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Recap of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial: Prosecutors question expert on abuse trauma to bolster Cassie Ventura’s testimony – CNN Recap of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial: Prosecutors question expert on abuse trauma to bolster Cassie Ventura’s testimony – CNN Recap of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial: Prosecutors question expert on abuse trauma to bolster Cassie Ventura’s testimony CNNFormer Employee Reveals Why He — and Not Hotel Staff — Always Cleaned Up Rooms After Diddy People.comCombs’ former assistant testifies about cleaning, setting up “freak offs” KOMOMay 21, 2025 – Day 8 of testimony in the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial CNNAt Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial, Details of a Raid That Found Guns and Baby Oil The New York Times Source link #Recap #Sean #Diddy #Combs #trial #Prosecutors #question #expert #abuse #trauma #bolster #Cassie #Venturas #testimony #CNN Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

The West *********** Pulse: Jodie Rankin expresses her journey of anxiety through artwork The West *********** Pulse: Jodie Rankin expresses her journey of anxiety through artwork Edvard Munch’s work has inspired many artists, but it was some words from the master painter that really spoke to Jodie Rankin. The teenager interpreted the revered Munch’s quote, “From my rotting body, flowers shall grow, and I am in them, and that is eternity”, through the lens of her anxiety disorder to create her intricately embroidered piece, Eternity, which is on show at The West *********** Pulse exhibit. “It is my interpretation, not only of Munch’s quote, but my portrayal of how my anxiety manifests and feels,” the 18-year-old said. “In creating the piece, it was very soothing for my anxieties, and the chaoticness of it and all the different aspects of it reflect how anxiety has so many different aspects but there’s good and bad parts of it, positives and negatives.” The free West *********** Pulse exhibit is at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. Camera IconArtist Jodie Rankin’s work is featured in the West *********** Pulse Exhibition. Credit: Michael Wilson/The West *********** Source link #West #*********** #Pulse #Jodie #Rankin #expresses #journey #anxiety #artwork Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Why Duolingo Won’t Add More Ads Why Duolingo Won’t Add More Ads Language learning app Duolingo could raise revenue by showing more advertisements to users of its free product. But the company’s focus on long-term thinking over short-term results has led CEO Luis Von Ahn and CFO Matt Skaruppa to resist the temptation. They explain their reasoning to Tim Stenovec on Bloomberg Chief Future Officer. Source link #Duolingo #Wont #Add #Ads Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

House GOP's Medicaid revisions aim to please hard-liners House GOP's Medicaid revisions aim to please hard-liners House Republicans made substantial changes to the Medicaid portion of the GOP megabill in amendments unveiled Wednesday night, including accelerating work requirements and paying states not to expand the program under the Affordable Care Act. The proposal will move up the start date of Medicaid work requirements from Jan. 1, 2029, to Dec. 31, 2026, in a concession to conservative hard-liners who have been pushing for deeper cuts to the program. The work requirements included in the previous bill would yield nearly $280 billion in savings, according to congressional scorekeepers — the most of any policy under the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s jurisdiction. The new accelerated timeline could lead to additional savings of tens of billions of dollars but also result in even more people losing coverage. GOP moderates have not raised significant concerns about implementing them more quickly. The new bill does not include controversial changes hard-liners had pushed for that would alter the federal share of spending in the joint federal-state Medicaid program. Moderates had balked, arguing they would cut too deep into benefits, and House Speaker Mike Johnson had ruled out those changes. But in other sops for conservatives, the revisions would expand the criteria for states that could lose a portion of their federal payments if they offer coverage to undocumented people. It also moves to bar coverage of gender-affirming care for adults under the program, not just minors as previously proposed. The Congressional Budget Office estimated that a previous iteration of the bill could lead to 7.6 million people who had Medicaid going uninsured, and millions more from the the Affordable Care Act marketplace also losing coverage. Those coverage losses are expected to be higher with this new version. The Energy and Commerce portion of the bill has been estimated to save nearly a trillion dollars over a decade. The new amendments would make another notable change to Medicaid -— one that hard-liners hope would incentivize states to not to expand their programs under the ACA after the legislation goes into effect. The wonky measures would give states a financial incentive not to expand coverage to people with higher incomes than traditional enrollees, though still near the poverty line. The policy would make higher payments to providers like hospitals for uncompensated care. Hard-liners, particularly Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, pushed for the provision to be in the bill during a White House meeting with President Donald Trump Wednesday afternoon, according to three people with direct knowledge of the meeting. One senior GOP aide described the provision as “a small Medicaid tweak” that would give the hard-liners a reason to support the bill, along with several other minor changes. Notably, they did not secure any further changes to the Medicaid state provider tax, which moderates had held firm against. Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina said in a brief interview Wednesday night he was happy with the meeting and that “there were some good things from the White House.” Another Republican lawmaker said hard-liners would chiefly tout the accelerated Medicaid work requirements, the expansion change and a newly accelerated phase-out of clean-energy tax credits. In a major departure, the bill would fund cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers on Obamacare’s insurance exchanges. The policy would offer subsidies to insurers that would, in turn, help reduce premiums and co-pays for patients. Trump ended this practice in his first administration, saying it constituted a bailout to the insurance industry. But the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated at that time that ending the payments would cost hundreds of billions of dollars over a decade. Bringing the policy back could provide savings. Rachael Bade contributed reporting. Source link #House #GOP039s #Medicaid #revisions #aim #hardliners Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Where to watch Knicks vs. Pacers: TV channel, live stream NBA playoffs, prediction for East finals Game 1 – CBS Sports Where to watch Knicks vs. Pacers: TV channel, live stream NBA playoffs, prediction for East finals Game 1 – CBS Sports Where to watch Knicks vs. Pacers: TV channel, live stream NBA playoffs, prediction for East finals Game 1 CBS SportsPacers vs. Knicks (May 21, 2025) Live Score ESPNHalftime Rewind: Pacers 62, Knicks 69 (Game 1) NBADFS NBA Top Plays: May 21 Establish The RunKnicks-Pacers Is Back. Can the Reboot Top the Original? The Ringer Source link #watch #Knicks #Pacers #channel #live #stream #NBA #playoffs #prediction #East #finals #Game #CBS #Sports Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Former high school teacher accused of having ******* relationship with student more than 30 years ago Former high school teacher accused of having ******* relationship with student more than 30 years ago A former high school teacher has been charged with historical ******* abuse relating to allegations he had a ******* relationship with a female student more than 30 years ago. Detectives charged the 64-year-old man from Albany, about 420km south of Perth, over incidents that allegedly occurred between 1992 and 1993. Police allege the former teacher worked at a high school in the Perth metro area at the time and had a ******* relationship with a student. He has been charged with ********* penetrating a child over 16 years under their care and indecently dealing with a child over 16 under their authority. The man is due to face the Albany Magistrates Court on Thursday. Source link #high #school #teacher #accused #******* #relationship #student #years Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Wisconsin metal can plant to close, 56 employees to be laid off Wisconsin metal can plant to close, 56 employees to be laid off OCONOMOWOC, Wis. (WFRV) – A longtime Wisconsin manufacturing plant is shutting its doors for good, resulting in the layoff of dozens of employees. According to a WARN notice filed with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Silgan Containers Manufacturing, located at 520 W. 2nd Street in Oconomowoc, plans to close its facility. Wisconsin man accused of intentionally hitting motorized bike riders, sending one to hospital The closure will affect 56 workers, with layoffs beginning on or after July 21, 2025. Limited production is expected to continue into August 2025 or later, with the company indicating that production volumes will be shifted to other Silgan facilities. Silgan Containers is a major supplier of metal food packaging in North America. No additional details on severance or transition assistance were provided. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WFRV Local 5 – Green Bay, Appleton. Source link #Wisconsin #metal #plant #close #employees #laid Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Ramaphosa survives mauling by Trump over 'white genocide' – BBC Ramaphosa survives mauling by Trump over 'white genocide' – BBC Ramaphosa survives mauling by Trump over ‘white genocide’ BBCHow the White House orchestrated Trump’s Oval Office ambush of South African president CNNTrump Claimed a Video Showed ‘Burial Sites’ of White Farmers. It Didn’t. The New York TimesTrump ambushes South Africa’s president with false claims of ‘white genocide’ NPRFact-checking Trump’s claims of white farmer ‘genocide’ in South Africa PBS Source link #Ramaphosa #survives #mauling #Trump #039white #genocide039 #BBC Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Immigration is the albatross around *** politics Immigration is the albatross around *** politics Allan Little Senior correspondent BBC Figures released on Thursday by the Office for National Statistics are expected to reveal a fall in net migration to the ***. Politicians have long struggled to assuage public concerns over immigration and even with Thursday’s expected fall, the issue is still likely to dog the Labour government. In retrospect, 1968 looks like the decisive year. Until then, social class had been what determined the political allegiance of most voters: Labour drew its support from the still strong industrialised working class, while the Conservatives enjoyed the support of middle class and rural constituencies. But in 1968, two events launched a realignment, after which point Britons increasingly started to vote based on another, previously obscure, factor: attitudes to immigration and race. The first was the 1968 Race Relations Act, steered through Parliament by the Labour Home Secretary, James Callaghan. It strengthened legal protections for Britain’s immigrant communities, banning racial discrimination, and sought to ensure that second generation immigrants “who have been born here” and were “going through our schools” would have access to quality education to ensure that they would get “the jobs for which they are qualified and the houses they can afford”. Discrimination against anyone on the basis of racial identity – in housing, in hospitality, in the workplace – was now ********. The second is the now notorious “Rivers of Blood” speech given by the Conservative politician Enoch Powell, in which he quoted a constituent, “a decent ordinary fellow Englishman”, who told him that he wanted his three children to emigrate because “in this country in 15 or 20 years time, the ****** man will have the whip hand over the white man.” The white British population, he said, “found themselves strangers in their own country”. Powell had touched a nerve in a Britain which had brought hundreds of thousands of people from the West Indies, India and Pakistan in the years after the war. Enoch Powell was denounced after his ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech in 1968. But tens of thousands wrote letters of support to a local paper in Wolverhampton, where Powell made the speech. The Conservative Party leader Edward Heath sacked him from the front bench. The leaders of all the main parties denounced him. The Times called the speech “evil”; it was, the paper said, “the first time a serious British politician has appealed to racial hatred in this direct way”. But the editor of a local paper in Wolverhampton, where Powell had made his speech, said Heath had “made a martyr” of Powell. In the days after the speech his paper received nearly 50,000 letters from readers: “95% of them,” he said, “were pro-Enoch”. For a time, the phrase “Enoch was right” entered the political discourse. Powell had exposed a gap between elite opinion and a growing sense of alienation and resentment in large sections of the population. What was emerging was a sense, among some, that elites of both right and left, out of touch with ordinary voters’ experience, were opening the borders of Britain and allowing large numbers of people into the country. It became part of a cultural fault line that went on to divide British politics. Many white working-class voters would, in time, abandon Labour and move to parties of the right. Labour would become aligned with the pursuit of progressive causes. In the 20th century it had drawn much of its support from workers in the factories, coal mines, steel works and shipyards of industrial Britain. By the 21st century, its support base was more middle class, university-educated, and younger than ever before. It has been a slow tectonic shift in which class-based party allegiances gradually gave way to what we now recognise as identity politics and the rise of populist anti-elite sentiment. And at the heart of this shift lay attitudes to immigration and race. Prime ministers have repeatedly tried to soothe public concern; to draw a line under the issue. But worries have remained. After that pivotal year 1968, for the rest of the 20th Century the number of people who thought there were “too many immigrants” in the country remained well above 50%, according to data analysed by the University of Oxford’s Migration Observatory. Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government, elected last year on a manifesto promising to reduce migration, is the latest to have a go, with an overhaul of visa rules announced earlier this month. On Thursday, the annual net migration figures are very likely to show a fall in the number of people moving to the *** – something Sir Keir will likely hail as an early success for Labour’s attempts to reduce migration numbers (although the Conservatives say their own policies should be credited). Can Sir Keir succeed where other prime ministers have arguably failed? And is it possible to reach something resembling a settlement with voters on an issue as fraught as migration? Softening attitudes? Dig into the nuances of public opinion, and you find a complicated picture. The number of Britons naming immigration as one of the most important issues – what political scientists call “salience” – shot up from about 2000 onwards, as the number of fresh arrivals to Britain ticked up and up. In the 1990s, annual net migration was normally in the tens of thousands; after the Millennium, it was reliably in the hundreds of thousands. Stephen Webb, a former Home Officer civil servant who is now head of home affairs at the centre-right Policy Exchange think tank, thinks concern over migration has been driven by the real, tangible impact it has had on communities. “The public have been ahead of the political, media class on this,” he says, “particularly poorer, working-class people. It was their areas that saw the most dramatic change, far sooner than the rest of us really realised what was happening. That’s where the migrants went. That’s where the sudden competition for labour [emerged]. You talk to cabbies in the early 2000s and they were already fuming about this.” That fear of migrants “taking jobs” became particularly pressing in 2004, when the European Union (of which Britain was a member) took in ten new members, most of them former the ********** states of Eastern Europe. Because of the EU’s free movement rules, it gave any citizen of those countries the right to move here – and the *** was one of just three member nations to open its doors to unrestricted and immediate freedom of movement. The government, led by Tony Blair, estimated that perhaps 13,000 people per year would come seeking work. In fact, more than a million arrived, and stayed, by the end of the decade – one of the biggest influxes of people in British history. Getty Passengers board a bus leaving for Poland from a London coach station in 2009. Concern over immigration rose after east European countries joined the EU in 2004. Most were people of working age. They paid taxes. They were net contributors to the public purse. Indeed, the totemic figure in this ******* was the hard-working “Polish plumber” who, in the popular imagination, was willing to work for lower wages than his British counterpart. Gordon Brown famously called for “British jobs for British workers”, without explaining how that could be achieved in a Europe of free movement. The perception that Britain had lost control of its own borders gained popular traction. The imperative to “take back control” would be the mainstay of the campaign to leave the European Union. A decade on from that Brexit vote, “attitudes to immigration are warming and softening,” says Sunder Katwala, the director of the think tank British Future. “Concern about immigration was at a very high peak in 2016, and it crashed down in 2020. Brexit had the paradoxical softening impact on attitudes… people who voted for Brexit felt reassured because they made a point and ‘got control’. And people who regretted voting to leave became more pro-migration”. Attitudes to immigration are, says Katwala, “very closely correlated to the distribution of meaningful contact with