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26+ min ago (319+ words) New Zealand's attempts to "coerce" the Cook Islands over its relationship with China will not work, Prime Minister Mark Brown said in an interview aired on Cook Islands Television last week. He said the Pacific island country still wants New Zealand support but the two countries need to work together as "partners" with the Cooks maintaining its sovereignty. New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters, leader of the right-wing populist NZ First party in the ruling coalition, blocked the payments after Brown signed strategic deals with China in February without "consulting" Wellington. Peters claimed prior approval was required under the terms of the Cook Islands' constitutional position as one of New Zealand's semi-dependent "Realm" countries. In 2001, New Zealand and the Cook Islands signed a Joint Centenary Declaration which broadly states that the two governments must "consult regularly on defence and security…...

27+ min ago (343+ words) Parrot Analytics data shows the sci-fi hit has also generated more than 2 million new subscriber sign-ups since 2020 The post "Stranger Things" Has Made Over $1 Billion for Netflix | Chart appeared first on TheWrap. As Netflix debuts the final season of "Stranger Things," Parrot Analytics" Streaming Economics data shows just how financially important the series has been to the company and why Netflix is pulling every possible strategic lever for its farewell. The chart below tells an even clearer story: each new season unleashes a surge of economic value. In the second and third quarters of 2022, aligned with the release of Season 4, "Stranger Things" delivered more than $120 million in streaming revenue per quarter. Very few originals on any platform can focus global attention at that scale, and even fewer can convert that attention into such a sizable financial impact. Given that context,…...

37+ min ago (250+ words) Kayla complained, her grades in this subject remained poor, and I eventually arranged a meeting with her teacher to discuss Kayla's performance. When I sat down with her, she immediately insulted me (So you're the mother), and then spent the full 20 minutes or so ranting about my daughter, mostly about how she hates the way she smells and dresses. I am appalled, and I will be seeking both administrative and legal remedies: I want this teacher gone. But I need some way to apologize or make this up to my daughter. It just didn't strike me that her own claim that the teacher just hated her and was grading her out of spite was actually true. What do I do here to make things right with her? I'm a 27-year-old woman, and I've been dating my boyfriend Ned for a…...

42+ min ago (213+ words) Rep. Tom Barrett (R-MI) sent out a bizarre fundraising call to action for his supporters on Friday, headlined, "the furries are coming for me." "I'd heard of furries, but to be honest, I didn't think they were real. Then one filed to run against me for Congress," stated the email. "Samuel Smeltzer, whose furry name is Elyon Badger, announced he's running against me, in costume, on a far left progressive platform." "Never seen a fundraising appeal quite like this one," wrote Axios' Andrew Solender on X. The campaign page of Smeltzer, which advertises him under his "fursona," introduces him as "a Michigan Army National Guard veteran, LGBTQIA+ activist, and small business owner running to represent Michigan's 7th District in Congress. I've experienced the failings of our system firsthand and I'm running to build a government that finally works for the people, NOT…...

42+ min ago (1059+ words) Premier League leaders Arsenal meet their nearest rivals and FIFA Club World Cup holders, Chelsea, at Stamford Bridge. Who: Chelsea and Arsenal What: English Premier League Where: Stamford Bridge, London, United Kingdom When: Sunday, November 30 at 4:30pm (16:30 GMT) How to follow: We'll have all the build-up on Al Jazeera Sport from 14:30 GMT in advance of our text commentary stream. The top of the table clash between Arsenal and Chelsea on Sunday has the potential to blow the Premier League title race wide open. Alternatively, it could leave it in danger of turning into a procession. Al Jazeera Sport takes a look at potentially the most crucial game of the Premier League season. Arsenal are six points clear at the top as they head to Stamford Bridge. With defending champions Liverpool in freefall and Manchester City also off the pace, it could…...

45+ min ago (717+ words) Mother Jones writers Pema Levy and Ari Berman say that President Donald Trump "owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man" " Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. "Twenty years ago, John Roberts promised that as chief justice of the Supreme Court, he would be like an umpire, calling balls and strikes," they write. "His promise charmed senators and the media, who believed that his predilection for executive power and long-held antipathy for civil rights could be moderated by this commitment to faithfully apply the law," they add. But Roberts wasn't what he seemed, they say. "The delusion was so powerful that for two decades, the media defaulted to portraying him as a moderate institutionalist, pointing to high-profile decisions " to uphold parts of the Affordable Care Act or striking down President Donald Trump's attempt to ask about citizenship in the…...

57+ min ago (274+ words) On Friday via Truth Social, President Donald Trump announced that he plans to pardon the former president of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hern'ndez, who was sentenced to 45 years in U.S. federal prison on drug trafficking and weapons charges. A federal jury convicted him in March 2024 on three counts related to drug trafficking and firearms conspiracies. He was sentenced on June 26, 2024, to 45 years in federal prison, followed by five years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay an $8 million fine. "I will be granting a Full and Complete Pardon to Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez who has been, according to many people that I greatly respect, treated very harshly and unfairly," wrote Trump on Truth Social. "This cannot be allowed to happen, especially now, after Tito Asfura wins the Election, when Honduras will be on its way to Great Political and Financial…...

59+ min ago (355+ words) Suspect charged in daring Louvre heist had six previous convictions, prosecutors say. France has charged the fourth alleged member of a four-person gang arrested over last month's jewel heist at the Louvre, officials said. Prosecutor Laure Beccuau, whose office is heading the investigation, on Friday said the 39-year-old man has a criminal record, with six previous convictions. On October 19, the gang raided the world's most-visited art museum in broad daylight, taking just seven minutes to steal jewellery worth an estimated $102m before fleeing on scooters. "Already convicted six times, this man was known to courts for various offences, such as pimping, driving without a licence, and receiving stolen goods," Beccuau said in a statement. The prosecutor's statement did not say what role, exactly, the man is thought to have played in the heist. The four suspects believed to have carried out…...

1+ hour ago (223+ words) A health expert has called out the Trump administration over what he calls the "sharpest threat" in decades. The U.S. Department of Education has claimed it will redefine what it considers a "professional degree," claiming it's tied to an attempt to reduce costs. The department has planned to recategorize nursing, public health, social work, physician assistant studies, audiology and physical therapy as "nonprofessional." "But in truth, it poses one of the sharpest threats in decades to our nation's health'workforce pipeline and Americans' access to care," Ngo wrote. "It will impact whether a child in a rural county, a senior in care, or a parent or child in an underserved community will get the care and services they need." The added financial pressure will make graduate degrees further out of reach for students and ultimately take away from the American health care…...

1+ hour, 3+ min ago (347+ words) Trump's Approval by Working Class Underwater by 28 Points According to The Economist/YouGov polling, the proportion of people earning less than $50,000 a year who approve of Trump's job performance is 34 percent, while 62 percent of people disapprove. Posted by Corky at 05:33 PM | 7 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | "There's little spare cash in the average American's wallet," he added. "Every trip to the supermarket costs a little more. And unavoidable expenses such as health care premiums are turning stratospheric. Trump keeps talking about cutting the cost of living, but his rhetoric isn't matched by delivery." "Trump, quite simply, no longer appears the outsider president fighting for the dispossessed. For many working-class Americans, he's no longer on their side." That he was ever on anyone's side but his own has always been a strong Cult Delusion. #2 | Posted by Corky at 2025-11-28 11:19 AM | Reply…...