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Bhad Bhabie, whose real name is Danielle Bregoli, recently opened up about undergoing a nose job while battling cancer, addressing backlash surrounding her decision.The rapper rose to fame after her viral 2016 appearance on “Dr. Phil” and has since built a career in music and modeling. In December 2023, she posed for Marc Jacobs while pregnant with her daughter, Kali Love, whom she welcomed with boyfriend Le Vaughn in March 2024.Ever since, Bhad Bhabie has found herself in many controversial incidents, with the most recent being about her decision to get a nose job.Article continues below advertisementBhad Bhabie Reveals Nose…

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The art of the deal? Trump has complained that American ships – including US Navy vessels – are “severely overcharged” for using the port. But for Euclides Tapia, professor of international relations at the University of Panama, this appears to be “a false argument” to conceal Trump’s real goal: “For Panama to reduce its relations with China to a minimum”. Panama broke diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favor of Beijing in 2017, much to Washington’s dismay. Since then, China’s footprint has expanded greatly in Panama as in the rest of Latin America, mainly through infrastructure projects. The United States remains…

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When the Gaza ceasefire was announced on January 15, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank were overjoyed that Israel’s devastating war on the besieged enclave would finally end. However, Israeli state violence has quickly escalated across the West Bank in what local monitors and analysts describe as an apparent attempt to formally annex more land. The sudden uptick in settler attacks and Israeli military operations has frightened Palestinians in the occupied territory, who believe they could now face the same kind of violence meted out to their countrymen and women in Gaza. Israel has killed more than 46,900 Palestinians in…

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Some quarterbacks rapidly decline after impressive rookie seasons, but Washington Commanders rookie QB Jayden Daniels should have staying power. Daniels has led the Commanders to their first NFC Championship Game in 33 years. In a piece published Tuesday, an NFC executive told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler that he’ll follow this up with an MVP run in 2025. “[Daniels is] scary,” the exec told Fowler. “He’s never rattled and elevates everyone around him. I hate to use the word ‘generational,’ but it really looks like he’s that.”  The generational tag can often be overused, but Daniels may deserve it. On Monday, Houston Texans second-year QB…

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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Running a team now is like running a kitchen with chefs from all over the world. Each person comes with their own recipe, their own tools and their own approach. Add to that the fact that technology is reinventing the way we get work done every five minutes or so, and you’ve got yourself a situation. But here’s the thing: It’s not about whether anyone is right or wrong; it’s about making sure everyone cooks an excellent meal together.Let’s cut to the chase about leading teams that span generations and are plugged…

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Foxys_forest_manufacture/Getty Images There are many things we can blame for a bad night’s sleep – screen time, stress, too much booze. Now there is another culprit: the microbes in our gut. This article is part of special series investigating key questions about sleep. Read more here. We have long known that our microbiome has a powerful influence on our health, and new research is revealing that this extends to our sleep, too. But it is a complex, two-way relationship. “The microbiome is influencing sleep, and sleep is influencing the microbiome,” says Elizabeth Holzhausen at the University of Colorado Boulder. The…

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Gazans took in the scale of devastation to their old neighborhoods and Israelis awaited news about three newly released hostages as a day-old cease-fire between Hamas and Israel continued to hold on Monday.With the 15-month war paused, Palestinians have been returning to parts of the Gaza Strip they had fled, picking their way through vast swaths of rubble and trying to salvage what they could — a sofa, a mattress, a chair or a crate — from the wreckage of their former homes.“People can barely recognize the crushed places where they used to live,” said Montaser Bahja, an English teacher,…

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The Chinese social media app RedNote is full of cute, heartwarming moments after about 500,000 American users fled to it last week to protest the looming U.S. government ban on TikTok.Calling themselves “TikTok refugees,” these users paid the “cat tax” to join RedNote by posting cat photos and videos. They answered so many questions from their new Chinese friends: Is it true that in rural America every family has a large farm, a huge house, at least three children and several big dogs? That Americans have to work two jobs to support themselves? That Americans are terrible at geography and…

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This article is an on-site version of our The Week Ahead newsletter. Subscribers can sign up here to get the newsletter delivered every Sunday. Explore all of our newsletters hereHello and welcome to the working week.Strap yourselves in. A new chapter begins on Monday at the Capitol building in Washington as Donald Trump takes the 35-word oath in the 60th presidential swearing-in ceremony, making him the 47th US president. This will be an event that is high on ceremony (read the full itinerary here), but will also break new ground. Trump will be the first convicted criminal and oldest commander-in-chief…

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Credit: Screenshot via Greg Bluestein X A truly wild scene erupted Thursday at the Georgia Capitol when State Senator Colton Moore was arrested after attempting to enter the House chamber. All of it was captured on video and quickly went viral on social media. Moore, who was previously banned from the chamber for daring to allege corruption from former House Speaker David Ralston, was trying to attend Governor Brian Kemp’s State of the State address. Ralston was replaced by Republican House Speaker Jon Burns, who then ordered Moore be banned unless he issued a formal apology to Ralston’s family and…

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