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Will oprak Razgatlioğlu be a MotoGP™ rider in 2023? It's a question everyone is eager to know the answer to. The current World Superbike Champion fueled the rumors with an enigmatic post on social media recently. he rumors began after an enigmatic post on social networks by the reigning World Superbike Champion After his performance on Yamaha's R1 Superbike helped him beat Jonathan Rea to the 2021 title, interest in Toprak Razgatlioğlu's services in the MotoGP™ paddock climbed last season. After recent events at Yamaha that saw Valentino Rossi announce his retirement and Maverick Viñales join Aprilia Racing mid-season, the Iwata factory needed at least one rider. Naturally, Toprak Razgatlioğlu was among the favorites. However, the Turk and his team decided to turn down a move to MotoGP™ in 2022. Toprak Razgatlioğlu wanted to focus fully on the World Superbike title, which he won following a battle with Jonathan Rea at the newly opened Pertamina Mandalika circuit in Indonesia. "I THINK I'M NOT REALLY SPECIAL" - HUMBLE RAZĞATLIOGLU TALKS "INCREDIBLE" TITLE-WINNING CAMPAIGN UNFILTERED: UNSEEN, UNMISSABLE CELEBRATIONS AS RAZĞATLIOGLU IS CROWNED CHAMPION After being crowned World Superbike Champion, Toprak Razgatlioğlu now seems more than open to a move to MotoGP™. All observers are in awe of what the 25-year-old can do on a bike with his unmistakable aggressive riding style. Only eight-time World Champion Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) comes close to the current generation of world-class riders in terms of riding style. As we know, the rumor season starts very early in MotoGP™. Most riders have contracts that run through the end of 2022, and each factory will be in negotiations with riders about who will fill what spots in 2023 and beyond. It looks like Toprak Razgatlioğlu is now a candidate for a MotoGP™ spot next year, unless he felt like leading us on, of course. If this were to happen, which team would the Turkish rider sign for? Given that he rides Superbikes with the Japanese brand, Yamaha would surely be in pole position. But would the 25-year-old sign for anything other than a factory rider? Rumors last year suggested not. Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP has already signed Franco Morbidelli until the end of 2023, and the Italian is riding alongside current World Champion Fabio Quartararo. No room then? Unless, as with Andrea Dovizioso (WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team), Yamaha is keen to lure Toprak Razgatlioğlu with a full factory contract to its independent team, or El Diablo leaves Yamaha unexpectedly. With the talent and enthusiasm that the Turk possesses, one suspects that every factory will want to approach him. Ducati, Honda, Suzuki, KTM and Aprilia already have great teams, but when a rider like Toprak Razgatlioğlu is available, it would be a mistake to let him pass without trying anything. If previous years are any indication, it probably won't be too long before we know Toprak Razgatlioğlu's intentions for 2023. https://www.motogp.com/fr/nouvelles/2022/01/24/razgatlio-lu-en-motogp-en-2023/404015

Three laboratory monkeys had escaped from a truck carrying them in the northeastern United States after a traffic accident. The truck carrying about 100 crab-eating macaques collided with a garbage truck Friday afternoon near the small town of Danville in central Pennsylvania. Several monkeys "escaped from the scene of the accident and disappeared into the surrounding area," local police tweeted, urging people to stay away from the animals. Three monkeys euthanized In the evening of Saturday, the police reported that the 100 monkeys had been found. But local media, citing U.S. health authorities, said three of them had to be euthanized. Local authorities did not explain why the animals were killed. On Saturday morning, Pennsylvania police released a photo showing a monkey perched in a tree, dazzled by a flashlight. According to the television station WNEP, the police had surrounded the animal and then shots were heard. The price of a crab-eating macaque, also called a long-tailed macaque, can reach $10,000. These monkeys, which are widespread in Southeast Asia, have been used extensively in Covid vaccine research, according to the New York Times. They can live 30 years in captivity. https://www.msn.com/fr-be/actualite/other/des-singes-de-laboratoire-profitent-d-e2-80-99un-accident-de-la-route-pour-se-faire-la-malle/ar-AAT44JH?ocid=BingNewsSearch

