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MANILA, Philippines — Some politicians are appealing to authorities to scrap the ban on “selfies” or photo opportunities with supporters during the campaign season, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said yesterday. DILG spokesman Jonathan Malaya said the ban will remain in place unless the Commission on…

In a new paper published this week in the journal Current Biology, University of Osnabrück’s Dr. Simone Pika and colleagues report the first observations of chimpanzees applying insects to their own open wounds and to the wounds of conspecifics. This photo shows a chimpanzee female, Roxy, applying an insect to…

HAIR TO THE THRONE - Inside Harry and Meghan's business empire - Why the Queen is set for worst year of entire reign 21:01, 8 Feb 2022Updated: 21:01, 8 Feb 2022PRINCE Harry has revealed what life is like for his children Archie and Lilibet. During an earnest chat for US…

Mark Wahlberg and Tom Holland Shutterstock (2)So much for those Spidey senses! After Tom Holland revealed that he thought his Uncharted costar Mark Wahlberg gifted him a toy for “self-pleasure,” the Boogie Nights actor set the record straight. Wahlberg, 50, directly addressed the Spider-Man: No Way Home star, 25, via…

A federal judge in Florida lashed out at unvaccinated potential jurors this week, calling them “selfish and unpatriotic” after he was forced to postpone a trial because he’d wanted to refuse to seat anyone who hadn’t gotten a COVID-19 shot. “It is the court’s belief that the vast majority of…

There’s a lot of talk about “self care” recently. But scented candles and bath products are often packed with artificial ingredients. The founder of Salt & Water Company wants self care to actually be good for your health. Read about how the company works to achieve that goal in this…

T.J. Smith (Oakboro Police Department) A small-town police chief in North Carolina is on unpaid leave after he told fellow cops where they could get a proof-of-vaccination card without actually being vaccinated, according to local media.  T.J. Smith, who heads up the Oakboro Police Department—about an hour outside of Charlotte—was…

Oppo has released a brief video hinting at a new type of camera design for smartphones. The company’s “self-developed retractable camera” is shown extending from the phone’s body before retracting back inside. The video suggests that the mechanism is waterproof and that it’ll automatically retract the camera if the phone…

The term “binge-watch” was a contender for the Oxford English Dictionary’s 2013 word of the year. Although it didn’t win (“selfie” ultimately took the crown), this pointed to the rise of what was becoming a popular activity of watching multiple episodes of a TV show in a single sitting. Today,…

NUEVO URECHO, Mexico — Extortion of avocado growers in western Mexico has gotten so bad that 500 vigilantes from a so-called “self-defense” group known as United Towns, or Pueblos Unidos, gathered Saturday and pledged to aid police. The vigilantes gathered for a rally in the town of Nuevo Urecho, in…