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Sir David Frederick Attenborough (; born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster, natural historian, conservationist, writer, producer and narrator. His presenting career began as host of Zoo Quest in 1954, and has spanned eight decades; it includes the nine documentary series forming The Life Collection, Natural World, Wildlife on One, the Planet Earth franchise, The Blue Planet and Frozen Planet.
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2026 United Kingdom local elections
Local elections in the United Kingdom were held on 7 May 2026 for 5,066 English councillors for 136 English local authorities (all 32 London borough councils, 32 metropolitan boroughs, 18 unitary authorities, 6 county councils, 48 district councils) and six directly elected mayors in England. Most of these seats in England were last up for election in 2022.
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Orthohantavirus is a genus of viruses that includes all hantaviruses (family Hantaviridae) that cause disease in humans. Hantaviruses are naturally found primarily in rodents. In general, each hantavirus is carried by one rodent species and each rodent that carries a hantavirus carries one hantavirus species.
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ShinyHunters is a black-hat criminal hacker and extortion group that has been active since 2020 or earlier, and is said to have been involved in a significant number of data breaches. ShinyHunters has utilized voice phishing and other forms of advanced social engineering to gain access to the systems of its targets.
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2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
Elections to appoint the 234 members of the 17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, the highest body of the Government of Tamil Nadu, were held on 23 April 2026. The results were declared on 4 May 2026 by the Election Commission of India. It recorded the highest voter turnout in the state's history (85. 1 %).
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Suvendu Adhikari (Bengali pronunciation: [ΚubΚ±endu ΙdΚ±ikari]; born 15 December 1970) is an Indian politician who will be serving as the 9th Chief Minister of West Bengal from 9 May 2026. He also served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party till 9 May 2026.
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Reform UK, often known simply as Reform, is a right-wing populist and far-right political party in the United Kingdom. It has eight members of Parliament in the House of Commons, two members of the London Assembly, two members of the Senedd, one member of the Scottish Parliament, one police and crime commissioner, and previously one member of the House of Lords.
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2026 Scottish Parliament election
An election for the Scottish Parliament was held on 7 May 2026 to elect the 129 members of the Scottish Parliament. It was the seventh general election since the devolved parliament was re-established in 1999.
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Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 β June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant figures of the 20th century. His musical achievements broke American racial barriers and made him a dominant figure worldwide.
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MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak
In April 2026, an outbreak of hantavirus infection due to the Andes virus was identified on the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius. On 1 April 2026, the ship left Ushuaia, Argentina. On 11 April, a passenger died on board from the virus, and his body was removed from the vessel thirteen days later, on 24 April in Saint Helena, where his wife also disembarked.
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Maria Antonia of Austria (Maria Antonia Josepha Benedicta Rosalia Petronella; 18 January 1669 β 24 December 1692) was an Electress of Bavaria as the wife of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria. She was the eldest daughter and only surviving child of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor and his first wife Margaret Theresa of Spain.
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The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.
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Robert Edward Turner III (November 19, 1938 β May 6, 2026) was an American businessman, television producer, media proprietor, and philanthropist. He founded CNN, the first 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television, as well as television networks TNT, TBS, Cartoon Network, and Turner Classic Movies.
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Spencer William Pratt (born August 14, 1983) is an American reality television personality and political candidate. In 2007, he began dating Heidi Montag, a primary cast member of the reality television series The Hills, and came to prominence after being cast in the series. Their relationship ultimately ended Montag's friendship with fellow cast member Lauren Conrad.
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Michael is a 2026 American musical biographical drama film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by John Logan. It follows the early life of American singer Michael Jackson, covering the period from his involvement in the Jackson 5 in the 1960s to the Bad tour in the late 1980s. Jackson is portrayed by his nephew Jaafar Jackson and as a child by Juliano Krue Valdi, both in their film debuts.
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Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It has a strength of 234 members, all of whom are democratically elected using the first-past-the-post system. The presiding officer of the assembly is the Speaker.
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Joni Lamb (nΓ©e Trammell; 1960 β May 7, 2026) was an American Christian broadcaster who was the co-founder, president and executive producer of the Daystar Television Network. She was involved with Christian television, starting in the mid-1980s and was known for her work with her first husband, Marcus Lamb, with Daystar.
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John Michael Attenborough (; 1 January 1928 β 9 November 2012) was an English executive in the motor industry and then a financial adviser. He was the younger brother of director and actor Richard Attenborough, and the naturalist Sir David Attenborough. Like his brothers, he was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester.