Biden’s push for voting rights failed. Will another promise to Black voters fall short? With the push for federal voting rights legislation blocked in Congress, President Biden is facing mounting pressure from civil rights groups to enact new criminal justice policies — or risk failing to deliver another key promise to Black voters. But with legislative efforts languishing in Congress and little public engagement by the White House, Democrats are in danger of disappointing a crucial voting bloc in the run-up to the midterm election. As the calls for a win on criminal justice ramp up, so does the political challenge for Democrats. Violent crime has surged in cities across the country, making many politicians wary of appearing to scale back law enforcement. More politics In recent days, at least five Republican members of Congress have praised initiatives made possible by Biden’s infrastructure bill that they opposed. Political analysts say they are not likely to be the last. California’s contentious single-payer healthcare bill, AB 1400, sailed through the Assembly Appropriations Committee on a party-line 11-3 vote without any discussion, columnist George Skelton writes. Sign up for our California Politics newsletter to get the best of The Times’ state politics reporting and the latest action in Sacramento. https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/newsletter/2022-01-24/democrats-federal-criminal-justice-reform-todays-headlines

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The names stretch out behind her, well-known in state political lore, like ghosts of elections past: Quinn, Harshbarger, Reilly, Coakley. All were incumbent attorneys general who endeavored to become governor, only to fall short. But Maura Healey's not thinking about the past. "Probably the shortest that's ever run," Healey quipped Thursday when asked why her bid for the top job in state government might be different from those of her predecessors. The 5-foot-4-inch former Harvard University point guard launched her campaign for governor this week, and for the first time in the year since the first Democrat entered the 2022 gubernatorial race it finally felt like the campaign had begun. Healey put one question behind her hours after making her campaign official. She was willing to shake hands in the cold, dropping by East Boston's Maverick Square to meet the press and greet commuters under a winter drizzle. She opened her campaign with a hopeful economic message, promising to tackle cost-of-living issues that have long dogged Massachusetts, but have only become worse during the COVID-19 pandemic: housing, health care and child care. "I understand people are tired right now," she said. "I understand that people wonder if we're ever going to get through this and out of this. And I'm just here to say we are, and we will and we will move forward in ways that are bigger and better than ever imagined." Walsh opts out Less than a day after Healey made it official that she would seek the Democratic nomination for governor, former Boston Mayor — and current U.S. Labor Secretary — Marty Walsh said he would not. Walsh told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer he felt it was an “honor” to have his name circulated for the state’s top job but that he has no plans to leave his current job. But with more than $5 million sitting in his campaign fund, expect Walsh’s name to float to the top every time a high-profile statewide office becomes available. Palfrey seeks AG post Healey's entrance into the gubernatorial field not only shakes up that race, but sets the stage for a wide-open contest to succeed her as the state's top law enforcement officer. And that contest is likely to include some local flavor. Before Healey even formalized her plans to run for governor, Southborough native Quentin Palfrey was one of two Democrats who opened campaign accounts to run for attorney general (Brookline attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan was the other). A Palfrey spokesperson said a formal campaign announcement is forthcoming. The 2018 Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, Palfrey has a virtual fundraiser planned for Thursday, with a campaign email describing the host committee as still in formation. "As your Attorney General, I will serve as the people's lawyer, protecting consumers and tackling the really big problems we face in Massachusetts today: racial injustice, the climate crisis, and attacks on our democracy," Palfrey said in a statement. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan's name has also come up as a potential candidate. Ryan, a Belmont Democrat, has not yet said if she's running for reelection, and a campaign spokesperson said she has not ruled out an attorney general bid. And why would she? Each of the three AGs before Healey — Scott Harshbarger, Tom Reilly and Martha Coakley — each made the jump from Middlesex DA to attorney general. Baker sticks to work Meanwhile, Gov. Charlie Baker flew above the political fray last week, sticking with the focused-on-the-work message that he chose last month when he decided to watch the 2022 campaign unfold from the sidelines. The governor rolled out new COVID-19 testing strategies for schools and early education centers, deploying some of the 26 million rapid antigen tests his administration purchased from iHealth to keep classrooms open, and shifting some of the testing responsibilities to students and parents. First, Baker said K-12 schools that wanted