles lives alone in his spacious modernist house, reading spy novels and clipping out the occasional newspaper article to send to his …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

A century after Owens Valley aqueduct protest, event marks tense time in L.A. water history

LA Times

It’s a chapter of California history filled with subterfuge and conflict: More than a century ago, agents secretly working for Los Angeles posed as farmers and ranchers as they bought land and water rights across the Owens Valley. “It’s worthy of recognition in the history of Owens Valley, to show how this community stood up to this huge metropolis with …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Amazon techie says he’s earned ₹4.5 crore while doing ‘zero work.’ His viral confession

Hindustan Times

A senior Amazon employee says he joined the e-commerce giant with the express intention of getting paid while doing nothing until he is put on a Performance Improvement Plan. In his now-viral confession on the anonymous forum Blind, the Amazon employee said he earns over 370,000 USD for doing “nothing.” He wondered when his luck would run out as he …

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5 months ago

Looking for an escape from this year’s political intrigue? Don’t turn on your TV

LA Times

This election year has been so fraught with outsize storylines that reading the news can feel like reading a thick novel. Nominated for 26 Emmys, FX’s gorgeous drama about power struggles in feudal Japan revolves around Lord Yoshii Toranaga, a brilliant warlord seen as a threat by his fellow members on the Council of Regents. Meanwhile, Netflix’s “The Crown,” bowing …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Deadpool & Wolverine’s surprise cameo stars attend ComicCon’s Marvel panel

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The film is the third instalment in the Deadpool movie franchise, and sees Ryan Reynolds …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Marvel planted fake Deadpool and Wolverine leaks to ‘protect the secrecy’ of cameos, reveals executive

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Speaking to GamesRadar+, the film’s executive producer Wendy Jacobson suggested there “may or may not …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Northeastern View | Manipur and Nagaland: Two conflicts in Northeast India that the new NDA government should prioritise

Hindustan Times

The new National Democratic Alliance government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, took charge for the third consecutive time on June 9. The diverse region has many problems, but the new NDA government in New Delhi must use its fresh mandate to prioritise two: the raging ethnic conflict in Manipur and the Naga peace talks. The new NDA government must …

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8 months, 1 week ago

YSRCP government is politicising pension distribution ahead of polls, alleges Naidu

The Hindu

Expressing his displeasure over the manner in which the YSRCP government is handling the issues related to the distribution of pensions, Telugu Desam Party national president N. Chandrababu Naidu has accused the ruling party of doing politics over the death of pensioners. Addressing the media at Gudur town on April 29, Mr. Naidu said that the YSRCP government was “using …

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10 months ago

Shōgun on FX is the best series on TV, but not for the reasons you might think.

Slate

Over the weekend, I found myself hesitant to press play on Shōgun, FX’s new hit show adapted from James Clavell’s bestselling novel. Functionally, that meant that Shōgun’s pilot would need to distill a whole bunch of tiresome minutiae: the colonial assets of both Protestant and Catholic dominions, Japanese military decorum, the fine lines of distinction between the empire and the …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Human errors and subterfuge risk amplifying disaster

China Daily

Nuclear-contaminated wastewater is released from the Fukushima Daiichi power plant into the ocean on Aug 24. Japan commenced its fourth release of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, local media reported. Domestic opposition and distrust were rekindled after TEPCO admitted that on Feb 7 about 5.5 tons of water containing …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

I beat hot flushes at work by freezing out my colleagues

Daily Mail

After last week's chilling Arctic freeze, we're now set for weather to rival the Riviera. While predictions of unseasonably balmy days this week may be a welcome relief for some of us, there's nothing quite like a fluctuating temperature gauge to ignite a row about optimum comfort levels. The Government is encouraging employers to sign up to the Menopause Workplace …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Californian author Ed Park’s wildly ambitious novel of alt-history Korea

LA Times

Review Same Bed Different Dreams By Ed Park Random House: 544 pages, $30 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Park’s follow-up, “ Same Bed Different Dreams,” arrives a full decade and a half later, with all the heft, complexity and ambition such a lengthy interim …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Celebrity subterfuge! As Meryl Streep joins a growing list of stealth splitters by keeping her separation a secret for six YEARS - who else has ensured their marital woes remain under the radar?

Daily Mail

For those in the know, secret romances are nothing new in showbiz circles - just ask Taylor Swift, whose high-profile list of former relationships have mostly been shielded from public scrutiny, despite her enormous fame. All over: Meryl Streep and Don Gummer have joined a growing list of stealth splitters by recently confirming the end of their 45-year marriage - …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Moms for Liberty meets its match: Parents in this swing suburban district are fighting back

Salon

"Monster Liberty": That's how the otherwise excellent closed-captioning service in the auditorium at Pennridge High School interpreted "Moms for Liberty," while one of several dozen citizens who had waited in line to lambast the group spoke at the podium. Yes, the Pennridge school board was dominated by far-right members, one of whom had been present in Washington for Donald Trump's …

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1 year, 4 months ago

F1: The moment McLaren failed with a ‘dummy’ pit-stop over shrewd Williams at Monza

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. Read our privacy policy Williams boss James Vowles was …

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1 year, 5 months ago

TRIBUTE | Ranajit Guha (1923-2023): Historian of ‘small voices’ that make a people’s history

