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Trump announces $200 billion in deals during UAE visit, AI agreement signed – Reuters Trump announces $200 billion in deals during UAE visit, AI agreement signed – Reuters Trump announces $200 billion in deals during UAE visit, AI agreement signed ReutersTrump’s Middle East trip: President visits UAE after stops in Qatar and Saudi Arabia CNNTrump hails growing ties with UAE on last leg of Gulf tour Al JazeeraTrump administration live updates: President Trump visits UAE after rally with U.S. military personnel NBC NewsIn Abu Dhabi, Trump makes first visit to a mosque as president NPR Source link #Trump #announces #billion #deals #UAE #visit #agreement #signed #Reuters Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Israel qualifies for Eurovision final amid protests Israel qualifies for Eurovision final amid protests Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images Yuval Raphael told the BBC she had practiced singing to the sound of people booing to prepare for Eurovision Israel has qualified for Eurovision’s grand final on Saturday, hours after protesters tried to disrupt the country’s dress rehearsal. Yuval Raphael, 24, was performing New Day Will Rise during a preview show on Thursday afternoon when six people with whistles and “oversized” ************ flags obstructed her act. Under the arena rules, all flags are allowed but there are limits on size. Swiss broadcaster SRG SSR, which is organising the event, said the audience members were quickly ejected from the St Jakobshalle arena. Israel’s participation in Eurovision has been a source of controversy, as its military intensifies its bombardment of Gaza, and enforces blockades of all food and other humanitarian supplies. Getty Images Protesters unfurled a large ************ flag during dress rehearsals on Thursday In recent weeks, broadcasters in Spain, Ireland and Slovenia have called for a debate on Israel’s involvement, and there have been small protests in the streets of Basel, Switzerland where this year’s contest is taking place. The incident during Thursday’s dress rehearsal did not disrupt Raphael’s performance, and her appearance in the televised semi-final passed without further demonstrations. Speaking to the BBC earlier this week, Raphael said her team had played audience noises over her rehearsals, “so I can practice when there is distractions in the background.” The singer clasped her hands together, then blew a kiss towards the sky when it was announced she would progress to the final. Despite the ongoing tension, her song is currently among the favourites to win, according to bookmakers. Who qualified from the second semi-final?Getty Images The 10 acts who succeeded in Thursday’s public vote were: Armenia: PARG – SURVIVORAustria: JJ – Wasted LoveDenmark: Sissal – HallucinationFinland: Erika Vikman – ICH KOMMEGreece: Klavdia – AsteromátaIsrael: Yuval Raphael – New Day Will RiseLatvia: Tautumeitas – Bur Man LaimiLithuania: Katarsis – Tavo AkysLuxembourg: Laura Thorn – La Poupée Monte Le Son (pictured)Malta: Miriana Conte – SERVING Which means the six countries eliminated were Australia, Czechia, Georgia, Ireland, Montenegro and Serbia. Australia’s elimination was the biggest shock. Their innuendo-laden pop anthem Milkshake Man had received a warm reception ahead of the contest but, on the night, viewers proved to be lactose intolerant. Ireland also crashed out, a year after Bambie Thug earned the country a sixth-place finish. The country has now failed to qualify on eight of their last 10 attempts. The continuation of that losing streak will cause much soul-searching in the nation that’s tied with Sweden for the most Eurovision victories of all time: Seven in total. The second semi-final also gave viewers their first chance to see the ***’s act, Remember Monday. The girl band delivered a whimsical staging of their song, What The Hell Just Happened? – dancing around a fallen chandelier in Bridgerton-inspired outfits, as they sang about a messy night on the tiles. With effortless three-part harmonies, they put to rest the dodgy vocal performances that plagued Olly Alexander and Mae Muller in 2024 and 2023. And they were spared the public vote, for now. The *** automatically qualifies for the final as one of the “Big Five” countries who make outsized financial contributions to Eurovision. Corinne ******** / EBU Remember Monday’s routine traded on their experience in West End musicals Swedish entry KAJ are currently favourites to win the 2025 contest, with their sweaty sauna anthem Bara Bada Bastu. Austrian counter-tenor JJ, whose operatic pop song Wasted Love is the second favourite, was one of the 10 acts voted through after Thursday’s show. In an eye-catching performance, the 24-year-old was tossed around the stage in a rickety sailing boat, reflecting the turbulent emotional waters of his lyrics. Elsewhere, the contest had all the traditional Eurovision trappings: Spandex, sequins, gale-force wind machines, and no fewer than 10 on-stage costume changes. Getty Images French singer Louane showered the stage in sand, in a performance the ruminated on the passage of time and how grief mutates Among the more novel elements were a “sand tornado” during France’s performance, and Maltese contestant Miriana Conte bouncing on a bright red medicine ball for her self-empowerment anthem, Serving. Latvian folk band Tautumeitas took a more ethereal approach with their close-harmony incantation Bur Man Laimi, which literally translates as “a chant for happiness”. Dressed in gold bodysuits with branch and vine detailing, they transported the audience to an enchanted forest for a song that emphasised the connection between humanity and nature. The band were considered an outlier for the final, but leapfrogged over higher profile songs from Ireland and Czechia – precisely because they stood out. Also making a mark was Finnish singer Erika Vikman, who ended the show with a bang. Her track Ich Komme is a sex-positive club anthem that saw with the singer rising above the audience astride a giant, fire-spouting golden microphone. Like her, it soared into Saturday’s grand final – where the song’s predicted to land in the top 10. Sarah Louise Bennett / EBU Erika Vikman’s death-defying performance was a highlight of the show Saturday’s show will take place in Basel’s St Jackobshalle from 20:00 BST / 21:00 Swiss time. The ceremony will be broadcast live on BBC One and BBC Radio 2, with full live commentary on the BBC News website. Source link #Israel #qualifies #Eurovision #final #protests Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

