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On a small stage in the garden of a house in the Namibiancapital of Windhoek, half a dozen drag queens are rehearsing for their show the next day — Drag Night Namibia.  Each new pose is cheered on frenetically by the small crowd watching the rehearsal. “The hardest working legs in drag,” someone shouts as Aedin Mohrmann does a deep squat. Tonight he’s wearing grey sweatpants, but tomorrow he will transform into his drag persona: Atlantis. These drag performances are a safe space for Namibia’s LGTBQ+ community, a place where they can feel free to be themselves.  Singer Elize Ehlers hosts…

At least 34 people have died and more than 100 have been taken to hospital after drinking illegally brewed alcohol in Tamil Nadu in southern India, a senior official has said.The state’s chief minister M K Stalin said they had consumed liquor tainted with methanol, according to the Press Trust of India news agency.More than 100 people suffering from vomiting, stomach ache and diarrhoea have been admitted to hospitals in the Kallakurichi district since Wednesday – and more than 60 are still being treated, a government spokesperson for the state said on Thursday. Follow Sky News on WhatsApp Keep up…

It’s been difficult to find any kind of long-lasting peace in Yemen this year, despite the brief hope offered by a cease-fire negotiated between the two parties — the Houthis and the forces belonging to the internationally recognized government. The cease-fire, first agreed in the spring and extended several times, lapsed in October when the two sides couldn’t come to further agreement on it. Despite the fragility of the agreement, it did give ordinary Yemenis some respite. According to the United Nations, there were no major military operations in the war and a 60% decrease in casualties. Yemen at war since 2014 Saudi Arabia’s government…

The US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a ban on people convicted of domestic violence from owning guns. The justices ruled 8-1 in favor of a 1994 ban on firearms for people who are subject to restraining orders to stay away from their partners. “When a restraining order contains a finding that an individual poses a credible threat to the physical safety of an intimate partner, that individual may — consistent with the Second Amendment — be banned from possessing firearms while the order is in effect,” conservative Chief Justice John Roberts wrote. The verdict overturns a previous ruling from…

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The Telugu hit “Naatu Naatu” is a global sensation: The first song from an Indian film to win the Academy Award and the Golden Globe for best original song, it beat entries by established heavyweights like Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and Rihanna. The fast-paced 4.5-minute song, which features in the 2022 Telugu-language film “RRR,” had already become a viral hit in India when the blockbuster film was released last year — not least because it featured nifty choreography that inspired viral trends on social media within India and globally. Indian film ‘RRR’ gains worldwide success for song ‘Naatu Naatu’To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider…

After 15 years of recession and austerity and three rescue packages that came with tough conditions attached, labor in Greece is no longer strictly regulated. Collective agreements have been frozen for years, and in many businesses, staff work on the basis of individual employment contracts. While the 40-hour work week is still officially in place, employers are permitted to require staff to work up to two unpaid hours per day for a limited period in return for more free time. In theory, this additional work is voluntary. In reality, however, workers in many businesses and workplaces are forced to work longer…

The Balkans suffered major blackouts on Friday after temperatures approached 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in the region’s first heatwave of the year.. Parts of Albania, Bosnia,and Croatia reported temporary outages, while almost all of Montenegro was without power for several hours. “The malfunction occurred as a result of a heavy load on the grid, a sudden increase in power consumption due to high temperature and the high temperatures,” said Montenegro’s Energy Minister Sasa Mujovic. Albanian broadcaster Top Channel TV said the regional issue was caused by an interconnector failure in Montenegro, citing unnamed sources.Montenegro is in the midst of a…

The French economy has taken a hit following president Emmanuel Macron’s decision to call a snap election, new figures suggest.Business confidence and private sector output both dropped in June, a survey of around 750 major companies in the country revealed on Friday. France’s services sector – which includes industries such as hospitality and entertainment – also contracted by more than expected, according to the data.It comes after Mr Macron took the surprise gamble of calling a national poll earlier this month, after Marine Le Pen’s hard right National Rally (NR) party won around 32% of the vote in European elections…

A cabaret duo from Berlin has gained worldwide success with a witty rap that’s gone viral on Instagram and YouTube, and is a top trend on TikTok where users lip-sync and dance to the tune. The musical cabaret artist Bodo Wartke and his collaborator, music producer Marti Fischer, were no strangers to social media within Germany. But their tongue-twister rap, “Barbaras Rhabarberbar” (Barbara’s Rhubarb Bar), has broken global records and even knocked R&B queen Beyoncé off her streaming throne for a time. Now one half of the duo, Bodo Wartke, himself is followed by nearly 900,000 people on TikTok — not bad for a local Berlin comic.…