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Once seen as taboo, plastic surgery has exploded in popularity over the last 20 years in China, fuelled by rising disposable incomes, shifts in social attitudes and in large part driven by social media. Every year, 20 million Chinese people pay for cosmetic procedures. Overwhelmingly, it is young women whoContinue Reading

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Home Factual News Least Biased Posted By: Media Bias Fact Check This page hosts daily news stories about the media, social media, and the journalism industry. Get the latest Hirings and Firings, Media Transactions, Controversies, and more. Do you appreciate our work? Please consider one of the following ways toContinue Reading

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His first feature in five years, “A Normal Family” marks both a return and notable departure for South Korean filmmaker Hur Jin-ho. Although lesser-known in the West than cohorts like Park Chan-wook (“Oldboy”) and Bong Joon-ho (“Parasite”), Hur has seen considerable success in Asia with both Korean and Chinese productions,Continue Reading

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This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Efficiency standards for home appliances were once the conversational equivalent of beige — neutral, but aggressively uninteresting. But as political polarization has deepened, dishwashers, laundry machines, showerheads and other household staples have begun to take on a newContinue Reading

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Watch live as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visits the Carlisle Barracks and speaks to U.S. Army War College students, families, faculty and staff. Hegseth is defending himself against a second assertion that he shared classified material through an unapproved and unsecured network. Read more: https://bit.ly/42nqzpo #petehegseth #usa #liveContinue Reading

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Ukraine’s Minister of Economy, Yuliia Svyrydenko, says Ukraine is ready for negotiations to end Russia’s war but not for capitulation, UNIAN reports. Her statement came after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio withdrew from the 23 April London negotiations after Kyiv made it clear it would reject Traitor 47’s administrationContinue Reading