DHS requests 20,000 National Guard troops to help with mass deportation DHS requests 20,000 National Guard troops to help with mass deportation The Department of Homeland Security has requested roughly 20,000 National Guard troops to assist with the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts, two U.S. officials told CBS News Thursday. The Defense Department is still reviewing the request, and National Guard troops could be pulled from different states to help DHS. The officials said the troops are being requested to assist law enforcement authorities with logistics and operations related to immigration actions in the interior of the U.S., which would represent the latest expansion of the Trump administration’s unprecedented use of the military to support its large-scale immigration enforcement campaign. There are already about 8,600 federal troops at the border. The U.S. military has recently created two National Defense Areas, narrow ribbons of land stretching around 230 miles along the border in New Mexico and Texas, which are being treated as extensions of military bases. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited in April and said “any ******** attempting to enter this zone is entering a military base, a federally protected area.” He added that migrants crossing this zone would be detained by both Customs and Border Protection and the Defense Department. The Navy has also been ramping up support at the border. On Wednesday, the acting chief of naval operations, Adm. James Kilby, told Congress the Navy is providing intelligence flights using P-8 aircraft, two Navy destroyers, and a littoral combat ship as part of the crackdown. Tricia McLaughlin, the assistant secretary for public affairs at DHS, confirmed the department’s request for 20,000 National Guard members. “The Department of Homeland Security will use every tool and resource available to get criminal ******** aliens including gang members, murderers, pedophiles, and other violent criminals out of our country,” McLaughlin said in a statement. Eleanor Watson Eleanor Watson is a CBS News multi-platform reporter and producer covering the Pentagon. Source link #DHS #requests #National #Guard #troops #mass #deportation Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Afrikaner defends refugee status in US Afrikaner defends refugee status in US Nomia Iqbal and Cai Pigliucci BBC News, Buffalo, New York The BBC’s Nomia Iqbal asks an Afrikaner about his refugee status in the US and about being called a “coward” Last week, 46-year-old Charl Kleinhaus was living on his family farm in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. With its scenic beauty, wildlife and deep canyons, it’s known as “the place where the sun rises”. His new home – for now – is a budget hotel near an American highway. He and dozens of other white South Africans were moved to the US under President Donald Trump’s controversial policy to protect them from the discrimination he alleges they are facing – an accusation that South Africa rejects. Mr Kleinhaus defends the US president, telling the BBC he left his homeland after receiving death threats in WhatsApp messages. “I had to leave a five-bedroom house, which I will lose now,” Mr Kleinhaus tells the BBC, adding that he also left behind his car, his dogs and even his mother. “I didn’t come here for fun,” he adds. The contrast in homes couldn’t be more stark. But for Mr Kleinhaus, his situation in Buffalo, New York, is already a better one. “My children are safe,” says Mr Kleinhaus, whose wife died in a road accident in 2006. The status of white South African farmers has long been a rallying cry on the right and far-right of American politics. Trump and his close ally, South Africa-born billionaire Elon Musk, have even argued that there has been a “genocide” of white farmers in South Africa – a claim that has been widely discredited. In February, Trump signed an executive order granting refugee status to Afrikaners, such as Mr Kleinhaus, who he said were being persecuted. Mr Kleinhaus is one of a group of 59 who arrived on Tuesday at Dulles airport, near Washington DC, after Trump’s administration fast-tracked their applications. He admits he was surprised at how quickly he got to the US, and that he is grateful to Trump. “I felt finally somebody in this world is seeing what’s going on,” he says. As he and his family arrived with others at the airport they were greeted with red, white and blue balloons. He describes the pomp and ceremony as “overwhelming”. Charl Kleinhaus told the BBC he moved to the US after receiving death threats Afrikaners are a white ethnic ********* who ran South Africa during the apartheid era, implementing racist policies of segregation in the country until the regime was officially abolished in 1994. But more than 30 years on, ****** farmers own only a small fraction of the country’s best farmland, with the majority still in white hands. That has led to anger over the slow pace of change. Mr Kleinhaus acknowledges that ****** South Africans have suffered as well as him. In January, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a controversial law allowing the government to seize privately owned land without compensation – in certain circumstances, when it is deemed “equitable and in the public interest”. The South African government says no land has yet been seized. But Mr Kleinhaus says once there is a government claim on your land – as he says is the case with his – it becomes impossible to function. “Your land becomes worthless – the land expropriation has gone too far,” he says. “People are scared of that. Other Afrikaners who criticise us live in a bubble.” Some fellow Afrikaners have described Mr Kleinhaus and the group as opportunists, and that being a victim of crime is not equivalent to the type of persecution that deserves refugee status. Mr Kleinhaus acknowledges that the ******* rate of farmers is low in South Africa, but says he does not want to be a victim. “There are people in my area who were shot and killed,” he says. He says he received threats from members of the local community: “I’d regularly get messages on WhatsApp saying, ‘we’ll get rid of you, you’re on my land’.” Mr Kleinhaus says he received one message before he left for the US which read: “We are coming for you, you better be awake.” He also says his farming machinery was damaged, and that local police failed to act on his reports. Ramaphosa has called the group who travelled to the US “cowards”, saying they do not want to address the inequities of the apartheid era. “As South Africans, we are resilient,” he said earlier this week. “We don’t run away from our problems. We must stay here and solve our problems.” What makes the resettlement of the Afrikaners to the US particularly controversial is that other refugees have been banned, including Afghans who earlier this week had their Temporary Protected Status removed. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said that move was justified because the security and economic situation in Afghanistan had improved – despite criticism from opposition lawmakers and rights groups. Mr Kleinhaus says he is sympathetic: “I mean, I feel sorry for the Afghans that they can’t get here. But I know there’s a process there. And I know when and if you are approved for the process, they take care of you.” Does he worry he’s being used as a political pawn by Trump? And that another president could potentially reverse this decision in four years’ time? Mr Kleinhaus pauses, and says: “Yeah, it is scary, but I am a religious person. Just to be in this first group is an act of God, I believe, because there was a 0.0 something percent chance that you were selected for the first call.” Questions over refugees’ vetting Mr Kleinhaus has come under scrutiny for antisemitic posts on social media, which have since been deleted. Discussing one of these, he says he copied and pasted someone else’s thoughts, and that he was being administered morphine as part of medical treatment at the time – though he admits this was not an excuse. The 2023 post was made in a moment of anger, he adds, after he saw a video – not verified by the BBC – which purported to show Jews spitting at Christians in Israel. Mr Kleinhaus insists the comments were specific to one moment, and not a wider comment about Jewish people. “Even now, if I see any person going against my religion, I will speak up against it,” he said. The US government is facing questions about the vetting process for those being resettled. The UN’s refugee agency told the BBC it was not involved in the screening process for the Afrikaners as it normally would be for refugees heading to the US. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has previously stated it is screening immigrants’ social media activity for antisemitism, and using it as a reason for denying applicants. The Trump administration has been citing allegations of antisemitism as its officials have in recent months arrested and tried to deport pro-************ activists. In a statement to the BBC, a senior DHS official said: “The Department of Homeland Security vets all refugee applicants. Any claims of misconduct are thoroughly investigated, and appropriate action will be taken as necessary. DHS does not comment on individual application status.” Since returning to office, Trump has launched a crackdown to reduce immigration more broadly. So, is Mr Kleinhaus concerned about any backlash to his group being offered entry to the US? “People must not think we are just taking advantage of this,” he says. “We come here to make a contribution to the country. “I’m now worried it’ll fall apart because I believe this is God’s plan for me. “My life is in his hands. And if if he didn’t want me to come, I wouldn’t be here.” Watch: Why US is granting white South Africans refugee status Source link #Afrikaner #defends #refugee #status Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Boost for Wallabies as star commits past World Cup Boost for Wallabies as star commits past World Cup Rugby Australia and the Brumbies have locked in Tom Wright on a three-year deal, with the star fullback resisting offers to play overseas. Wright will be a part of the Wallabies’ push towards the home Rugby World Cup in 2027, following his surprise omission from the *********** squad at the last tournament in France. Making his Test debut in 2020, Wright has played 37 Tests and nailed down the fullback jersey last year, starting in 12 matches. The Sydneysider, who had a brief stint with Manly in the NRL, first turned out for the Brumbies in Super Rugby in 2019 and has become a regular member of their match-day line-up. Wright, 27, said he was happy to remain in Canberra. “I’m extremely happy to have my long-term future secured here in Australia and with the Brumbies in Canberra,” he said in a statement.”As a kid all I ever dreamed of was representing the Wallabies and with the milestones coming up over the next few years there’s nowhere else I’d rather be playing my rugby.”I feel I’ve got a lot of growth still in me as a player and I’ll be continuing to work hard to hopefully contribute to success with the Brumbies and the Wallabies.” Brumbies coach Stephen Larkham said it was a boost to have Wright sign a contract extension, with the fullback a key member of their side who are currently second on the Super Rugby Pacific ladder.”Tom has been one of our stand-out players for the last couple of seasons,” Larkham said.”He is a big part of this club and brings with him a huge amount of leadership on and off the field. It’s wonderful news to have him re-sign with the Brumbies for another three years.” Source link #Boost #Wallabies #star #commits #World #Cup Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

'In what universe…': Diddy lawyer's request to keep Cassie Ventura on stand riles judge 'In what universe…': Diddy lawyer's request to keep Cassie Ventura on stand riles judge ‘In what universe…’: Diddy lawyer’s request to keep Cassie Ventura on stand riles judge Source link #039In #universe…039 #Diddy #lawyer039s #request #Cassie #Ventura #stand #riles #judge Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Justin Baldoni’s Lawyer Claims Taylor Swift Was Blackmailed – The Cut Justin Baldoni’s Lawyer Claims Taylor Swift Was Blackmailed – The Cut Justin Baldoni’s Lawyer Claims Taylor Swift Was Blackmailed The CutJustin Baldoni’s Lawyer Claims Blake Lively Pressured Taylor Swift for Support After Super Bowl People.comJustin Baldoni claims Blake Lively threatened Taylor Swift in escalating ‘It Ends With Us’ legal battle Fox NewsBlake Lively’s Lawyers Fight Back Against Taylor Swift Blackmail Accusation: ‘Unequivocally and Demonstrably False’ VarietyBlake Lively wins motion to strike Taylor Swift text threat allegations in Justin Baldoni legal war New York Post Source link #Justin #Baldonis #Lawyer #Claims #Taylor #Swift #Blackmailed #Cut Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Weekly quiz: Which EastEnders star will be in Celebrity Traitors? Weekly quiz: Which EastEnders star will be in Celebrity Traitors? How much attention did you pay to what has been going on in the world over the past seven days? Source link #Weekly #quiz #EastEnders #star #Celebrity #Traitors Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

‘Friends of Harvey’: ex-aide tells of Weinstein’s list ‘Friends of Harvey’: ex-aide tells of Weinstein’s list Harvey Weinstein’s assistants kept a list of female “friends of Harvey” to invite to events and sometimes considered them a special category for guest lists, an ex-aide has told the former film mogul’s sex crimes retrial. “A ‘friend of Harvey’ was a woman that he’d meet at events or parties or festivals or – somewhere,” Elizabeth Perz said on Thursday. She worked for his production company from 2011 to 2015, initially as one of his executive assistants. The then-married Weinstein asked his assistants to invite these women to events, Ms Perz said. It was such common practice that Weinstein’s subordinates had a shorthand: “Might as well add a FOH column,” Ms Perz advised colleagues by email as they discussed the attendee list for some 2013 awards season events. Jurors were shown a roster of well over a dozen names, which Ms Perz said was kept in the office at Weinstein’s now-defunct production company. The names were broken down by geography, such as “LA Friends” or “Cannes/Etc/all invites.” One “LA Friends” entry was Jessica Mann, one of the three women whose allegations are at the heart of the retrial. Weinstein has pleaded not guilty. The once-powerful studio boss, who became a prime target of the #MeToo movement’s campaign against ******* misconduct, maintains that he has never had ******* encounters that were not consensual. During the last five years, he was convicted of various sex crimes in both New York and California. But he is on trial again because an appeals court found that his New York trial was tainted by prejudicial evidence and overturned that conviction. He is charged with raping Ms Mann in 2013 and forcing ********* on two other women, separately, in 2006. Ms Mann, who was a hairstylist and aspiring actor when she met Weinstein in the early 2010s, is expected to give evidence in the coming days or week. The other accusers, Miriam Haley and Kaja Sokola, have already given evidence. At Weinstein’s 2020 trial, Ms Mann painted a complex and emotional picture of a years-long relationship that began consensually but became “degrading” and volatile and eventually exploded into *****. Still, she kept seeing him and sending warm messages because she wanted him to believe she “wasn’t a threat”, she said. Weinstein’s lawyers at the time argued that Ms Mann willingly had a ******* liaison with him to serve her acting ambitions. At one point during his defence’s questioning in 2020, she began sobbing so forcefully that court ended early that day. At the retrial on Thursday, jurors saw messages that Ms Perz had sent to Ms Mann about some Oscars-related parties in 2013. “Harvey would like to extend an invitation to you” and a friend, Ms Perz wrote. The Associated Press generally does not identify people who alleged they have been ********* assaulted unless they agree to be identified, which Ms Sokola, Ms Haley and Ms Mann have done. Source link #Friends #Harvey #exaide #tells #Weinsteins #list Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Co-founder says eToro IPO is a testament to market recovery as it aims to become a go-to investment app Co-founder says eToro IPO is a testament to market recovery as it aims to become a go-to investment app Newly public eToro is now trading successfully on its own platform. Its stock saw sizzling action after its Wednesday debut on the Nasdaq. Shares of eToro opened at $69.69, 34% above the IPO pricing. The stock finished the session up 29% at $67, giving the company a market cap of $5.4 billion. Shares fell about 3% on Thursday. The company’s ticker page remained among the most active on the Yahoo Finance platform. “I do think obviously markets have come a long way since ‘Liberation Day.’ That’s not related to only eToro. But you know, we’ve seen a lot of great engagement and feedback from investors. The roadshow for us was an amazing experience,” eToro co-founder and CEO Yoni Assia told me on Yahoo Finance today. The company priced its IPO late Tuesday at $52 a share, above the planned range of $46 to $50. It raised about $310 million in the offering by selling six million shares. The ***** valued eToro at $4.2 billion. The business had targeted a $4 billion valuation on its IPO roadshow. Rival Robinhood (HOOD) — which has made a series of acquisitions the past two years to become a budding asset manager — has a market cap of $51 billion. EToro was co-founded in 2007 in Israel by Yoni and his older brother, Ronen Assia. Yoni has said the company was started in his parents’ garage on a big internet server. Ronen sits on the management team and is an executive director. The company grew quickly from its inception as new investors entered a bull market, initially raising $1.5 million at a $5 million valuation. It launched bitcoin trading in 2013, around the time of the crypto winter that depressed digital asset values. The team behind eToro has eyed public markets before but opted not to pull the trigger. It was slated to go public through a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in 2022, which would have valued the business at $10.4 billion. The deal fell apart amid more government scrutiny on the once-popular SPAC IPO process. It then raised $250 million in 2023 at a valuation of $3.5 billion. Just last month, it delayed investor presentations for its IPO amid heightened market volatility tied to the Trump administration’s trade war. Today, eToro boasts 40 million registered users spanning 75 countries. Financial results in the first quarter were mixed. Profits were hampered by investments to capture new clients with markets at elevated levels prior to President Trump’s “Liberation Day.” Per eToro’s prospectus for the quarter ended March 31: Funded accounts: +14% year over year to 3.58 million Adjusted EBITDA: $76 million to $80 million, down 10% at the midpoints The company earned 43% of its trading commissions from stock trading and 37% from crypto Story Continues Yoni Assia says he has big growth ambitions. “We are in 12 different regions, including the US. We have offices in Europe, ***, Australia, Singapore, UAE, and are very excited about the path of growing our business now entering into savings and wealth management, and retirement as well in two of our markets, both Australia and the ***. We think the opportunity is very, very big to eventually become the investment apps of our younger generations,” Assia explained. Brian Sozzi is Yahoo Finance’s Executive Editor. Follow Sozzi on X @BrianSozzi, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Tips on stories? Email *****@*****.tld. Click here for the latest stock market news and in-depth analysis, including events that move stocks Read the latest financial and business news from Yahoo Finance Source link #Cofounder #eToro #IPO #testament #market #recovery #aims #goto #investment #app Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Coinbase Says Cybercriminals Stole Customer Data, Sought Ransom – WSJ Coinbase Says Cybercriminals Stole Customer Data, Sought Ransom – WSJ Coinbase Says Cybercriminals Stole Customer Data, Sought Ransom WSJCoinbase says hackers bribed staff to steal customer data and are demanding $20 million ransom CNBCCoinbase estimates cyberattack could cost crypto exchange up to $400M Fox BusinessCoinbase puts $20 million bounty on crooks who tried to extort firm over stolen customer data FortuneCoinbase Hack Shows Even Crypto’s Heavyweights Are at Risk Bloomberg Source link #Coinbase #Cybercriminals #Stole #Customer #Data #Sought #Ransom #WSJ Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

How experts stumbled upon a priceless document in a university library How experts stumbled upon a priceless document in a university library A manuscript – once considered an unofficial copy of Magna Carta – is now believed to be a genuine version and ”one of the world’s most valuable documents”, according to *** academics. Harvard Law School paid $27.50 (then about £7) for it in 1946 and for years it has remained tucked away in its library, its true identity unknown. But two medieval history professors have concluded it is an extraordinarily rare and lost original Magna Carta from 1300 – and could be worth millions. BBC Newsbeat’s Eleanor Doyle explains. Video by Tom Joyner, Anna Lamche, Ian Casey and Tom Richardson. Source link #experts #stumbled #priceless #document #university #library Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Mario Kart World’s New Unexpected Feature: Binoculars Mario Kart World’s New Unexpected Feature: Binoculars Nintendo has unveiled a new feature for Mario Kart World, and it’s one you might not have expected: binoculars. Revealed on the Nintendo Today app, where Nintendo regularly posts bits of news, will feature stationary binoculars you can find in specific locations around the open world. In a short video, Mario is shown approaching the binoculars before being sent up into the air, where you can look around in a zoomed in first-person view. This was done in the desert area shown off in the reveal trailer for the Nintendo Switch 2, with looks at the diner, parts of the track, and a plane flying overhead. Nintendo did not provide any insight into why you would use these, but based on known information about Mario Kart World ,it seems like the binoculars would be handy to spot secrets and other points of interest you might want to drive to. There are secrets to discover in the open-world of Mario Kart World, and without knowing how the locations are conveyed to you–if at all–this might be Nintendo’s solution. This also seems like a way for Nintendo to reveal more about Mario Kart World ahead of its launch on June 5, alongside the Nintendo Switch 2. The video is titled “Binocular View of the World #1” which implies that Nintendo will roll out a few more of these, revealing new looks at the different tracks in the game. Nintendo typically posts a single update on Nintendo Today each day, so these might be spaced out. If you want to know more about the Switch 2 ahead of its launch, check out GameSpot’s round up of everything we know about the Switch 2. Source link #Mario #Kart #Worlds #Unexpected #Feature #Binoculars Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Springsteen, in England, Blasts Trump Administration as ‘Treasonous’ Springsteen, in England, Blasts Trump Administration as ‘Treasonous’ Bruce Springsteen opened his “Land of Hope and Dreams” tour in Manchester, England, on Wednesday with a forceful denunciation of President Trump, accusing him and his administration of trampling on civil rights and workers, abandoning allies and siding with dictators. Even for an avowed liberal like Mr. Springsteen, it was a notably piercing broadside at a time when some artists have seemed to avoid directly confronting Mr. Trump as they did in 2017, after he took office the first time. Back then, many prominent performers and celebrities roundly denounced Mr. Trump at shows and rallies and