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• Apple Devices Preview App for Windows Includes References to 'Reality OS' and 'xrOS' - MacRumors

  11-01-2023 23:45 via news.google.com
  Apple Devices Preview App for Windows Includes References to 'Reality OS' and 'xrOS'  MacRumorsView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Oceans were the hottest ever recorded in 2022, analysis shows - The Guardian

  11-01-2023 22:52 via news.google.com
  Oceans were the hottest ever recorded in 2022, analysis shows  The GuardianWild weather warning as study finds oceans at their hottest in 1000 years  Daily RecordWarm 2022 makes the past eight years hottest ever recorded  The Guardian2022 was sixth-warmest year on record globally, Met Office says  Wales OnlineOcean temperatures hit record high in 2022, study shows  The IndependentView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• M42 traffic chaos as lorry bursts into flames sending plumes of smoke and halting cars

  11-01-2023 21:34 via express.co.uk
  The huge blaze has caused traffic on the motorway to halt as emergency services race to the scene.
  
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• King Edward VIII's bitter letters about Britain go on sale detailing abdication fallout

  11-01-2023 21:20 via express.co.uk
  The abdicated monarch who left the Royal Family for an American woman 86 years ago wrote letters slamming the media and his family
  
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• Police launch urgent manhunt after girl, 13, sexually assaulted in 'terrifying attack'

  11-01-2023 20:34 via express.co.uk
  Police have released a CCTV image of a man they wish to speak to as part of their enquiries.
  
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• Coventry cat shaver feared to have returned to old ways as pets come home with markings

  11-01-2023 20:30 via express.co.uk
  In 2021, a number of locals reported their cats returning home with strange trims.
  
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• Andrew Tate: How schools are tackling his influence

  11-01-2023 20:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Teachers are trying to find ways to challenge boys who admire the controversial influencer.
  
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• Uranium seizure at Heathrow indicates ‘dry run for a dirty bomb’ – fresh warning issued

  11-01-2023 19:48 via express.co.uk
  Police are investigating the circumstances leading up to the arrival of the radiation-contaminated metal.
  
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• BBC blasted as filmmaker demands to know how much Begum podcast cost licence payer

  11-01-2023 19:46 via express.co.uk
  Journalist Andrew Drury says the public have a right to know how much licence fee payers' cash was spent on the programme about the former ISIS bride.
  
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• More Galaxy S23 leaks show off the design, colors, and cases [Gallery] - 9to5Google

  11-01-2023 19:15 via news.google.com
  More Galaxy S23 leaks show off the design, colors, and cases [Gallery]  9to5GoogleSamsung reportedly improved Galaxy S23 Ultra stabilization and focus performance - GSMArena.com news  GSMArena.comThe Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra could have four key upgrades over the S22 Ultra  TechRadarSamsung Galaxy S23 press materials leak, new Purple shade pictured - GSMArena.com news  GSMArena.comView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Stabbing of 62-year-old near Aldi in Salford being treated as attempted murder by police

  11-01-2023 19:04 via express.co.uk
  The stabbing was initially thought to be an attempted robbery, but the violence used in the attack was excessive.
  
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• ISS mission: New capsule to bring home space crew after meteoroid strike - The Times

  11-01-2023 19:00 via news.google.com
  ISS mission: New capsule to bring home space crew after meteoroid strike  The TimesRussia sending replacement Soyuz capsule to rescue International Space Station crew  CBS NewsRussia to send new Soyuz capsule after tiny meteoroid cripples ISS one  EuronewsRussia to rescue ISS crew on backup rocket after capsule leak  AOL UKRussia to launch mission to rescue stranded ISS crew after meteoroid strike  The GuardianView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Army chiefs in desperate scramble to find rocket launchers due to system shortages

  11-01-2023 18:22 via express.co.uk
  Defence chiefs are scrambling to bolster the Army's artillery firepower as the vehicle they wanted "is no longer in production", the Daily Express can reveal. The Ministry of Defence says they need 75 M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems.
  
