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The North Korean official whose propaganda helped build the Kim dynasty dies at 94

The North Korean official whose propaganda helped build the Kim dynasty dies at 94

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SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Ki Nam, a North Korean propaganda chief who helped build personality cults around the country’s three dynastic leaders, has died at 94, the North’s state media said. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said the country’s current leader, Kim Jong Un, visited the body of Kim Ki Nam at a funeral hall in the capital, Pyongyang, early Wednesday and expressed condolences to family members. The agency said Kim Jong Un will lead the state funeral committee for Kim Ki Nam, who will be buried on Thursday. KCNA said Kim Ki Nam, a former secretary of the ruling Workers’ Party’s central committee, “devoted his all to the sacred struggle for defending and strengthening the ideological purity of our revolution and firmly guaranteeing the steady victory of the socialist cause.” The agency said he died Tuesday after being treated for age-related illnesses and multiple organ dysfunctions for the past year. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited the body of Kim Ki Nam in Pyongyang on Wednesday.KCNA via AP Kim Ki …

Bear Grylls helped to baptise Russell Brand in the River Thames

Bear Grylls helped to baptise Russell Brand in the River Thames

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Bear Grylls has confirmed he stood by Russell Brand’s side when the comedian was baptised in the River Thames last week. Brand shared a video to social media detailing how Grylls was one of two men who “flanked him” during the ceremony where he lives in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. The 48-year-old comedian had previously called baptism an “opportunity to leave the past behind”, less than a year after a Channel 4 Dispatches documentary exposed allegations of sexual assault against him. “Week one as a Christian has been amazing,” Brand said in the video. “The ceremony itself was incredible. I want to thank Bear Grylls and my mate Joe, the two men that stood either side of me and flanked me for the baptism itself.” Grylls confirmed his attendance to the Daily Mail and described assisting in Brand’s baptism as a “privilege” after the comedian’s “tough time”. “Faith and spiritual …

These 7 iPhone Features Helped Me Overcome Travel Anxiety

These 7 iPhone Features Helped Me Overcome Travel Anxiety

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Key Takeaways Use built-in apps like Notes and Files to store important information and offline copies of documents for quick access anytime. Translate foreign text and conversations with your iPhone’s text scanner and Translate app. Stay safe by setting up Location Sharing and Emergency SOS, and enable Low Power Mode to help your iPhone’s battery last. The unknown variables that come with traveling can be both exciting and anxiety-inducing, but your iPhone can help you in many ways. Below, I’ll list some handy iPhone features I use to help put some of my traveling worries to rest. 1 The Notes App to Keep a Packing Checklist I often worry that I might forget my fast charger or even my jacket, especially when I’m staying in more than one hotel. To avoid this, I tend to re-pack everything a few times during my trip. I use the Notes app to keep a handy packing checklist because my iPhone is the one thing I definitely won’t accidentally leave behind. Before checking out of a hotel, I’ll review …

Juro Kara, playwright who helped shape Japan’s postwar avant-garde theatre, dies at 84

Juro Kara, playwright who helped shape Japan’s postwar avant-garde theatre, dies at 84

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Juro Kara, who helped shape Japan’s postwar avant-garde theater, defiantly yet playfully transforming the essence of Kabuki aesthetics into modern storytelling, has died. He was 84. The playwright, director and troupe leader died late Saturday from a blood clot in the brain after he collapsed at home and was rushed to a Tokyo hospital on 1 May, his theatre group Karagumi said in a statement on Sunday. Kara, whose real name was Yoshihide Otsuru, rose to stardom in the so-called Japanese underground movement of the 1960s known as “un-gura”, characterized by a kitsch rebellious style also found in his contemporaries Shuji Terayama and Tadashi Suzuki. Kara’s colourful shows, often in makeshift tents evocative of a traveling circus, rejected the established theatrical modes then dominating modernizing Japan that were mostly Western, middle class and well-behaved. His plays, such as “Koshimaki Osen,” were characterized by a raw energetic physicality, blatantly …