The Hindu

A scholar who tirelessly documented the voices of the labouring and toiling women, men, and children. The viewpoint of “small voices”, of feminism, of borderland peoples, subaltern studies, and other critical histories in the postcolonial world, focussed this question of the meaning of history, politics, and self-representation through their investigations of the variations in the contexts, the course, and paradoxes …

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1 year, 5 months ago

The Bold Reopening of Neelkanth Ganjoo Murder Case Restores a Sense of Justice and Hope - News18

News 18

In a chilling act that reverberated through history, on November 4, 1989, Neelkanth Ganjoo, a fearless former District and Sessions Judge, fell victim to Yasin Malik’s terror audacity. The wheels of justice turn as the Jammu & Kashmir State Investigation Agency, an arm of the J&K Police, resuscitates the cold case of Justice Neelkanth Ganjoo’s murder. This monumental stride, a …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Malfeasance And Fraudulence Necessary For Piercing Corporate Veil For Tax Recovery: Allahabad High Court

Live Law

The Allahabad High Court has held that since there was no specific finding with respect to any fraud, malfeasance or personal gain against the directors, the corporate veil could not be pierced to recover tax dues of the company from its directors. Previous Order by a coordinate Bench: A bench comprising of Justices Sunil Ambwani and Aditya Nath Mittal dismissed …

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1 year, 7 months ago

A trick for getting into the Magic Castle — and how to avoid the bracelet of shame

LA Times

The other night, my wife and I paid good money to a business that immediately set about deceiving us. Also, you don’t get in unless you’re invited by a member of the Academy of Magical Arts — or if you’re staying in the Magic Castle Hotel next door. Handcuffs used by Harry Houdini hang inside one of the private dining …

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1 year, 9 months ago

NCERT Mughal Saga Exposes India’s ‘Eminent’ Historians And Their Subterfuge - News18

News 18

When the National Council of Educational Research and Training announced its decision to remove a chapter on the Mughal Empire from Class XII history textbooks, it predictably created a political storm. This is where the presence of the Mughals, thanks primarily to Akbar’s liberal outlook, comes in handy for eminent historians in the benevolent projection of Muslim rule in India. …

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2 years, 2 months ago

UK spy chief says China's tech aims are a 'threat to us all'

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. Read our privacy policy The head of Britain’s cyber-intelligence …

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2 years, 4 months ago

'We gave them much': Trump posts another angry attack on FBI after affidavit released

Raw Story

Former President Donald Trump reacted to the release of a redacted affidavit about the search of his Mar-a-Lago resort by once again lashing out at the United States Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In a post made on his Truth Social media platform, the twice-impeached former president accused the FBI of running a "break in" of …

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2 years, 4 months ago

US Justice Department releases Trump search affidavit

Al Jazeera

Redacted document provides more information about evidence that led to unprecedented search of Mar-a-Lago this month. The affidavit added that the Department of Justice believed “additional documents that contain classified NDI or that are Presidential records subject to record retention requirements currently remain” at Trump’s home. US Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart said last week that he believed “there are portions …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Friend vs Friend: The Law Struggles to Offer 'Relief' in a Rare Euthanasia Case

The Quint

Meanwhile, a former High Court judge elaborated on why the man, according to him, might not be permitted to make the travel. "Attempting to visit Zurich under a subterfuge for treatment in Belgium, when the real intent is to go for euthanasia in a non-terminal case is forbidden under Indian law even after the 2018 Common Cause Constitutional bench judgement …

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Man on the Inside: Ted Danson’s great Netflix show looks like a sitcom but is something else.

A century after Owens Valley aqueduct protest, event marks tense time in L.A. water history

Amazon techie says he’s earned ₹4.5 crore while doing ‘zero work.’ His viral confession

Looking for an escape from this year’s political intrigue? Don’t turn on your TV

Deadpool & Wolverine’s surprise cameo stars attend ComicCon’s Marvel panel

Marvel planted fake Deadpool and Wolverine leaks to ‘protect the secrecy’ of cameos, reveals executive

Northeastern View | Manipur and Nagaland: Two conflicts in Northeast India that the new NDA government should prioritise

YSRCP government is politicising pension distribution ahead of polls, alleges Naidu

Shōgun on FX is the best series on TV, but not for the reasons you might think.

Human errors and subterfuge risk amplifying disaster

I beat hot flushes at work by freezing out my colleagues

Californian author Ed Park’s wildly ambitious novel of alt-history Korea

Celebrity subterfuge! As Meryl Streep joins a growing list of stealth splitters by keeping her separation a secret for six YEARS - who else has ensured their marital woes remain under the radar?

Moms for Liberty meets its match: Parents in this swing suburban district are fighting back

F1: The moment McLaren failed with a ‘dummy’ pit-stop over shrewd Williams at Monza

TRIBUTE | Ranajit Guha (1923-2023): Historian of ‘small voices’ that make a people’s history

The Bold Reopening of Neelkanth Ganjoo Murder Case Restores a Sense of Justice and Hope - News18

Malfeasance And Fraudulence Necessary For Piercing Corporate Veil For Tax Recovery: Allahabad High Court

A trick for getting into the Magic Castle — and how to avoid the bracelet of shame

NCERT Mughal Saga Exposes India’s ‘Eminent’ Historians And Their Subterfuge - News18

UK spy chief says China's tech aims are a 'threat to us all'

'We gave them much': Trump posts another angry attack on FBI after affidavit released

US Justice Department releases Trump search affidavit

Friend vs Friend: The Law Struggles to Offer 'Relief' in a Rare Euthanasia Case