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• Strikes hit Civil Service as 100,000 set to walk out within weeks over pay and conditions

  11-01-2023 18:21 via express.co.uk
  The action on February 1 is set to be the largest civil service strike for years
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: Putin replaces general in charge of Russian forces in Ukraine

  11-01-2023 18:17 via theguardian.com
  Sergei Surovikin, appointed late last year, will be replaced by Valery GerasimovPolitico reports that Germany is facing pressure from France and Poland to supply Ukraine with the powerful Leopard 2 tanks.Politico reports:Supplying modern western tanks such as the Leopard 2 would be a big boost for Ukraine’s military, as Kyiv’s allies have so far only been willing to send older Soviet-era tanks that had still been in the stocks of eastern European countries, as well as other weapon sy
  
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• No 10 refuses to say if Sunak uses NHS GP he is registered with, or if he might use private healthcare in future – UK politics live

  11-01-2023 18:17 via theguardian.com
  Latest updates: prime minister no longer registered with private GP, Downing Street says, but refuses to say when this happenedLynch says in areas where the Department for Transport has not had the final say, the RMT has beeen able to negotiate acceptable pay deals.He claims the DfT is following an obstructive strategy that was put in place when Grant Shapps was transport secretary.Why would you, if you’re seeking a solution to a serious industrial dispute that’s high profile, would
  
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• House’s Republican majority gets to work with two abortion measures – live

  11-01-2023 18:13 via theguardian.com
  House to vote on medical protections for ‘babies that survive an attempted abortion’ and ‘attacks on pro-life’ groups and churchesSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailVenture to certain corners of conservative media today and you’ll find lots of discussion of gas stoves. The Guardian’s Alaina Demopoulos explains why: After Joe Biden’s administration announced it was considering regulating – or banning – gas stoves
  
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• UK asked to intervene as Iran prepares to execute ex-minister

  11-01-2023 18:11 via theguardian.com
  Alireza Akbari, a dual national accused of being MI6 spy, is ‘victim of political games’, wife tells GuardianThe UK Foreign Office has been asked to intervene to prevent the imminent execution of Iran’s former deputy defence minister Alireza Akbari – who is a British-Iranian dual national – after he was told he had lost all his legal appeals against charges he had been a spy for MI6.Akbari’s wife, Maryam, who is based in London, said she feared he would be exe
  
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• Brits living in the EU: what is life on the continent like post-Brexit?

  11-01-2023 18:11 via theguardian.com
  We would like to hear from Brits living across the EU about life on the continent post-BrexitAlmost seven years on from the referendum, the final Brexit deadlines have passed and the dust has started to settle.We would like to hear from Brits living across the EU about life on the continent post-Brexit. Have you been treated differently in any way since Brexit? How do you think you (and the UK) are now viewed? Has your relationship with the UK – or the country you now call home – cha
  
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• So William and Harry rowed over whose ‘thing’ Africa is. Now tell me the colonial mindset is dead | Nels Abbey

  11-01-2023 18:00 via theguardian.com
  If princes squabbling about jurisdiction over a continent’s people and wildlife seems crazy here, imagine how it seems there Detty December is an annual pilgrimage in which the African diaspora descend on African cities (principally Lagos and Accra) for fun, festivity, culture, business connections and the odd bit of unspeakable debauchery. Pool and beachside parties run from the evening until the sun comes up the next day. Flush the Band Aid poverty porn out of your head: every December,
  
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• Tory MP Andrew Bridgen loses whip over ‘dangerous’ Covid vaccine claims

  11-01-2023 17:54 via theguardian.com
  Bridgen likely to be permanently cast out from party after tweet comparing immunisation to HolocaustUK politics live – latest news updatesThe Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen has lost the party whip, probably permanently, after he provoked widespread fury among colleagues and elsewhere by comparing the use of Covid vaccines to the Holocaust.The tweet from the North West Leicestershire backbencher came after weeks of him sending increasingly anti-vaccine social media posts, as well as message
  
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• Man, 22, arrested on suspicion of murder of Elle Edwards in Wallasey

  11-01-2023 17:48 via theguardian.com
  Woman also arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender after shooting of 26-year-old beautician outside pub on Christmas EveA 22-year-old man from Wirral has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Elle Edwards outside a Wallasey pub on Christmas Eve.A 23-year-old woman from Wirral was also arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, Merseyside police said, bringing to five the total number of arrests in connection with the shooting of the 26-year-old beautician. Continue reading...
  
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• Would you call your child Maverick or Thor? The improbable rise of baby name maximalism

  11-01-2023 17:45 via theguardian.com
  Parents are increasingly naming their children after the lead characters in popular films and TV shows such as Top Gun, Wednesday, Killing Eve and … DahmerName: Main character energyAge: The phrase is a 2021 TikTok coinage but the concept was first explored in the 2006 film The Holiday, with Kate Winslet’s character urged to “be the leading lady” of her own life. Continue reading...
  
