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Residents across Brazil were invited to a “party” on social media – the festa invites were a series of thinly disguised metaphors to gather at a complex of government buildings known as Praça dos Três Poderes (Three Powers Square) outside Congress to protest the election results. The main one was an invitation for Brazilians to attend Selma’s Party.Selma is a play on the word selva, which in Portugues translates to jungle, it is also used by the Brazilian military as a war cry. The demonstrators were staunch supporters of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro and were asking the new president,…

The Houston Texans will have their third head coach in as many seasons in 2023.General manager Nick Caserio hired David Culley, who was fired after a 4-13 season in his first head coaching gig. Lovie Smith replaced Culley, and Houston went 3-13-1. The Texans fired Smith just hours after their win Sunday that cost them the No. 1 overall pick. Both firings have drawn some flak since Culley and Smith are Black. Some critics suggest the Texans hired and fired both coaches just to adhere to the Rooney Rule, which requires NFL teams to interview at least two external minority candidates…

Since Selma Blair first revealed her diagnosis publicly in 2018, she’s been open about her experiences with multiple sclerosis. And, as the actor told Self in a new interview, she’s in remission but still has some noticeable symptoms.“I’m so much better, but it haunts my physical cells. It’s there,” Blair said in the new interview. “Some people wake up two years later, and they’re like, ‘I’m healed! Colors are brighter!’ But I never had that moment. I just stopped having regression.”In particular, Blair told Self that still has some mild dystonia, which causes involuntary muscle contractions resulting in altered speech…

From: Inside StoryThe attack on Brazil’s Congress by supporters of the former president has raised questions about democracy.Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has to decide how to handle a threat to democracy after thousands of his predecessor’s supporters stormed the seat of power. Attacks on democratic institutions have taken place in other countries, too. One of the most prominent was the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. And last month in Germany, authorities said they foiled a plot to overthrow the government. Is democracy under threat? Presenter: Hashem Ahelbarra Guests: Mohammed Cherkaoui – Author and…

Samuel Smith, 64, avoided a jail term by the “narrowest of margins” after the drunken outburst on a Ryanair flight from Gran Canaria to Edinburgh in which he swore at cabin crewA drunk Ryanair passenger yelled at flight attendants after claiming he’d been served a cold lasagne. Samuel Smith avoided jail by the “narrowest of margins” today after the angry outburst, in which he shouted the budget airline was “sh***”. The 64-year-old also said his food was “f****** freezing” and lashed out at his own wife who was trying to calm him down. He took off his wedding ring and…

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This is what dreams are made of! How I Met Your Father is coming back for season 2 — and the trailer is packed with guest stars, juicy new story lines and everyone’s favorite characters. “We’re 30 now. We all want to meet the love of our life. But the world is not that simple anymore!” Hilary Duff’s character, Sophie, says in the voiceover for the trailer, which dropped January 10. “We may not have been perfect. We may not have had it all figured out. But at least we had each other.” In between Duff’s narration, fans catch a…

Four US senators have questioned whether top Wall Street law firm Sullivan & Cromwell could properly investigate possible wrongdoing at FTX as its bankruptcy counsel given its past work for the cryptocurrency exchange.The bipartisan group of senators said Sullivan & Cromwell’s legal work for FTX before it filed for bankruptcy meant it should not now be entrusted with scrutinising the events leading up to the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire, which includes accusations of fraud and misappropriation of customer money.Two Democratic senators, John Hickenlooper and Elizabeth Warren, along with Republicans Thom Tillis and Cynthia Lummis, wrote in the letter…

The Kingston Frontenacs lineup will look significantly different heading into Wednesday’s road game in Ottawa. The team has dealt three veteran players ahead of the Tuesday OHL trade deadline including former captain Shane Wright.Monday night, Wright was traded to the Windsor Spitfires for forward Ethan Miedema, defenceman Gavin McCarthy and seven OHL draft picks.Wright hasn’t played for Kingston this season after starting the year with the Seattle Kraken of the NHL. He was loaned to Team Canada for the World Junior Hockey Championships in Halifax and Moncton, then reassigned to Kingston over the weekend.Miedema, from Cobourg, Ont., has 11 goals…

House Republicans and Democrats on Tuesday joined forces and voted overwhelmingly in favor of a new committee to examine U.S. strategic competition with China, after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy declared on the House floor that neither Republicans nor Democrats trust China anymore.”We spent decades passing policies that welcomed China into the global system,” McCarthy said. “In return, China has exported oppression, aggression and anti-Americanism. Today, the power of its military and economy are growing at the expense of freedom and democracy worldwide.””It didn’t start under this administration, but the current administration has clearly made it worse,” McCarthy said. “Its policies…