This wooden influencer set brings roleplay fun to children who love creating content.

It includes 6 pieces a tripod stand, adjustable aperture lens, camera, smartphone model, tablet and microphone. The set encourages storytelling and imaginative play as children act out being content creators. The tripod adjusts to different heights and the ring light adds realistic detail. The smartphone and tablet models look like the real thing. The microphone completes the streaming setup.

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A Newark detention center has been at the forefront of anti-ICE protests – and now counterprotests

Protests continued on Saturday in front of the Delaney Hall immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, as a hunger and labor strike inside reached its ninth day, with detained immigrants demanding improved conditions and medical care.

On Saturday morning, a small group of rightwing counterprotesters in Trump hats began demonstrating outside the facility waving signs and chanting slogans in support of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The protesters supporting the detained immigrants and the counterprotesters supporting ICE yelled at each other across barricades set up by state police.

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Désiré Doué inspired PSG’s fightback to win in a shootout after being stunned by early goal from a classy Kai Havertz

Matvey Safonov Appeared to forget that goalkeepers are allowed to use their hands for Havertz’s strike. Didn’t get near any penalties in shootout but didn’t need to. 6

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Once associated with wealth and celebrity, cosmetic treatments to defy ageing have become more commonplace. What is it doing to beauty standards?

Mary Munson’s first non-surgical cosmetic treatment wasn’t the result of a plan, or a concrete decision. She describes it in terms of sating her curiosity. Munson, 41, was visiting a clinic to extend her lashes when a woman working there spoke to her about a procedure that she referred to as “baby Botox” – which was, in fact, Botox. Since deciding to try it, she hasn’t looked back.

“It was just a starter to see what it was like, and I realised that I enjoyed it. And to be honest I don’t feel like I see a huge change,” says Munson, who was 37 when she started treatments. While she thinks her Filipino and Scottish genes “give me good skin”, Munson started getting other treatments alongside regular Botox injections, including platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy (sometimes referred to as a vampire facial, in which platelets are drawn from a patient’s own blood), as well as platelet-rich fibrin (PRF), a similar treatment that stimulates collagen.

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As a child, I didn’t understand the ancient food decaying in my grandmother’s cupboard. Now I’m beginning to

“This oregano is best before 1985!” my sister cries, adding it to the pile on the laminate bench. It’s Hervey Bay circa 1991. My family is staying in Gran’s retirement villa, my sisters and I on camp stretchers in the garage. A single pedestal fan brings short bursts of breeze, rotating relief from the December heat.

The town is not yet on the backpacker circuit. There aren’t any cafes, shops or streaming services, and there are only so many games of Scrabble we can take.

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Carmen Pavlovic had always wished to become a mother but a family wasn’t on the cards for Pete. Then one night in Beijing, he made his ‘outlandish statement’

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In 2003 I was in my early 30s, working for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s company The Really Useful Group in Sydney. I don’t remember who introduced Pete and me but I’d seen several shows he’d designed and really liked his work. We immediately got on and I invited him to drop past my office to show me his portfolio.

A few weeks later he did. It was a balmy evening and after I’d looked over his work we decided to grab a beer and sit on the office stairs, where we chatted for ages. Between meeting him and him stopping by I’d unexpectedly taken a job in London, but I was genuinely interested in putting him forward for some projects so we agreed to stay in touch.

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Supporters filling north London pubs said they were content with their team winning Premier League

The streets of Holloway, usually bustling with families and trolly-dragging shoppers, were uncharacteristically quiet on Saturday afternoon. But shortly after the clock struck 5pm, loud roars echoed through the north London high street, located a short walk away from the Emirates stadium, as Arsenal walked on to the pitch for the Champions League final.

While the team, still basking in the glory of their Premier League win last week, were in Budapest for their final showdown against Paris Saint-Germain, Gunners – or Gooners, as they are colloquially known – came out to support the team on their home turf.

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Investigation to establish whether ‘anti-weaponization’ fund is ‘product of collusion and itself a fraud’

A federal judge has reopened Donald Trump’s $10bn case against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), after receiving a third-party motion asserting that the settlement, which lacks detail, “is a product of collusion and is itself a fraud on the court”.

The ruling, issued by the Miami judge Kathleen Williams, revives a lawsuit brought by the president and his sons against the IRS after their personal and business tax returns were leaked by a former contractor.

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It was a showpiece that held the football world in its grip, the tension mounting exponentially, everything on the line. For Paris Saint-Germain, there was the opportunity to make it clear that this is a dynastic team; the rarity of retaining a Champions League title.

For Arsenal, it was simple. Never mind the Invincibles. They stood to be immortal, a first triumph in this competition to follow their first Premier League triumph in 22 years; the thing that has changed everything about the mood around the club.

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Reggio Emilia prefect stops gig after ‘concerns’ from local Jewish community over rapper’s previous antisemitic remarks

A Kanye West concert in Italy has been cancelled over “public order and safety issues”.

The 48-year-old rapper, who changed his name to Ye in 2021, was due to perform at the Pulse of Gaia festival at the RCF Arena in Reggio Emilia on 18 July, but the city’s prefect, Salvatore Angieri, stopped the gigs after “concerns” from the local Jewish community over previous antisemitic remarks by West.