to could end their test-and-stay programs and begin to receive rapid tests for students and staff to take home weekly as part of a new virus surveillance program. Meanwhile, testing supplies to extend "test-and-stay" to center-based and family day care centers will start to ship by the end of the month in an effort to keep day cares open for children and working parents who rely on them. Instead of shuttering classrooms when a COVID-19 case arises, Baker said, day care centers could test children and staff daily who are close contacts and allow them to stay in the classroom. Less than full House An exodus from the House appears to be picking up steam, with news about five women who are moving on. Claire Cronin gave her farewell speech to colleagues after being sworn in as President Joe Biden's ambassador to Ireland, while Rep. Lori Ehrlich got tapped to lead the New England office of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Framingham Rep. Maria Robinson had her confirmation hearing to join the U.S. Department of Energy scheduled before a Senate committee on Feb. 3, Rep. Sheila Harrington was tapped by Baker for the clerk magistrate job in Gardner District Court, and Methuen Rep. Linda Dean Campbell announced plans to retire at the end of the term to spend more time with family. House Speaker Ron Mariano must now decide whether it makes sense to schedule special elections to replace some of these departing members or leave them empty until next year. If history is any guide, resignations that occur early in an election year often lead to extended vacancies. They said it... "She could run for dog catcher and I'd probably be with her. I love the other candidates and all three of them, before Ben Downing dropped out, are terrific people, but I'm on Team Healey." — Norma Shulman, a Democratic State Committee member from Framingham, commentng on Attorney General Maura Healey's decision to run for governor. “We got hammered. It was really compounded because we had a lot of people on vacation. We had to force a lot of people to work overtime. Needless to say, the overtime budget is overrun. You do what you can. I’m really worried (about) what will happen with the newer variant.” — James Falvey, acting police chief in Milford, commenting on the omicron variant's impact on his departmet's budget. Contributors to the Political Notebook this week include Deputy Director of Multimedia Dan O'Brien and the State House News Service. https://www.yahoo.com/now/political-notebook-healey-brushes-off-103808307.html

If you are wondering how your day will be then scroll down below and have a look at your daily horoscope. It will help you in planning out your day accordingly. New Delhi | Jagran Lifestyle Desk: Astrological predictions help you to know your day in a better way. So, if you are wondering how your day will be then scroll down below and have a look at your daily horoscope. It will help you in planning out your day accordingly. Aries: You may remain tense due to family problems. The responsibility of the child will be fulfilled. You will get the support of your spouse. There will be progress in creative work. Taurus: There is a need for you to spend time with family. You will get the support of your spouse. Take care of your health. People who run a business will witness growth. Gemini: There will be progress in the field of livelihood. There may be tension due to a family member. There will be progress in financial matters. Cancer: You will get support from an influential power. Working professionals will witness growth in their careers. Family life will be happy. Relationships with others will remain cordial. Leo: You will witness growth in financial matters. The responsibility of the child will be fulfilled. However, you may remain tense due to family issues. Virgo: You will get support from your spouse. There is a need to control your emotions. Financial efforts will be fruitful. You will get success in creative work. Libra: You may face tension from your father’s end. There is a need to be cautious about your health. Avoid heated arguments with others. Work done with creativity will bring desired results. Scorpio: Creative endeavors will be fruitful. You will get success in the field of education competition. Family life will be happy. There will be a success in the work done with intelligence. Sagittarius: There will be progress in financial matters. You will get support from an officer. Personal happiness will increase. The effort made will be fruitful. Capricorn: Do not take risks in financial matters as it may prove fatal for you. You will get the support of your life partner. However, your mind will remain disturbed due to other things. Aquarius: Family prestige will increase. Be cautious about your health. Do not take risks in business matters. There will be happiness in married life. Pisces: Your married life will be happy. Gifts or honors will increase. You will soon get good news related to children. Creative efforts will bear fruit. There will be economic progress. https://english.jagran.com/lifestyle/horoscope-today-jan-22-2022-check-astrological-predictions-for-cancer-gemini-taurus-virgo-aquarius-and-other-zodiac-signs-here-10038291

