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‘Riverdale’ season 4 release date, spoilers: The CW previews Luke Perry tribute in the premiere episode; Mishel Prada added to the cast

Sep 06, 2019 07:12 am UTC| Entertainment

Riverdale season 4 episode 1 will surely be a tearjerker as it will be the shows final farewell to Fred Andrews. The premiere has been aptly titled Chapter Fifty-Eight: In Memoriam since it will be dedicated to Luke Perry...

Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson: KStew opens up about dating her ‘Twilight’ co-star; RPatz shares thoughts on being the new ‘Batman’

Sep 06, 2019 06:38 am UTC| Entertainment

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson have been in a relationship from 2008 to 2013. Their five-year romance sadly ended when she was caught cheating with Snowhite and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders. Despite the...

‘One Piece’ chapter 955 release date, predictions, spoilers: Zoro is a descendant of Ryuma

Sep 06, 2019 06:22 am UTC| Entertainment

Manga readers are now waiting for the 955th installment of One Piece. That chapter count just shows that this series already has a vast history, but also having so much more to reveal. In the case of One Piece chapter 955,...

‘Vinland Saga’ episode 10 release date, spoilers: Thorfinn saves Prince Canute, meets Thors's good friend

Sep 06, 2019 05:56 am UTC| Entertainment

The events of last weeks installment and the title of Vinland Saga episode 10 suggest that Thorfinn is headed to another important task that Askeladd gives him. In the process, Thorfinn is going to meet a good friend of...

Kris Wu has a new girlfriend; Girl accused of leaking video conversation with the former EXO member

Sep 06, 2019 05:26 am UTC| Entertainment

Kris Wu was spotted holding hands with a girl, and people are convinced that he has a new girlfriend. The photos were spread online, and fans on Chinese online communities cant stop discussing about it, so the identity of...

Suri Cruise 2019: Dad Tom Cruise reportedly wants to see daughter again as 13-year-old was spotted in NY

Sep 05, 2019 11:18 am UTC| Entertainment

Suri Cruise is now 13 years old which means that she has been estranged from her dad Tom Cruise for six years now. In the years that the father and daughter have been apart, it was constantly rumored that the Mission...

Ariana Grande sues Forever 21; Singer alleged the fashion brand used her look-alike model to create a misleading campaign

Sep 05, 2019 11:16 am UTC| Entertainment

Ariana Grande lodged a complaint against Forever 21 and she claimed that the company employed a model that looks like her. She said the label is trying to mislead people into believing that she is endorsing the clothing...

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Economy

What should you do if you can’t pay your rent or mortgage?

The cost of living crisis is making it difficult for many people to pay their bills, including housing costs. Private sector rents have increased by an average 9% over the year to February 2024, and rising interest rates...

Reducing energy demand and improving efficiency will help prevent the next gas crisis

Gas prices have relaxed, Europe has come out of the winter with record gas storage levels and a surfeit of liquefied natural gas is set to reach the shores of Europe over the coming years. Many commentators are hopeful...

Minimum wage for South African farm workers: study shows 2013 hike helped reduce poverty even though compliance was poor

Minimum wage policies are typically aimed at reducing poverty. Yet there is little direct evidence of this effect, especially in developing countries. And none for South Africa. In a recent paper, we consider the...

Gas is good until 2050 and beyond, under Albanese gas strategy

The Albanese government is talking up the crucial role of gas as a transition fuel through to 2050 and beyond. In a gas strategy to be released on Thursday, the government envisages the fuels uses would change over...

South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed

The South African governments Just Energy Transition Implementation Plan was launched in November 2023. It is a roadmap guiding the country away from reliance on coal-fired power towards renewable energy alternatives by...

Politics

Donald Trump Allegedly Offers Oil Execs a Deal to Scrap EV Incentives for $1B Donation

Former President Donald Trump reportedly proposed a $1 billion deal to oil executives, offering to end electric vehicle (EV) subsidies in return for campaign funding, according to The Washington Post. This move underscores...

US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing the congressional districts first

For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power of Black citizens. A 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court in February...

Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections

Ahead of the European parliament elections in June, Germany has lowered the age limit on participation to 16. This makes it the largest of just a handful of states in the EU to allow people under the age of 18 to vote....

South Africa will be president of the G20 in 2025: two much-needed reforms it should drive

South Africa will play an important international role in 2025 as president of the G20. The G20 is a group of 19 countries as well as the African Union and the European Union. Between them they represent 85% of global...

What early 2024 polls are revealing about voters of color and the GOP

By the end of winter 2024, the return of Donald Trump to the top of the GOP presidential ticket has revealed a surprising trend in the former presidents base of support: his increasing popularity among Black and Latino...

Science

Is dark matter’s main rival theory dead? There’s bad news from the Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests

One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is that the forces in galaxies do not seem to add up. Galaxies rotate much faster than predicted by applying Newtons law of gravity to their visible matter, despite those...

Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of

Algorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to Netflix, algorithms learn your preferences and prioritise the content you are shown. Google Maps and artificial intelligence are nothing without...

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...

Dark matter: our new experiment aims to turn the ghostly substance into actual light

A ghost is haunting our universe. This has been known in astronomy and cosmology for decades. Observations suggest that about 85% of all the matter in the universe is mysterious and invisible. These two qualities are...

Technology

Altcoins Expected to Yield 2x-5x Gains by May End: Fetch.AI, Floki, AAVE, ENA

The latest climb in Bitcoins price beyond $65,000 on Wednesday sparked a new relief rally in the cryptocurrency market. Top altcoins are also profiting from the upward momentum, recovering from recent downturn tendencies....

US Orthodontic Leader Accepts Shiba Inu, Embracing Cryptocurrency for Payments

Shiba Inu, the popular meme coin, is experiencing a period of growth and increased utility. Amoré Orthodontic Aligners, a company that specializes in orthodontic care, recently announced that it will now accept SHIB...

Crypto Lender Genesis to Return $3 Billion in Bankruptcy Wind-Down Amid Rising Creditor Haircuts

Crypto lender Genesis Global received court approval to return nearly $3 billion to customers, while a report highlights a significant increase in creditor haircuts in bankruptcy cases to 73% in FY24. Judge Approves...

Binance Enhances SHIB, USTC, AGIX Trading and Liquidity for Better Market Dynamics

Binance has announced efforts to enhance liquidity and trading for Shiba Inu (SHIB), USTC, and SingularityNET (AGIX), including tick size adjustments aimed at improving market dynamics and trading experience. Binances...

OpenAI Disbands Team Tackling AI Risks Amid Leadership Changes and GPT-4o Launch

OpenAI has dismantled its Superalignment team, initially formed to address AI risks, following the resignations of key leaders Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike. OpenAI Disbands Superalignment Team Days After Leaders Resign,...