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This is the time of the year when a lot of college football players will declare for the NFL Draft. A lot of players will post a statement that they are grateful for their college experience, and that they are looking forward to what the future holds in the NFL. … Read Details ⇢

Authorities are investigating the cause of the blaze at a busy market in the city of Zhangjiakou, Hebei province. A fire at a market in China’s northern province of Hebei has killed at least eight people and wounded 15, according to state media. The blaze at the Liguang market in… Read Details ⇢

Extreme TV nerds (hello) will sometimes talk about ‘mastering’ movies and shows, which is the industry term for the look of something being created and settled on by the creative team behind it. ‘Mastering’ monitors are what are used for this, and they’re specialist screens that are designed to be… Read Details ⇢

How does wealth manage to persuade the poor to use their political freedom to keep it in power? By asking this insightful question in 1952, Welsh Labour’s Aneurin Bevan put his finger on liberal democracy’s greatest paradox. In the age of Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, JD Vance and their Big… Read Details ⇢

A Washington Post cartoonist announced that she had quit the paper this week because it rejected her cartoon of Amazon founder and Post owner Jeff Bezos groveling to President-elect Trump. Post editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes wrote on her Substack page Friday that she was resigning from the outlet, accusing it… Read Details ⇢

Tomiko Itooka died on December 29 at a care home in Ashiya, Hyogo prefecture, in central Japan. Tomiko Itooka, a Japanese woman who was the world’s oldest person according to Guinness World Records, has died at the age of 116. Yoshitsugu Nagata, an official in charge of elderly policies, said… Read Details ⇢

The Dell New Year sale ends this weekend so there’s not a lot of time left to score one of the manufacturer’s best laptop deals to kick-start your 2025 with some excellent new tech. A range of options are available right now, including cheap entry-level devices, great value high-end performance… Read Details ⇢

2024 was not only the year of an unprecedented political crisis in France, triggered by the dissolution of the Assemblée Nationale, and marked by the paralysis of the country, the fragmentation of the political landscape and the extreme polarization of opinions. It also confirmed the near-total disappearance of environmental issues… Read Details ⇢

A Durham, North Carolina, man has turned his life around after receiving grave medical news.  Derek Barnett, 55, was diagnosed with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease 10 years ago, according to a report from SWNS. At his heaviest, Barnett weighed 240 pounds and was a size 38. CAN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT… Read Details ⇢