ethnic diversity and migration – especially from a young age. So places of high migration, high diversity, are more confident about migration than areas of low migration and low diversity, because although they might be dealing with the real-world challenges and pressures of change, they’ve also got contact between people.” ‘Island of strangers’? Why, then, did Sir Keir feel the need to say with such vehemence that unrestrained immigration had caused “incalculable damage” to the country, and that he wants to “close the book on a squalid chapter for our politics, our economy and our country”? Why did he say we risked becoming an “island of strangers” – leaving himself open to accusations from his own backbenchers that he was echoing the language of Powell in 1968? PA Sir Keir Starmer won election for his party in 2024 on a manifesto promising to reduce net migration The answer lies in how attitudes are distributed through the population. Hostility to immigration is now much more concentrated in certain groups, and concentrated in a way that can sway elections. “At the general election, a quarter of people thought immigration was the number one issue and they were very, very likely to vote for Nigel Farage,” Katwala says. The country as a whole may be becoming more liberal on immigration, but the sceptical base is also becoming firmer in its resolve and is turning that resolve into electoral success. And fuelling that hostility is a lingering sense among some that migrants put pressure on public services, with extra competition for GP appointments, hospital beds, and school places. Stephen Webb of Policy Exchange thinks it is a perfectly fair concern. Data in the *** is not strong enough to make a conclusion, he says, but he points to studies from the Netherlands and Denmark suggesting that many recent migrants to those countries are a “fiscal drain” – meaning they receive more money via public services than they contribute in taxes. He adds: “If you assume that the position is probably the same in the ***, and it’s hard to see why it will be different, and you look at the kind of migration we’ve been getting, it seems likely that we’ve been importing people who are indeed going to be a very, very major net cost.” Labour’s plan So will Sir Keir’s plan work? And how radical is it? Legislation to reduce immigration has, historically, been strikingly unsuccessful. The first sustained attempt to reduce immigration was the 1971 Immigration Act, introduced by Prime Minister Edward Heath. In 1948, the former troopship Empire Windrush had docked at Essex carrying 492 migrants from the West Indies, attracted by the jobs ***** created by postwar reconstruction. Almost a million more followed in the years ahead, from the Caribbean, India, Pakistan and Africa. They all arrived as citizens of the *** and Commonwealth (CUKC) with an automatic and legal entitlement to enter and stay. The 1971 Act removed this right for new arrivals. The Act was sold to the public as the means by which immigration would be reduced to zero. But from 1964 to 1994, immigrants continued to arrive legally in their thousands. In 1978 Mrs Thatcher, then in opposition, told a television interviewer that “people are rather afraid that this country might be rather swamped by people with a different culture”, and she promised “to hold out the clear prospect of an end to immigration.” Not a reduction; an end. Yet today, almost 17% of the population of the *** was born abroad, up from 13% in 2014. Alamy/PA Left: the Empire Windrush ship arrives in Essex in 1948. Right: a group of new arrivals listen to an RAF recruiting officer about the possibility of signing up. Sir Keir’s plan does not promise to end immigration. It is much less radical. It promises to reduce legal immigration by toughening visa rules. As part of the changes, more arrivals – as well as their dependents – will have to pass an English test in order to get a visa. Migrants will also have to wait 10 years to apply for the right to stay in the *** indefinitely, up from five years. “It will bring down [net immigration] for sure,” says Madeleine Sumption, director of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford. “If you restrict eligibility for visas, you will have lower migration. The Home Office calculation is that it will issue 98,000 fewer visas. That’s in the order of 10%. It’s not radical but it is a change.” The White Paper also proposes to end visas for care workers. “This has been a visa that has been incredibly difficult for the government to manage,” says Sumption. “It’s been riddled with problems. There has been widespread fraud and abuse and so it’s not surprising that they want to close it. The care sector will face challenges continuing to recruit. But I think closing the care route may be helpful for reducing exploitation of people in the country.” Just a week after publishing the White Paper, the government was accused of undermining its own immigration strategy by agreeing in principle to a “youth experience scheme” with the EU – which may allow thousands of young Europeans to move to Britain for a time-limited *******. Champions of the policy say it will boost economic growth by filling gaps in the labour market. But ministers will be cautious about any potential inflation to migration figures. It’s another example of the narrow tightrope prime ministers have historically been forced to walk on this issue. Tensions on the Left There’s another sense in which the Powell speech reaches into our own day. It created a conviction among many on the left that to raise concerns about immigration – often even to mention it – was, by definition, racist. Labour prime ministers have felt the sting of this criticism from their own supporters. Tony Blair, who opened the doors in 2004, recognised this in his autobiography A Journey. The “tendency for those on the left was to equate concern about immigration with underlying racism. This was a mistake. The truth is that immigration, unless properly controlled, can cause genuine tensions… and provide a sense in the areas into which migrants come in large numbers that the community has lost control of its own future… Across Europe, right wing parties would propose tough controls on immigration. Left-wing parties would cry: Racist. The people would say: You don’t get it.” Sir Keir has felt some of that heat from his own side since launching the White Paper. In response to his warning about Britain becoming an “island of strangers”, the left-wing Labour MP Nadia Whittome accused the prime minister of “mimic[king] the scaremongering of the far-right”. The Economist, too, declared that Britain’s decades of liberal immigration had been an economic success – but a political failure. There is a world of difference between Keir Starmer and Enoch Powell. Powell believed Britain was “literally mad, piling up its own ******** pyre” and that the country was bound to descend into civil war. Sir Keir says he celebrates the diversity of modern Britain. But even if his plan to cut migration works, net migration will continue to flow at the rate of around 300,000 a year. Sir Keir’s plan runs the risk of being neither fish nor fowl: too unambitious to win back Reform voters; but illiberal enough to alienate some on the left. Additional reporting: Florence Freeman, Luke Mintz. BBC InDepth is the home on the website and app for the best analysis, with fresh perspectives that challenge assumptions and deep reporting on the biggest issues of the day. And we showcase thought-provoking content from across BBC Sounds and iPlayer too. You can send us your feedback on the InDepth section by clicking on the button below. Source link #Immigration #albatross #politics Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Dyson’s new vacuum is as thin as a broom handle and appears to float across the floor Dyson’s new vacuum is as thin as a broom handle and appears to float across the floor Dyson has announced the new ultra-thin, ultra-light PencilVac Its new Fluffycones floorhead is designed to avoid hair tangling It looks like a specialist model for hard floors I write about vacuum cleaners for a living, and while performance varies, most new models these days tend to look roughly the same. So when news of a new addition to the Dyson vacuum lineup landed in my inbox, I expected to see something similar to its existing models: slick and high-quality, but not especially distinctive or surprising. How wrong I was. You may like The newly unveiled Dyson PencilVac doesn’t just have an unusual name, it’s all-round one of the most unique vacuums I’ve seen. This brand knows what it’s doing in this marketplace – it makes some of the best cordless vacuums you can buy, and today’s very best Dyson vacuums include features you still can’t find anywhere else. So while the PencilVac strays a long way from the tried-and-tested formula of what works for vacuum cleaners, I’m very optimistic about its performance. Here’s a rundown of the most intriguing features in this new launch… 1. It’s ridiculously thin The most immediately noticeable thing about the PencilVac is that it’s incredibly streamlined. Without the floorhead, the whole thing is 1.5 inches / 3.8cm in diameter. To make that possible, the brand had to develop a tiny new motor – the Dyson Hyperdymium 140k motor is just 1.1 inches / 2.8cm wide, and hidden entirely within the handle. The PencilVac is also impressively lightweight, clocking in at 4lbs / 1.8kg. For context, the lightest option in our best cordless vacuum roundup right now is 5.7lbs / 2.6kg, and there are a number of models that weigh over 6.6lbs / 3kg. Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. All the PencilVac’s mechanics are shrunk down and fitted inside the handle (Image credit: Dyson) Generally, when you shrink down a vacuum, you sacrifice power. That’s why handheld vacuums tend to be much less ‘sucky’ than full-sized options. That holds true for the PencilVac – there’s 55AW of suction, compared to 115AW for the V8 (the oldest Dyson stick vacuum in the current range) and a massive 280AW for the latest-and-greatest Gen5detect. However, while it’s unlikely to be suitable for a truly deep clean, that’s still a decent amount of suction for the size and weight. As a side note, the 1.5-inch / 3.8cm diameter isn’t incidental. Brand founder James Dyson says, “I have long wanted to make a vacuum of only 38mm diameter (the same as my latest hair dryer, the Supersonic r)”. The Dyson Supersonic r is the pipe-shaped dryer that was originally released for professionals only, but recently joined the main consumer range. 2. There are cones instead of rollers Moving down to the business end, and you’ll find the new ‘Fluffycones’ floorhead. It sounds like a Pokémon, but it’s actually a reimagined cleaner head. Vacuums traditionally have one brush roll, maximum two, and they’re tube-shaped. The Dyson PencilVac has four brushrolls, and they’re all conical. There’s logic to the tapering shape: it helps direct long hair along the roll and into the dust cup, whereas with parallel rollers the hair tends to just wrap around and stay there, until your rip it off or attack it with scissors. Dyson’s hair ****** tool also has a conical brush roll, and works exactly as it’s meant to when it comes to tackling long hair. Rather than one parallel brushroll, the PencilVac has four tapering rollers (Image credit: Dyson) The cones project out at the sides so they can clean right to the edges of rooms, and the whole thing can lie flat to the ground, with a clearance of just 9.5cm / 3.75 inches off the floor. I’m interested in Dyson’s description of the rollers as ‘fluffy’, because in the brand’s vocabulary that usually indicates a soft roller for use on hard floors only. In fact, the more I look at this vacuum, the more I’m convinced it’s a specialist model just for use on hard floor. It’s not specified in the press material I have so far, but it would make sense with the lower suction and smaller dust capacity. 3. There’s no visible dust cup One of the most baffling things about the PencilVac is that it doesn’t appear to have a dust cup. Of course, there is one – like the motor, it’s hidden away inside the handle. The capacity is next-to-nothing: just 0.08L. However, Dyson has introduced a dust compression system, which uses air to squish down the particles so they take up as little room as possible. Dyson claims that means it can hold five times the physical volume. The dust cup is also hidden within the handle (Image credit: Dyson) The emptying process has also been reimagined, with a push-lever system replaced by an exciting-sounding “syringe, no-touch bin ejection mechanism”. As it pushes out dust and debris, the mechanism simultaneously wipes the ‘shroud’. I’m not totally clear what the ‘shroud’ is in this context, but I do know that keeping the internal mechanisms clean is key to efficient vacuum performance, so this seems like a good thing. 4. The floorhead glows and appears to float As well as siphoning off hair as you clean, the floorhead cones have another trick up their sleeve. The cones rotate in opposite directions, the aim being that this vacuum cleans just as well when it’s pushed forward as when it’s pulled back. This is a bit of a weak spot on the regular Fluffy floorhead – it has no trouble sucking things up when moving forwards, but pull it back and debris will pool behind it. I’m intrigued to see how this new approach works in practice – especially because Dyson describes it as “floating” across the floor. I wonder, too, if it might make this vacuum reversible altogether, given the fact that the handle section looks very symmetrical. (Image credit: Dyson) Dyson has also added “laser-like” illumination to both the front and back of the floorhead. This is another feature borrowed from the exsiting Fluffy floorhead, and helps create big shadows on the tiniest bits of dust, which otherwise might go missed. It only works on hard floors, which is another indication this vac is likely not for carpet. There’s an intriguing addition to the tool lineup in the form of a ‘Rotating combi-crevice tool’, designed for cleaning in awkward gaps. This seems especially geared towards cleaning high-up, where it can be tricky to get your angles correct. It makes particular sense for an ultra-light vacuum like this one, which is far easier to lift above your head than your average stick vacuum. As an aside, it looks like the PencilVac is button- rather than trigger-operated. That’s dictated by the streamlined shape, but it’s also great news for maneuverability and easy of use – the fact that many Dyson vacs still use a trigger to turn on is a perpetual bugbear of mine. You’ll also get a Conical hair ****** tool, similar to the one included with the newest Dyson stick vacuums, for tackling long hair on furniture. Both can be stored on the magnetic charging dock. The Rotating combi-crevice tool looks perfect for cleaning up high (Image credit: Dyson) 6. It’s app-connected I’m much less excited about this feature, but it feel like I should point out that this is the first Dyson cordless vacuum to connect to the MyDyson app. The app will provide more information about battery life and also report on filter status. However, there’s also a screen on the vacuum itself showing remaining battery, so I’m hoping the app connection is an optional extra rather than an essential. There’s a companion app, but key information is also shown on the vac’s screen (Image credit: Dyson) Price & availability The PencilVac will arrive in Australia first, with launch scheduled for August 2025. It’s due to go on ***** in the *** sometime in 2026, and I’m awaiting info as to if/when it will come to the US. As of yet I don’t have any pricing info at all – I’ll update this article with more details when I have them. 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Vanuatu, Australia to sign new development pact Vanuatu, Australia to sign new development pact Already Vanuatu’s largest foreign aid donor, Australia, is set to sign a new development assistance pact with the Melanesian nation within months. Source link #Vanuatu #Australia #sign #development #pact Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Lukes, Varsho homer as Blue Jays rout Padres 14-0 Lukes, Varsho homer as Blue Jays rout Padres 14-0 Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – Daulton Varsho’s grand slam highlighted a seven-run eighth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays routed the San Diego Padres 14-0 on Wednesday. Nathan Lukes’s two-run homer gave Toronto (24-24) an early lead in the fifth before the Blue Jays racked up 12 runs in the seventh and eighth. Bo Bichette drove in a run with a fielder’s choice in the seventh and added an RBI single in the eighth. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and George Springer each had an RBI single before pinch-hitter Jonatan Clase added a two-run double in the five-run seventh. Addison Barger drove in a run with a double and Ernie Clement added another score with a single. Kevin Gausman (4-4) struck out nine and gave up just three hits over seven scoreless innings. Reliever Jose Urena finished the game out. Related Videos 2:22 Blue Jays fans skip out on Seattle series over U.S. trade war Previous Video Next Video Story continues below advertisement Luis Arraez had a double and a triple as San Diego (27-20) lost its fifth-straight game. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. ****** Vasquez (3-4) allowed two runs on four hits, striking out four over 4 2/3 innings. Jeremiah Estrada, Adrian Morejon and Alek Jacob came out of the Padres bullpen, with Morejon giving up four unearned runs and Jacob allowing six, five of those earned. Centre-fielder Tyler Wade started pitching with one out in the eighth to spare San Diego’s arms. More on Sports More videos Takeaways Padres: Poor fielding cost San Diego, with four errors allowing Toronto to run up the score. A particularly poor sequence in the seventh saw two fielding errors load the bases for the Blue Jays. Second baseman Jake Cronenworth compounded those errors when he bobbled Bichette’******, turning what could have been a double play into a fielder’s choice, getting Lukes out at second but allowing Bichette to reach base safely and Barger to score from third. Blue Jays: Santander had a single in the fourth inning but was pulled in the seventh inning in favour of Clase, who is also a switch hitter. Toronto later announced that Santander was pulled due to left hip inflammation, an issue he has been dealing with for weeks. Trending Now Trump administration blames Canada, specifically Vancouver, for role in U.S. drug crisis Canada Post strike: Here is what will still be delivered in a work stoppage Key moment Arraez reached second in the first inning after a one-out double to right field. Gausman was called for a ball during the next at bat, moving Arraez to third. Gausman and Blue Jays manager John Schneider argued the call to no avail, but the Toronto starter got out of the jam by inducing a Manny Machado pop fly and striking out Jackson Merrill. Story continues below advertisement Key stat After a six-game winning streak at the end of April and into May, the Padres’ bats have gone ice cold, scoring only three runs in this five-game losing skid. Up next Bowden Francis (2-6) gets the start as Toronto closes out the three-game series with a Thursday matinee. Stephen Kolek (2-1) will take the mound for San Diego. This report by The ********* Press was first published May 21, 2025. &copy 2025 The ********* Press Source link #Lukes #Varsho #homer #Blue #Jays #rout #Padres Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

