Dua Lipa recommended a book by an Argentine writer and surprised all the fans: “It blew my mind”

 

In addition to her influential career and success in the world of music for several years, Dua Lipa is the owner of Service95 , a platform where she recommends to her followers about her tastes in different areas, such as books. On this occasion, the singer made an important mention in relation to Argentina in one of her posts and she surprised everyone.

It turns out that Dua Lipa shared the book she has been reading recently, which, in this case, is by an Argentine author. This is Trust , the work of Hernán Díaz, a renowned Argentine writer who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2023.

It should be noted that S95 Book Club is a reading community in which each month “a book personally chosen by Dua Lipa, which represents writing from around the world” is discussed , a place that is open to all those who want to be part of that experience. intellectual.

Nestlé withdraws cups with the Starbucks logo in the United States

 

The firm Nestlé USA has withdrawn from the US market some 440,000 metal cups with the Starbucks brand logo due to dangers of burns and lacerations, the Consumer Product Safety Commission reported this Thursday ( CPSC).

The notice refers to four gift packages sold during the 2023 holiday season that include a metal-coated ceramic mug with a capacity of 11 and 16 ounces (0.3 and 0.5 liters).

The recall of cups made in China affects about 440,500 units, the agency said.

"Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled cups and can return them to the point of purchase or contact Nestlé USA for a full refund," CPSC said.

This is because there have been at least 12 incidents of overheating or breaking cups resulting in 10 injuries, including nine serious burns or blisters to fingers and hands, and one cut to a finger.

These gift packs were on sale at Target and Walmart stores, and at the Nexcom chain of military retail stores, between November 2023 and January 2024, with prices ranging from $10 to $20.

Big Brother: what was Agostina Spinelli's return to the house like?

 The Big Brother house (Telefe) is going through a conflictive moment , with new alliances and game strategies after the entry of new participants. In this turbulent context, the players received a visit from Agostina Spinelli in the “frozen” segment . She entered with a mission laid out in three envelopes.

Agostina Spinelli was the protagonist of one of the most tense moments in this broadcast of the reality show when, on March 3 and after the elimination of Lisandro “Licha” Navarro , in the middle of a fit of screaming and crying, she left the house after accuse Juliana “Furia” Scaglione of violence . Almost 20 days after that episode, she re-entered the house for a few minutes and showed her roommates how she is today.

Agostina entered the house because she was "frozen" (Video capture)

Megan Fox reveals all the cosmetic operations she has undergone

 The actress confessed in an interview how many times she has undergone surgery as well as the curious ritual she makes her surgeons follow.

Actress  Megan  Fox  can boast of an enviable body and an angelic face. There have always been rumors about the protagonist of Transformers about whether she has undergone surgery to achieve this and if so, what type of operations she has undergone. Although she has always remained silent about it, she has decided that it was a good time to open up about the use of surgery and combat all the stigma that surrounds it.

She did it during her visit to Alexandra Cooper 's Call Her Daddy podcast and acknowledged that although her fans consider her perfect , she has insecurities, so freely and to feel better about herself, she decided to resort to surgery.

"I had my first boob job when I was 21 or 22," the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles star recalled. A surgery that she has resorted to on two more occasions. "I had them remade when I finished breastfeeding my children because I don't know where they went, but they went. Then I had to rebuild again because in the first operation I didn't have enough body fat and the rippling of the implant was visible, so I had to change them."

Harry and Meghan's message after finding out that Kate Middleton has cancer

 The reactions to the video of Kate Middleton announcing that she has cancer and has started preventive chemotherapy treatment do not stop. After the words of support from Charles III, who is going through a similar situation, and the emotional message from her little brother, James Middleton, it has now been the Duke and Duchess of Sussex who have spoken out on the matter . From California, where they have resided since 2020, they have sent a statement addressed to her sister-in-law.

We wish health and healing for Kate and the family, and we hope that they can do so privately and in peace ," can be read in the text that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have sent to the Princess of Wales, with whom they were last once in September 2022. Then, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex met with the entire Royal Family on the occasion of the State Funeral of Elizabeth II, held at Westminster Abbey and at St. George's Chapel in Windsor. Prince Harry, alone, saw his sister-in-law again almost a year ago: on May 6, 2023, the date of the historic coronation of Kings Charles and Camilla .

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are experiencing from a distance all the changes that the British monarchy is going through due to the illness of the sovereign and the princess of Wales. When on February 5 Charles III announced that he had been diagnosed with cancer during an operation for a benign enlargement of the prostate, his youngest son took an emergency flight to be by his side. Prince Harry put aside the reproaches and traveled from Los Angeles to London, where he spent 45 minutes with the Kings at Clarence House.  He was not accompanied by his wife or his children, Archie Harrison and Lilibet Diana.