Des milliers de personnes ont manifesté dans le calme samedi dans les deux plus grandes villes de Suède contre le pass vaccinal. About 9,000 people, according to Swedish media, marched through the streets of Stockholm chanting "No to vaccination passes, yes to freedom", on the call of a group called "the Movement for Freedom". In Gothenburg, Sweden's second largest city, another demonstration gathered about 1,500 people, media reports said. "We must be able to decide for ourselves what we want to do with our own bodies," said to AFP in Stockholm a protester, Julia Johansson, 30, who believes that these vaccine passes "discriminate against many people. The Scandinavian country, which is fighting an unprecedented wave of infections with about 40,000 cases reported per day for a week, introduced the vaccine pass on December 1. Since December 12, it is mandatory for indoor events with more than 50 people. Certains manifestants arboraient des marques de groupes extrémistes comme le groupe néo-nazi NMR et s'étaient couvert le visage pour éviter d'être identifiés. Un certain nombre de centres de vaccination de la ville avaient fermé tôt samedi par précaution. Plus de 83% des Suédois de plus de 12 ans sont entièrement vaccinés. Face à la pandémie, la Suède, contrairement à beaucoup de pays, n'a confiné la po[CENSORED]tion ni fermé les écoles, préférant recommander la distanciation sociale, le travail à domicile et une utilisation - seulement limitée - des masques. Elle a toutefois interdit les visites dans les maisons de soins pour personnes âgées, restreint les rassemblements publics et les heures d'ouverture des bars et des restaurants. Le nombre de décès en Suède - environ 15.600 sur une po[CENSORED]tion de 10,3 millions d'habitants - se situe autour de la moyenne européenne mais est nettement supérieur à celui des pays voisins (Norvège, Finlande et Danemark).

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"All of Us Are Dead" is a Netflix Original Series based on webtoon. It is based on the webtoon named "Now at our School" (in Korean "지금 우리 학교는") by Joo DongKeun. It is one of the webtoons to be adapted into drama in 2022. It is also one more zombie-related drama to be made by Netflix after "Kingdom". Yoon ChanYoung is the lead actor. He previously acted in numerous dramas such as "Six Flying Dragons", "Dr. Romantic", "Sill 17", "Nobody Knows", and more. He was also awarded twice once in 2014 and once in 2019 for his good acting. Park JiHoo is a rookie actress who got famous through the movie "House of Hummingbird" (2018) for which she received a lot of awards. She acted in the dramas "Sweet Revenge 2" and "Beautiful World". Cho YiHyun acted in "How To Buy a Friend", "School 2021", and more. Park Solomon acted in the web drama "Sweet Revenge" and the Chinese drama "Lookism" (adapted from the famous Korean webtoon). Yoo InSoo had various supporting roles in "At a Distance, Spring is Green", "Moment at Eighteen", etc. The PD of the drama is Lee JaeKyu who worked on dramas such as "The King 2 Hearts" and movies "Intimate Strangers", "The Fatal Encounter", and "The Influence". Starring: Yoon ChanYoung as Lee ChangSan Park JiHoo as Nam OnJo Cho YiHyun as Choi NamRa Park Solomon as Lee SooHyuk Yoo InSoo as Yoon KwiNam

Numerous vehicle collisions in the city have led to a caution for motorists that they may be ticketed for driving at the speed limit, Prince Rupert RCMP said, on Jan. 21. A motor vehicle collision involving two vehicles on Highway 16, about 5 km past the Port Edward turn off, on Jan. 19, saw a driver ticketed for not driving at a speed relative to conditions, Const. Gabriel Gravel, media communications officer told The Northern View. “With the roads being so icy and slippery, people need to slow down. The posted speed limits are for ideal conditions,” he said, adding that even in a 100 km/h zone there are road and weather conditions when driving 50 km/h is necessary. “There have been many MVI’s (motor vehicle incidents) recently, and people can be fined for driving the speed limit,” he said. In the incident on Jan 19, just after 7 a.m. Gravel said the driver, who was the registered owner of the vehicle, was also additionally charged with driving while prohibited and failing to remain at the scene of an accident. No injuries were reported, however there was severe structural damage to the accused’s vehicle which needed to be towed from the scene. In a previous vehicle collision on Jan. 18, also along the highway, but near Prudhomme Lake, a 46-year-old woman was charged after alcohol was allegedly found to be a factor in the incident. The scene was attended by BC Ambulance who transported the driver to hospital for treatment of minor injuries. The RCMP investigation is still ongoing, Gravel said. Also on Jan. 18 was a minor collision involving a semi-truck