on television. Appearing in Manchester, Mr. Springsteen, 75, criticized Mr. Trump in separate remarks before his songs “Land of Hope and Dreams,” “House of a Thousand Guitars” and “My City of Ruins.” He later posted a transcript of his comments on his website and a video of them on his YouTube channel. “The mighty E Street Band is here tonight to call upon the righteous power of art, of music, of rock ’n’ roll, in dangerous times,” he said. “In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.” The crowd responded with cheers, and Mr. Springsteen went on to offer a litany of grievances about the administration, accusing it of “taking sadistic pleasure in the pain that they inflict on loyal American workers.” “They’re rolling back historic civil rights legislation that has led to a more just and plural society,” he said. “They’re abandoning our great allies and siding with dictators against those struggling for their freedom. They’re defunding American universities that won’t bow down to their ideological demands. They’re removing residents off American streets and, without due process of law, are deporting them to foreign detention centers and prisons. This is all happening now.” Still, he said, the Trump administration would not prevail. “The America I’ve sung to you about for 50 years is real and, regardless of its faults, is a great country with a great people,” he said. “So we’ll survive this moment.” A White House spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday. Mr. Springsteen’s disdain for Mr. Trump is not surprising. He cut an ad for Kamala Harris and performed at a rally for her in the battleground state of Georgia during the 2024 presidential campaign. In the 1980s, he criticized President Ronald Reagan’s re-election campaign, and he has supported a long list of Democratic presidential candidates since then, including John F. Kerry, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Joseph R. Biden Jr. When Mr. Biden was elected in 2020, he walked out to Mr. Springsteen’s “We Take Care of Our Own” to deliver his victory speech. But Mr. Springsteen’s remarks on Wednesday — delivered to an audience abroad — stood out at a time when other superstar artists have seemed to mute their criticism of the president. At the Academy Awards in March for example, there were relatively few references to politics. The most direct commentary on Mr. Trump and the upheaval in Washington was an oblique reference by the host of the telecast, Conan O’Brien, who made a pointed joke about a character from the movie “Anora” who stood up to a powerful Russian. There was also a notable lack of political commentary at the Golden Globe Awards in January, as many of the artists who opposed Mr. Trump seemed to be sorting out how to push back against him and his administration. There has also been a drift to the right among some in Hollywood, who have welcomed Mr. Trump’s attacks on progressive ideals. Neil Vigdor contributed reporting. Source link #Springsteen #England #Blasts #Trump #Administration #Treasonous Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

Federal Officials May Limit Recommendations for Covid Vaccine Federal Officials May Limit Recommendations for Covid Vaccine Come this fall, only older Americans and those with chronic health problems may be urged to get the Covid shot — assuming the vaccine is available at all. For years now, scientific advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been debating whether to continue to recommend that Americans 6 months of age and older be immunized, or to switch to a so-called risk-based strategy targeting only the most vulnerable, as is the practice now in most other countries. The advisers are expected to decide on a way forward at a meeting in June. But the debate may have become irrelevant. New requirements for clinical testing of vaccines, announced earlier this month, may delay the availability of shots that had formerly been updated annually without complicated trials. “Substantial updates to existing vaccines — such as those related to seasonal strain changes or antigenic drift — may qualify as ‘new products’ and therefore require additional clinical evaluation,” the Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement. That category includes the Covid shots and “may” even include the seasonal flu vaccine, according to Andrew Nixon, a spokesman for H.H.S. The Food and Drug Administration has already asked Novavax for more clinical data before approving its Covid vaccine. (Currently it has emergency use authorization, not full approval, for people aged 12 and older.) “We want to see vaccines that are available for high-risk individuals, and at the same time we want some good science, we want some good clinical data,” Dr. Marty Makary, who heads the agency, told reporters at a conference on Thursday. Officials in Washington have also been asking pointed questions of C.D.C. scientists about Covid’s toll on children under 12, an indication that they may be considering an end to the use of the vaccine in that age group, according to an official who did not wish to be identified for fear of retribution. The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that H.H.S. plans to stop recommending the Covid vaccine for children and pregnant women altogether, citing people familiar with the matter. In May 2021, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sought to rescind authorization for the shots in a petition to the F.D.A. He has said, falsely, that the vaccines had killed more people than the virus. The leaders he has installed at the agencies he leads, including Dr. Makary, have also been outspoken critics of annual Covid shots, particularly for children. On the latter point, many public health experts agree, including some advisers to federal agencies. They have suggested for years now that annual booster shots might offer only marginal benefits to relatively younger, healthy Americans. “I think what Dr. Makary is saying is that if everybody already has immunity to the virus, then maybe the vaccine doesn’t add that much, or maybe it adds something only in certain subpopulations,” said Dr. Philip Krause, a former F.D.A. vaccine regulator. “I think it’s a reasonable question to want to know the answer to.” (Dr. Krause resigned from the F.D.A. in the fall of 2021 because he felt there was not enough evidence to support Covid booster shots for adults.) The C.D.C. already collects data on the benefits of the Covid vaccines, which have decreased over time as more Americans gain greater immunity to the coronavirus. But the vaccine should remain available to some people, including adults 75 and older, who remain at high risk, Dr. Krause and other experts noted. “In my opinion, the data from the C.D.C. provide pretty strong evidence that there are some people who are still benefiting quite a bit from the vaccines,” he said. “There are still more Covid deaths than we would like.” Mr. Kennedy has falsely asserted that none of the vaccines routinely offered to children have been tested in placebo clinical trials, prompting sharp rebuttals from several groups of scientists, and from Senator Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana, whose vote cinched Mr. Kennedy’s nomination as health secretary earlier this year. Some experts fear that the new federal limits are just the first steps in a campaign to undermine the use of all vaccines, including those in the childhood immunization schedule, by raising doubts about their safety and imposing requirements that make it untenable for companies to keep making them. “I think that we are in the midst of watching the vaccine infrastructure being torn down bit by bit,” said Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and