‘I’m an Oncologist and This Is the Food I Add to Every Meal for ******* Prevention’ ‘I’m an Oncologist and This Is the Food I Add to Every Meal for ******* Prevention’ According to the World Health Organization, between 30% and 50% of ******* cases are preventable by having healthy diet and lifestyle habits in place. With this in mind, every time you eat is an opportunity to lower your risk. And, according to oncologists we talked to, there is one specific type of food that’s especially powerful when it comes to lowering the risk of *******. Because of this, they try to integrate it into every single meal. SIGN UP for tips to stay healthy & fit with the top moves, clean eats, health trends & more delivered right to your inbox twice a week The *******-Fighting Food Oncologists Integrate Into Their Meals When it comes to crafting your diet around ******* prevention, Dr. Michael Dominello, DO, a radiation oncologist at Barbara Ann Karmanos ******* Institute, says it’s important to think about both macronutrients and micronutrients. Macronutrients are essential nutrients the body needs in large quantities to function properly: carbohydrates, fats and protein. “[Micronutrients are] non-energy-producing elements, vitamins and compounds in our food that serve other functions,” he explains. While both types of nutrients are important, he shares that one of the most intriguing micronutrients is polyphenols, which are proving to play a key role in ******* prevention. Polyphenols are natural compounds synthesized by plants that have been shown to fight inflammation in the body. They are found in an abundance of foods including vegetables, fruit, nuts, seeds, herbs and spices. This makes it easy to integrate polyphenol-containing foods into every single meal. Related: ‘I’m an Oncologist, and This Is the Breakfast I Eat Almost Every Day for ******* Prevention’ For example, Dr. Dominello says he adds two tablespoons of high-flavonoid cacao powder to his morning coffee and pairs it with a handful of blueberries, a berry that’s known for its high polyphenol content. “The way we eat and live can affect our chances of getting *******. One major factor is chronic inflammation, which is when the body’s immune system is constantly active,” says Dr. Dawn Mussallem, DO, an integrative oncologist at Mayo Clinic and scientific advisory board member at IM8. It’s why she eats plant-based foods exclusively, as a way to eat lots of inflammation-fighting, polyphenol-containing foods. Dr. Mussallem says that some of the polyphenol-rich foods she integrates into her meals most often are beans, walnuts, green leafy vegetables, cruciferous vegetables and berries. All of these foods have been scientifically linked to lowering the likelihood of ******* when eaten regularly. Related: ‘I’m an Oncologist—This Is the Afternoon Snack I Eat Almost Every Day for ******* Prevention’ Dr. Latonya Riddle-Jones, MD, MPH, an internist and pediatrician at Barbara Ann Karmanos ******* Center, says she also tries to add leafy greens to as many meals as she can because of their high polyphenol content. “I have a garden and [grow] spinach, kale, cabbage and various greens. I mix some of these foods into my fruit smoothies and sauces, such as spaghetti sauce,” she says, adding that this is a way to sneak greens into meals without her kids knowing. One easy way to up your polyphenol intake is by integrating more spices and herbs into your meals, a tip from Dr. Mussallem. “A pinch of turmeric, a dash of cinnamon, fresh basil, garlic, ginger or rosemary—not only do they bring serious flavor, but they’re loaded with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant compounds. These tiny powerhouses can lower chronic inflammation, protect your cells and even help regulate blood sugar and cholesterol,” she says. Related: ‘I’m an Oncologist and This Is the Dinner I Swear By for ******* Prevention’ What To Avoid Eating if You Want To Lower Your Risk of ******* All three doctors emphasize that it isn’t only what you eat that’s important when it comes to using diet to lower your risk of *******; what you don’t eat is important too. They all say they minimize foods with excess sugar or anything ultra-processed. They also recommend minimizing alcohol consumption. “I live by the philosophy that every bite is a choice to fuel health or feed disease. That’s why I stick to a whole food, plant-only diet—no ultra-processed foods, no animal protein. Just vibrant, nourishing real plant food. As a 25-year stage IV ******* survivor, heart transplant recipient and marathon runner, I don’t take my energy or health for granted. My food choices are how I show up for this miraculous life,” explains Dr. Mussallem. That said, Dr. Mussallem says this doesn’t mean eating only nutrient-rich foods all the time; food is about enjoyment too! “I always tell my patients: Aim to eat nearly perfectly at home. That way, when you’re out and about, you can make thoughtful choices without guilt or stress,” she shares. There is such an abundance of polyphenol-containing plant-based foods that it’s easy to incorporate at least one into every single meal. As you prepare your meals, brainstorm ways you can add more plants to your plate. That way, you can lower your risk of ******* with every single bite. 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Recap of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial: Prosecutors question expert on abuse trauma to bolster Cassie Ventura’s testimony – CNN Recap of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial: Prosecutors question expert on abuse trauma to bolster Cassie Ventura’s testimony – CNN Recap of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial: Prosecutors question expert on abuse trauma to bolster Cassie Ventura’s testimony CNNAt Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial, Details of a Raid That Found Guns and Baby Oil The New York TimesFormer Employee Reveals Why He — and Not Hotel Staff — Always Cleaned Up Rooms After Diddy People.comFederal agent offers a glimpse at what investigators found inside Diddy’s Miami home NBC NewsMay 21, 2025 – Day 8 of testimony in the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial CNN Source link #Recap #Sean #Diddy #Combs #trial #Prosecutors #question #expert #abuse #trauma #bolster #Cassie #Venturas #testimony #CNN Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Ramaphosa keeps cool during Trump’s choreographed onslaught Ramaphosa keeps cool during Trump’s choreographed onslaught Watch: ‘Turn the lights down’ – how the Trump-Ramaphosa meeting took an unexpected turn Three months into Donald Trump’s second term, foreign leaders should be aware that a coveted trip to the Oval Office comes with the risk of a very public dressing down, often straying into attempts at provocation and humiliation. Wednesday’s episode with South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa was a classic of its kind, with the added twist of an ambush involving dimmed lights, a lengthy video screening and stacks of news story clippings. As television cameras rolled, and after some well-tempered discussion, Trump was asked by a journalist about what it would take for him to be convinced that discredited claims of “white genocide” in South Africa are untrue. Ramaphosa responded first, by saying the president would have to “listen to the voices of South Africans” on the issue. Trump then came in, asking an assistant to “turn the lights down” and put the television on, so he could show the South African leader “a couple of things”. Elon Musk, his adviser and a South Africa-born billionaire, watched quietly from behind a couch. What followed was an extraordinary and highly choreographed onslaught of accusations from the US president about the alleged persecution of white South Africans, echoing the aggressive treatment of Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky during his February visit to the White House. The footage on the large screen showcased South African political firebrands chanting “Shoot the Boer”, an anti-apartheid song. And Trump, so often critical of the news media, seemed happy to parade pictures of uncertain provenance. Asked where alleged grave sites of white farmers were, he simply answered, “South Africa”. The US leader also seemed to believe the political leaders in the footage – who are not part of the government – had the power to confiscate land from white farmers. They do not. While Ramaphosa did sign a controversial bill allowing land seizures without compensation earlier this year, the law has not been implemented. And the South African