Marketmind: Wall St set for rebound after worst week since March
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets by Samuel Indyk The second week of August looks
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Vinicius Junior & Eder Militao urge Real Madrid to sign Kylian Mbappe
Vinicius Junior & Eder Militao have joked with Real Madrid scout Juni Calafat about a move for Kylian Mbappe.
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Voros Twins roast Island Boys after HipHop duos recent kissing controversies
Social media entertainers, the Voros Twins, known for their comedy videos on TikTok, have taken a swipe at the Island Boys following their kiss last month. In a clip shared online, the pair responded to a question asking whether they were the controversial Island Boys, who have recently caused backlash for kissing each other romantically. "We're not the Island Boys, we have zero tattoos, we don't rap, we don't live in Florida, we never swear and we're always positive," the Hungarian-Canadian duo said, before taking a long pause. "And we don't kiss each other," they joked. Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter The video was soon inundated with comments, with one person thanking the Voros Twins for "clearing this up for us." "Just hold out till the end, they really said that," another said, while a third humoured: "They saw what the Island Boys were doing and had to clear those allegations real quick" It comes after the Island Boys, Kodiyakredd (Franky Venegas) and Flyysoulja (Alex Venegas), shared a video of them kissing, and later defended their actions as "not that big of a deal." The twins, who went viral in 2021 for their catchy TikTok song, disturbed social media in July when they locked lips to mark the launch of their OnlyFans account. They later appeared on Adam22's No Jumper podcast where they told him: "We're twin brothers, we came out of the womb together, we grew up together. It's not really disgusting if it's twins." They continued: "We kind of just made out or whatever, we kissed and then we just like look the other way for a few minutes and couldn't like, look at each other, but it wasn't that big of a deal – just a kiss." Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
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Troubled Toshiba announces buyout offer led by Japan businesses
Toshiba has announced a 2 trillion yen, or $14 billion, tender offer in a move that would take it private, as the scandal-tarnished Japanese electronics and energy giant seeks to turn itself around
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Elon Musk's Chinese double is in training should he be asked to fight Mark Zuckerberg
Elon Musk is busy “lifting weights throughout the day” to prepare for his touted cage fight against Mark Zuckerberg – and he’s not the only one getting ready for action. In fact, his Chinese doppelgänger is also preparing himself in case, for some reason, he’s called upon to take his place in the bout. In case you missed it, Musk and Zuckerberg seemingly agreed to a cage match after it was leaked that Zuckerberg's Meta was planning to release a rival to Twitter called Threads. After Musk said he’d be up for a cage match if he is”, Zuckerberg then posted a screenshot of Musk's tweet to his Instagram story saying "send me location". Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter It’s got a lot of people interested – not least Chinese TikToker Yilong Ma. @mayilong0 #zuckerberg #elonmusk I am X, challenge Zuckerberg. Yilong bears an uncanny resemblance to Musk, and he’s been posting videos of himself also preparing for a “fight” with Zuckerberg. One clip sees him pose in a pair of boxing gloves, next to a man wearing a cardboard box over his head with a picture of Zuckerberg taped to it. @mayilong0 #elonmusk #zuckerberg #tesla He also stands in front of a Tesla in the clip, shouting “come on” and “KO”. Who knows, perhaps if the real Musk and Zuckerberg don’t end up meeting in the ring they’ll get their lookalikes to go toe to toe instead. It comes after Musk previously shared information about a potential venue to host the match. He tweeted back in June that there’s "some chance fight happens in Colosseum". In a post on Sunday (August 6) in Meta’s recently launched social media platform Threads, Mr Zuckerberg said he had proposed 26 August for the bout with the Tesla titan. “I’m ready today. I suggested Aug 26 when he first challenged, but he hasn’t confirmed. Not holding my breath,” the Meta chief said in response to Mr Musk’s post on Twitter, which has been rebranded as X. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
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Midge Ure confesses: I was an absolute d*** at height of fame
Midge Ure has blamed fame and success on the "horrendous" way he treated his crew with disrespect.
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Barbillion! ‘Barbie’ madks history by making over $1 BILLION in global box office gross
Studio executives are calling the film ‘Barbillion’ after ‘Barbie’ made history by raking in more than $1 billion in global box office gross.
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Cillian Murphy: ‘Oppenheimer was naïve for thinking he could end all wars by inventing atomic bomb’
After spending months researching the tormented scientist, Cillian Murphy has branded J Robert Oppenheimer “naïve” for thinking he could end “all wars” by inventing the atomic bomb.
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Trucking giant Yellow Corp. declares bankruptcy after years of financial struggles
Trucking company Yellow Corp. has declared bankruptcy after years of financial struggles and growing debt
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Rahul Gandhi returns to India's parliament as MP
The opposition leader had been disqualified in March after being convicted in a criminal defamation case.
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Saudi Arabia's oil giant Aramco reports $30B in Q2 profits, down nearly 40% from last year
Saudi Arabia’s state-run oil giant Aramco brought in $30 billion in revenues in the second quarter, a nearly 40% decline from the same period the previous year
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Christopher Nolan says movie mumbling is 'artistic choice'
Christopher Nolan has explained the muffled dialogue in his movies is an 'artistic choice' because he would rather use the initial performance given on camera instead of getting the actors back to record portions of dialogue that can't be heard clearly
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