an adviser to the F.D.A. Tara Smith, an epidemiologist at Kent State University College of Public Health who tracks the anti-vaccine movement, said there was jubilation among some groups that all vaccines, including the decades-old flu vaccine, might be challenged. “I think everything is a target,” she said. Covid fatalities have plummeted each year since the start of the pandemic, although there were still roughly 1,000 deaths per week during last winter’s peak. The vast majority occurred among adults aged 75 and older. Earlier this month, federal officials sent the C.D.C. an urgent request for the annual number of Covid-related deaths in children under 12, according to an official with knowledge of the matter. In the year ending in August, the agency reported 150 pediatric deaths, a number comparable to deaths among children in a typical flu season. “We all, I think, support the pediatric use of flu vaccines,” said Michael Osterholm, an infectious disease expert at the University of Minnesota. If Covid is roughly as risky to children, “I find it hard not to at least allow the vaccine to be available.” The number of Covid deaths in children seems low only when compared with fatalities in adults, said Sean O’Leary, chair of the infectious disease committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics. “That’s the wrong way to look at it, because pediatric deaths are actually quite rare,” he said. If the vaccine were withdrawn for young children entirely, “I would have a big problem with that. Those kids do remain at higher risk for hospitalization.” Dr. Krause said he was puzzled that the pediatric vaccine had not been moved to full approval from emergency authorization, while the adult versions were fully approved years ago by the F.D.A. It may be that the F.D.A. has access to data that has prevented them from approving the shot, he said. “That being said, I think there probably are some children who would benefit from the vaccine,” he said. The F.D.A. has not elaborated on what additional testing of Covid vaccines might entail. But officials may offer some clarity before the agency’s scientific advisers meet next week to discuss vaccines for the fall. It would be unethical to offer a placebo to participants in a randomized trial if the virus still poses risks. And the results of any new trials would not be available in time for the fall, experts noted. “In order to to create new requirements for vaccines, there would have to be evidence that that would have any benefit for the public,” said Dr. Eric Rubin, one of the F.D.A.’s advisers and editor in chief of the New England Journal of Medicine. “The issue, of course, is when you go into this having decided what the answer is, rather than looking at the data objectively,” he said. Some of the C.D.C.’s advisers had mixed feelings even about moving to risk-based vaccine recommendations. Such guidelines make sense in countries with universal health coverage, they said. But in the United States, insurance companies are not required to pay for an immunization that is not recommended by the C.D.C. That may leave a vaccine that is too expensive for some who need it and are not explicitly included in a risk-based recommendation. A blanket recommendation may be more effective, some experts said. “Vaccinations for children who have never been vaccinated, people with risk factors, are critically important,” said Dr. Denise Jamieson, one of the C.D.C. advisers. It’s unclear whether the advisers retain much sway, however. Recommendations they made in April for use of several vaccines, which are typically promptly accepted by the C.D.C., have still not been endorsed by an agency leader. The C.D.C. does not have a permanent director. Matthew Buzzelli, whom Mr. Kennedy pointed to on Wednesday as an acting director, is an attorney. Another official at H.H.S., Dr. William Archer, has sent the C.D.C. multiple questions about the advisers’ recommendations. Dr. Archer has repeatedly discussed the “limitations” of the Covid vaccine on social media, according to Reuters. In one query viewed by The New York Times, he told agency staff he needed “more justification” for a recent recommendation to expand use of the respiratory syncytial vaccine. Source link #Federal #Officials #Limit #Recommendations #Covid #Vaccine Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Premier League Darts results: Nathan Aspinall wins in Aberdeen, Luke Littler seals top spot Premier League Darts results: Nathan Aspinall wins in Aberdeen, Luke Littler seals top spot Nathan Aspinall took the Premier League nightly win in Aberdeen to close on a play-off place while Luke Littler sealed top spot. Aspinall is on the brink of qualifying after beating Chris Dobey 6-1 in the final on a dramatic evening which saw Gerwyn Price hit a nine-darter. Dobey claimed a decider to win his semi-final 6-5 against world champion Littler, who earlier won a classic against world number one Luke Humphries that featured 14 180s. Despite averaging 110.01, Humphries could not halt Littler, who averaged 115.96 to guarantee he would finish top of the league phase. Littler had already qualified for the four-man play-offs in London on 29 May alongside Humphries and Price. Price hit his second nine-darter of the campaign but ended a 6-4 quarter-final loser to Stephen Bunting. Aspinall moved above seven-time champion Michael van Gerwen into fourth spot with a 6-3 victory over the Dutchman before dispatched Bunting 6-1. If Van Gerwen does not claim the night win in Sheffield next week, Aspinall – who finished fifth in 2023 and 2024 – will claim the last play-off spot. Source link #Premier #League #Darts #results #Nathan #Aspinall #wins #Aberdeen #Luke #Littler #seals #top #spot Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

No, Your Steam Data Was Not Leaked, Valve Confirms No, Your Steam Data Was Not Leaked, Valve Confirms Valve has confirmed that your Steam password, or other private information, did not leak. On top of that, Valve stated that the leak came from a different source than Steam, and does not provide info linked to your Steam account in any way you need to worry about. In a statement sent to GameSpot, a Valve representative said “Yesterday we were made aware of reports of leaks of older text messages that had previously been sent to Steam customers. We have examined the leak sample and have determined this was NOT a breach of Steam systems.” The security company Underdark was the first to report the alleged leaks, writing on LinkedIn that information from 89 million Steam accounts was being sold on the dark web. However, Valve has corrected that, as the leak came from the SMS service that sends temporary two-factor login codes. Valve said that the phone numbers were leaked, but that any information related to your Steam account, including which account the phone numbers are tied to, was not leaked. Valve continued the statement by saying that Steam users don’t need to change their passwords or be concerned following this scare, but Valve will continue to investigate to determine the origin of the breach. The company does recommend that users activate the Steam Mobile Authenticator because it provides a more secure way to authenticate your account compared to SMS authorization. You can read Valve’s full statement to GameSpot below: “Yesterday we were made aware of reports of leaks of older text messages that had previously been sent to Steam customers. We have examined the leak sample and have determined this was NOT a breach of Steam systems. We’re still digging into the source of the leak, which is compounded by the fact that any SMS messages are unencrypted in transit, and routed through multiple providers on the way to your phone. The