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The New Year Honours list 2025 in full: Every person celebrated this year
1 week, 4 days ago

The New Year Honours list 2025 in full: Every person celebrated this year

The Independent  

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Jimmy Carter and Playboy: How ‘the weirdo factor’ rocked ’76
1 week, 4 days ago

Jimmy Carter and Playboy: How ‘the weirdo factor’ rocked ’76

Associated Press  

PLAINS, Ga. — Jimmy Carter already had drawn months of media scrutiny as a devout Southern Baptist running for president. Quoting Matthew 5:27-28, Carter explained that Jesus Christ considered an offending thought equivalent to consummated adultery, and by that standard, he was in no position to judge a man who “shacks up” and “screws lots of women,” because he had …

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Trump sues Des Moines Register newspaper, claiming ‘election interference’
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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Trump sues Des Moines Register newspaper, claiming ‘election interference’

Al Jazeera  

US president-elect’s lawsuit comes days after reaching defamation settlement with ABC News. United States President-elect Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit accusing a newspaper and a polling firm of engaging in “brazen election interference” by publishing a pre-election survey that underestimated his popularity. The lawsuit filed late on Monday accuses The Des Moines Register newspaper, its parent company Gannett and …

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Trump sues Des Moines Register, pollster for ‘election interference’ after pre-election poll
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Trump sues Des Moines Register, pollster for ‘election interference’ after pre-election poll

Associated Press  

President-elect Donald Trump sued the Des Moines Register and its pollster for “brazen election interference” in publishing a survey the weekend before the election that showed Democrat Kamala Harris with a surprising lead of three percentage points in the state. The Des Moines survey, done by since-retired pollster J. Ann Selzer, was considered shocking for indicating that an earlier Trump …

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Trump sues Des Moines Register and top pollster for survey released the day before the election
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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Trump sues Des Moines Register and top pollster for survey released the day before the election

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump is suing the Des Moines Register, its top …

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Trump sues Des Moines Register, pollster over Iowa poll showing Harris lead
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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Trump sues Des Moines Register, pollster over Iowa poll showing Harris lead

Firstpost  

President-elect Trump filed a lawsuit on Monday against the Des Moines Register and pollster J. Ann Selzer over a poll released just before Election Day, which showed Vice President Harris leading him by a significant margin in Iowa, according to a report President-elect Trump filed a lawsuit on Monday against the Des Moines Register and pollster J. Ann Selzer over …

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Trump sues Des Moines Register and top pollster over final Iowa survey
Top News
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Trump sues Des Moines Register and top pollster over final Iowa survey

CNN  

New York CNN — President-elect Donald Trump is escalating his legal campaign against media outlets by suing renowned pollster J. Ann Selzer, her polling firm, The Des Moines Register newspaper and its parent company Gannett. The case reflects Trump’s anger at the final Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll of the 2024 election season. And indeed, he did – by a …

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Trump sues Iowa pollster, claiming ‘election interference’; critics see a chilling of free speech
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Trump sues Iowa pollster, claiming ‘election interference’; critics see a chilling of free speech

LA Times  

In his latest step to strike back against media outlets he says have said wronged him, President-elect Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against an Iowa pollster and newspaper that he said intentionally skewed a poll against him to try to help Vice President Kamala Harris in the November election. The president-elect had signaled the action in a news conference …

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'Election Interference': Trump Threatens To Sue Des Moines Register Over Poll
3 weeks, 4 days ago

'Election Interference': Trump Threatens To Sue Des Moines Register Over Poll

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President-elect Donald Trump said he’s planning a lawsuit against the Des Moines Register over its final election poll showing Trump running several points behind Vice President Kamala Harris in Iowa, a traditionally red state. “In my opinion, it was fraud, and it was election interference,” Trump said during a press conference Monday afternoon at his Florida golf …

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Marseille: The edgy city emerging as Europe’s new capital of cool
55 years ago

Marseille: The edgy city emerging as Europe’s new capital of cool

CNN  

Editor’s note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. First it was couture house Chanel putting Marseille on the fashion map when it brought a major summer show to the city’s Radiant City Art Centre. ‘City of 100 neighborhoods’ At the top: France's second largest city, and its oldest, Marseille is regaining its crown as a top …

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The Agency show: Paramount’s remake of Le Bureau des Légendes has a nearly fatal flaw.
1 month, 1 week ago

The Agency show: Paramount’s remake of Le Bureau des Légendes has a nearly fatal flaw.

Slate  

The Agency, I’m sad to say, is missing that je ne sais quoi of Le Bureau des Légendes. If only I’d encountered Showtime’s new spy thriller having never seen its source material, the mid-2010s French drama known in English as The Bureau. I’d have no idea that something might be missing—that je ne sais quoi of the original—or that there …

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Ananya Panday calls sister Rysa real-life princess as she dazzles in stunning gowns for Le Bal debut. Pics
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ananya Panday calls sister Rysa real-life princess as she dazzles in stunning gowns for Le Bal debut. Pics

Hindustan Times  

After Ananya Panday, her sister Rysa is all set to debut at the annual Bal des Debutantes in Paris, also known as Le Bal, on Saturday. On Tuesday, the Le Bal Paris Instagram page shared pictures of Rysa trying out Elie Saab gowns to wear at Saturday's event. Ananya Panday was left swooning when she saw her sister Rysa trying …

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Most electric-car batteries could soon be made by recycling old ones
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Most electric-car batteries could soon be made by recycling old ones

Live Mint  

Despite a slowdown in electric-vehicle sales in some countries, demand for batteries was up by around 40% globally last year, and seems likely to continue at a similar pace. As China also commands the processing of other important battery materials, including manganese, cobalt and nearly all battery-grade graphite, there is concern about the vulnerability of supply chains should China begin …