Kate Middleton has cancer: this is the video in which she announces the news

 

Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, announced in a recorded video on Friday that she is receiving preventive chemotherapy after being diagnosed with cancer following tests following scheduled abdominal surgery she underwent in mid-January.

In a video pre-recorded by the BBC in Windsor, and broadcast on the couple's social networks, Prince William's wife said that tests after the intervention revealed that cancer had been found, but she said that she was fine and getting stronger. .

“It's been an incredibly difficult couple of months for our entire family, but I've had a fantastic medical team who have taken very good care of me, so I'm very grateful,” Kate said in the video filmed on Wednesday.

“In January, I underwent major abdominal surgery in London and at the time my condition was thought to be non-cancerous. The surgery was successful. However, tests after the operation found that there was cancer. Therefore, my medical team recommended that I undergo preventive chemotherapy treatment and now I am in the early stages of that treatment,” the princess said in a two-minute and twenty-second video. She did not specify what type of cancer it was.

“Of course, this was a big shock, and Guillermo and I have been doing everything we can to process and manage this privately for the good of our young family ,” she said, in a video in which she appears thinner. , sitting on a garden bench.

“It has taken me time to recover from major surgery to be able to start my treatment,” he commented, in a video that seeks to put an end to weeks of speculation about his health, in the absence of official information. She also mentioned that it was a challenge to explain the illness to his three children, Jorge, Charlotte and Luis “in a way that was appropriate for them” and assure them that I will be fine.

After the scandal over Kate's photo, Meghan Markle returned to Instagram to present a project

 

With all the commotion around the disappearance from public life and the scandal over an altered photo of Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, due to an unknown health condition after a mysterious abdomen surgery, the other daughter-in-law of King Charles, the American actress Meghan Markle , who knew how to be the center of attention more than once for her forceful statements against the British royal family, had remained under the radar.

However, Prince Harry's wife made headlines again this Friday with her return to Instagram after a four-year hiatus with her new lifestyle brand , American Riviera Orchard .

The presentation of American Riviera Orchard on Instagram.

In the Duchess of Sussex's first social media post since 2020, the launch of American Riviera Orchard was announced across nine Instagram posts that together showcase the brand's logo and gold crest. Within hours, the account had more than 370,000 followers .

After a confusing promotional video, it's still unclear what the new project is about. However, according to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, a trademark application was filed for “American Riviera Orchard” on February 2, 2024, Vogue reported . Goods and services listed included tableware, cookbooks, textiles, and edible items such as jams and fruit preserves .

Rumors began circulating late last year that the Duchess of Sussex was looking to revive her former lifestyle blog, The Tig .

Ukraine warns of the high number of Cubans fighting with Russian troops

 The Ukrainian body that deals with prisoners of war warned this Friday of the high number of Cubans fighting with Russian troops in the war in Ukraine, and reproached the Havana authorities for their tolerance. in the face of Russian recruitment operations on the island.

“We see photographs, videos from the Russian side where many mercenaries from Cuba are seen,” said the press chief of the Ukrainian Committee for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Petro Yatsenko, in a press conference held in Kiev, who warned of the growing number of mercenaries from countries of the so-called Global South recruited by Russia.

Asked by EFE about the Cuban Government's position regarding Russia's actions to attract Cuban citizens to the ranks of its Army, Yatsenko declared that Ukraine has no evidence of Havana's official participation in this type of efforts.

“We cannot affirm that it is a (Cuban) state program, but we know that no one (in Cuba) opposes it,” declared the Ukrainian official, who also said that “Russian agitators” work without restrictions in Cuba. .

New controversy from Donald Trump at a campaign event: “If I am not elected it will be a bloodbath for the US.”

 “If I am not elected it will be a bloodbath for the United States ,” former US President Donald Trump said this Saturday at a rally in Ohio, where there were no shortage of other controversial statements, such as when he said that immigrants “in some cases are not people, but I can't say that because the radical left says that it is a terrible thing to demonstrate . "

He also defined those arrested and convicted for the assault on Congress, on January 6, 2021, as “hostages” and “patriots . ”

“We will take care of them as soon as we get to the White House,” Trump promised.

Meanwhile, President Joe Biden was defined as a “threat to democracy, and he is because he is incompetent.”

