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This stout but voluminous waterfall rushes into a deep pool of blue enshrouded by forest with colors so vibrant it’s more anime than real life.

Many Japanese take the short but very steep hike down into the secluded ravine to experience Nikobuchi, considered sacred by locals. All visitors are asked to respect the rules here — no swimming and to refrain from boisterous activity.

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Did you know that everyone has a special power, even if they don’t know it? 

It could be something simple, like being kind when others need it the most. It could be something remarkable, like being a brain surgeon or a ballerina. Or, as in this man’s case, it could be emitting a “shirtless man” vibe even while wearing a shirt. 

Now there’s a special power you don’t hear about every day!

When this man walks by someone, they often have to do a double take. At first glance it may appear as if he’s completely shirtless, due to his heavy “shirtless man” vibes. 

Many a convenience store clerk has caught themself about to request this man put a shirt on, only to realize it was simply the energy he was giving off and not an actual lack of shirt that was causing this man to appear so incredibly shirtless. 

There’s just something about this man’s combination of “I could be shirtless right now and be perfectly comfortable” confidence and vaguely inappropriate appearance that makes it seem like he doesn’t have a shirt on even though he totally does. Whether he was born giving off total shirtless vibes or it was a special power that he cultivated through years of chain smoking cigarettes and sort of looking like he just woke up all the time is unclear. 

But what is clear is that this man is as shirtless as someone can seem while wearing a shirt. 

And that’s a pretty cool special power. What’s yours?

Over the weekend, The White House Correspondents’ Dinner was tragically interrupted by a shooting that has raised many questions regarding the safety of the venue and the security measures that were in place. Fortunately, President Trump has swiftly ensured that something like this will never happen again, as he has just announced that the Secret Service agent whose job it is to let in shooters has been fired.

Now that’s now you make things right!

According to White House sources, as soon as the Cabinet members were evacuated from the Hilton, President Trump took to Truth Social to clear up misconceptions about how the shooter made his entry, and what steps were being taken following this incident.

“Sadly a DEMENTED SHOOTER decided it was appropriate to SHOOT during a Magician’s fantastic performance during the White House Correspondents Dinner. I Hear many have questioned how a shooter got inside, let alone with a SHOOTING DEVICE. I can clear this up easily. The shooter was let inside by the Agent whose “Secret Job” it is to let shooters inside.  

As is Customary, the “Secretive Service” agent followed protocol at security by confirming the Shooter 1.) Had no invitation to the Gala, 2.) Has gun, and 3. *MOST IMPORTANT* Has intent to Kill. Upon confirmation the gun was LOADED (as IS REQUIRED), the shooter was ushered inside to a FANTASTIC seat (EXCELLENT VIEW of PRESIDENT TRUMP and the MENTALIST) where he was fed a GREAT STEAK MEAL!

Yes,, the SHOOTER was permitted inside, treated to Fine American “MAGA” generosity and FREE BULLETS for his Weapon. All courtesies he did NOT show us in return when he SHOOTED! So,, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, The Secret Service agent who gave him Entry has BEEN FIRED. I will make AMENDS with the Magician as well, for his excellent Mentalist show was ruined by Shooter’s SELFISH DECISION to shoot his Loaded Gun.”

Wow. It’s a very upsetting situation, but on the bright side, President Trump is quickly taking action.

White House representatives confirm that the Secret Service agent in question has been relocated to the US-Mexico border, where his job will now be to let illegal immigrants into the country so that they can be immediately deported by ICE. Let’s hope that whoever replaces this Secret Service agent does a better job letting in shooters, because this was seriously not okay.

An ex-offender searches for meaning and beauty in the second novel from the spoken-word performer

Kae Tempest’s new novel is dedicated to “you”, the reader. It also comes with a plea: “Be gentle though.” But to whom or what should we be gentle? The book or the writer? Having Spent Life Seeking is Tempest’s second novel, arriving a decade after his first and following a period of considerable personal change, including gender transition. Perhaps inevitably, it is a book full of struggle and soul-searching. It is also painfully earnest: an enervating read with an exhausting intensity that neither relents nor resolves.

The publisher hasn’t helped here, bombastically announcing it as a “heart-breaking, soul-building new novel”. That’s a great deal to live up to, even for someone who established a reputation first as a blazingly fervent spoken-word poetry performer, winning the Ted Hughes award in 2013, and making Mercury prize-nominated albums in 2014 and 2017. But the grandeur of the publisher’s claims also suggests something of the melodramatic register of the book, which is all grand passion, big trauma and heroic self-discovery. What it lacks is any convincing sense of interiority or reflection.

