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Thailand’s baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng has an official song released in 4 languages
By The Associated Press on November 13th, 2024
BANGKOK (AP) – In case you can’t get enough of the little pygmy hippo Moo Deng from Thailand, there’s now an official song featuring the internet’s favorite baby animal – released in four languages for her global fans. The upbeat 50-second song “Moodeng Moodeng,” available in Thai, English, Chinese and Japanese versions, features simple lyrics ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Niigaan Sinclair, Jordan Abel among winners of Governor General’s Literary Awards
By Cassandra Szklarski, The Canadian Press on November 13th, 2024
When Niigaan Sinclair pitched his collection of articles to a Toronto publisher, he was told “Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre” was a “regional book.” The Winnipeg-based Anishinaabe columnist and editor recalls being told to expect scant attention outside major urban centres, so he wasn’t surprised to see “like 80 per cent” of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!South Korean actor Song Jae-lim found dead at 39
By The Associated Press on November 13th, 2024
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Song Jae-lim, a South Korean actor known for his roles in K-dramas “Moon Embracing the Sun” and “Queen Woo,” was found dead at his home in capital Seoul. He was 39. Officials at Seoul’s Seongdong district police station didn’t immediately comment Wednesday on the cause of death. South Korea’s Yonhap ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump’s defense choice stuns the Pentagon and raises questions about the Fox News host’s experience
By Lolita C. Baldor And Tara Copp, The Associated Press on November 13th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President-elect Donald Trump stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary, tapping someone largely inexperienced and untested on the global stage to take over the world’s largest and most powerful military. The news was met with bewilderment and worry ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Norway’s Kon-Tiki Museum returns artifacts to Chile’s remote Easter Island
By Jan M. Olsen, The Associated Press on November 13th, 2024
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – Artifacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer and anthropologist in the late 1940s are being returned by a museum in Oslo to Chile’s remote territory of Easter Island in the mid-Pacific, the Kon-Tiki Museum said Wednesday. In 1947, explorer Thor Heyerdahl sailed on a log raft named Kon-Tiki from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!N.S. legal scholar’s book describes ‘mainstream’ porn’s rise, and the price women pay
By Michael Tutton, The Canadian Press on November 13th, 2024
HALIFAX – When legal scholar Elaine Craig started researching pornography, she knew little about websites such as Pornhub or xHamster – and she did not anticipate that the harsh scenes she would view would at times force her to step away. Four years later, the Dalhousie University law professor has published a book that portrays ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Most events geared at Swifties not officially ‘Taylor’s Version’
By Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press on November 13th, 2024
TORONTO – When fans converge on a convention centre in downtown Toronto this week, they’ll be talking about Taylor Swift and listening to her music, but they won’t see her name or photo in any official capacity — instead, the event is both literally and figuratively adjacent to the pop star and her mega-popular Eras ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘No yellow brick road’: Atwood weighs in on U.S. election at Calgary forum
By Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press on November 12th, 2024
CALGARY – Margaret Atwood has been called prescient – particularly when it comes to her famous 1985 dystopia “The Handmaid’s Tale” and the recent rollback of reproductive rights in the United States – but the renowned Canadian author says her predictive powers failed her ahead of last week’s U.S. election, which delivered Donald Trump another ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump’s defense choice stuns the Pentagon, raises questions about the Fox News host’s experience
By Lolita C. Baldor And Tara Copp, The Associated Press on November 12th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President-elect Donald Trump stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary, tapping someone largely inexperienced and untested on the global stage to take over the world’s largest and most powerful military. The news was met with bewilderment and wide-eyed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!John Krasinski named People magazine’s 2024 Sexiest Man Alive
By The Associated Press on November 12th, 2024
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Let the office debates begin – John Krasinski is People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2024. The magazine announced the actor-writer-director as its pick Tuesday night during “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” Krasinski starred in “The Office” before launching the “Quiet Place” franchise and leading the action series “Jack Ryan.” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!European fake art network involving Banksys, Warhols, Modiglianis uncovered in Italy
By The Associated Press on November 12th, 2024
ROME (AP) – Italian authorities say a network of European art forgers who painted fake Warhols, Banksys and Picassos and then tried to sell them to unsuspecting buyers with the help of complicit auction houses has been dismantled. Thirty-eight people have been placed under investigation, including six in Spain, France and Belgium. Italian authorities say ... Read More »
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