leak consisted of older text messages that included one-time codes that were only valid for 15-minute time frames and the phone numbers they were sent to. The leaked data did not associate the phone numbers with a Steam account, password information, payment information or other personal data. Old text messages cannot be used to breach the security of your Steam account, and whenever a code is used to change your Steam email or password using SMS, you will receive a confirmation via email and/or Steam secure messages. From a Steam perspective, customers do not need to change their passwords or phone numbers as a result of this event. It is a good reminder to treat any account security messages that you have not explicitly requested as suspicious. We recommend regularly checking your Steam account security at any time. We also recommend Steam users set up the Steam Mobile Authenticator if they haven’t already, as it gives us the best way to send secure messages about their account and that account’s safety.” Source link #Steam #Data #Leaked #Valve #Confirms Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Man body-slammed to ground in dramatic citizen’s arrest at Brisbane Airport Man body-slammed to ground in dramatic citizen’s arrest at Brisbane Airport A man has been tackled to the ground in a dramatic citizen’s arrest at Brisbane Airport. The man had caught an earlier flight from Sydney to Brisbane, and was at Gate 45 of the airport’s domestic terminal when he was told he could not board his next flight at about 11.45am on Thursday. Witnesses claimed the man was seen sprinting up and down the aisles of the plane and taking off his shirt prior to the incident, 9News has reported. When an airline staff member informed the man he was unable to board his next flight, the man allegedly began shouting abuse at the Virgin Australia staff. Camera IconA man has been pinned other ground in a dramatic citizen’s arrest. Credit: Supplied Carrying a large backpack, and dressed in a white T-shirt and a green helmet often seen with Lime scooters, he was promptly tackled to the ground by another passenger. The bystander was helped by Virgin Australia staff to restrain the man while they waited for police. A man wearing a helmet has been wrestled to the ground outside at gate at Brisbane’s domestic airport. In dramatic footage of the arrest, the man could be heard shouting ‘f**k off’ to staff and continued to thrash and struggle against the staff holding him down. He was arrested by an *********** Federal Police officer 15 minutes later. The man did not resist arrest and was escorted out of the airport terminal. Camera IconHe was arrested and charged with assaulting an employee and being a public nuisance. . Credit: Supplied Brisbane Airport issued a statement thanking those who stepped in to assist. “Brisbane Airport would like to thank passengers who assisted following an incident at the Domestic Terminal near Gate 45,” the spokeperson said per the Courier-Mail. “Passengers helped to restrain a man along with crew members until *********** Federal Police arrived.” An AFP spokesman said the man had been charged with one count of assaulting an airline employee and one count of public nuisance. They confirmed there was no ongoing threat to the community. The man has been granted bail and will appear before Brisbane Magistrates Court on June 26. Source link #Man #bodyslammed #ground #dramatic #citizens #arrest #Brisbane #Airport Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

People Left Flabbergasted By Trump’s Explanation Of 1 English Word To UAE President People Left Flabbergasted By Trump’s Explanation Of 1 English Word To UAE President Donald Trump decided to give an English lesson to the president of the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, which gave him a chance to once again bizarrely obsess over one particular word. During a televised meeting with UAE presidentSheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president decided the best way forward was to ramble about the meaning of what he called an “old-fashioned term” — groceries. “Costs are way down, groceries are way,” Trump began. “They have a term, ‘grocery.’ It’s an old term, but it means basically what you’re buying: food. It’s a pretty accurate term, but it’s an old-fashioned sound, but groceries are down.” Mediaite noted that Trump “never described who the ‘they’ is that has the term groceries because it’s a widely used term for anyone who, you know, shops for groceries.” Trump then continued to ramble in a way that will remind “Simpsons” fans of the longwinded stories told by Grandpa Simpson. “Costs are down, eggs are down,” Trump continued to mutter. “They were, first week they were hitting me with ‘Eggs were up 200%’ and now they’re down to a number that is amazing. We’re down 97, 98% from where they were. And everybody, they said, ‘You won’t have eggs for Easter.’ Well, everybody had eggs for Easter at a very reasonable price.” Yes, there’s video of Trump, but, sadly, the camera doesn’t show Sheikh Mohammed’s reaction to the bizarre tangent. Trump’s rant about the word “groceries,” seems to be one of his latest obsessions. In fact, he’s been ranting about the word since October, when he told a crowd that it’s “a sort of simple word, but it sort of means, like, everything you eat. The stomach is speaking, it always does.” Trump continued to bring it up in March and April, all while emphasizing that he thinks it’s an uncommon or “old-fashioned” word. Spoiler alert: It’s not, as this “Daily Show” segment amply demonstrates. Of course, people had thoughts about Trump’s “groceries” obsession ― that’s what social media is for, silly. Related… Source link #People #Left #Flabbergasted #Trumps #Explanation #English #Word #UAE #President Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Baby with rare disease given world-first personal CRISPR gene therapy Baby with rare disease given world-first personal CRISPR gene therapy Baby KJ after a gene-editing infusion with researchers Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas and Kiran Musunuru Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia A baby boy with a life-threatening genetic condition has become the first person to receive a bespoke CRISPR gene-editing treatment, giving a glimpse into what the future of medicine might look like. It’s the first time anyone has been given a gene-editing treatment designed to correct a disease-causing mutation found only in that individual, Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, told a press briefing. “He’s showing some early signs of benefit,” she says, but it is too soon to tell how well the treatment worked. The researchers published the details as soon as possible in the hope that it will inspire others, says team member Kiran Musunuru at the University of Pennsylvania. “We very much hope that showing that it’s possible to make a personalised gene-editing therapy for a single patient in several months will inspire others to do the same,” he says. “I don’t think I’m exaggerating when I say that this is the future of medicine,” he says. “This is the first step towards the use of gene-editing therapies to treat a wide variety of rare genetic disorders for which there are actually very few treatments currently in development at all.” The boy, KJ, inherited mutations in each of his two copies of a gene for a liver enzyme called CPS1. Without this enzyme, ammonia builds up in the blood when proteins, including ones we eat, are broken down, damaging the brain. More than half of children born with a CPS1 deficiency die, says Ahrens-Nicklas. She and Musunuru have been developing treatments for this kind of condition that target the liver, allowing