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Peter Mandelson standing in a dark London alleyway near 10 Downing Street. He wears a sharp charcoal suit and a silk tie. Dramatic rim lighting and rain-slicked cobblestones. 85mm portrait lens. 4K HDR fashion photography. Vivid high-saturation colors and deep shadows.
Peter Mandelson standing in a dark London alleyway near 10 Downing Street. He wears a sharp charcoal suit and a silk tie. Dramatic rim lighting and rain-slicked cobblestones. 85mm portrait lens. 4K HDR fashion photography. Vivid high-saturation colors and deep shadows.

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STARMER ADMITS MANDELSON APPOINTMENT WAS A TOTAL DISASTER #

Keir Starmer stood at the dispatch box in London on Monday with the look of a man who had seen his favorite guest list tossed into the Thames. The Prime Minister admitted to the UK Parliament that he was wrong to appoint Peter Mandelson as the British Ambassador to Washington. The man once known as the New Labour Prince of Darkness has seen his social capital evaporate faster than cheap prosecco after reports surfaced that he failed security vetting due…

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YOUTUBER TRADES RED CARPET FOR SOUTH KOREAN LABOR PRISON #

Ramsey Khalid Ismael sat in a Seoul courtroom on Wednesday as his career as an online provocateur hit a concrete wall. The 25-year-old American YouTuber, known to his followers as Johnny Somali, was sentenced to six months in a South Korean labor prison. His crime was a series of stunts…

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ACADEMY PANICS AS GHOST ACTORS DEMAND OSCAR STATUES #

Val Kilmer appeared on a cinema screen at CinemaCon this week looking remarkably youthful for a man who died a year ago. The premiere of the film As Deep as the Grave features a fully authorized generative AI version of the star, and it has sent the Hollywood awards circuit…

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PFIZER READY TO TOPPLE LILLY DIET DRUG EMPIRE #

The $36.5 billion revenue haul from weight-loss drugs has turned Eli Lilly into a pharmaceutical fortress, but Pfizer is now at the gates with a monthly shot. According to The…

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GUNMAN RUINS PYRAMID TOUR WITH SHOOTING

An armed man standing atop a historic Teotihuacán pyramid opened fire on tourists on Monday, killing one Canadian and injuring 13 others. Authorities in Mexico City are investigating the archaeological site after police and forensic workers were seen standing on the pyramid, per AP News.

POPE LEO BLASTS TYRANTS IN CAMEROON

Pope Leo XIV described the world as being 'ravaged by a handful of tyrants' during a speech in Cameroon on April 16. The US-born pontiff continues to spar with President Trump, who called the Pope's stance on nuclear weapons 'absolutely unacceptable' on Truth Social.

VIBE CODING PLATFORM LEAKS HIGH VALUE DATA

Lovable, the $6.6 billion vibe coding platform, has faced a security crisis after exposing source code and user records for 48 days. Reports from The Next Web suggest that 91.5% of vibe-coded apps had at least one AI-related flaw in early 2026.

COOL KIDS GATHER FOR BARCELONA SUMMIT

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez hosted leaders from Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, and Chile for a democracy summit in Barcelona on Saturday. The gathering of the progressive elite in the Mediterranean sun focused on defending democratic visions, according to The Sun Chronicle.