distanced himself publicly from the language in the political speeches shown. But the top ally of South Africa’s Nelson Mandela and negotiator who helped bring an end to the apartheid regime of white-********* rule came to this meeting prepared. Trump sometimes appears unaware of transparent efforts made by foreign leaders to flatter and that was clearly part of the South African strategy. True, Donald Trump is a golf fanatic, but Ramaphosa’s gambit of bringing two top golfers – Ernie Els and Retief Goosen – to a meeting about diplomatic problems and trade policy is not taken from any textbook on international relations I’ve ever read. However, the US president’s pleasure at having the two white South African golfers there was on show for all to see. Their prognostications on the fate of white farmers got nearly as much screen time as South Africa’s democratically-elected president, who largely restricted himself to quiet, short interventions. But Ramaphosa will likely be happy with that. The golfers, along with his white agriculture minister, himself from an opposition party which is part of the national unity government, were there, at least in part, as a shield – a kind of diplomatic golden dome if you will, and it worked. Trump returned repeatedly to the issue of the plight of the farmers – dozens of whom he has welcomed into the US as refugees. But President Ramaphosa wasn’t biting and the provocations were largely left to blow in the breeze. At one point, he referred to the golfers and an Afrikaner billionaire who had joined his delegation, telling Trump: “If there was Afrikaner farmer genocide, I can bet you, these three gentleman would not be here.” But even though President Trump didn’t manage to get a rise out of the South African president, that does not mean his efforts over more than an hour were in vain; they certainly were not. This performative style of diplomacy is aimed as much at the domestic American audience as it is at the latest visitor to the Oval Office. Central to the Make America Great Again (MAGA) project is keeping up the energy around perceived grievances and resentment and President Trump knows what his supporters want. If some foreign leaders are learning to navigate these moments with skill, Donald Trump may have to change the playbook a bit to continue to have the impact he wants. Source link #Ramaphosa #cool #Trumps #choreographed #onslaught Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Lawyer in Bruce Lehrmann’s ***** trial claims ‘shroud of secrecy’ over police investigation, texts ‘cherrypicked’ Lawyer in Bruce Lehrmann’s ***** trial claims ‘shroud of secrecy’ over police investigation, texts ‘cherrypicked’ A lawyer for former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann, who is facing two counts of *****, has claimed there is a “shroud of secrecy” surrounding the investigation due to the lack of confirmation of the existence of police notebooks and diary entries. Zali Burrows, Mr Lehrmann’s solicitor, flagged what she claimed were “pretty concerning” aspects of the police investigation into her client during a brief call-over mention at Toowoomba Magistrates Court on Thursday. Mr Lehrmann, 29, remains on bail and was not required to appear. Police charged him with two counts of ***** in January 2023, alleging the charges stem from an incident in Toowoomba back in 2021. Camera IconFormer political staffer Bruce Lehrmann is facing two counts of *****, which police allege stem from an incident in Toowoomba back in 2021. NewsWire / John Gass Credit: News Corp Australia Mr Lehrmann was last year committed to stand trial in the District Court on the charges. A date for trial has not been set and Mr Lehrmann has not yet entered a plea but has previously indicated he will fight the charges. During Thursday’s mention, Ms Burrows said the Crown had served her with the brief of evidence about two weeks ago. She told the court there appeared to be a “shroud of secrecy” over the investigation.“The Crown cannot confirm, at this stage, if there are any police notebook or diary entries in respect of this investigation, which is pretty concerning,” Ms Burrows said. Camera IconZali Burrows, Mr Lehrmann’s lawyer, claimed in court there was a ‘shroud of secrecy’ surrounding the police investigation into her client. NewsWire / Nikki Short Credit: News Corp Australia She flagged another issue surrounding the complainant’s phone, saying she had only received about 200 pages – with redactions – from a 2200 page Cellebrite report on the complainant’s phone. Ms Burrows alleged the material had been “cherrypicked with disjointed text exchanges”. “We are having issues with full service redactions and what we view as nondisclosure of police notebooks and diaries,” she said. The court was told Ms Burrows had filed an application seeking the full unredacted disclosure of the Cellebrite report on the complainant’s phone, along with all police “notebooks, diaries, emails and text messages” in respect of the investigation. “We’re also seeking disclosure of statements or things in possession of the prosecution which may be relevant to these proceedings, which they may not tend to rely upon in the proceedings,” Ms Burrows said. Camera IconToowoomba District Court was told there were issues with the disclosure of the brief of evidence, with a redacted Cellebrite report on the complainant’s phone only detailing some 200 messages. Dan Peled / NewsWire Credit: News Corp Australia District Court judge Dennis ****** ordered the defence to file their material supporting their application by June 13 and the Crown by June 16. Mr Lehrmann’s matter will next be mentioned on June 20. Police allege Mr Lehrmann had sex with the woman twice without her consent during a night out in Toowoomba. During a committal hearing in July last year, the court was told the woman had been out drinking with friends and consumed ******** before she went to a strip club, The Vault, in Toowoomba, where she met a man she claimed said his name was Bryce. It will be alleged in court that Mr Lehrmann gave the woman a false name of “Bryce” when the pair met before clarifying his name as “Bruce”. Camera IconMr Lehrmann’s matter will return to court in June. NewsWire / John Gass Credit: News Corp Australia The pair allegedly has consensual sex after leaving the club and using more ********. The woman claims she then lost consciousness and woke to Mr Lehrmann having sex with her without consent, telling him to stop. It is further alleged moments later, he again had ******* intercourse with her without consent. Mr Lehrmann was represented by criminal solicitor Rowan King, from RK Law, in the lead-up to his committal. But in a surprise move back in March, Mr Lehrmann announced he was dropping his legal team, instead naming Ms Burrows as his new legal representative. A source close to Mr Lehrmann said of Ms Burrows: “He works well with her, that’s clear from the appeal under way and wins she’s already had. She (Ms Burrows) won’t be afraid to rain down hell if it’s needed, and Bruce needs that.” How to report ******* assault Source link #Lawyer #Bruce #Lehrmanns #***** #trial #claims #shroud #secrecy #police #investigation #texts #cherrypicked Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Tornado blew roof off salt shed in Butler County, NWS says Tornado blew roof off salt shed in Butler County, NWS says The National Weather Service deemed that a tornado blew the roof off a Butler County building during strong storms on Wednesday. The Unionville Fire Department posted a video of the powerful storm, which blew the roof off of Center Township’s salt shed behind their station. The National Weather Service responded to that video, saying it shows a “possible tornado” within the area the agency put under a Tornado Warning for around half an hour on Wednesday afternoon. Initially, the agency said it would be surveying damage on Thursday to “verify anything further.” But, later on Wednesday night, they determined it was a tornado, based on “further studying of available evidence.” This is the seventh tornado in the Pittsburgh region in 2025 and the first tornado in Butler County since 2021. The NWS does plan to survey damage in Allegheny, Butler and Washington counties. Download the FREE WPXI News app for breaking news alerts. Follow Channel 11 News on Facebook and Twitter. | Watch WPXI NOW Source link #Tornado #blew #roof #salt #shed #Butler #County #NWS Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Exclusive | Trump Tells European Leaders in Private That Putin Isn’t Ready to End War – WSJ Exclusive | Trump Tells European Leaders in Private That Putin Isn’t Ready to End War – WSJ Exclusive | Trump Tells European Leaders in Private That Putin Isn’t Ready to End War WSJTrump’s New Position on the War in Ukraine: Not My Problem The New York TimesTrump says Russia, Ukraine agree to immediate ceasefire talks, Kremlin offers no timeframe ReutersTrump backs off ceasefire after call with Putin, letting fighting rage on The Washington PostFriends without benefits: How the long-running Trump-Putin bromance is still not delivering NBC News Source link #Exclusive #Trump #Tells #European #Leaders #Private #Putin #Isnt #Ready #War #WSJ Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Ramaphosa survives Trump ambush over ‘white genocide’ Ramaphosa survives Trump ambush over ‘white genocide’ Watch: ‘Turn the lights down’ – how the Trump-Ramaphosa