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The Great Shaman Ga Doo-shim (Korean: μ°μλ¬΄λΉ κ°λμ¬) is a South Korean streaming television series, starring Kim Sae-ron and Nam Da-reum. It is KakaoTV's first original fantasy mystery series and premiered on July 30, 2021, at 20:00 Korean Standard Time (KST), also airing three hours later on another local streaming website, Watcha.
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The 2026 Canvas security incident is an ongoing cybersecurity incident, outage, and data breach affecting Canvas LMS, a learning management system operated by its parent company Instructure. In early May 2026, Instructure disclosed that it was investigating a cybersecurity incident involving certain user data, including names, email addresses, student ID numbers, and messages among users.
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Γlex JimΓ©nez (footballer, born 2005)
Alejandro "Γlex" JimΓ©nez SΓ‘nchez (born 8 May 2005) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a full-back, wing-back or wide midfielder for Premier League club Bournemouth. He is a Spanish youth international.
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The Devil Wears Prada 2 is a 2026 American comedy drama film directed by David Frankel and written by Aline Brosh McKenna. A sequel to the 2006 film The Devil Wears Prada, it sees Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci and Tracie Thoms reprising their roles, joined by Justin Theroux, Lucy Liu, and Kenneth Branagh.
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Γtzi, also called The Iceman, Similaun man, or Tyrolean Iceman, is the natural mummy of a man who lived between 3350 and 3105 BC. Γtzi's remains were discovered on 19 September 1991, in the Γtztal Alps (hence the nickname "Γtzi", German: [Εtsi]) at the AustriaβItaly border. He is Europe's oldest known natural human mummy, offering an unprecedented view of Chalcolithic (Copper Age) Europeans.
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The Chief Minister of West Bengal is the de facto head of the executive branch of the Government of West Bengal, the subnational authority of the Indian state of West Bengal. The chief minister is the head of the Council of Ministers and advises the governor on the appointment of ministers. Along with the council of ministers, the chief minister exercises executive authority in the state.
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On November 30, 2022, in Paradise, Texas, seven-year-old Athena Presley Monroe Strand (May 23, 2015 β November 30, 2022) was kidnapped and murdered by FedEx driver Tanner Lynn Horner (born August 8, 1991). After delivering what was later shown to be Strand's Christmas present to her house, Horner abducted Strand and subsequently strangled her to death.
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. xxx is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) intended as a voluntary option for pornographic sites on the Internet. The sponsoring organization is the International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR). The registry is operated by ICM Registry LLC. The ICANN Board voted to approve the sTLD on 18 March 2011.
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2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
Elections were held in West Bengal to elect all 294 members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in two phases on 23 and 29 April 2026, with the votes counted and results for 293 seats released on 4 May 2026. Following allegations of electoral malpractice, the Election Commission scheduled a repoll in one constituency for 21 May 2026, with the results thereof released on 24 May.
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Next United Kingdom general election
The next United Kingdom general election is scheduled to be held no later than 15 August 2029. It will determine the composition of the House of Commons, which determines the government of the United Kingdom.
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Mamata Banerjee (Bengali pronunciation: [ΛmΙmotΜͺaΛ ΛbΙndΜͺΛoΛpadΜͺΛΚ±aeΜ―] ; born 5 January 1955) is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the 8th chief minister of West Bengal from 2011 to 2026. She was the first woman to hold the office. Being the founder and president of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC or TMC), she previously served as a Union Cabinet Minister.
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Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (transl. Liberation Panther Party; abbr. VCK), formerly known as the Dalit Panthers of India or the Dalit Panthers Iyyakkam (transl. Dalit Panthers Movement; abbr. DPI), is an Indian social movement and political party that seeks to combat caste based discrimination, active in the state of Tamil Nadu.
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Send Help is a 2026 American survival horror thriller film directed and co-produced by Sam Raimi and written by Damian Shannon and Mark Swift. The film stars Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien as an employee and her boss, respectively, who become stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash and attempt to survive while tension rises between them.
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Apex is a 2026 survival action thriller film directed by Baltasar KormΓ‘kur, written by Jeremy Robbins, and starring Charlize Theron, Taron Egerton, and Eric Bana. It tells the story of a rock climber and kayaker who finds herself being hunted in the wilds of Australia. Apex was released on Netflix on April 24, 2026.
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The Odyssey is an upcoming epic fantasy action film written and directed by Christopher Nolan. An adaptation of Homer's ancient Greek epic the Odyssey, the film stars Matt Damon as Odysseus, the Greek king of Ithaca, and chronicles his long and perilous journey home after the Trojan War as he attempts to reunite with his wife, Penelope, portrayed by Anne Hathaway.