them to rapidly create a base-editing therapy – a form of CRISPR – that corrects one of KJ’s two copies of the CPS1 gene. The team contacted US regulators early on. “They recognised that this was an unusual circumstance,” says Musunuru. “KJ was very, very sick, and there wasn’t time for business as usual. When we formally submitted our application to the FDA [Food and Drug Administration] when KJ was 6 months of age, the FDA approved it in just one week.” KJ was given a low dose of the treatment in February 2025 when he was 6 months old, followed by larger doses in March and April. He is now able to eat more protein than before, despite taking lower amounts of other medications to manage his condition. Ideally, children would be treated even earlier to prevent the long-term damage conditions such as CPS1 deficiency can cause. As New Scientist reported last year, Musunuru aims to one day edit human genes before birth. Other gene-editing therapies are designed to work for many people, regardless of the specific mutation causing their condition. For instance, the first ever approved gene-editing treatment, for sickle cell disease, works by turning on the production of fetal haemoglobin, rather than by correcting the mutations in adult haemoglobin that cause the condition. Despite being a “one-size-fits-all” treatment, it still costs £1,651,000 per course of treatment in England. KJ with his family after the treatment Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Personalised treatments are likely to be even more expensive. Musunuru says he can’t put a number on KJ’s treatment, because the companies involved did much of the work for free. But the price will come down, he thinks. “As we get better at doing this, economies of scale will kick in and you can expect the cost to come down orders of magnitude,” he says. One reason personalised gene-editing treatments haven’t been developed before is that regulators have regarded therapies targeting different mutations in the same gene as separate, meaning companies would have had to restart the approval process from scratch for every different mutation. But there is now a move towards what is called a platform approach, where regulators will give broad approval to a therapy for a condition, whichever mutation is targeted. “Platform-based approaches, like genome editing with CRISPR – as we’re seeing with KJ’s treatment – offer a scalable way to treat even the rarest diseases,” says Nick Meade at the Genetic Alliance ***, a charity that helps people with rare diseases. “This at last makes treatment a realistic prospect for thousands of families.” Topics: Source link #Baby #rare #disease #worldfirst #personal #CRISPR #gene #therapy Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content] For verified travel tips and real support, visit: [Hidden Content]

2025 PGA Championship leaderboard: Live coverage, scoreboard updates, golf scores today in Round 1 – CBS Sports 2025 PGA Championship leaderboard: Live coverage, scoreboard updates, golf scores today in Round 1 – CBS Sports 2025 PGA Championship leaderboard: Live coverage, scoreboard updates, golf scores today in Round 1 CBS Sports2025 PGA Championship Thursday TV coverage: How to watch Round 1 GOLF.comWhat is cut line at 2025 PGA Championship? Tracker, who could miss projected cut USA Today2025 PGA Championship: Tee times, groupings announced for Rounds 1-2 PGA Tour2025 PGA Championship Fantasy Golf Picks: Expert Predictions for Quail Hollow pga.com Source link #PGA #Championship #leaderboard #Live #coverage #scoreboard #updates #golf #scores #today #CBS #Sports Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Are entangled qubits following a quantum Moore’s law? Are entangled qubits following a quantum Moore’s law? Jiuzhang, an advanced photonic quantum computer like the one that entangled a record amount of qubits University of Science and Technology of China The number of qubits that have been entangled in quantum computers has nearly doubled within the past year – the increase is happening so fast, it seems to be following a “quantum Moore’s law”. First proposed by Gordon Moore at Intel in 1965, Moore’s law states that the power we can get out of a single traditional computer chip doubles at regular intervals; every year at first, then every two years as manufacturing encountered… Source link #entangled #qubits #quantum #Moores #law Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Bend it like Jancevski: Victory recruit ready for GF Bend it like Jancevski: Victory recruit ready for GF Life-long Melbourne Victory fan Alana Jancevski has emerged as a free kick specialist and cult favourite ahead of the A-League Women grand final. Source link #Bend #Jancevski #Victory #recruit #ready Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Aldi Just Announced a Major Store Update That Has Shoppers So Excited Aldi Just Announced a Major Store Update That Has Shoppers So Excited Credit: refrina/Shutterstock Credit: refrina/Shutterstock This article may contain affiliate links that Yahoo and/or the publisher may receive a commission from if you buy a product or service through those links. For Big Lots, the last year has been a tough one. The discount retailer filed for bankruptcy in September, right around the same time that it announced it would be closing hundreds of locations. But one store’s loss is another store’s win — at least as far as Aldi is concerned. The beloved, budget-friendly ******* grocery store just purchased three former Big Lots locations, giving Aldi fans across three different states a reason to get excited. Last week, Aldi acquired Big Lots stores spread out across the country. 2354 S Range Ave., Denham Springs, Louisiana 23351 Eureka Road, Taylor, Michigan 4919 North St., Ste 101, Nacogdoches, Texas These three new locations are among the 225 new stores that Aldi intends to open through 2025, which is part of the company’s greater five-year plan to grow the company by 800 stores before 2028 is through. Building so many stores from the ground up would be an enormous task, but buying pre-existing stores in great locations makes it so much easier for the retailer to stay on track to hit its goal. This isn’t the first time that Aldi has purchased and converted former supermarket locations into new Aldi stores, either. Aldi has also turned Harvery’s Supermarket and Winn-Dixie stores into Aldi stores, and plans to convert hundreds of other former grocery stores as part of its overall growth plan, too. For people who love to shop at Aldi, these three new stores serve as another reminder that more and more stores are on the way. And if you happen to live near any of these locations, a shiny, brand-new Aldi is looming on the horizon. Get ready to stock up on all of your Aldi favorites, like artisanal cheeses, deli-style dips, fresh bakery items, and all of the fresh produce and pantry staples that dreams are made of. Tuscan Chicken Is the “Most Delicious” Dinner of All Time, Says Everyone Who’s Tried It Do Water Filters Really Work — And Which Ones Are the Best? Ball Just Dropped the Most Beautiful Mason Jars for Its 140th Anniversary (“So Iconic!”) Sign up for The Kitchn’s Daily newsletter to receive our best recipes, posts, and shopping tips in your inbox. Source link #Aldi #Announced #Major #Store #Update #Shoppers #Excited Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

How a Two-Story Boulder Ended Up on a 120-Foot-High Cliff – The New York Times How a Two-Story Boulder Ended Up on a 120-Foot-High Cliff – The New York Times How a Two-Story Boulder Ended Up on a 120-Foot-High Cliff The New York Times Source link #TwoStory #Boulder #Ended #120FootHigh #Cliff #York #Times Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]