meeting took an unexpected turn Donald Trump has proved to be the political Rottweiler of right-wing Afrikaner groups, taking their fight to South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa. They were quick to celebrate the US president’s ambush of Ramaphosa in the Oval Office, with the Solidarity Movement – which had toured the US to lobby the Trump administration – saying it welcomed the fact that South Africa’s “enormous problems have been placed on the international stage”. Ernst Roets, a leading personality on the Afrikaner right, showed his admiration for the US president. “Donald Trump made history today,” he said in a post on X, before thanking him for showing videos of firebrand opposition politician Julius Malema singing “Shoot the Boer (Afrikaner); Shoot the farmer” – and newspaper headlines of the killing of white farmers. Solidarity’s Jaco Kleynhans went further, saying Trump deserved a Nobel Prize for “putting the farm ******* crisis on the international agenda”. But for leading Afrikaner political columnist Pieter du Toit the ambush showed that “months and years of exaggeration, hyperbole and misinformation fed into the American right-wing ecosystem by a range of South African activists had hit its mark”. AFP/Getty Images Cyril Ramaphosa remained calm and brought in his delegation to counter Trump’s claims of white persecution Like many South Africans he praised Ramaphosa for his measured handling of the encounter in the White House, smiling when Trump was frowning. But many people are angry with the right-wing groups, saying they have shown a lack of patriotism by lobbying the Trump administration to take a tough line against the country. Such critics point to the fact that South Africa has a government of national unity – made up of 10 parties from across the racial and ideological divide to tackle the nation’s myriad problems – from the high crime levels that affect all races and classes, to an unemployment rate of 32%, with ****** people struggling the most to find jobs. For most South Africans, the “rainbow nation” was on display at the White House, putting up a united front against Trump. The government delegation included South Africa’s most senior white politician, John Steenhuisen – the agriculture minister who leads South Africa’s second-biggest party, the Democratic Alliance (DA). He acknowledged South Africa had a “real safety problem”, adding that it required “a lot of effort to get on top of it”. “It is going to require more policing resources,” he said. But he dismissed the view that most white farmers were fleeing: “Certainly, the majority of South Africa’s commercial and smallholder farmers really do want to stay in South Africa and make it work.” Trump’s video amplified the role of the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party in South African politics by showing its leader singing the “Shoot the Boer” song. The party advocates the nationalisation of land, and Malema revels in chanting the song at his political rallies – with Trump demanding to know why no action had been taken against him. The song was once an anti-apartheid anthem, and Afrikaner lobby groups have tried to get it banned. But South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled that a “reasonably well-informed person” would understand that when “protest songs are sung, even by politicians, the words are not meant to be understood literally, nor is the gesture of shooting to be understood as a call to arms or violence”. Instead, the song was a “provocative way” of advancing the EFF’s political agenda – which was to end “land and economic injustice”. Getty Images Trade unionist Zingiswa Losi (L) agreed with other South Africans in the Oval Office that crime, not race, was problem Ramaphosa pointed out to Trump that South Africa was a democracy – and while the government was “completely against” what Malema does, the EFF had a right to exist under the constitution. The EFF fell to fourth spot in last year’s parliamentary election, with Ramaphosa refusing to give Malema political oxygen by making a deal with him to form a coalition government after the poll failed to produce an outright winner. Steenhuisen told Trump that the DA, a centre-right party which stands for a free market economy, joined the government to keep the EFF out, and to help tackle South Africa’s problems. “This government, working together, needs the support of our allies around the world so that we can strengthen our hand, grow our economy and shut the door forever on that rebel [Malema] getting through the doors of Union Buildings [the seat of government],” he said. ‘Uncomfortable to watch’ Steenhuisen and Ramaphosa hold the middle-ground in South African politics – the Afrikaner right-wing and the EFF, along with ex-President Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (Spear of the Nation) party, are at the extremes. Ramaphosa promised to champion unity, invoking the name of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela – the symbol of racial reconciliation in South Africa after the end of white-********* rule in 1994. But some Afrikaners feel they can no longer live in South Africa, and Trump has offered them refugee status. Nearly 60 of them have been resettled in the US. Trump has given a boost to the right-wing, with some of them gathering outside the US embassy in South Africa’s capital, Pretoria, in February with placards that read: “Make South Africa Great Again” – an adaptation of Trump’s “Make America Great Again”. South Africa’s Land Reform Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso acknowledged that the meeting in the Oval Office was “uncomfortable to watch”. “There is no genocide in South Africa… There is crime in South Africa like in other countries and this crime affects many people, ” he told the BBC’s Newshour programme. Nyhontso applauded Ramaphosa for keeping his composure, rather than firing back at Trump when he ambushed him, with guns blazing. AFP/Getty Images South African billionaire Johann Rupert told Trump those living in Cape Town’s townships face some of the worst levels of violence from notorious gangs Some also commended the South African president for his tactics – bringing along famous Afrikaner golfers to the meeting to defuse tensions. When invited to talk, Ernie Els took out his South African passport to prove his patriotism – and spoke of his respect for Mandela after he managed to unite the country at the end of apartheid – but said he wanted to see South Africa flourish with America’s help. Retief Goosen perhaps added more fuel to the fire, speaking of how difficult it was for his brother to farm outside the northern town of Polokwane – explaining how he faced a “constant battle” with people trying to “burn the farm down and to chase you away”. Though he ended by saying that despite their fear of crime, “the guys live a great life, despite what’s going on”. Billionaire businessman Johann Rupert, also an Afrikaner, pointed out that the highest ******* rate in South Africa was in the townships of Cape Town, where most residents are ****** or coloured – as mixed-race people are known in South Africa – and are at the mercy of violent gangs. While Zingiswa Losi, president of South Africa’s largest trade union, told Trump about the devastating situation in rural areas “where the ****** majority are”. “You will see women, elderly, being ******, being killed, being murdered,” she said. She urged the delegations to address the problem through trade – and creating employment. “The problem in South Africa, it is not necessarily about race, but it is about crime.” It is a sentiment with which most South Africans would agree. 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Waratahs coach McKellar backs Bell's Irish sabbatical Waratahs coach McKellar backs Bell's Irish sabbatical NSW Waratahs and Wallabies prop Angus Bell will miss the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific season after opting for a short stint in Ireland with Ulster. Source link #Waratahs #coach #McKellar #backs #Bell039s #Irish #sabbatical Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un condemns warship accident as ‘criminal’ North Korean leader Kim Jong Un condemns warship accident as ‘criminal’ SEOUL (Reuters) -A serious accident occurred on Wednesday during the launch of a new North Korean warship while leader Kim Jong Un was attending the event, with him calling it a “criminal act” that could not be tolerated, state media KCNA reported. Kim, who witnessed the failed launch of the 5,000-ton destroyer, excoriated the accident as caused by “carelessness” that tarnished the country’s dignity, and ordered the ship to be restored before a key ruling party meeting in June, KCNA said on Thursday. The report did not mention whether there were any casualties. KCNA said the incident at the eastern port of Chongjin was caused by a loss of balance while the vessel was being launched and it said sections of the bottom of the warship were crushed, but it did not give more details of damage sustained. “Kim Jong Un made stern assessment saying that it was a serious accident and criminal act caused by absolute carelessness, irresponsibility and unscientific empiricism which is out of the bounds of possibility and could not be tolerated,” KCNA reported. Kim said the accident “brought the dignity and self-respect of our state to a collapse”, adding an immediate restoration of the destroyer was “not merely a practical issue but a political issue directly related to the authority of the state.” The rare public disclosure of an accident follows a report of the launch of another destroyer of a similar size in April attended by Kim at the west coast shipyard of Nampho. North Korea has previously experienced accidents such as space launch vehicle failures and civilian disasters that have subsequently been used to promote the role of the leadership and the ruling Workers’ Party in correcting the problems. The 5,000-ton destroyers launched by North Korea this year are the country’s largest warships yet. In a report last week on preparations for the launch of the accident ship, U.S.-based 38 North said it appeared the ship would be side-launched from the quay, a method not previously observed in North Korea. “The use of this launch method could be one of necessity, as the quay where the ship is being built does not have an incline,” the 38 North report said. Commercial satellite imagery of the shipyard the day before the launch showed the destroyer positioned on the quay with support vessels by its side. (Reporting by Joyce Lee, Jack Kim;Editing by Ed Davies and Jamie Freed) Source link #North #Korean #leader #Kim #Jong #condemns #warship #accident #criminal Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