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Limonene () is a colorless liquid aliphatic hydrocarbon classified as a cyclic monoterpene, and is the major component in the fragrance and essential oil of citrus fruit peels, taking its name from Italian limone ("lemon"). Limonene is a chiral molecule, and most biological sources produce just one enantiomer (isomer).
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Dhurandhar: The Revenge, also referred to as Dhurandhar 2, is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language spy action-thriller film written and directed by Aditya Dhar. It is produced by Dhar, Lokesh Dhar, and Jyoti Deshpande under Jio Studios and B62 Studios. It is a sequel to the 2025 film Dhurandhar and the final installment of a duology.
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Plaid Cymru (English: plyde KUM-ree; Welsh: [plaid ΛkΙmrΙ¨Μ]; lit. 'Party of Wales', officially Plaid Cymru β the Party of Wales, and often referred to simply as Plaid) is a centre-left to left-wing Welsh nationalist political party in Wales, that supports Welsh independence from the United Kingdom. It campaigns on a platform of social democracy and civic nationalism.
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Khamzat Khizarovich Chimaev (born 1 May 1994) is a Russian-Emirati professional mixed martial artist and freestyle wrestler. He currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current UFC Middleweight Champion. As of 9 December 2025, he is #3 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings.
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Andes virus (ANDV) is the most common cause of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in South America. Andes virus is transmitted mainly by the long-tailed pygmy rice rat (Oligoryzomys longicaudatus). In its natural reservoir, ANDV causes an asymptomatic, persistent infection and is spread through excretions, fighting, and grooming.
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List of highest-grossing Indian films
This ranking lists the highest-grossing Indian films produced by Indian cinema, based on conservative global box office estimates as reported by organisations classified as green by Wikipedia. The figures are not adjusted for inflation. However, there is no official tracking of figures and sources publishing data are frequently pressured to increase their estimates.
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Legends is a British television drama series written and created by Neil Forsyth and produced by his Tannadice Pictures production company. It is a dramatisation of the true story of British undercover Customs investigators who infiltrated the drugs world in the early 1990s, and the cast includes Steve Coogan, Tom Burke and Hayley Squires. The series premiered on Netflix on 7 May 2026.
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Sean Thomas Strickland (born February 27, 1991) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Middleweight Champion. A professional since 2008, he is a former Middleweight Champion of the King of the Cage.
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the 23rd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will take place from June 11 to July 19, 2026. It will be jointly hosted by sixteen citiesβeleven in the United States, three in Mexico, and two in Canada.
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Swapped is a 2026 American animated fantasy adventure comedy film directed by Nathan Greno and written by John Whittington, Christian Magalhaes, and Robert Snow, who all co-wrote the story with Greno and Adam Karp. Produced by Skydance Animation, the film features the voices of Michael B. Jordan, Juno Temple, Tracy Morgan, Cedric the Entertainer, and Justina Machado.
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Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies. The conflict began when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting military and government sites and assassinating several Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
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Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family or individual, as well as motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on different days in many parts of the world, most commonly in March or May. It complements similar celebrations honoring family members, such as Father's Day, Siblings Day, and Grandparents' Day.
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Project Hail Mary is a 2026 American science fiction film produced and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and written by Drew Goddard, based on the 2021 novel by Andy Weir. It stars Ryan Gosling, who also produced the film; Sandra HΓΌller, James Ortiz, and Lionel Boyce appear in supporting roles.
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2025 United Kingdom local elections
The 2025 United Kingdom local elections were held on 1 May 2025 for 1,641 English council seats in 24 local authorities in England. All seats on 14 county councils and eight unitary authorities in England were up for election. They were the first local elections to follow the 2024 general election.
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The TVK-led Alliance (abbr. TVK+) is an Indian regional political party alliance in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry led by the TVK. It was founded by TVK President Vijay in 2026. There is credible speculation that the alliance was formed as part of an attempt to form a popular government that fulfills the simple-majority requirement.
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Jeffrey Preston Bezos ( BAY-zohss; nΓ© Jorgensen; born January 12, 1964) is an American businessman, the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce and cloud computing company. According to Forbes, as of December 2025, Bezos's estimated net worth is US$239. 4 billion, making him the fourth richest person in the world.
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YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen who were all former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google itself.
