The Daily Populous

Thursday July 24th, 2025 night edition

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Brett Payne met a student of the Washington State University.

His name was redacted and he was referred to as “L,” which is his first initial, according to the document information dated October 10, 2023.

This student was a former teaching assistant for the criminology program with Kohberger, and they shared an office during the Fall 2022 semester.

“L” described Kohberger as very intelligent but also selfish, saying Kohberger would often mislead him when it came to their shared work and would have “L” complete work meant for Kohberger.

“L” said Kohberger asked him to help fight allegations that threatened his teaching assistant position with a Dr. “S.”.

After the homicides, “L” said Kohberger began to talk much more than usual and characterized those conversations as coming from someone who wanted to vent.

He said he asked Kohberger about it who told him he had been in a car accident. »

Rainbow Six Siege underperforms to leave Ubisoft net bookings 'below expectations'

Authored by gamedeveloper.com

Consolidated Q1 net bookings fell by 2.9 percent year-on-year to €282 million ($330.8 million), which Ubisoft confirmed was below its guidance.

Back catalog net bookings stood at €260 million ($305 million), up 4 percent year-on-year and 6 percent excluding partnerships.

The company said that consolidated downturn was due to the underperformance of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege X and "unfavorable" exchange rates. »

Protesters drown out live interview with far-right AfD party leader Alice Weidel

Authored by euronews.com

A scheduled live, open-air television interview with the co-leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Alice Weidel, was drowned out on Sunday by boisterous protesters.

Weidel and her host, public broadcaster ARD's Markus Preiß, had to lean forward multiple times to understand the questions posed by the other.

Both Weidel and Preiß acknowledged the "difficult conditions," saying that at times it was almost impossible to understand each other. »

Far-right Sanseito party wins shock electoral gains in Japan on anti-foreigner platform

Authored by abc.net.au
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The appeal of far-right politics was primarily driven by economic factors, said Simon Avenell, a Japan expert at the Australian National University.

Inflation has hit Japan hard — and for a country used to deflation for 30 years, this is a shock.

Sanseito's sharp rise has forced the Liberal Democratic Party, a centre-right party which has long dominated Japanese politics, to react. »

Austin's Korea House restaurant has given away 15,000 meals during its monthly free food days

Authored by kut.org
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After decades of providing food for a price, the owners said the recent free meal days are their way of serving the community and a greater purpose.

Now, they are both college students, and their family still visits the restaurant on both regular and free meal days.

“The smells of the streets, of all the different foods and just hearing Korean at a Korean restaurant here in Austin. »