and a vehicle at Five Corners, where no injuries were reported. Unrelated to motor vehicle incidents, a police investigation file has been opened for a fire at the Prince Rupert Bottle Depot on Second Ave. W. Gravel said the security company notified RCMP of alarms being triggered just after 4:30 a.m. on Jan. 18. When police arrived on the scene, they found evidence of a break and enter, as well a fire inside deemed to be suspicious. The investigation is currently ongoing, and the RCMP will welcome any information about this incident, Gravel said. The January 8 investigation surrounding seized weapons and ammunition from an 11th Ave. East residence, after a search warrant was issued, is still ongoing, Gravel said. Firearms experts are inspecting the weapons as serial numbers had been altered or removed and some weapons had been modified. https://www.thenorthernview.com/news/numerous-motor-vehicle-collisions-lead-to-warning-in-prince-rupert/

Another day, another round of big pricing swings for Digital World Acquisition (NASDAQ: DWAC) and Phunware (NASDAQ: PHUN). The two Trump-affiliated stocks had posted big gains Thursday, but they saw outsized sell-offs amid a pullback for the broader market on Friday. Digital World Acquisition closed out the session down 9.2%, while Phunware was off 12.8%. Growth-dependent and speculative stocks have seen turbulent trading lately, and the broader market was hit with big pullback today following worrying performance from some big consumer products and technology companies. There doesn't appear to be any business-specific news behind Digital World Acquisition and Phunware's share price slides, but the two companies were caught up in the broader pullback. With interest rate hikes looming and a litany of other macroeconomic risk factors on the table, investors have become increasingly skittish when it comes to high-risk stocks. The market is just heading into earnings season, and performance updates from some big names foregrounded another bearish catalyst on Friday. Recent news that Peloton plans to lay off 41% of its sales and marketing staff and halt hardware production due to excess inventory raised a potential red flag for growth-dependent stocks, and Netflix's subsequent fourth-quarter earnings report appears to have triggered more pronounced concerns. The streaming leader's 8.3 million net subscriber additions fell short of management's target for 8.3 million adds, earnings fell 34% year over year in the quarter, and guidance for just 2.5 million net subscriber additions in the current quarter prompted panic among investors. Digital World Acquisition and Phunware started the week's trading with big gains, but their shares dipped amid mounting focus on macroeconomic risks and wavering interest in risky growth stocks. Digital World Acquisition is a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that's on track to merge with Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG). After the merger is completed and Trump Media & Technology Group is taken public, the SPAC's capital resources will be put toward TMTG's push to grow its upcoming Truth Social media platform. Digital World Acquisition stock has gotten a bump from excitement surrounding Truth Social and the possibility that Donald Trump will mount another campaign for the White House in 2024. Shares are still up roughly 42% in 2022 despite today's valuation slide. Meanwhile, Phunware has also gotten a Trump-related boost recently, but its shares are down roughly 9% year to date after today's pullback. The software company helped build the Trump 2020 campaign app and provided additional data and social-media services, but it's still unclear whether it will play any part in Truth Social or a potential 2024 bid. At a time when the market is looking for safe bets, investors have little visibility when it comes to the performance outlooks for Digital World Acquisition and Phunware. It's possible that the stocks will post significant gains from current pricing levels, but investors should move forward with the understanding that each is a high-risk play at a time when investors are becoming increasingly cautious. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/topstocks/why-digital-world-acquisition-and-phunware-shares-are-plummeting-today/ar-AAT1DU6?ocid=BingNewsSearch