An actor returns after the death of a family member, but there’s not much more of depth in this noirish tale with a painfully pretentious voiceover

Peel back the layers and sadly there is nothing much going on inside this American indie drama from director Zeshaan Younus; it’s a movie that’s aiming for noir, but ends up more of a shade of drab grey. It’s contrived and frustrating, with a painfully pretentious voiceover by its lead character Parker (Renee Gagner). She’s an actor in Los Angeles who returns to her home town after her sister Indiana (Rosie McDonald) is killed. “Sister, you were right.” muses Parker. “I am never fully anything or anyone. Instead, I am practically everyone and everything.”

It’s film in which actors shot in closeup deliver lines looking pensive, with an air of meaning and depth, while not actually saying anything meaningful. Before her death, we watch Indiana brokering some kind of dodgy deal with a biker. She leaves a voicemail for Parker: “I’m in pretty deep out here … If anything happens to me don’t come looking.” Which is advice promptly ignored by her sister after Indiana is killed. Instead, Parker searches for answers, although this is a film with loftier intentions than solving a murder.

The female-created YouTube sketch series Smatouha Minni (You Heard It From Me) uses satire to confront misogynistic attitudes

In Beirut’s Gemmayzeh neighbourhood a rented flat has been transformed into a film set: bright studio lights in a cosy living room. At its centre is Maria Elayan – though she is barely recognisable. Filming for the third season of Smatouha Minni (You Heard It From Me), a feminist series in Arabic, the actor is in a padded muscle suit, wearing a slicked-back black wig and beard.

“If your wife asks you to change the diapers, you should change her,” the Palestinian-Jordanian barks, mimicking an aggrieved self-help podcaster. An hour later, she is slouched in a hoodie, shisha pipe in one hand and a gaming console in the other, shouting: “Mama, I’m hungry. Can you make me a sandwich?”

Government appeal against high court ruling could have implications for right to protest and lead to other groups being proscribed

The home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, will have her appeal against the high court ruling that the ban on Palestine Action was unlawful heard in the court of appeal this week, beginning on Tuesday. The Guardian explains the history of the case and what is at stake.

Olie- en gasconcern BP heeft zijn winst in het eerste kwartaal ruim verdubbeld. Het Britse energiebedrijf profiteerde daarbij van goede resultaten van zijn handelsafdeling, die zowel eigen ladingen als olie van andere partijen verhandelt.

Door de Iranoorlog maken de olie- en gasprijzen flinke sprongen. Door de hevig bewegende prijzen is er ook meer te verdienen aan de handel in olie. Volgens BP waren de resultaten van deze activiteiten "buitengewoon". BP meldde ook dat de marges van zijn raffinaderijen aanzienlijk hoger waren. Aan de verkoop van benzine en diesel via tankstations hield het bedrijf minder over.

De onder meer voor eenmalige posten aangepaste nettowinst kwam uit op 3,2 miljard dollar (2,7 miljard euro). Een jaar eerder kwam dat resultaat nog uit op 1,4 miljard dollar.

TOEAPSE (ANP/RTR/AFP) - Oekraïense drones hebben de olieraffinaderij in het Russische Toeapse aangevallen, waardoor een grote brand is ontstaan, aldus de gouverneur van de regio. Vanwege de brand werd een evacuatie in gang gezet.

De afgelopen weken vonden ook al droneaanvallen plaats op de raffinaderij en de haven van Toeapse. Die leidden tot een olielek op zee en een brand die dagenlang niet onder controle was.

De raffinaderij staat onder controle van staatsbedrijf Rosneft en levert vooral olieproducten voor export. Volgens bronnen ligt het werk stil sinds een droneaanval op 16 april. De raffinaderij in het zuiden van Rusland heeft een jaarlijkse productiecapaciteit van ongeveer 12 miljoen ton.

Oekraïne heeft zijn aanvallen op Rusland sinds maart opgevoerd, toen de Amerikaanse bemiddelingspogingen stil kwamen te liggen wegens de oorlog met Iran. De gouverneur van de aan Oekraïne grenzende regio Belgorod meldt dinsdag eveneens een droneaanval. Daarbij zijn volgens hem drie doden gevallen.