The Daily Populous

Tuesday July 1st, 2025 day edition

image for “My Spiritual Girlfriend”: Man Caught Carrying 800-Year-Old Mummy to Show Friends – Grivizo

police in the city of Puno were doing routine patrols through a local park when they spotted 26-year-old Julio Cesar Bermejo hanging out with some friends.

The mummy had been stuffed into Bermejo’s old work bag, the same insulated carrier he’d used during his days delivering food to people’s homes.

Bermejo had given the mummy a name – “Juanita” – and described their relationship in terms that would make anyone do a double-take.

In a video that quickly went viral on social media, he explained: “At home, she’s in my room, she sleeps with me.

The mental image of this guy tucking in a 600-year-old mummy every night is both hilarious and deeply unsettling.

Most kids have teddy bears or imaginary friends – this guy had a pre-Hispanic mummy.

While most of us are worried about our dating lives, this guy was literally sleeping next to a 600-year-old mummy and calling it romance. »

Mom of 3 'abducted' at gunpoint by 'bounty hunters' in South LA, family says

Authored by foxla.com

Community leaders are demanding information on her whereabouts and access to an attorney, stating outrage over her detention.

According to the family's lawyer with Immigrant Defenders Law Center, Calderon was taken at gunpoint by two men in unmarked cars.

Instead, she said she was taken to the border at San Ysidro, where she was presented with self-deportation paperwork. »

Sabrina Carpenter Raises $1 Million for Mental Health Initiatives & LGBTQ+ Rights in Less Than a Year

Authored by billboard.com

Sabrina Carpenter‘s work with PLUS1 has been anything but stupid, slow and useless, as the pop star has now raised more than $1 million for mental health initiatives, LGBTQ+ rights and animal welfare on the site.

The Sabrina Carpenter Fund is also now PLUS1’s fastest-growing artist fund to date.

Through PLUS1, Carpenter was able to tailor her charitable initiatives around three causes that are closest to her heart: mental health, the LGBTQ+ community and animals. »

Rafael wins $2.2b Romanian air defense deal

Authored by en.globes.co.il

Romania's Ministry of Defense announced today that it has selected Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems as the winner of its tender for the procurement of a short-range and ultra-short-range air defense system (V/SHORAD).

This strategic deal completes Romania's air defense procurement, which included shoulder-launched missile systems and platforms for long-range threats.

This configuration constitutes an optimal air defense solution for point defense or as air defense for maneuvering forces, as part of a Spider battery or in an independent deployment and operated by a minimal team of operators. »

US Lifts Sanctions, Clearing Path for Russia’s Nuclear Expansion in Hungary — UNITED24 Media

Authored by united24media.com

The Paks nuclear power plant is Hungary’s only nuclear facility, located about 100 kilometers south of Budapest.

The Paks II expansion project—overseen by Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom—includes the construction of two additional VVER-1200 reactors.

Hungary has consistently opposed efforts within the European Union to impose sanctions on Russia’s nuclear sector. »