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Madonna, Shakira and K-pop boy band BTS will co-headline the Super Bowl-style half-time show at this summer’s World Cup final. The tournament, which will be co-hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, concludes with the final in New Jersey on 19 July.Pre-match performances at showpiece occasions such as the Champions League final have become commonplace, but this will be the first half-time show at a World Cup final.Colombian pop star Shakira is releasing her official World Cup song Dai Dai – an Italian phrase meaning “let’s go” or “come on” and also featuring Nigerian singer Burna Boy – on…

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Anshul Kamboj meets his viral doppelganger (Screengrabs) NEW DELHI: Chennai Super Kings pacer Anshul Kamboj recently found himself at the centre of a funny social media moment after a security guard resembling him went viral during Vijay’s oath-taking ceremony as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister.Fans quickly noticed the similarity between Kamboj and the security personnel standing near Vijay during the ceremony and started sharing memes online. Watch Abhishek Nayar explains KKR’s defeat, dropped catches and dressing room mindsetThe jokes became so popular that even Kamboj himself began receiving messages asking whether he was secretly working security duty instead of playing cricket.CSK…

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CBSE Class XII result 2026: Humanities and Commerce students dominate top ranks across schools NEW DELHI: A day after the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared the Class XII board examination results with the overall pass percentage falling to 85.20% from last year’s 88.39%, several schools across the country announced strong individual performances, with Humanities and Commerce students dominating the top ranks. While the national pass percentage recorded a decline of 3.19 percentage points, many schools continued to produce scores above 95% across streams.This year’s CBSE Class XII results saw girls once again outperform boys, with girls securing a…

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In CLARITY Act news today, the US Senate Banking Committee released the full 309-page text of the CLARITY Act just after midnight on May 11, 2026, ahead of a Thursday committee hearing, and for the first time, stablecoin holders can see exactly what rules Washington wants to impose on the coins they use daily. The bill is far from law, but the draft text is the clearest signal yet of where US crypto regulation is heading, and several provisions will directly affect how stablecoins like USDC work in practice. Think of the CLARITY Act as a building code for a…

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ING’s commodities strategists Warren Patterson and Ewa Manthey highlights that Copper is trading above $14,000/t and close to record highs as supply-side risks dominate. They stress tight refined markets, low inventories outside the US, and heightened sensitivity to demand. While macro uncertainty and high Oil prices weigh on consumption, speculative positioning has turned strongly net long, supporting prices in the near term.Tight fundamentals and speculative support”Copper extended gains above $14,000/t in Wednesday’s session, trading close to its all‑time high of $14,527.50 set in late January. Supply-side risks continue to dominate price action. Firmer spot demand in China and tightening conditions…

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How To Start Coding: Coding Literacy As A Core Skill In L&D And Education “How to start coding” is no longer just a search query for aspiring developers. Professionals in Learning and Development and education have also begun to take an interest in it, as digital ecosystems grow more complex. Thus, coding is becoming a core part of digital literacy. Today, the lines between Instructional Design, learning technologies, and automation are becoming less distinct. Instructional Designers need to know how platforms operate, how data moves, and how to customize or automate learning experiences. This change has led more professionals to…

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Hollywood star Pam Grier has made an eye-popping admission about her sex life at 76, revealing she has orgasms that last as long as three days.The Foxy Brown star dropped the X-rated confession this week on Seinfeld legend Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ podcast Wiser Than Me.Louis-Dreyfus, 65, had asked Grier if she “felt young.” Unexpectedly, Grier replied: “Yes, I do [feel young], because when you’re young, you can have three, four, five orgasms in an hour. But when you get my age, you have one orgasm, it’ll last three days.”Watch the video above.Hollywood icon Pam Grier said at 76 she will experience…

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In its thirteenth year, the Chicago Critics Film Festival returned with one of its strongest line-ups to date, featuring multiple sold-out shows and an exciting line-up of in-person guests.  As Managing Editor, Brian Tallerico shared, “As headlines screech about the divide between critics and moviegoers, CCFF serves as a counterargument, bringing together people who write about movies, those who make them, and those who love them.” That dovetails with what Roger would say about movies being machines that generate empathy, acting as intermediaries between people who seem so different from each other and striving to show that they may be…

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Headline inflation cooled in April, but not enough to give the Federal Reserve much comfort. The Consumer Price Index rose 0.6 percent last month, down from March’s 0.9 percent increase. Yet the year-over-year rate moved in the wrong direction, rising to 3.8 percent from 3.3 percent and extending the reversal of the disinflationary trend that had prevailed earlier this year. Core inflation told a less encouraging story. Excluding volatile food and energy prices, CPI rose 0.4 percent in April, double the 0.2 percent pace recorded in each of the prior two months. The year-over-year core rate also ticked up, rising…

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