United Nations-Secretary-General-Interview UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday the current world is “much more chaotic, much less predictable” than during the Cold War between the former Soviet Union and the United States, and it's dangerous because there are no “instruments” to deal with crises. He said in a wide-ranging press conference that the Cold War was between two opposing blocs where there were clear rules and mechanisms to prevent conflict. It “never became hot because there was a certain level of predictability,” he said. He said he wouldn’t call the dangerous situation today a Cold War or a Hot War but probably “a new form of tepid confrontation.” As he starts his second term as U.N. secretary-general, Guterres said in an Associated Press interview on Thursday that the world is worse in many ways than it was five years ago because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis and geopolitical tensions that have sparked conflicts everywhere — but unlike U.S. President Joe Biden he thinks Russia will not invade Ukraine. At the press conference, Guterres said his message to Russian President Vladimir Putin “is that there should not be any military intervention” in Ukraine. “I am convinced it will not happen, and I strongly hope to be right,” he said. The U.N. chief spoke after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met in Geneva on the crisis over Ukraine which has seen Moscow deploy tens of thousands of troops on its border and Western nations sending military hardware to Kyiv. Expectations were low for a breakthrough and there was none, but the top U.S. and Russian diplomats agreed to meet again. “What for me is essential is that this dialogue leads to a good solution and that that good solution is that there is de-escalation and this crisis ends,” Guterres said. “That is our objective. I’ve been saying that I strongly hope that diplomacy will prevail.” Guterres reiterated in the AP interview that the U.N. Security Council, which does have the power to uphold international peace and security including by imposing sanctions and ordering military action, is divided, especially its five veto-wielding permanent members. Russia and China are often at odds with the United States, Britain and France on key issues, including Thursday on new sanctions against North Korea. The secretary-general reiterated at the news conference that splitting the world in two -- with the United States and China creating rival economic systems and rules, each with dominant currency, its own Internet, technological strategy and artificial intelligence -- must be avoided “at all costs.” “I always advocated for the need for a unified global market, a unified global economy,” Guterres said. “At the present moment there are a number of differences and I’ve been advocating both with the U.S. and China on the importance of a serious dialogue and a serious negotiation on the aspect of trade and technology in which the two countries have ... different positions.” He said his aim is to see the two leading economic powers “overcome those difficulties and to be able to establish that global market in which all can cooperate and all can benefit.” Guterres spoke to reporters after presenting his priorities for 2022 to diplomats from the U.N.’s 193 member nations in the General Assembly and assessing the global landscape which he called “not a pretty picture.” “I see a five alarm global fire,” the secretary-general said. “Each of the alarms is feeding off the others,” he said. “They are accelerants to an inferno.” He cited inequity and injustice in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, “a global economic system rigged against the poor,” insufficient action on “the existential climate threat” and “a wild west digital frontier that profits from division.” Guterres said all these “social and economic fires” are creating conflicts and unrest around the world, and all of them are fueling mistrust and people’s lost faith in institutions and their underlying values. “In every corner of the world, we see this erosion of core values. Equality. Justice. Cooperation. Dialogue. Mutual respect,” the secretary-general said. He warned that injustice, inequality, mistrust, racism and discrimination “are casting dark shadows across every society” and said all nations must restore “human dignity and human decency” and “prevent the death of truth.” “We must make lying wrong again,” Guterres said. https://news.yahoo.com/un-chief-world-more-unpredictable-232552049.html

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Netflix released a teaser trailer for The Cuphead Show, an upcoming animated series based on the beloved, eye-catching indie video game. The show was originally announced last year, and the clip provides a few seconds of animation as well as information about who’s playing the main characters. “The character-driven comedy follows the unique misadventures of the impulsive Cuphead and his cautious but easily swayed brother Mugman,” Netflix said when it announced the show. “Through their many misadventures across their surreal home of the Inkwell Isles, they’ve always got one another’s backs.” The trailer shows off Cuphead and his brother Mugman walking through colorful landscapes that look just like the game, as well as sketches and art concepts. The game’s high-energy, throwback style is evident throughout the trailer. The game was influenced by early 20th-century Fleischer Studios cartoons, and executive producer C.J. Kettler said, “Reimagining the Fleischer style with these incredibly relatable siblings is gonna be pretty fresh and new.” Familiar faces from the game make a smattering of appearances in the short