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A Roger Waters-sanctioned Pink Floyd Show will tour North America next year
Roger Waters has announced a new tour celebrating Pink Floyd’s music catalogue, titled Legacy – A Pink Floyd Show, which will tour North America in 2027. Although Waters has sanctioned and praised the production, he will not perform himself; instead, his son Harry Waters will lead the band. The tour will run from 15 February…
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Toddler pulls out loaded handgun at Michigan daycare as quick-thinking staff springs into action
A toddler at an early learning centre in Canton Township, Michigan discovered a loaded handgun on Monday morning, prompting swift action from staff who secured the weapon before calling police. One of the child’s parents has been arrested, though authorities are still investigating how the firearm came to be accessible to the child. Canton Police…
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Arizona lawmakers demand independent investigation into ASU hockey workout that left player in coma
Arizona lawmakers have asked the Arizona Board of Regents to appoint an independent investigator to examine a hockey workout at Arizona State University that left player Matthew Mayich in a coma. Mayich remains on life support after collapsing during the 20 August session in extreme heat. The lawmakers say an external inquiry is needed to…
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Burnham courts business as Khanna demands AI safety treaty
The Prime Minister seeks to rebuild Labour’s ties with business at the party conference, as the US congressman calls for US-China negotiations to rein in artificial intelligence risks.
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Sydney Sweeney wows in lingerie look as she keeps Scooter Braun close with familiar accessory
Sydney Sweeney appeared in new photos for her lingerie brand wearing a gold necklace with charms that look like the initials “S” and “B”. The repeated accessory has prompted speculation that it refers to her boyfriend, music executive Scooter Braun, but neither Sweeney nor her brand has explained its meaning. The photos show Sweeney modelling…
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Ceferin attacks Infantino over FIFA leadership and lack of transparency
Aleksander Ceferin, UEFA president, has delivered a scathing attack on his FIFA counterpart Gianni Infantino without naming him directly, using Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Emperor’s New Clothes” as a metaphor for FIFA’s leadership. Speaking at the European Football Clubs general assembly in Copenhagen, Ceferin criticised the failed FIFA Forward Enterprise project, the Folarin Balogun affair,…
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Open source tool distills Jev so you can run it locally
Jevstiller is an open-source tool that distils Jev outputs into a local machine-learning model, enabling users to run familiar queries on their own hardware rather than relying entirely on Jev’s remote servers. This approach reduces latency, eliminates API token costs for routine queries, and improves overall efficiency whilst maintaining high accuracy through continuous auditing mechanisms.…
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Variety and Outfront Announce Experience and Culture Summit: The IRL Advantage, Featuring Questlove, Charlamagne tha God and Ice-T
Variety and Outfront have announced the inaugural Experience and Culture Summit: The IRL Advantage, an invite-only event taking place on 7 October in New York. The summit brings together marketing leaders from major brands including Ulta Beauty, Snap, American Express and NBCUniversal, alongside sports organisations and entertainment figures such as Questlove, Charlamagne tha God and…
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Senate report claims Iran is using Tether’s stablecoin to evade sanctions
A Senate report led by Senator Richard Blumenthal claims that Iran has turned Tether’s USDT stablecoin into a “significant financial lifeline” for its shadow banking network, using it to evade international sanctions and fund terrorist proxy organisations. The report examined 846 sanctioned cryptocurrency wallets linked to Iran and determined that 84 percent used USDT exclusively…
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Monk begins TWELVE-YEAR isolation with absolutely no contact with anyone or any information from the outside world as part of extreme Buddhist training
Sogaku Taguchi, a 31-year-old Japanese monk, has begun a planned 12 years of isolation in a mausoleum at Enryakuji temple on Mount Hiei, near Kyoto. The training is intended to prepare him to become a “jishin”, a monk devoted to tending the tomb of Saicho, founder of Tendai Buddhism; he is expected to remain cut…