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A snowboarder makes history (despite a fracture)

On January 24th, during the X Games in Aspen, Colorado, a highly recognized extreme sports competition, the young Japanese snowboarder, Hiroto Ogiwara, made history.

In fact, the 20-year-old athlete achieved the very first recorded 2340 in the history of an official competition!

A 2340 is a trick that consists of performing six and a half rotations in the air. As soon as he took off from the jump, Ogiwara immediately began his spin, giving himself the necessary time to complete the entire maneuver before finishing his run by landing in front of the spectators while celebrating his feat. This is a milestone, so we can understand his excitement.

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The judges gave him a score of 97.33, securing the gold medal with nearly 3 points ahead of Taiga Hasegawa in second place. Notably, Rocco Jamieson completed the podium trio.

This achievement was made despite the fact that Ogiwara had sustained a minor fracture in his arm during a prior training session. He had received the green light to participate in the tournament, but one might still think he wasn’t at 100%, nonetheless. This information makes this accomplishment even more impressive, and hats off to the young man for his remarkable resilience!

The young athlete continues to make waves in his field, having been on a steady rise since his official debut in 2017, starting competitions of this kind at the age of 12.

He is particularly known for his triumphs at the Japanese junior ski championships, in addition to having won major honors at the senior level afterward (2021 and 2022).

The Super Bowl LIX halftime show in pictures

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Bradley Cooper is on fire at the Super Bowl

Bradley Cooper is living his best life.

The movie superstar has been a die-hard fan of the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFL for years, and his team has the chance tonight (February 9) to win Super Bowl LIX.

So, it was a fired-up Bradley Cooper that we saw before the game, as he introduced his favorite team, accompanied by a young fan and his daughter, Lea, whom he shares with model Irina Shayk.

He gave a fiery interview before the game, appearing more confident than ever for his Eagles!

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One can say that Bradley has every reason to be thrilled, as his team was dominating against the Kansas City Chiefs in the first half…

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Donald Trump spotted at the Super Bowl with his daughter Ivanka and under heavy security

Donald Trump was finally spotted at Super Bowl LIX with his daughter Ivanka… under heavy security and without a smile.

The American president indeed seemed a bit upset in the photos captured of him so far, but that didn’t stop him from giving his best salute during the national anthem of his country. In the pictures, we can also see the owner of the New Orleans Saints, Gayle Benson, the host franchise of the Super Bowl this year.

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At least, Ivanka seemed to be having (slightly) more fun!

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Masked thieves break into Windsor Castle estate

A recent incident, kept secret until now, is raising concerns about the security of the royal family.

According to The Sun, masked burglars managed to enter the royal estate, smashing through a closed gate before making off with two stolen vehicles.

Thieves broke into the grounds of Windsor Castle, where the Prince and Princess of Wales live with their three children, and stole two vehicles, police said.

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According to The Sun, the thieves broke through a security barrier to make off with a black Isuzu pickup and a red quad bike in a daring intrusion on the royal grounds of Windsor Castle.

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They reportedly managed to break into a farm building on royal land near Windsor Castle.

Although King Charles and Queen Camilla were not residing at the castle at the time of the break-in, it is assumed that Prince William and his family were asleep at their Adelaide Cottage residence.

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The latter is located just a few minutes from the fence the thieves hit during their escape, on the grounds of Windsor Castle.

According to sources quoted by The Sun, this burglary may have been meticulously planned.

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The criminals are believed to have carried out prolonged surveillance of the estate before taking action.

This incident, which had not been revealed to the public until recently, is causing great concern.

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It highlights a potentially major security breach for the royal family, especially as the theft took place inside the secure area of the Windsor Castle estate.

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Elon Musk insulted by Brazil’s first lady

Billionaire Elon Musk, owner of X (formerly Twitter), who has been at odds with Brazil for several months over misinformation on his platform, saw this dispute reignited in an unusual way this weekend.

At an event on the heels of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Janja Lula da Silva, the wife of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, took to the stage to directly attack Elon Musk, claiming that he didn’t intimidate her, adding a swear word to underline her contempt.

Brazil's first lady, Janja Lula da Silva, swore while addressing billionaire Elon Musk during a G20 event on the weekend, at which she spoke about the need to regulate social media to rein in misinformation.

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Rosangela da Silva addressed Elon Musk directly as she spoke at a pre-G20 event dedicated to regulating social networks to combat misinformation.

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This unexpected intervention reignites a conflict that has been ongoing for several months between the billionaire and Brazil, after the latter was recently forced to temporarily suspend all X activities in the country, due to Musk’s refusal to comply with the Supreme Court’s decision to appoint a legal representative for his company in Brazil.

In an unexpected moment, as Rosangela da Silva was talking about how to regulate social networks, a ship’s noise was heard. The First Lady immediately reacted in jest, saying that it was Elon Musk who was making the noise, before adding bluntly: « **** ***, Elon Musk », asserting that she wasn’t afraid of him!

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For his part, Musk reacted on X by predicting that Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva would lose his next election.

This conflict began when Brazil insisted that X and Elon Musk comply with local laws concerning online disinformation. Musk had refused to comply with Supreme Court orders to block accounts accused of spreading « false information » and hate messages.

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Musk had then expelled his legal representatives from Brazil, depriving himself of the right to operate his companies under Brazilian law. After several attempts to get Musk to cooperate, the Supreme Court was forced to shut down X throughout the country, and the threat also extended to Musk’s Starlink satellite service, which refused to obey the court’s order to cut off X from its Internet services.

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Finally, after several weeks, Musk changed his mind and began to comply with the Supreme Court’s ruling.

As a result, Brazil authorized X to resume its activities in the country last October.