Elections Around the World in 2024

 Posted on September 28, 2024  |  8 minutes  |  1530 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

2024 is not just an election year. It’s perhaps the election year. Globally, more voters than ever in history will head to the polls as at least 64 countries (plus the European Union)—representing a combined population of about 49% of the people in the world—are meant to hold national elections, the results of which, for many, will prove consequential for years to come. Read More: A Make-or-Break Year for Democracy Worldwide [Read More]

Grand POOBear - Age, Family, Bio

 Posted on September 28, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  82 words  |  Martina Birk

Twitch streamer and speedrunner who has become known as one of the country's best Mario players. He has performed Mario speedruns at marathon events like AGDQ and SGDQ. Before Fame He began streaming on Twitch shortly after a nearly-fatal snowboarding accident. Trivia He streams to more than 300,000 followers on his GrandPOOBear Twitch account. Family Life He got married in 2013. His real name is David Hunt. Associated With He and CarlSagan42 are both famous Mario speedrunners. [Read More]

Hotel Guest Tries Bullying Front Desk Clerk for a Second Room

 Posted on September 28, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1262 words  |  Aldo Pusey

A hotel worker was praised for having nerves of steel and the patience of a saint with a customer who tried bullying her into giving him a room. Hotel worker @localtumbleweed went viral on TikTok after posting a video of her dealing with an irate customer who simply wouldn't take no for an answer as he tried to finesse an upgraded room out of her in a fully booked hotel. Other commenters on the platform applauded her for the impressive composure she displayed in a high-stress situation. [Read More]

How the AI Landscape Has Shifted Over the Past Year

 Posted on September 28, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  638 words  |  Jenniffer Sheldon

Governments made a “lack of concrete progress” toward regulating artificial intelligence this year even as the question of the technology’s safety rocketed up the global agenda, according to the 2023 “State of AI” report, published Thursday. The field of AI safety “shed its status as the unloved cousin of the AI research world and took center-stage [in 2023] for the first time,” the report said. But amid a lack of global consensus on the way forward for regulation, the developers of cutting-edge AI systems were “making a push to shape norms” by proposing their own regulatory models. [Read More]

Joss Ackland - Trivia, Family, Bio

 Posted on September 28, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  107 words  |  Martina Birk

English film and television actor who played a memorable role in the 1959 film, A Midsummer Night's Dream. His roles in Lethal Weapon 2, The Sicilian, and The Hunt for Red October bolstered his fame. Before Fame He studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Trivia He published a book of his late wife's diary entries in 2009. Throughout his long career, he appeared in more than 200 different on-screen projects. [Read More]

Magoha Athibitisha Maafisa 11 Wamekamatwa kwa Kuhusika katika Wizi wa Mitihani

 Posted on September 28, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  339 words  |  Larita Shotwell

- Waziri Magoha ameonya kwamba wale watakaopatikana wakihusika katika wizi wa mitihani watakabiliwa kisheria - Tayari maafisa 11 wa elimu wamekamatwa kufikia sasa huku mtihani wa KCSE ukitarajiwa kukamilika Aprili 21 - Hata hivyo, Magoha amesema hakuna mwanafunzi ambaye amefanikiwa kuiba mtihani Waziri wa Elimu George Magoha alisema Jumatano, Aprili 14 kwamba serikali imefanikiwa kuwakamata zaidi ya maafisa 10 wa Elimu ambao wanadaiwa kuhusika katika wizi wa mitihani. Habari Nyingine: Moses Kuria Afungwa Miezi 8 au Faini ya Ksh 75k kwa Kukaidi Kanuni za COVID-19 [Read More]

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: 100 Best Fantasy Books

 Posted on September 28, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  224 words  |  Reinaldo Massengill

While The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe might be the most famous book in C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia series, one could argue that The Voyage of the Dawn Treader tells the most adventurous story of them all. No longer strangers to the land of Narnia, the youngest Pevensie children, Edmund and Lucy, get whisked back to the magical land with their extremely irritating cousin Eustace Scrubb. Rather than being summoned to save the world from existential peril as in the series’ first book, Edmund and Lucy instead join up to help King Caspian fulfill his vow to search for the missing Seven Lords of Narnia. [Read More]

Top Nigerian Newspaper Headlines For Today, Sunday, 18th February, 2024

 Posted on September 28, 2024  |  6 minutes  |  1098 words  |  Larita Shotwell

Good morning Nigeria, Welcome to the Naija News roundup of top newspaper headlines in Nigeria for today, Sunday, 18th, February 2024. A member of the House Representatives, Dennis Idahosa, has emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Edo State. The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, who is also the chairman of the APC primary election committee, made this known on Saturday in Benin City, the Edo State capital. [Read More]

Uzodinma Picks Running Mate, Dumps Deputy

 Posted on September 28, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  196 words  |  Aldo Pusey

The Governor of Imo State and the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hope Uzodinma has dumped his deputy, Placid Njoku, ahead of the November 11, 2023 governorship election in the state. Naija News gathered that Uzodinma, on Saturday, officially unveiled his running mate, Chinyere Ekomaru, at a ceremony which took place in Owerri, the state capital. Uzodinma while revealing the reason for dumping Njoku and choosing Ekomaru said, “The choice of a new running mate does not mean he has issues with the present Deputy Governor Placid Njoku. [Read More]

Watching Manuel Neuer Before Games Motivates Me Nwabali

 Posted on September 28, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  311 words  |  Larita Shotwell

Outstanding Super Eagles Goalie, Stanley Nwabili has revealed that he loves watching videos of German goalkeeper, Manuel Neuer before matches. Making this disclosure while speaking in an interview at the ongoing African Cup of Nations tournament, Nwabili, who has been very pivotal to the Super Eagles’ outstanding run at the Nations Cup, considered Neuer as his role model. “I love playing my PlayStation, I love watching my role model, I love watching Manuel Neuer even before my game, even two days before my game, even in the dressing room, I always watch him, and even before my game, I always play my PlayStation,” the Super Eagles goalkeeper said in a clip posted on the official X handle of renowned Nigerian sports influencer, Pooja. [Read More]