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• Security tightened in Brazil amid fears of new attacks by Bolsonaro supporters

  11-01-2023 17:37 via theguardian.com
  Far-right activists loyal to ex-president have launched what the government called a botched coup attemptSecurity has been stepped up in Brazil’s capital amid concerns that hardcore supporters of the former president Jair Bolsonaro were planning to mobilise again, three days after thousands of extremists launched what the government has called a botched coup attempt.Reports in the Brazilian media said far-right activists had summoned “a mega nationwide protest to retake power”
  
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• ‘People think apartments are for losers’: the homes that could help solve LA’s housing crisis

  11-01-2023 17:24 via theguardian.com
  Los Angeles is choked with traffic while many have to live on the streets thanks to the city’s archaic planning laws. Could modernist apartment blocks built a century ago make LA liveable again?‘A true southern California city,” declared a 1910 issue of Out West magazine, “would be a garden filled with homes.” It was one of numerous publications at the time designed to lure people to move to the golden state, extolling the virtues of the sun-kissed, health-giving we
  
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• US supreme court allows New York gun ban to stand for now

  11-01-2023 17:23 via theguardian.com
  Sweeping law that bans guns from ‘sensitive places’ such as schools and playgrounds challenged by firearms ownersThe US supreme court is allowing New York to continue to enforce a sweeping new gun law banning guns from “sensitive places” such as schools and playgrounds, while a court challenge plays out.The justices on Wednesday turned away a plea by the challengers to the law, gun owners who wanted the high court to lift a federal appeals court order that temporarily put
  
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• Niemann accuses Carlsen of paying fellow chess player €300 to shout abuse

  11-01-2023 17:21 via theguardian.com
  Niemann claims grandmaster was paid to shout ‘Cheater Hans’Allegations contained in latest legal submission from NiemannChess’s cheating scandal took another bizarre twist on Wednesday after the US teenager Hans Niemann accused world champion Magnus Carlsen of paying a fellow grandmaster €300 to scream “Cheater Hans” from a public balcony during a tournament.The allegation is contained in an amended legal submission from Niemann, who is seeking $100m in damages
  
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• Latex, severed legs and fake erections: why is a whole new generation obsessed with DVD menus?

  11-01-2023 17:19 via theguardian.com
  Games, gags, hidden treasures, extra films and clips of the director cooking aloo gobi … is it any wonder the hashtag #DVDmenu has 15m views? We look back on an explosively creative eraIt’s likely that you’ve seen Thomas Fletcher’s work, but it’s also likely that you’ve never thought twice about it. Twenty or so years ago, the designer’s job required him to shove his screaming face through a sheet of latex, create 3D models of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, m
  
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• Ukraine military denies Russian forces have captured Soledar

  11-01-2023 17:17 via theguardian.com
  Claims by Wagner mercenary group come as Poland announces transfer of German-made Leopard 2 tanksRussia-Ukraine war – latest updatesUkraine’s military has denied that Russian forces have encircled and captured Soledar after claims by the head of the Wagner mercenary group that the eastern city had fallen.The claims about the status of the fighting on the eastern Donbas front were made by Yevgeny Prigozhin as Poland announced that it planned to transfer 10 German-made Leopard 2 main b
  
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• UK politician suspended for comparing COVID-19 shots to Holocaust - Al Jazeera English

  11-01-2023 17:08 via news.google.com
  UK politician suspended for comparing COVID-19 shots to Holocaust  Al Jazeera EnglishTory peer Lord Pickles recounts harrowing WWII story as he hits out at Andrew Bridgen  The IndependentAndrew Bridgen: What has suspended MP said about vaccines?  BBCPoliticians like Andrew Bridgen tarnish our status around the world  The IndependentTory MP Andrew Bridgen who lost whip after comparing COVID vaccines to Holocaust defends remarks  Sky NewsView Full
  
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• Screen Actors Guild: The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All at Once lead 2023 nominations

  11-01-2023 17:07 via theguardian.com
  Martin McDonagh’s dark comedy and the acclaimed multiverse fantasy have five nominations each while Ozark leads the TV sideThe Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All at Once lead this year’s Screen Actors Guild nominations.Martin McDonagh’s dark comedy about a friendship turned sour received five nominations for lead male actor Colin Farrell, supporting female actor Kerry Condon, supporting male actors Barry Keoghan and Brendan Gleeson and the night’s biggest
  
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• Russian conscript sentenced to years in prison after rebelling against superiors

  11-01-2023 17:03 via theguardian.com
  It is the first known ruling against a soldier who criticised Kremlin’s unpopular mobilisationRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesA Russian conscript has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison after getting into an altercation with his superiors over poor training conditions, in the first known ruling against a soldier who criticised the Kremlin’s unpopular mobilisation.In a widely shared video filmed on 13 November, draftee Alexander Leshkov is seen shouting pro
  
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• Medvedev aims to arrest mini-slump with strong Australian Open showing