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RAVENNA (ANP) - Wielrenster Lorena Wiebes is de zege in de eerste etappe van de Giro d'Italia Women en de roze leiderstrui kwijtgeraakt na een diskwalificatie. De organisatie meldt dat de Nederlands kampioene van SD Worx - Protime is gediskwalificeerd wegens een overtreding van de reglementen voor haar fiets. Die zou niet aan het vereiste minimumgewicht hebben voldaan.

De zege in de eerste etappe en de eerste leiderstrui zijn nu toegekend aan de Italiaanse Elisa Balsamo.

BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT (ANP) - Rondom de finale van de Champions League tussen Paris-Saint-Germain (PSG) en Arsenal is het op meerdere plaatsen in Parijs tot schermutselingen gekomen tussen voetbalsupporters en oproerpolitie. Vooral rond het stadion van de Parijse club PSG in het Parc des Princes in Boulogne-Billancourt werd het onrustig en hebben agenten aanhoudingen verricht. Supporters die kennelijk het stadion binnen willen, hebben er barricades opgericht.

Dit was al voordat PSG de wedstrijd, die werd gespeeld in Boedapest, na strafschoppen won. PSG wist daarmee voor de tweede keer op rij de Champions League te winnen.

Ook in het centrum van Parijs, vooral op de Champs-Élysées en de Avenue Kléber, renden overwegend jonge mensen die onder meer met vuurwerk gooiden.

DE BILT (ANP) - In Noord-Brabant en Limburg is zaterdagavond code geel van kracht wegens stevige onweersbuien, meldt het KNMI. Daarbij kunnen windstoten en hagel voorkomen en plaatselijk kan ook veel neerslag vallen.

Bij de onweersbuien komen mogelijk windstoten voor van 60 kilometer per uur. Hagelstenen kunnen rond 1 centimeter in doorsnee zijn. Plaatselijk kan er 20 tot 30 millimeter regen vallen, aldus het weerinstituut.

De stevige onweersbuien zijn momenteel boven België en komen in de loop van de avond Limburg en mogelijk ook Noord-Brabant in. De waarschuwing geldt sinds 21.00 uur en duurt, zo is nu de verwachting, tot 03.00 uur zondagochtend.

Vrijdag was in een deel van Nederland code oranje van kracht, ook wegens onweersbuien. Toen leidden blikseminslagen tot woningbranden en werd het trein- en wegverkeer gehinderd, onder meer door omgevallen bomen.

BOEDAPEST (ANP) - Paris Saint-Germain heeft voor de tweede keer op rij de Champions League gewonnen. De club uit Parijs van coach Luis Enrique versloeg Arsenal met invaller Jurriën Timber in de finale in de Puskás Arena in Boedapest na strafschoppen, na 1-1 in de verlenging. Gabriel schoot de laatste strafschop van Arsenal over.

PSG is de eerste club sinds Real Madrid in 2017 en 2018 die de titel van de Champions League weet te prolongeren. Daarvoor was AC Milan in 1990 de laatste ploeg die de Europa Cup 1 twee keer op rij wist te winnen.

After Google announced AI-emphasizing changes to its search results, many web surfers began defecting to DuckDuckGo, reports TechCrunch. (They describe DuckDuckGo as "a privacy-focused alternative" that accounts for around 2% of the U.S. search market...)

DuckDuckGo said U.S. app installs went up 18.1% week-over-week on average during the May 20 to May 25 period, compared to May 13 to May 18. The company said that growth was sustained for six consecutive days and peaked at 30.5% on May 25. On iOS, the rate of install is even higher, with week-over-week growth hitting a 33% average, peaking at 69.9%... DuckDuckGo said the trend is stronger in the U.S, and that DuckDuckGo continued to gain users over the Memorial Day weekend, when it usually sees a dip in traffic. Some of that data is backed up by third parties. App analytics company Apptopia found a 29% increase in average daily downloads in the U.S. and a 12% increase globally over the same period.

DuckDuckGo also said visits to its AI-free search page, noai.duckduckgo.com averaged 22.7% week-over-week growth, peaking at 27.7% on May 24, according to the article. ("DuckDuckGo also offers an AI Image Filter that filters out AI-created images from search results.")

TechCrunch delves into the reason why:

I overheard a woman on the phone saying she was switching to DuckDuckGo because you can "opt out of using AI... Google just isn't Google anymore," she said. It seems that others had the same idea... Some have argued it will kill the open web, while others shared concerns that AI overviews surface inaccurate responses and take away control from users who might not want to use AI. It also overcomplicates simple things.

A Google spokesperson pointed out that AI Mode isn't the default in their search results. (And CNET notes Google include an AI-free "Web" choice in its results if you just want a page of ftraditional blue links.)

TechCrunch adds that DuckDuckGo also offers a separate free tool called Duck.ai offering access to models including Claude, Meta's Llama and OpenAI's GPT-5 mini. "All chats are private because DuckDuckGo strips the user's IP address before requests reach model providers, deletes conversations within 30 days, and prevents chats from being used for training."

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In the Middle Ages, rumours spread across Europe of a strange hybrid creature, half-animal, half-plant, known as the Vegetable Lamb of Tartary. A hoax based on fern rhizomes? A euphemism for culled fetal lambs? Or perhaps a medieval misapprehension of cotton? Thom Sliwowski traces the roots of this fabled zoophyte. Previously.

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An old, forgotten bathtub at Lynnewood Hall in Elkins Park, PA