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Ukrainian Eurovision winners auction trophy for war equipment for country; perform at charity event for medical supplies Eurovision Song Contest winners Eurovision Song Contest winners, the Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra sold its trophy for $9,00,000 to raise money for drones for the country’s armed forces, which is currently fighting Russia’s invasion. According to reports, TV presenter Serhiy Prytula, who reportedly hosted…

Image: Creative Commons / Sony Pictures Sam Raimi is fresh off the back of his first superhero flick in 15 years, and now fans are wanting the acclaimed horror director to helm Morbius 2. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness released earlier this month to decent reviews, but its footprint on the internet feels miniscule and minute compared to the avalanche of sh*tposting that Morbius has ushered in over a similar timespan. The ill-fated chapter in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe has shocked many by allowing…

With the band Uncle Tupelo, Jeff Tweedy helped invent a strand of rogue Americana known, unsatisfyingly, as alt country. The group he formed afterwards – Wilco – have spent nearly 30 years expanding away from that brief, combining searching songwriting with restless experimentation.But the tumult of recent history has sent Wilco back into a room to record live for the first time since 2007’s Sky Blue Sky. The result is a double album of self-declared country songs that process the state of the nation and the condition of…

Seychelles President Wavel Ramkalawan is really tired of other countries making and breaking climate change promises.Ramkalawan leads the archipelago nation that encompasses 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, just off the coast of East Africa. In yesterday's Bloomberg report, he said he doesn't expect any substantial climate aid pledges from industrialized nations and that 2021's promises still haven't been met.Seychelles promised in the Paris Agreement to protect 100 percent of its fragile, greenhouse gas-guzzling…

Over the past two years, very few heads of government anywhere in the world remained unscathed by the ravages of the worst pandemic the world had seen in a century. Many saw their reputation in tatters, and some were swept out of government by the bitter anger of their devastated people. It is therefore in the fitness of things for a book length examination of why and how India’s Narendra Modi represents that rarest phenomenon -- an already overwhelmingly popular leader whose approval ratings not only did not fall but…

The Central African Republic approves the legal framework for economic use of Bitcoin. The Central African Republic passes a bill to regulate crypto use. (Getty Images)…