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- The Independent
Kremlin claims Trump did send Putin Covid equipment – despite ex-president’s team denying it
Russian leader allegedly told Trump to keep the equipment exchange a secret to protect the former president’s reputation
- AFP News
Han Kang's books sell out in South Korea after Nobel win
Major South Korean bookstores sold out of author Han Kang's books Friday, as sales skyrocketed and the share price of local publishers soared following her historic Nobel Prize win.It was like I won the award really," she told AFP. "A South Korean winning the Nobel literature prize is just crazy." hs-cdl/ceb/dhw
- France 24
South Korean author Han Kang wins 2024 Nobel literature prize
South Korean author Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life", the award-giving body said on Thursday. Mats Malm, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy’s Nobel Committee, announced the prize in Stockholm.Kang, 53, won the International Booker Prize in 2016 for “The Vegetarian", an unsettling novel in which a woman’s decision to stop eating meat has devastating consequences.Her nove
- GOBankingRates
8 Things Self-Made Millionaires Always Spend Top Dollar On
Building a million-dollar net worth takes patience, perseverance and sacrifice. And putting in the amount of work it takes to become a self-made millionaire means you've learned a thing or two about...
- Associated Press
South Koreans are joyful after Han Kang wins Nobel Prize for literature
South Koreans reacted with joy and astonishment on Thursday after learning that homegrown writer Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in literature, an unexpected moment that stoked national pride about the country’s growing cultural influence. Han, known for her experimental and often disturbing stories that explore human traumas and violence and incorporate the brutal moments of South Korea’s modern history, is the country’s first writer to win the preeminent award in world literature. Han's triumph adds to the growing global influence of South Korean culture, which in recent years included the successes of director Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning “Parasite,” the brutal Netflix survival drama “Squid Game” and K-pop groups like BTS and BLACKPINK.
- The Independent
Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley claims he was groomed and sexually abused by former manager
Whibley describes the alleged encounters in his new memoir, ‘Walking Disaster’
- The Guardian
Disclaimer review – only Cate Blanchett could deal with a script this abominable
Alfonso Cuarón’s new drama about a wife whose secrets are exposed looks beautiful. Sadly, it’s also slow, turgid and – despite stars like Kevin Kline – so bad it needs to be pureed into mush
- Yahoo Movies UK
Everything we know about Edgar Wright’s The Running Man remake
Edgar Wright's The Running Man remake sprints into production with star Glen Powell. Here's what we know about it so far.
- BBC
Lisa Marie Presley's posthumous memoir reveals toll of family tragedies
Lisa Marie's daughter completed the book, which gives new details about the deaths of her dad and son.
- PA Media: UK News
Tiger photo-book raising funds for big cat conservation launched this week
Weighing up to 260kg and measuring up to three metres in length, the tiger is the largest of the big cats.
- The Wrap
Jimmy Fallon Reveals the Trump Tell-All Books You Might Have Missed: ‘Really Old Yeller’ and ‘The Chronicles of Narcissism’
Fallon also pokes fun at last week's surprisingly amicable VP debate among other things during his monologue The post Jimmy Fallon Reveals the Trump Tell-All Books You Might Have Missed: ‘Really Old Yeller’ and ‘The Chronicles of Narcissism’ appeared first on TheWrap.
- Cinema Online
Michael Lai welcomes another baby
Gillian Chung's ex is now a father of a son and a daughter
- People
Man Allegedly Held Wife, 7 Children and Mother-in-Law Captive for 20 Years, Sexually Abusing Several of Them
One of the suspect's daughters escaped their home and reported him to police, per local authorities
- Cosmo
JLo is *so* naked posing topless in leopard print knickers and XL necklace
Jennifer Lopez posed for Interview magazine in maybe her most naked photoshoot ever going topless, wearing animal print bikinis, thigh-high boots & XL necklaces
- The Telegraph
Iran has proved it can breach the world’s greatest air defence system. What comes next could be devastating
The world watched helplessly as a missile barrage from Iran came raining down over Israel with less than 15 minutes’ warning.
- Bloomberg
Singapore’s most famous home poses fresh headache for new PM
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong is confronting a fresh political headache over the colonial-era bungalow feuded over by the children of the Singapore’s revered former leader, Lee Kuan Yew.
- People
Bride and Groom Saddened Over 'Gale-Force Winds' on Their Wedding Day —Until They See the Photos
As it turned out, the blustery weather was the magical ingredient that created some stunning images on their big day
- The Telegraph
Body of American diver found inside shark
Parts of a woman’s body have been found inside the stomach of a Tiger shark two weeks after she disappeared in Indonesia.
- The Hill
Democrats start to hit the panic button
Democrats’ nerves are at an all-time high. Two months ago — even a month ago — they were feeling bullish about Vice President Harris’s prospects of defeating former President Trump. But now, with less than a month to go until Election Day, they’re increasingly worried about a number of issues plaguing the Democratic nominee’s campaign. On…
- The Independent
Whoopi Goldberg fires back at Trump after he called her ‘filthy, dirty, disgusting’: ‘You hired me four times’
Former president verbally attacked ‘The View’ hosts, calling them ‘dumb’ during his recent Pennsylvania rally