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An apartment block, somewhere in Germany.In the underground parking garage, in the elevator and even behind closed doors, people get into fights, shout or curse at each other.Meanwhile, ever larger cracks appear in the walls, doors, floors and ceilings.Disturbing images and frightening sounds emerge until finally, a little boy makes the first move: "Let's talk" is the message in the video commercial for Penny, a large German discount grocery store.

An activist who highlights the health and safety of tenants living in social housing across the UK said he has been compelled to decline an offer to become an MBE.Kwajo Tweneboa, 24, took to social media to say he was offered an MBE last month, but made the decision to decline it saying he could not receive the title off the back of an issue which should never have existed.

China offered a stinging rebuttal to Rishi Sunak who called Beijing a challenge to global security by labelling Britain a vassal of the US and warning of lasting damage to its ties with London.The relevant remarks by the British side are simply parroting words from others and constitute malicious slanders in disregard ofthe facts.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Kate Forbes is the preferred candidate for the next SNP leader and first minister among Scottish voters, a poll has suggested.The research, conducted this week, put Ms Forbes ahead of her rivals despite the first days of her campaign being rocked by criticism over her views on social issues.

Gov. Doug Burgum, the Republican governor of North Dakota who rose from a chimney sweep to become one of the richest men in the state, announced a campaign for president on Wednesday, entering an increasingly crowded race in which he faces exceedingly long odds.We need a new leader for a changing economy, Mr. Burgum wrote in an opinion essay in The Wall Street Journal that focused heavily on his business acumen.

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, an all-but-declared presidential candidate, has stepped up his headline-hunting travel and events ahead of an official announcement, traversing the state and trying to hoover up national attention as he signs the sharply conservative legislation he believes can propel him to the Republican Party's nomination.

Albums from John Mellencamp and Killer Mike, as well as the return of Chris Hemsworth's gun-for-hire anti-hero in Netflix's Extraction 2 are among the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.Among the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists are season two of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and new The Wonder Years, about a middle-class Black family in Montgomery, Alabama, in the 1960s, returns for its second season.

It all started on a late morning on a highway.A camera panned to the cab of a large semi-trailer truck.The driver wore a plaid shirt and a day's growth of beard.Next to him was a mysterious hitchhiker in expensive clothes that were ripped and a fresh head wound.He got out at Genoa City.And he stayed.

Geena Rocero can stop traffic.This is more than a metaphor.On a recent Saturday in Manhattan, she confidently stomped into West 34th Street, giving a shrug and a wave to a braking car before getting into a Lyft.I've counted: I can stop three lanes, she said.Not four.Ms. Rocero, 39, has honed the skill of attracting and deflecting attention throughout her extraordinary career, recounted in her new memoir, Horse Barbie, out on Tuesday.

The K-pop juggernaut BTS will release an oral history of the group in South Korea and the United States on July 9, its U.S. publisher, Flatiron Books, said on Thursday.The book, Beyond The Story: 10-Year Record of BTS, was written by the journalist Myeongseok Kang and members of the group, and it will be published in South Korea by Big Hit Music.

Somebody please help me!Dong-eun, a high school student, screams as a classmate sears a hair curler into her arm while two other tormentors hold her down.The gruesome scene in a school gymnasium is one of the early, pivotal moments of The Glory, the 16-episode drama centered on bullying, social status and revenge that has become the latest in a succession of South Korean mega hits for Netflix.

Rendering homage to Gisele Halimi, a feminist lawyer instrumental in the legalization of abortion in France, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday that a bill would be prepared in the coming months to enshrine in the Constitution the freedom to choose a voluntary termination of a pregnancy.

A Scottish Conservative MSP has said Scotland's deposit return scheme (DRS) could go ahead with glass included, as long as it complied with the internal markets act.On Friday evening, UK Government ministers wrote to First Minister Humza Yousaf and told him that in order for it to allow the scheme to proceed, it can only include PET plastic bottles, and aluminium and steel cans.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Nicola Sturgeon announced her intention to stand down just 24 hours ago, and the race to replace her is set to commence in earnest in the coming days.The SNP's ruling body will meet virtually on Thursday to discuss a timetable for the leadership race, with an announcement expected afterwards.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The three candidates to succeed Nicola Sturgeon clashed in a heated TV debate dominated by jibes over their records in government and Scottish independence.

Nicola Sturgeon's departure has left a wide-open field for potential successors.One of the favourites to replace her is finance secretary Kate Forbes, an articulate and ambitious cabinet member, but one whose staunch religious beliefs risk placing her at odds with the SNP's socially liberal policies and imperilling relations with its governing partner, the Scottish Greens.

