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Facebook parent company Meta and Google’s video network YouTube said on January 9 that they were banning information promoting or applauding anti-democratic protestors’ looting of Brazilian government facilities over the weekend. During a three-hour assault, tens of thousands of fans of the far-right former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, damaged the windows of the presidential palace, flooded areas of Congress …

An study by Aos Fatos discovered that pro-Bolsonaro terrorists profited from the invasion of Brazil’s Congress, presidential palace, and Supreme Court by streaming the act on YouTube. Despite the platform’s regulation prohibiting “material intended to laud, promote, or help violent extremist or criminal organizations,” radicals may live-stream demonstrations and use the footage to solicit payments from fans. Aos Fatos investigated …

According to a recent study by WalletHub, Honolulu, Hawaii is the top location for Americans who prefer an active lifestyle. San Francisco, California, New York, New York, Chicago, Illinois, and Las Vegas, Nevada rounded out the list’s top five cities. Many Americans want to undertake fitness-related New Year’s resolutions in 2023, as indicated by this rating. When asked about their …

British pop artist Jessie J is pregnant again, more than a year after suffering a loss. On Friday, January 6, the “Price Tag” singer posted a series of emotional videos of a positive pregnancy test, sonograms, and her proudly displaying her expanding baby bulge, with “Sunflower” playing in the background. In November 2021, Jessie J discussed her pain following a …

The United States Geological Survey reported that the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii started erupting on Thursday, January 5, after detecting a glow in the summit producing smog that is confined within the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. This was stated in the volcanic activity notice issued by the US Geological Survey. The warning stated that the alert level for the volcano …

Prince Harry claims in an upcoming book that his older brother and heir to the throne, Prince William, knocked him to the ground during a 2019 disagreement about Harry’s wife Meghan, according to a January 4 Guardian article. The Guardian said that it had secured a copy of the forthcoming memoir, Spare, which is scheduled for release on January 10. …

On Thursday, January 5, Pope Francis presided over the burial of previous Pope Benedict, giving a speech that compared his predecessor to Jesus in front of tens of thousands of mourners in St. Peter’s square. Twelve pallbearers carried the wooden casket containing Benedict’s remains out of St. Peter’s Basilica and put it on the ground in front of Christendom’s biggest …

In its second week in the Top 10, “Glass Onion” by Rian Johnson became Netflix’s third most viewed film in terms of hours viewed in its first 10 days. During the watching window of December 26 to January 1, the sequel to “Knives Out” amassed 127 million hours seen. With 209.4 million hours, the film enters the ranks of “Red …

Friday, December 30, a starkly split federal appeals court maintained a Florida high school’s policy prohibiting transgender students from using bathrooms that correspond to their chosen identities. The 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, by a vote of 7-4, that the St. Johns County school board did not violate the U.S. Constitution or federal civil rights legislation by mandating …

Cristiano Ronaldo, the captain of Portugal, has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr, the club announced on Friday, December 30, after leaving Manchester United to become a free agent. Ronaldo left Old Trafford last month after an explosive televised interview in which the 37-year-old forward said he felt betrayed by the club and had no respect …