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Brisbane forwards Charlie Cameron and Kai Lohmann tipped to bounce back to form Brisbane forwards Charlie Cameron and Kai Lohmann tipped to bounce back to form Lions young gun Logan Morris has backed struggling fellow forwards Charlie Cameron and Kai Lohmann to “crack open a game” sooner rather than later in Brisbane’s bid to bounce back to form. The Lions head into Saturday’s clash against Hawthorn at the MCG on the back of two disappointing results – a 71-71 draw with North Melbourne in Hobart and an 11-point home loss to Melbourne. While it’s far from panic stations for the reigning premiers, who are in second place on the ladder, the Lions will need to improve if they are to beat the Hawks, who haven’t lost to Brisbane since 2019. “Last week (against) Melbourne we showed so much good signs of good footy, and a lot of it was just general execution skills,” Morris said in reflecting on the Gabba loss. “If we just keep playing the way we’ve been playing, things will come. We don’t have to change everything. We’ll just keep sticking to what we know, and we’ll open the game.” Brisbane’s problems have included a lack of execution in the forward line, where grand final heroes Cameron and Lohmann are yet to fire. Both have had interrupted campaigns. Cameron missed Brisbane’s opening two matches with a calf problem, while Lohmann has only played in five of the Lions’ 10 games because of ankle and shoulder injuries. Lohmann is yet to kick a goal this season and has just 24 disposals, while Cameron’s radar has been off in his eight matches, having booted eight goals and 15 behinds. “They probably haven’t been kicking the goals that everyone from the outside probably sees, but they do a mountain of work in the club,” Morris said of the battling pair. “They’re trying to keep building on their games, and they bring the energy, they bring other things than just kicking goals, so we really respect those two lads. “They’ve come back from injuries as well, so we’ll keep supporting them, and no doubt they’ll crack open a game soon.” While Cameron and Lohmann have found the going tough, Morris, 20, has been one of Brisbane’s better performing forwards this season as he has thrived with having extra responsibility following the retirement of Joe Daniher after last year’s grand final win over Sydney. “I just try each week, to just keep getting better,” said Morris, who has kicked 16 goals in nine appearances this season. “Last year … I just tried to play with freedom. This year I’ve tried to take it on a bit more and play a ******* role within the team. “I think I’ve slowly done that each week, and I just want to keep doing that, get respect in the game, and who knows what happens in the coming weeks.” Source link #Brisbane #forwards #Charlie #Cameron #Kai #Lohmann #tipped #bounce #form Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

17,000 years ago, a man died in a projectile weapon attack in what is now Italy 17,000 years ago, a man died in a projectile weapon attack in what is now Italy When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Around 17,000 years ago, a man fell victim to a bloody ambush in what is now Italy, with an enemy launching sharp, flint-tipped projectiles that left gashes on his thigh and shin bones, a new study finds. Researchers have known about this man, called Tagliente 1, since 1973, when his remains were uncovered during excavations at the Riparo Tagliente rock shelter in northeastern Italy. But the circumstances around his death had been a mystery. Now, a new discovery of cut marks on his leg bones reveals that this hunter-gatherer had a violent death, researchers reported in the study, which was published on April 28 in the journal Scientific Reports. The finding is some of the earliest evidence of “projectile impact marks” in the human paleobiological record, the researchers wrote in the study. When Tagliente 1 was first unearthed, disturbances during the dig led to the recovery of only his lower limbs and fragments of his upper body. But he is known to have lived during the Late Epigravettian ******* (circa 17,000 to 14,500 years ago), just after the Last Glacial Maximum, the coldest part of the last ice age. To learn more about Tagliente 1, who died between the ages of 22 and 30 according to a 2024 analysis of his leg bones, pelvis and teeth, Vitale Sparacello, a bioarchaeologist at the University of Cagliari in Italy and a co-author of the new study, took a deeper look at the Stone Age man’s remains. While analyzing 3D images of Tagliente 1’s bones, he noticed three parallel lines on the left femur, or thigh bone. “My mind started running,” Sparacello told Live Science. When his colleagues went to the Natural History Museum of Verona to inspect the bones themselves, they found two more marks on the tibia, or shinbone, he said. Related: Stone Age Europeans mastered spear-throwers 10,000 years earlier than we thought, study suggests Prehistoric projectiles Traces of Paleolithic violence are rare, the researchers said, making new finds like Tagliente 1’s remains valuable for piecing together the histories of past peoples. After discovering five straight cuts on the left femur and tibia, the team used a scanning electron microscope to determine features such as the shape and depth of the grooves, which revealed that one side of each lesion was steeper than the other. Then, the researchers compared Tagliente 1’s lesions with those produced during previous experiments with exact replicas of different Late Epigravettian projectile weapons on wild sheep and goat carcasses. In that study, researchers examined the marks on the animal skeletons that were caused by flint-tipped arrows, and how they differed from those produced by carnivores or decay. All analyses pointed toward four of the five lesions on Tagliente 1’s bones resulting from flint-tipped projectile weapons that were thrown at high speeds. He was hit from the front and behind, suggesting that there were either multiple assailants or that he was struck while running away, the researchers found. “Well, it could be an accident, but, like, what kind of accident is that?” Sparacello said. “So it was probably some kind of an ambush attack.” The lesions on Tagliente 1’s left tibia. The arrow labeled A shows the projectile impact mark, and the arrow labeled B shows a shallower cut that may have been caused by the impact or another event. The scale is 10 mm. | Credit: Figure reproduced from: Sparacello VS et al. (2025), Scientific Reports 15: 14857. [Hidden Content]. © 2025 The Authors. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0Stone Age violence Tagliente 1’s bones showed no sign of healing, which indicates that he died soon after the attack, the researchers noted. The lethal blow may have been where one projectile hit close to the femoral artery. RELATED STORIES —World’s oldest known fort was constructed by hunter-gatherers 8,000 years ago in Siberia —Violence in the ancient Middle East spiked with the formation of states and empires, battered skulls reveal —54,000-year-old stone points are oldest evidence of bows and arrows in Europe “It’s very, very possible that this was a rapid death, because once your femoral artery is pierced, you have basically a few minutes before it’s too late,” Sparacello said. It’s impossible to know who attacked Tagliente 1, but previous research offers clues. A study published in the journal Nature in 2016 suggested that projectile weapons indicate intergroup conflict rather than other forms of violence, like personal rivalries. And while it’s unknown what triggered the attack, the researchers have an idea: They think the violence was sparked because of climate change, with the receding glaciers opening up new territories and prompting competition for resources. Stone Age quiz: What do you know about the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic? Source link #years #man #died #projectile #weapon #attack #Italy Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

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