These 5 iPhone Features Helped Me Minimize Distractions at Work

These 5 iPhone Features Helped Me Minimize Distractions at Work

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Are you often tempted to scroll through social media or jump into group chats to read new texts and memes? I have been using these various iPhone features to minimize distractions while working. So, check them out and see if they help you. 1 Work Focus Mode to Block Notifications and Calls Work is a Focus mode that helps me block all unimportant notifications and calls on my iPhone while ensuring I still have access to other work apps and time-sensitive calls. To set up Work Focus, head to Settings > Focus > Work. Tap Choose People or Choose Apps to begin selecting which contact and app you want to allow notifications from. Next, in the Customize Screens section, you can choose which Lock or Home Screen to display when Work Focus is enabled. As the saying goes, “out of sight, out of mind,” so I find it best to hide iPhone Home Screen pages with distracting apps. Further down, you’ll see an Add Schedule button, which lets you specify when you want your iPhone …

I added this one strength training technique into my weekly workouts and it helped me build strength faster than I ever have before

I added this one strength training technique into my weekly workouts and it helped me build strength faster than I ever have before

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Here at Fit&Well, we give you all the fitness information you need to stand on your own two feet in the gym. But not this time.  Instead, I want to share the benefits of single-leg movements and other unilateral exercises—moves that target one side of your body at a time.  For the last five weeks, I’ve been incorporating more of these moves into my training with the goal of building more strength and muscle. And I’ve already noticed week-on-week increases in the weights I’m able to lift.  Want proof? I’ve noticed my barbell back squat numbers creeping in the right direction; I started by lifting five sets of five reps at 220lb/100kg, and most recently hit four sets of four reps at 115kg/250lb.  That’s one of several reasons why I think this strength training technique deserves a spot in your exercise plans.  How I added unilateral exercises into my schedule I’m a big fan of unilateral exercises but that doesn’t mean every exercise I do is unilateral. I like to use them alongside bilateral moves as …

Tiffany Haddish Still Has the Apartment Kevin Hart Helped Her Get When She Was Homeless

Tiffany Haddish Still Has the Apartment Kevin Hart Helped Her Get When She Was Homeless

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Tiffany Haddish is reflecting on the significant way comedian Kevin Hart impacted her life before she became a household name. During a recent appearance on SiriusXM’s This Life of Mine with James Corden, the 44-year-old opened up about how her Night School co-star helped her during their early comedy days. “We were doing these sketch shows at the Laugh Factory and Kevin was coming up there. It was like every Wednesday night, I would show up late. I didn’t want nobody to see my car,” Haddish tells Corden when asked about the history of her friendship with Hart. She continues, “I would park a little further away or I would pull up and let the valet take the car, but I would pull up late so nobody would see it. One day I pulled up and Kevin pulled up just in front of me and I was like, ‘Damn. Maybe I should pull up,’ and he’s like looking at me. He’s like, ‘Haddish, what’s all this stuff in your car? What’s going on? You homeless or something?’ I’m like, ‘Ah, I’m just …

Sofia Vergara opens up about how her appearance helped her in Hollywood

Sofia Vergara opens up about how her appearance helped her in Hollywood

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Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Sofia Vergara has candidly reflected on the impact her looks had on her Hollywood career. The Modern Family star candidly spoke to People for this month’s “The Beautiful Issue,” talking about her start in Los Angeles, motherhood, and her dating life post-divorce. Vergara, 51, has been settling into a new norm since her split from Joe Manganiello after seven years of marriage. Though she wasn’t willing to disclose the details of any prospect suitors or potential relationships she’s pursuing, the Griselda lead discussed the other focus people tend to have on her – her appearance. When asked whether she thought people “underestimated” her talent at the start of her career, Vergara said she never let herself think about that too much. “I think once you put that in your head, then that’s all you see. That’s all you feel,” she confessed. …