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Furious Netflix fans ‘hate’ major update about biggest sci-fi’s final season Stranger Things has been one of Netflix’s most popular series, but fans have been left unimpressed as it’s rumoured that the show will be released in two parts. 2025 is set to be a huge year for the streaming platform as it marks the return of its three biggest series: Squid Games (which was released in January), Wednesday, and the fifth season of Stranger Things. The popular supernatural horror series launched in 2016 and stars Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, David Harbour, and Winona Ryder. The horror series set in the…

Meryl Streep cut a ‘car-sized hole’ in fence during frightening escape from wildfires Meryl Streep’s nephew, Abe Streep, has revealed how his A-list aunt was forced to make a frightening getaway from her home. The LA wildfires tore through the Palisades in California, a popular celebrity neighbourhood, earlier this month. celebrities were forced to evacuate and many shared horrifying stories on social media as their homes were destroyed and people were killed. Although the Devil Wears Prada actress hasn’t spoken about the horrifying events herself, her nephew has now revealed that she had to endure a terrifying ordeal in…

Is the original still the best? (Aspyr) The Wednesday letters page thinks it knows what Nintendo is planning for Donkey Kong, as a reader discusses the secret to Grand Theft Auto’s success. Ultimate RaiderI know the Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered compilation has had some criticism in the Inbox, but I’m really interested in playing it, even though I didn’t really like any of the games at the time. I’m especially interested to see if they can actually improve Angel Of Darkness, although I’m doubtful they can turn it into an actually good game. But that made me think about…

More than 500,000 people have been displaced thus far in January due to heavy fighting in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the country’s foreign minister told an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday. “The humanitarian situation continues to deteriorate, with more than 500,000 new (internally displaced people) in North and South Kivu provinces in January alone,” Congolese Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner said. In the worst escalation of a long-running conflict in more than a decade, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels entered Goma, the capital of North Kivu and the largest city in eastern Congo, on…

Increased repression halts humanitarian aid in Yemen because of key decisions by Yemen’s de facto government, the Houthi army, seem to indicate the Houthis are on a zigzag course in the ongoing Yemeni conflict. Last Thursday, the Houthis kidnapped 7 UN employees in the country’s capital Sanaa. On Friday, they released the 25-member crew of the Galaxy Leader, a merchant ship they had seized in November 2023. The Israelis are also playing a long game in Yemen, destabilizing the region and bombing targets in Yemen, claiming they are Houthi targets. Increased repression halts humanitarian aid On Saturday, the Houthis also let…

Trump offers 2 million federal employees eight months pay to quit The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it is offering buyouts to almost all federal workers who opt to leave their jobs by next week — an unprecedented move to shrink the US government as fast as possible.

An iconic London cinema loved by Hollywood directors is being ‘bullied into closure’ over fears the billionaire landlord will redevelop the site. The Prince Charles Cinema in Leicester Square has said they have been ‘intimidated’ by landlord Zedwell LSQ in a row over their lease renewal. The cinema, which opened in 1962, claims the landlord wants an increase in rent above market rates in an attempt to shut the business and redevelop the property. This is despite the Prince Charles being one of the country’s best-loved cinemas, and attracts more than 250,000 each year. Film makers have praised the venue,…

Climate change made LA wildfires worse, says study Human-driven climate change set the stage for the devastating Los Angeles wildfires by reducing rainfall, parching vegetation, and extending the dangerous overlap between flammable drought conditions and powerful Santa Ana winds, according to an analysis published Tuesday. The study, conducted by dozens of researchers, concluded that the fire-prone conditions fueling the blazes were approximately 35 percent more likely due to global warming caused by burning fossil fuels. “Climate change increased the risk of the devastating LA wildfires,” said Clair Barnes of Imperial College London, the lead author of the study by World…

The Trump administration to offer buyouts federal workers and downsize as he looks to cut thousands of jobs and replace them with AI. Using a sneaky method of buying out there contracts and shortchanging the employees with a max of 8 months of the contract. Trump administration to offer buyouts federal workers and downsize President Trump wants to shrink government administration on Tuesday is set to send out a memo to all federal employees giving them the chance to opt in to a plan that would allow them to retain their pay and benefits until later this year if they choose not to return…

A man who was pushed into the path of an oncoming subway train in New York City recounted his harrowing tale in a new interview after he narrowly escaped death. Joseph Lynskey, 45, was standing on the platform of the 18th Street subway station in Manhattan, waiting for a train to take him to Brooklyn on the afternoon of Dec. 31. He had just had a celebratory lunch with friends and was headed home to get ready for a New Year’s Eve party, he told Good Morning America’s Eva Pilgrim. Subway shove survivor recalls how he cheated death after madman…