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Nigerian singer Korede Bello has expressed concerns about the decline in music quality in the industry, attributing it to the rise of young artistes who lack life experiences.During an appearance on Hip TV’s “Trending” episode, hosted by Kim Oprah, Korede Bello stated, “When you start to have young artistes blowing up, the quality of the music starts to reduce because they don’t have quality experiences.”Meanwhile, he further explained, “They don’t know how to live yet. Young people don’t yet know how to live, they just know that they are living. They want to live large, so that’s what they’re going…

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It is finally back – and fans are ready for the drama.Season 8 of Selling Sunset is available to watch on Netflix from today (Friday, September 6) and, while the sun is always shining in Los Angeles, bosses have warned that a storm is brewing in the luxury offices.Chrishell Stause, one of the long-term agents, said: “I was definitely hesitant to dive back into the drama, but also happy to be back together and shake things up. I started this season in a good place with most of the agents, with always one exception, and the dynamics have certainly shifted.…

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Team and player reached agreement on a four-year extension Friday, per his agency (via Tom Pelissero of NFL Network). Freiermuth will collect $48.4M on his new deal. He was attached to the final year of his rookie contract for the coming campaign, so he will now be on the books through 2028. Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette adds the pact includes $23.38M guaranteed. A report from earlier Friday pointed to the sides making progress toward a deal. As a result, this news comes as little surprise. Freiermuth played a key role in the Steelers’ offense during his first two…

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For days, truckers had blocked roads in protest against the end of COVID-era fuel subsidies, snarling transport.Truckers in Colombia have reached a deal with the government and agreed to lift a five-day road blockade, according to President Gustavo Petro. The deal, announced on Friday, is aimed at assuaging concerns about Petro’s decision to end diesel fuel subsidies introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Truckers unions had argued the removal of the subsidies would be devastating to their businesses. Their decision to block major thoroughfares in protest led to fears about food and supply shortages in Colombia’s metropolitan areas. Petro, Colombia’s first…

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Linkin Park is back with a new lineup and debuting their first new music since the 2017 death of lead singer Chester Bennington. On Thursday, the band kicked off a livestream showcasing new singer Emily Armstrong and drummer Colin Brittain, who will join returning members Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Phoenix and Joe Hahn in Linkin Park’s new lineup. Shinoda and Armstrong share vocal duties. The new lineup launched into a new single, “The Emptiness Machine,” at the top of the stream. Armstrong’s performance style comfortably continues the band’s legacy: Her full-throated vocals recall Bennington without attempting parody, immediately evidenced on the second…

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As a new school year begins for millions of children worldwide, across crisis-affected contexts there are 72 million children out of school and another 127 million in school but unable to learn key skills. The IRC reiterates its call for proven and scalable solutions focused on education and early childhood development as a core part of humanitarian response plans worldwide.  Education has long been chronically underfunded throughout the humanitarian sector, with as little as 2.5% of humanitarian funding going to education programs. These barriers persist even with IRC and others’ research showing that funding for education in emergencies is both…

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Imagine this: you’re not just watching your favourite soccer team on TV; you’re controlling them. That’s right, you’re making those split-second decisions, scoring that game-winning goal, or pulling off that last-minute save that has the crowd roaring. Virtually, of course. Welcome to the eSports world, where the ePremier League is leading the charge for soccer fans who also love their consoles.The explosive growth of eSportsLet’s get one thing straight—eSports isn’t just a bunch of people huddled in their rooms playing video games anymore. It’s big, and I mean really big. We’re talking stadiums filled with fans, millions of dollars in…

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Detroit Tigers centerfielder Parker Meadows accomplished something on Thursday night that’s only been done one other time in MLB history, 69 years ago, by the “greatest hitter that ever lived,” Hall of Famer Ted Williams. The Tigers selected the younger brother of free agent outfielder Austin Meadows in the second round of the 2018 MLB June Amateur Draft, and his game-winning grand slam against the San Diego Padres is the biggest highlight of his career thus far. The 24-year-old played in the minors for four-plus years (there was no MiLB season in 2020) before making his big-league debut on Aug.…

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In August, X, the social media company once known as Twitter, publicly released Grok 2, the latest iteration of its AI chatbot. With limited guardrails, Grok has been responsible for pushing misinformation about elections and allowing users to make life-like artificial intelligence-generated images – otherwise known as deepfakes – of elected officials in ethically questionable positions. The social media giant has started to rectify some of its problems. After election officials in Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Washington wrote to X head Elon Musk alleging that the chatbot produced false information about state ballot deadlines, X now points users…

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