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Ligue 1 2024-25: PSG ‘dead’ without bigger stadium than Parc des Princes warns Qatari owners
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ligue 1 2024-25: PSG ‘dead’ without bigger stadium than Parc des Princes warns Qatari owners

The Hindu  

Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser al-Khelaifi said Thursday the club needs “to build a new stadium as quickly as possible” away from the Parc des Princes, which is owned by city authorities, if it wants to compete against its European rivals. We need it, otherwise we’re dead,” the Qatari told French radio during the inauguration of the team’s new training centre. …

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Have you seen these beautiful pics of Isha Ambani from her debut at le Bal des Debutantes 2012? Here's what she wore
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Have you seen these beautiful pics of Isha Ambani from her debut at le Bal des Debutantes 2012? Here's what she wore

Hindustan Times  

Isha Ambani's fashion repertoire has transformed her into a style icon. Did you know Isha also debuted at the glamorous le Bal des Debutantes in Paris in 2012? Isha Ambani at the le Bal des Debutantes 2012 with Nita Ambani and Mukesh Ambani. Have you seen these pictures of Isha Ambani from le Bal des Débutantes 2012? In November 2012, …

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Children's choirs unite in harmony
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Children's choirs unite in harmony

China Daily  

Singing groups from Hainan, Paris forge unlikely friendship, advance cultural understanding, exchanges Children from ethnic villages in the tropical rainforest of Hainan province have formed an unlikely friendship with their peers from cosmopolitan Paris — their liaison forged by the unifying power of song. Moved by the show of warmth, Liu Min, composer, conductor, and artistic director of the Li …

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René Magritte’s ‘L’empire des lumières’ sells for record $121 million
1 month, 3 weeks ago

René Magritte’s ‘L’empire des lumières’ sells for record $121 million

CNN  

CNN — A René Magritte painting depicting an eerily lit streetscape sold for more than $121 million at a Christie’s auction in New York on Tuesday –– surpassing its $95 million estimate and smashing the auction record for the Surrealist artist’s work. As one of the largest paintings in a succession of 27 works all titled “L’empire des lumières”, the …

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René Magritte’s ‘L’empire des lumières’ sells for record $121 million
1 month, 3 weeks ago

René Magritte’s ‘L’empire des lumières’ sells for record $121 million

CNN  

CNN — A René Magritte painting depicting an eerily lit streetscape sold for more than $121 million at a Christie’s auction in New York on Tuesday –– surpassing its $95 million estimate and smashing the auction record for the Surrealist artist’s work. As one of the largest paintings in a succession of 27 works all titled “L’empire des lumières”, the …

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'I am humbled': J Ann Selzer quits polling after she wrongly predicted Harris winning Iowa
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

'I am humbled': J Ann Selzer quits polling after she wrongly predicted Harris winning Iowa

Firstpost  

Trump ultimately won the state and the presidential race by a landslide, leaving Democrats in complete shambles. When the votes were ultimately counted, it was found out that Selzer was off by 16 points J Ann Selzer who is known as the "queen of polling," rose to fame after she predicted that virtually unknown senator, Barack Obama, would beat frontrunner …

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Iowa pollster Ann Selzer to retire after ‘big miss’ predicting Kamala Harris win in Iowa
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Iowa pollster Ann Selzer to retire after ‘big miss’ predicting Kamala Harris win in Iowa

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ann Selzer, the pollster behind the Des Moines Register’s respected …

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Gary Lineker Match of the Day exit CONFIRMED: BBC announce host's new contract will see him step down from flagship show as it 'evolves' and saves his new boss 'millions'
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Gary Lineker Match of the Day exit CONFIRMED: BBC announce host's new contract will see him step down from flagship show as it 'evolves' and saves his new boss 'millions'

Daily Mail  

Gary Lineker has confirmed he is leaving Match of the Day after 26 years in a 21-word statement. Gary Lineker will no longer present Match of the Day at the end of the season Gary Lineker has quit Match of the Day after 26 years with the BBC's flagship football show The 63-year-old England legend was the BBC's highest-paid presenter …

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Revealed: Gary Lineker was 'open' to staying at Match of The Day but his BBC bosses didn't offer him a new contract
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Revealed: Gary Lineker was 'open' to staying at Match of The Day but his BBC bosses didn't offer him a new contract

Daily Mail  

Gary Lineker was 'open' to staying on as the £1.35million-a-year host of Match of the Day but the BBC did not offer him a contract, it was revealed today. Gary Lineker is reportedly set to no longer present Match of the Day at the end of the season Gary Lineker was spotted going for dinner with his son Angus at …

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Gary Lineker has shaped the football conversation for 25 years but his controversies got too much for the BBC, writes IAN HERBERT
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Gary Lineker has shaped the football conversation for 25 years but his controversies got too much for the BBC, writes IAN HERBERT

Daily Mail  

A chapter of sports broadcasting history began on a Saturday night in early August, 25 years ago, with Gary Lineker’s breezy opening line about his predecessor Des Lynam’s departure. Gary Lineker shapes the conversation around football and brings a deep technical knowledge He has maintained Match of the Day's popularity in an age of digital clips and instant reaction However, …

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From Israeli fans attacked in Amsterdam to 'Free Palestine' banner in Paris, 'anti-Israel' activity in European football
2 months ago

From Israeli fans attacked in Amsterdam to 'Free Palestine' banner in Paris, 'anti-Israel' activity in European football

Firstpost  

While fans of Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv were attacked in Amsterdam after their away Europa League clash against Ajax, PSG supporters unfurled a giant ‘Free Palestine’ banner at Parc des Princes in the Champions League While fans of Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv were attacked in Amsterdam, a giant "Free Palestine" banner was displayed at Parc des Princes ahead …

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