Who is Prince William's alleged lover

 After Kate Middleton took an image with her children George, Charlotte and Louis, which she published last Sunday on the occasion of Mother's Day in the United Kingdom, and in which sees him without a wedding ring, all kinds of hypotheses were unleashed, including one in which her husband, Prince William (William) was being unfaithful with Rose Hanbury.

The Princess of Wales had not been seen since January when she underwent abdominal surgery, so her health began to be a focus of concern; In the weekend photo she wrote the message: "Thank you for your kind wishes and continued support from her these past two months."

However, news agencies realized that the photo was retouched, then the princess admitted that she had edited the image herself.

Another crisis in the British monarchy

More than 3,000 people evacuated in central China after a forest fire breaks out

 China activated an emergency response to control a forest fire that began to spread this Saturday in the province of Sichuan, in the center of the country, and left 3,396 evacuees.

As reported this Sunday by the provincial emergency management department, the fire began on Saturday afternoon in Baizi village, Yajiang county, Garze Tibetan prefecture.

At this time no casualties have been reported as firefighters continue working to extinguish the fire.

Year of the Wood Dragon 2024: Who will have the best luck this year?

 

• The representation of animals in zodiac signs comes from a culture as ancient as it is wise, and with a view to the coming 365 annual days, it provides predictions and omens based on your health, economy and even the love aspect. The Chinese Horoscope establishes that 2024 will be the Year of the Dragon , a mythological being that symbolizes supreme spiritual power, and at the same time embodies every person whose strength is their greatest virtue. Regarding the beginning of a new cycle for Asian astrology, discover how the next year will go for you and what the future holds for you according to your date of birth.
  
  
  
• HOW WILL YOU DO IN LOVE, HEALTH AND WORK ACCORDING TO THE CHINESE HOROSCOPE IN THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON 2024?
• 2023 ends, and with it the desire for a better future through actions that usually adapt to the predictions of ancient cultures such as those from China , through symbologies that during the Year of the Dragon will impact in some way on the zodiac signs.
• In love, health and work, for example, people tend to find answers in predictions provided by horoscopes, and annually in particular, Asian astrology is responsible for associating Aries, Capricorns, Aquarians, among others. others, with elements and animals that represent various human characteristics.
• If you want to know how things will go for you in 2024 , check the following list with information about the 12 signs of the zodiac and discover what the future holds for you in the Year of the Dragon:

The life of Martha Cristiana after raising her voice against Andrés Roemer

Recently, Martha Cristiana appeared at the launch of the sustainable jewelry H. Moissan 1893, a project undertaken by her friend Montserrat Oliver. During the event, the media approached the actress and model to obtain her comments on the current sexual harassment complaints against Andrés Roemer , which are still in process.

Prince Harry pays tribute to Princess Diana at awards ceremony

 

Prince Harry paid tribute to his mother, Princess Diana, at a glitzy awards ceremony in Beverly Hills on Friday.

The Duke of Sussex was celebrated as a living aviation legend at the event for his work as a helicopter co-pilot and gunner in the British Army.

He received the award from actor John Travolta and spoke about the star's meeting his late mother, Princess Diana, at a White House dinner for President Ronald Reagan in 1985.

Harry, 39, said:

San Diego City Council explores proposal to ban rodeos

 

With just a week to go until the debut rodeo hosted at Petco Park, the San Diego City Council is looking to initiate a proposal to ban equestrian competition within city limits.

Councilor Kent Lee announced his intention to introduce the measure in a statement published this Thursday, after enormous criticism from animal defenders.

"The city of San Diego has a history of caring for animals, including investing in our shelters, community veterinary clinics, and providing grants to local animal rescue nonprofits," Lee said. "This ordinance will ensure that no more animals suffer unnecessarily under the guise of entertainment in San Diego.

Don't miss the latest images of Kim Kardashian's daughter

Rosalía, Beyoncé or Madonna are some of the artists who have made it fashionable to decorate their teeth with diamonds, gold or precious stones. A trend that singers, actors have joined... The model Kim Kardashian has become one of the best representatives of this wave surprising < /span>incisors. has been his daughter North West, who at only 10 years old already shows several precious gems in her ,GrillzThe last to join this furor called valued at more of 300,000 thousand euros. , designed by Gabby Elan, and which has opal details and with a denture made exclusively for her.

First Day of the Year Traditions Across Europe

 As the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve, Europe awakens to a tapestry of traditions that mark the commencement of January 1st. Each country embraces the first day of the year with unique customs, reflecting a blend of cultural heritage, regional flavors, and shared joy. In this journey across Europe, we explore the diverse and captivating traditions that shape the dawn of a new year in Romania, Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy, England, Germany, and Spain.