clip, including King Dice, the mustachioed villain who acts as the devil’s assistant in the game, and of course the devil himself. Voice actor Tru Valentino, from animated shows like Hot Streets and Fast & Furious Spy Racers, will voice Cuphead. Frank Todaro, of Transformers: War for Cybertron fame, will play Mugman. “It’s going to bring you back to, like, [the] wonder of childhood,” the show’s art director, Andrea Fernandez, said. The trailer didn’t provide a release date for the show, only saying that it is coming soon. It’s produced by Netflix, King Features Syndicate, and Studio MDHR, which developed for the game. Cuphead was released in 2017 and immediately caused a huge splash with its 1930s throwback animation and music, receiving glowing reviews and selling millions of copies. The game was so po[CENSORED]r, the soundtrack hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Jazz Albums chart in September of last year, the first video game soundtrack to reach that milestone. The show follows in the footsteps of other successful video game adaptations produced by Netflix, like animated series Castlevania, which has three seasons under its belt, and a show based on The Witcher novels, featuring Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia.

Provided by RTL info The Italian Parliament meets on Monday to elect a new President of the Republic, a prestigious post for which Prime Minister Mario Draghi appears best placed in a game of musical chairs threatening the survival of the executive. While negotiations are taking place behind the scenes, former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been the most aggressive in his campaign, going so far as to boast of his sultry "bunga bunga" parties. The 85-year-old billionaire has long dreamed of a seven-year term under the gold of the Quirinal Palace, although observers doubt he has the necessary votes. It is notoriously difficult to predict the winner of this secret ballot election, a voting method that is prone to twists and turns. The President, however, has considerable power in the event of a political crisis, whether to dissolve Parliament, choose the Prime Minister or deny mandates to fragile coalitions. And Italy needs stability more than ever: the parties in the disparate coalition supporting Draghi are already in battle for next year's parliament. And chaos could jeopardize the implementation of the Italian part of the post-Covid European recovery plan. "This is a key and very complicated election, because the political parties are weak, they are in a state of total fragmentation," Giovanni Orsina, director of the Luiss School of Government in Rome, told AFP. The vote, the next earthquake for the government? According to the leading daily Il Corriere della Sera, the vote could "hit the government like an earthquake" as Italy struggles with a new wave of Covid-19 that could disrupt the recovery from the 2020 recession. A former president of the European Central Bank, Draghi, 74, has hinted at interest, but his election would leave his current post vacant at a very sensitive time. Appointed by outgoing President Sergio Mattarella in February 2021, Mr. Draghi has managed to hold together a government made up of almost all of Italy's political parties, while reviving economic growth. He has also overseen key reforms demanded in exchange for funds from the EU stimulus package, of which Rome is the main beneficiary with about 200 billion euros. International investors fear that debt-ridden Italy will fall behind on the tight reform schedule should Mr. Draghi step down as prime minister. About 1,000 senators, deputies and regional representatives will start voting on Monday. To be elected, two-thirds of the vote is required in the first three rounds, followed by an absolute majority in subsequent rounds. Due to Covid security measures, each round will take a day and, as is traditional, there are theoretically no official candidates. Pre-election year Most experts believe that Draghi would be better placed as president to ensure political stability and good relations with Brussels, especially if the right and far right win the elections scheduled for 2023. It is also far from certain that he would be able to continue reforms if he stayed in office. And he risks losing his position anyway in the next parliamentary elections. "This is a pre-election year. Even if Draghi were to remain prime minister, the truth is that he would have difficulty controlling the political situation," with political parties outbidding each other in the run-up to the parliamentary elections, Orsina said. One possible solution would be to appoint the oldest member of the current government, Renato Brunetta, 71, a member of Berlusconi's right-wing Forza Italia party, as prime minister, with the leaders of the main coalition parties holding the most important ministerial posts until the elections. If Mr. Draghi remains Prime Minister, many other names are being floated for the position of head of state, including European Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni, former socialist Prime Minister Giuliano Amato and Justice Minister Marta Cartabia, who would be the first female president. https://www.msn.com/fr-be/actualite/other/en-italie-draghi-et-berlusconi-sont-en-lice-pour-la-présidence-de-la-république-une-élection-clé-et-très-compliqué/ar-AAT08FE?ocid=BingNews

