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16 hours ago · Hugh Jackman. Hugh Michael Jackman AC (born 12 October 1968) [1] is an Australian actor. Beginning in theatre and television, Jackman landed his breakthrough role as Wolverine in the X-Men film franchise and the Marvel Cinematic Universe from X-Men (2000) to Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). Prominent on both screen and stage, he has received ...
16 hours ago · Ethnomusicology (from Greek ἔθνος ethnos ‘nation’ and μουσική mousike ‘music’) is the multidisciplinary study of music in its cultural context, investigating social, cognitive, biological, comparative, and other dimensions involved other than sound. Ethnomusicologists study music as a reflection of culture and investigate ...
16 hours ago · Peter Andreas Thiel (/ tiːl /; born 11 October 1967) is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist. [1][2][3] A co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, he was the first outside investor in Facebook. [4][5] As of July 2024, Thiel had an estimated net worth of $11.2 billion and was ranked 212th ...
16 hours ago · The history of artificial intelligence (AI) began in antiquity, with myths, stories and rumors of artificial beings endowed with intelligence or consciousness by master craftsmen. The study of logic and formal reasoning from antiquity to the present led directly to the invention of the programmable digital computer in the 1940s, a machine based ...
16 hours ago · Historian Peter Winn described the 1973 coup as one of the most violent events in Chilean history. [28] The coup led to a series of human rights abuses in Chile under Pinochet , who initiated a brutal and long-lasting campaign of political suppression through torture, murder, and exile, which significantly weakened leftist opposition to the military dictatorship of Chile (1973–1990).
16 hours ago · Dave Chisnall. David Chisnall (born 12 September 1980) is an English professional darts player who plays in Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events, where he is currently ranked No. 6 in the world. He began his career in the British Darts Organisation (BDO) and was the runner-up in their World Championship in 2010.
16 hours ago · The Free-to-Air (FTA) broadcasting deal between the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) and the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), signed at the end of 2023, is now at risk of collapse. This is due to the Ministry of Sports withholding funds necessary to sustain the agreement over the next seven years.The deal, signed in November 2023, was backed by both the Ministry of Sports and the Ministry of ICT and Digital Economy. Funding was to come from the Sports, Arts, and Social Development Fund ...