  11-01-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Russian has dropped from world No 1 to No 8 but is determined to rediscover his best form in Melbourne this monthJust under a year ago, having experienced one of the most crushing defeats of his career, Daniil Medvedev arrived in the post-match debrief with a message. He had led Rafael Nadal by two sets in the Australian Open final, only to see his lead crumble, a raucous crowd cheering his opponent and deliberately attempting to disrupt him.Medvedev opened his press conference with a long, deta
  
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• Baths are pricier than ever – but they’re a luxury I can’t live without | Laura Barton

  11-01-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  Britons are turning to showers as the cost of living crisis bites. But can you put a price on the soul-restoring magic of a soak? I lay this morning, clavicle-deep in Epsom salts and London water, shrivelling softly in steam and soap. Like a submerged Carole Cadwalladr, like Woodward and Bernstein in bubbles: your fearless investigative bathtub reporter.This act of journalistic bravery seemed pressing. This week, we learned that the cost of taking baths is set to rise to over £1,000 a year
  
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• Atlético’s frustrated artist João Félix departs having failed to show his best | Sid Lowe

  11-01-2023 17:00 via theguardian.com
  As he leaves for Chelsea the €126m signing has not flopped in Madrid, but neither has he flourished in the way many hopedYou’ve got your El Greco, your Velázquez, your Goya, and your João Félix. Well, you did have: turns out, this artist wasn’t in the right place and has gone now, on loan in London.The day Atlético Madrid announced his arrival, they did so with a video shot at the Prado museum, then celebrating its 200th birthday. In it, the Portugal
  
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• Royal Mail services suffer ‘severe disruption’ after cyber incident

  11-01-2023 16:53 via theguardian.com
  Company asks customers not to send parcels and letters overseas as it works to resolve the issueRoyal Mail is experiencing “severe service disruption” to its international export services after a cyber incident, the company has announced.A statement said it was temporarily unable to dispatch export items including letters and parcels to overseas destinations. Continue reading...
  
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• Karon Blake: outrage in Washington DC after Black teen, 13, shot dead

  11-01-2023 16:52 via theguardian.com
  Police say Blake, student at Brookland middle school, killed early on Saturday following ‘interaction’ with unnamed manThe fatal shooting of a 13-year-old Black middle-school pupil in Washington DC has prompted outcry among community members as police begin to release more details.Karon Blake, a student at Brookland middle school in the north-east of the city, was shot in the early hours of Saturday by a man who, police said, opened fire after he “heard noises” outside hi
  
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• ‘It’s made me who I am’: Johnny Vegas diagnosed with ADHD at 52

  11-01-2023 16:47 via theguardian.com
  British actor and comedian says condition has made him disorganised but ‘chaos’ may have helped his standup performanceThe comedian and actor Johnny Vegas has revealed that he has been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) at the age of 52.The NHS describes ADHD as a condition that affects people’s behaviour with restlessness, trouble concentrating and impulsiveness among its effects. Continue reading...
  
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• Uranium was embedded in metal bars seized at Heathrow

  11-01-2023 16:38 via theguardian.com
  Officials say there is no threat to public but it is unclear whether radioactive element was deliberately concealedA discovery of metal bars embedded with uranium at Heathrow in late December has triggered an urgent counter-terrorism investigation, in an attempt to establish why it was concealed in an aeroplane shipment.Scotland Yard said on Tuesday night the amount of contaminated material was “extremely small” and posed “no threat to the public” although some reports ha
  
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• US flights resuming after FAA alert system outage causes disruption

  11-01-2023 16:35 via theguardian.com
  Thousands of flights delayed because of problem with system that alerts pilots about hazards or changes at airportsDomestic flights across the US were temporarily grounded on Wednesday morning, after an IT failure in a critical aviation safety system.The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said that the system that alerts pilots and airlines about any hazards was not functioning. The breakdown led to more than 4,600 flights being delayed within, into, or out of the US, the flight tracking webs
  
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• Student maintenance loans to rise by 2.8% in England next year

  11-01-2023 16:31 via theguardian.com
  Below-inflation rise described as ‘woefully inadequate’, with students estimated to be losing out on £1,500Student maintenance loans in England will go up by 2.8% next year, the government has confirmed, despite soaring inflation and mounting concern about the impact of the cost of living crisis on students.The increase, announced on Wednesday, was greeted with dismay by those in the sector who described it variously as “disappointing”, “woefully inadequate&rd
  
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• Inside Brazil's failed coup: 'This is not patriotism, this is vandalism' – video

  11-01-2023 16:27 via theguardian.com
  Supporters of Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro, have stormed congress, the presidential palace and the supreme court in Brasília, leaving behind a trail of destruction, vandalism and fury. After the insurrection, the Guardian witnessed the huge clean-up operation, camps of Bolsonaro supporters being cleared from the capital and counter-demonstrations in support of President Lula Continue reading...
  