Back in September 2021, Dr Jayme Locke and his surgical team operated sewed the first pig kidney into a 57-year-old brain-dead man. For the first time in history, James Parsons had received kidneys, from a genetically modified pig, implanted into his abdomen. The Alabama dad and registered organ donor was declared brain-dead after a dirt bike accident, NBC News reports. The successful transplant surgery was announced by University of Alabama at Birmingham surgeons on Thursday. The New York Times shared the news after the surgery was reported in the American Journal of Transplantation. Pig kidneys were placed into Parsons' abdomen, where they began working and making urine after 23 minutes, and for three days, the surgeons explained. Following the surgery, which removed Parsons' kidneys, the pig organs were not rejected from his body. Lead surgeon Locke said: "Our goal is not to have a one-off, but to advance the field to help our patients. "What a wonderful day it will be when I can walk into clinic and know I have a kidney for everyone waiting to see me." The doctor, who describes kidney failure as "refractory, severe, and impactful" hopes to offer pig transplants can in five years. PIG HEART Meanwhile, NHS surgeons could be performing pig heart transplants in the next decade, an expert has said. The declaration followed a medical breakthrough where a 57-year-old ex-convict in the US had a pig heart transplanted into his body. The first human patient to receive a pig heart transplant called the one-of-a-kind medical procedure a "shot in the dark" that could save his life. A pig heart was transplanted into David Bennett in January 2022 at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland. Bennett's surgery comes more than 30 years after he was convicted of stabbing Edward Shumaker in 1988, the patient's sister Leslie Shumaker Downey told BBC's Today show. The experimental surgery – which took seven hours to complete – led doctors at the medical center to confirm the procedure showed that a heart from a genetically modified animal can work in the human body without being rejected immediately. Bennett said in a statement a day before the surgery: "It was either die or do this transplant. "I want to live. I know it’s a shot in the dark, but it’s my last choice." His son David Bennett Jr said his dad was ineligible for a human heart transplant and this was his only option for a chance at living – despite it not being guaranteed to help. HOPE FOR MORE PIG ORGAN TRANSPLANTS Bennett's surgery, as well as using other pig organs in the human body, is now "on the straight line" rather than "round the corner"– and experts are hopeful that it will become mainstream within a decade. Professor Gabriel Oniscu, ESOT President-Elect of the European Society of Organ Transplantation, told The Telegraph: "The unwritten joke in the field of transplantation was that xenotransplantation has always been around the corner, but it has remained around the corner. "Now I think it is not around the corner anymore, it’s on the straight line. “In the past, we’ve always said it will be five to 10 years [until transplantation is a reality as a treatment], but it’s never been the case. "I think now we are certainly looking within this timespan. I’m hopeful that it will happen.” Pig organ transplants could be mainstream in the next decade – if proven to be safe and effective, the professor said. But the expert doubted that the surgery would be standard on the NHS in the next five years. And although human-animal hybrids could be used to grow life-saving organs and replacement limbs – some fear it may be scientists "playing God." In the past scientists have used the techniques to splice human and monkey embryos together, transplant fetal organs into rats, and even grow human ears on mice. The idea of the strange experiment testing is for human-ready organs to be grown on mutant animals in lab conditions – helping to fill the transplant void left by organ shortages. So-called "chimera" embryos and the use of animal parts, known as xenotransplants, have been very controversial – with some feeling that scientists have crossed the line. Medical Daily asked in 2016 if the research was a "Medical Miracle or Playing God?" And in some countries, the research is illegal, with experiments on human chimeras only being allowed in the US as recently as 2016. Some accuse scientists of carrying out "Frankenstein" experiments, and the tests have not gone over well with many religious groups. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/17394234/animal-to-human-transplants-pig-kidney/

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