Despite admitting that he has never met anyone who "understands" what he characterizes as the transgender "agenda," North Carolina's anti-LGBTQ+ Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson (R) claims that "clinics" are performing "transgender surgery" on 5-year-olds.Robinson, who officially announced his bid to become North Carolina's next governor, made the false claim twice over the weekend, during an appearance in Georgia at the Faith Over Fear Rally, an event hosted by gun rights activist Lucretia Hughes, WGHP reports.

Image A Ukrainian soldier removing branches that had concealed a howitzer.Credit...Tyler Hicks/The New York Times Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, said yesterday that it needed more time to begin a counteroffensive against Russia because Ukraine's forces are still waiting for military equipment promised by the West.

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Western countries Tuesday of igniting and sustaining the war in Ukraine, dismissing any blame for Moscow almost a year after the Kremlin's unprovoked invasion of its neighbor that has killed tens of thousands of people.In his long-delayed state-of-the-nation address, Putin cast Russia and Ukraine as victims of Western double-dealing and said Russia, not Ukraine, was the one fighting for its very existence.

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The guy responsible both for Sophia the Robot and for popularizing the term " artificial general intelligence" - as in the much-discussed concept of AGI - has a prediction that's as bold as some of his fashion choices.In an interview with France's AFP news wire, Brazilian-American AI guru Ben Goertzel - perhaps known as much for his leopard print cowboy hat worn over his long curly hair as his advances in machine learning - affirmed that AI might actually be coming for our jobs, but that's not, to his mind, necessarily a bad thing.

Since its founding in 1996, the National Women's History Museum-one of the country's largest collections of women's history information and artifacts-has been an online museum focused on research projects.Today, it's debuting its first ever physical exhibition: We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC will be on display at the Martin Luther King Jr. Library in Penn Quarter through September 2024.

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Three candidates will take part in the contest to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader and first minister.MSPs Kate Forbes, Ash Regan and Humza Yousaf had all met the threshold for nominations by the noon deadline.The ballot of SNP members, which will use a single transferrable vote system, opens on 13 March and the winner will be announced on 27 March.

Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan star in a rarely revived Lorraine Hansberry play.Catalina Kulczar/Brooklyn Academy of Music After playwright Lorraine Hansberry rocketed to stardom in 1959 with A Raisin in the Sun, she followed it up, five years later, with The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window.The show had a short Broadway run and has rarely been revived.

Laura Polizoti, a family intervention specialist at Youth Villages, discusses strategies with Haley that would be more beneficial for both her and her mother Carmen.Jesse Costa/WBUR If you or someone you know may be considering suicide, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing 9-8-8, or the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails The two top contenders to replace Nicola Sturgeon in Bute House have clashed over abortion buffer zones in the second televised debate of the contest.Health Secretary Humza Yousaf put pressure on Finance Secretary Kate Forbes over her views on the issue as a Bill is set to be introduced at Holyrood that would introduce buffer zones outside abortion clinics.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SNP contender Humza Yousaf has not ruled out giving Kate Forbes a cabinet position in any future administration he leads.Speaking to journalists after First Minister's Questions, Mr Yousaf praised the Finance Secretary, who is also running to succeed Nicola Sturgeon.

"Hey Siri, lead a protest."Virtual assistants like Siri and Alexa, which are a growing part of the digital customer experience, from discovery via search marketing to customer support, may soon be used by protesters to disrupt organizations by flooding customer support channels, according to a study by Gartner.

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Most brands are doing everything they can to amass more first-party data.But Intuit already has 100 million customers across TurboTax, QuickBooks, Mint, Mailchimp and Credit Karma.The latter two companies were all added to Intuit's portfolio over the past three years.(Intuit bought TurboTax way back in 1993 and QuickBooks in 1999, and then Mint in 2009.)

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Kate Forbes, Ash Regan and Humza Yousaf have all advanced to the membership vote in the SNP leadership contest after securing enough nominations.Candidates had to secure the backing of at least 100 members from a minimum of 20 local branches by noon on Friday.

David Crosby, who has died aged 81, was a premier-league rock'n'roll star twice.In the mid-1960s he was a founder member of the Byrds, the Los Angeles band often credited with inventing the genre folk-rock.This was defined by their shimmering recording of Bob Dylan's Mr Tambourine Man, its distinctive harmonies and chiming 12-string guitar carrying it to the top of the charts in Britain and the US in 1965.

A father who recently lost his job has spoken about the time he cried after having to use a food bank for the first time and eating one meal a day as he feels he does not deserve to eat as much, amid the ongoing cost-of-living crisis.The PA news agency has been contacting those hit hardest by the cost-of-living crisis, including Wayne Baker, 38, who lives in Thurrock, Essex with his partner Zoe, 32, who works part-time in childcare and his 12-year-old son Cody, and who lost his job in construction as a hod carrier (someone who carries construction materials on site) in November 2022.