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• Pope Francis pays tribute to controversial cardinal George Pell

  11-01-2023 16:24 via theguardian.com
  Pontiff praises ‘determination and wisdom’ of Pell, who was convicted but then acquitted of child sexual abuseCardinal George Pell dies aged 81 in RomeCardinal George Pell – obituaryPope Francis has praised George Pell for his “determination and wisdom”, in a statement dedicated to the controversial cardinal after his death at the age of 81.Pell, who was Australia’s most senior Catholic and was found guilty and then acquitted of child sexual abuse, had undergo
  
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• I’ve worked for the NHS, and I know that doctors are starting to think the crisis will never end | Peter Endicott

  11-01-2023 16:19 via theguardian.com
  Seeing that things could get better is what kept us going into work every day. Now, quitting can feel like the only answerPeter Endicott worked for the NHS as a junior doctorDuring my first year as a doctor, I worked in orthopaedics. One morning, I phoned the radiologist who was in charge of approving scans. He paused on the end of the line when I introduced myself, then asked if I still covered urology as well as orthopaedics over weekends. He let out a little laugh when I replied that I did, a
  
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• Honduran environmental defenders shot dead in broad daylight

  11-01-2023 16:19 via theguardian.com
  Aly Domínguez and Jairo Bonilla, co-founders of grassroots resistance group to iron ore mine in Guapinol, murdered in streetTwo environmental defenders have been shot dead in broad daylight in Honduras, triggering fresh calls for an independent investigation into the persecution and violence against a rural community battling to stop an illegally sanctioned mine.Aly Domínguez, 38, and Jairo Bonilla, 28, from Guapinol in northern Honduras, were murdered on Saturday afternoon as they
  
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• Xbox & Bethesda 'Developer_Direct' Event Confirmed For This Month - Pure Xbox

  11-01-2023 16:13 via news.google.com
  Xbox & Bethesda 'Developer_Direct' Event Confirmed For This Month  Pure XboxRedfall, Forza, and Minecraft Legends release dates to be announced at Developer Direct  TrueAchievements‘Starfield,’ With No Release Date, Will Get Its Own Showcase, Also With No Release Date  ForbesXbox Germany says it will announce Forza and Redfall release dates in live stream | VGC  Video Games ChronicleView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Fupi the orphaned giraffe returns to his whisperer – Ami Vitale’s best photograph

  11-01-2023 16:05 via theguardian.com
  ‘Lekupania is an animal keeper who saved Fupi after he fell in a ditch. Every morning, Fupi and all the other rehabilitated giraffes come back to check on him’Lekupania is an incredible animal whisperer. He went from looking after his family’s livestock to becoming one of the best wildlife keepers in Kenya. He’s rehabilitated so many species, from warthogs to gerenuks, and he’s never lost an animal under his care. He has rescued even the most vulnerable, difficult c
  
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• French Football Federation president steps back in wake of Zidane remarks

  11-01-2023 15:42 via theguardian.com
  Noël Le Graët leaves role, while general manager removedDidier Deschamps’ contract extension officially ratifiedNoël Le Graët has stepped aside as president of the French Football Federation, just days after making dismissive comments about Zinedine Zidane. Le Graët, 81, apologised to former national captain Zidane after admitting comments he made about him were “clumsy”.Zidane had been strongly linked to succeeding Didier Deschamps as France’s he
  
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• Sacked Twitter UK staff claim unlawful treatment in ‘sham’ redundancy

  11-01-2023 15:39 via theguardian.com
  Law firm representing 43 Twitter staffers says company downsizing procedure under Elon Musk broke UK employment lawA group of former workers at Twitter’s UK operation have accused the company of subjecting them to “unlawful, unfair and completely unacceptable” treatment during a “sham” redundancy process.A law firm representing 43 Twitter staffers who were made redundant has raised the prospect of an employment tribunal to resolve the situation, which it says has be
  
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• How have I changed in 2023? I have become an avid pothole activist | Adrian Chiles

  11-01-2023 15:34 via theguardian.com
  A whopper on the A4118 tipped me over the edge from merely tutting to reporting the offending cavity to the council. My dog was not impressedA member of parliament once told me there wasn’t a friend or foe in the House of Commons who hadn’t at some stage been pictured in a local newspaper looking anxiously at a pothole. I thought about curating a montage of all 650 such photographs and entering this work of art for the Turner Prize. But I couldn’t be bothered with doing the leg
  
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