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Kristin Denise Smart (February 20, 1977 β disappeared May 25, 1996; declared legally dead May 25, 2002) was a 19-year-old American woman murdered by Paul Flores at the end of her first year on the campus of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo). On the evening of Friday, May 24, 1996, Smart attended a fellow Cal Poly student's off-campus party.
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Zara Maria Larsson (Swedish: [ΛsΙΜΛra ΛlΙΜΛΚΙn] ; born 16 December 1997) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She first rose to prominence in 2008 after winning the second season of the Swedish talent show competition Talang. Larsson signed with Ten Music Group in 2012, and released her debut extended play (EP), Introducing, the following year.
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Vaazha II: Biopic of a Billion Bros
Vaazha II: Biopic of a Billion Bros (lit. 'Plantain II: Biopic of a Billion Bros') is a 2026 Indian Malayalam-language coming of age comedy drama film directed by Savin SA (in his directorial debut) and written by Vipin Das. It is a sequel to Vaazha: Biopic of a Billion Boys (2024).
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Hantavirus infection or the Hantavirus disease is a contagious disease caused by the Orthohantavirus genus of viruses. It can result in hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). Symptoms of HFRS generally include headache, abdominal pain, fever, nausea, bleeding, and kidney failure.
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Karoline Leavitt (, LEV-it; born August 24, 1997) is an American political spokesperson who since 2025 has served as the 36th White House press secretary. A member of the Republican Party, she was the party's nominee in the 2022 election for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district. Leavitt studied politics and communication at Saint Anselm College, graduating in 2019.
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Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. Born into a wealthy New York City family, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics.
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Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin (born 1 March 1953) is an Indian politician and statesman who served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from 2021 to 2026. He became president of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on 28 August 2018, after serving as the party's working president from January 2017 to August 2018. Stalin is the third son of former Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi.
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Bharathanatyam 2 Mohiniyattam is a 2026 Indian Malayalam-language dark comedy thriller film directed by Krishnadas Murali and co-written by Murali and Vishnu R. Pradeep. A sequel to Bharathanatyam (2024), it was produced by Thomas Thiruvalla Films and Saiju Kurup Entertainments. The film stars Saiju Kurup, Suraj Venjaramoodu, Jagadish, Vinay Forrt, Baby Jean, Kalaranjini, and Sreeja Ravi.
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The 2026 Backlash, also promoted as Backlash: Tampa, is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It will be the 21st Backlash event and will take place on Saturday, May 9, 2026, at the Benchmark International Arena in Tampa, Florida. It will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.
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The Drama is a 2026 American romantic black comedy film written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli. It stars Zendaya and Robert Pattinson as a happily engaged couple whose relationship is tested by an unexpected revelation during the week before their wedding. It also stars Alana Haim, Mamoudou Athie, and Hailey Gates in supporting roles.
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Nathaniel Marvin Wolff (born December 17, 1994) is an American actor, musician, and singer-songwriter. He initially gained recognition for composing the music for The Naked Brothers Band (2007β2009), a Nickelodeon television series he starred in with his younger brother, Alex, that was created by his actress mother, Polly Draper.
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Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), also called hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS), is a severe respiratory disease caused by hantaviruses. The main features of illness are microvascular leakage and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Symptoms occur anywhere from one to eight weeks after exposure to the virus and come in three distinct phases.
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Katherine Esther Jackson (nΓ©e Scruse; born May 4, 1930) is the matriarch of the Jackson family of entertainers that includes her children Michael and Janet Jackson. Michael dedicated his sixth studio album Thriller (1982) to her. Janet did the same with her fourth studio album Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989).
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2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
Legislative Assembly elections were conducted in Kerala on 9 April 2026 to elect 140 members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 4 May 2026.
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Sir Keir Rodney Starmer (born 2 September 1962) is a British politician and former lawyer who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024 and as Leader of the Labour Party since 2020. He served as Leader of the Opposition from 2020 to 2024. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn and St Pancras since 2015, and was Director of Public Prosecutions from 2008 to 2013.
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The Jackson family is an American family of entertainers from Gary, Indiana. Many of the children of Joseph Walter "Joe" and Katherine Esther Jackson were successful musicians, notably the brothers that formed the Motown boy band the Jackson 5 (later known as the Jacksons). Several of the siblings also had successful solo careers.
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Pope Leo XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost, pronounced PREE-vohst, September 14, 1955) is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City. He is the first pope to have been born in the United States, the first to hold either U.S. or Peruvian citizenship, the first from the Order of Saint Augustine, and the second (after his immediate predecessor Pope Francis) from the Americas.
