The Daily Populous

Tuesday February 24th, 2026 day edition

image for Younger people reflect on untapped 'wealth of knowledge' in intergenerational friendships

Danielle Kennedy is a psychologist from Queensland, and in 2024, she researched intergenerational friendships through the University of the Sunshine Coast.

But Danielle Kennedy says her research suggests intergenerational friendships can help to reduce age-based discrimination in both directions, while offering other benefits too.

"Basically, we found that intergenerational friendships contributed to healthy development and wellbeing in both younger and older adults," she told triple j hack this week.

Tia is 32, and says when she moved from Sydney to smaller coastal communities near Coffs Harbour, she found friendships with people decades older.

I think it's such an important wealth of knowledge that is a little bit untapped these days.

Zein, 18, says friendships between older and younger people are less likely in Arabic culture.

"I think that happens to many older people, that they feel younger inside than their birth certificate shows," Clive says. »

Peter Attia resigns from CBS News following Epstein backlash

Authored by edition.cnn.com

Celebrity doctor Peter Attia has resigned from his new contributor position at CBS News following new revelations about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

“As such, he stepped back to ensure his involvement didn’t become a distraction from the important work being done at CBS.

In the newly released trove of documents from the Epstein files, Attia and the convicted sex offender exchanged lewd and personal messages with each other. »

Trump's sudden decision to hike his new tariff rate to 15% is 'something of an eff you' to the U.K.

Authored by fortune.com

Hours after the decision, he imposed a 10% rate under Section 122 of the 1974 Trade Act, then hiked the new duty on Saturday morning.

While experts have pointed out the Section 122 tariffs are also legally dubious, it could take months to sort through any court challenge.

“For the UK that thought it had secured a more advantageous 10% rate, however, this is something of an eff you. »

FedEx sues Trump administration for tariff refunds after Supreme Court ruling

Authored by nbcnews.com

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that President Donald Trump exceeded his presidential authority when he deployed the act to impose sweeping tariffs on almost all U.S. trading partners.

FedEx says that when tariffs were in effect under the IEEPA law, it imported goods from countries subject to the duties.

FedEx's suit appears to be the first refund case brought by a major corporation since the Supreme Court's ruling Friday. »

House Democrats bringing Jeffrey Epstein survivors to Trump's State of the Union speech

Authored by nbcnews.com

At least half a dozen House Democrats have invited survivors of Jeffrey Epstein to be their guests at President Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday night.

"She and her fellow survivors’ bravery was the catalyst for changing a rotten system and finally standing up for humanity and American values.”.

Farmer, he wrote, will "join other survivors and remind the President of his refusal to release all the Epstein files.". »