Romania: A Tapestry of Folklore and Fortune

In Romania, the first day of the year is steeped in folklore and superstition. One intriguing tradition is the "Capra" dance, where performers adorned in colorful costumes and masks mimic the movements of a goat, symbolizing the expulsion of malevolent spirits. It's a lively spectacle that captivates both locals and visitors.

As the new year unfolds, Romanians engage in a unique custom known as "Sorcova." Youngsters visit neighbors and relatives, reciting well-wishing verses and gently tapping them with a decorated stick. This act is believed to bring good luck and prosperity for the year ahead.

Czech Republic: A Symphony of Fireworks and Feasts

In the Czech Republic, the first day of the year is celebrated with a grand display of fireworks that illuminates the night sky. The spectacle is not only a visual feast but also a collective expression of joy and anticipation for the possibilities of the coming year.

Czechs also embrace the tradition of "Dinner for Good Luck." The first meal of the year often includes lentils, a symbol of prosperity, and pork, representing progress and wealth. Families gather around tables laden with traditional dishes, sharing laughter and creating lasting memories.

Denmark: Leaping Into the New Year

Denmark welcomes the new year with a unique and exhilarating tradition known as "Gå På Skattejagt." Translated as "Go On Treasure Hunt," this custom involves crafting intricate clues that lead participants on a journey to find a treasure hidden by the host. It's a playful and engaging way to commence the year with a spirit of adventure and camaraderie.

Additionally, Danes partake in the tradition of leaping off chairs at the stroke of midnight. As the clock chimes, family and friends climb onto chairs and jump into the new year together. It's a symbolic act of leaving behind the old and embracing the new, both literally and figuratively.

Italy: A Symphony of Bells and Red Underwear

In Italy, the first day of the year is accompanied by the enchanting sound of church bells ringing at midnight. The pealing bells are believed to dispel negativity and welcome a year filled with positivity and good fortune.

Italians also have a curious tradition related to the choice of undergarments. Wearing red underwear on New Year's Eve is believed to bring love, luck, and fertility. Shops abound with red lingerie in the days leading up to the new year as Italians prepare to embrace this quirky yet charming custom.

England: First-Footing and Auld Lang Syne

In England, the tradition of "first-footing" takes center stage as the clock strikes twelve. The first person to enter a home after midnight, known as the "first-footer," is believed to bring good luck for the coming year. This visitor often carries symbolic gifts like coins, bread, and salt, representing wealth, food, and flavor.

No New Year's Eve celebration in England is complete without the singing of "Auld Lang Syne." This classic Scottish song, penned by Robert Burns, is sung with gusto as revelers join hands, creating a poignant and nostalgic moment that transcends time.

Masturbation brings surprising benefits to the relationship

 

The 90s began when the Spanish film star Pedro Almodóvar impacted the world of cinema with the scene from Átame (1989) where the solitary and provocative masturbation of Victoria Abril takes place playing Marina, who relaxes with a sex toy in the shape of a submariner. .

It is a pop culture fact that shouted, at that time, that women also masturbated and that it was not something out of this world either. It was something to enjoy alone and, today, although taboos still exist, it is widely known that masturbation has no side effects, on the contrary, it has many benefits. 

Exploring New Year's Eve and New Year Traditions Across the United States

 

As the clock ticks down to midnight on December 31st, the United States transforms into a kaleidoscope of celebrations, with diverse traditions reflecting the nation's rich cultural mosaic. From coast to coast, Americans bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new with a tapestry of rituals, festivities, and unique customs that make New Year's Eve and New Year's Day truly special. Let's embark on a detailed exploration of these vibrant traditions.

New Year's Eve: The Countdown Extravaganza

1. Times Square Ball Drop - New York City:

The iconic Times Square Ball Drop is synonymous with New Year's Eve globally. Over a million revelers gather in the heart of Manhattan, braving the chilly temperatures to witness the descent of the glittering crystal ball, signaling the arrival of the new year. The event is a spectacle of confetti, fireworks, and performances by renowned artists, broadcasted to millions around the world.

2. Fireworks Extravaganzas:

Simon Cowell earns £50 million a year

 

Simon Cowell has earned £50 million a year.

The 65-year-old music mogul's earnings are said to be due to the global success of his television empire. Simon earns almost a million pounds a week, according to accounts filed by Syco Holdings.

This company is responsible for managing its successful show 'Britain's Got Talent', and figures obtained for the first time by the Daily Mirror, which were sent to Companies House, showed a pre-tax profit of 21.9 million pounds on a turnover of 32.6 million pounds in the business, in the year to March.