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  • Google’s AI Overviews is boosting revenue in ads and affiliates for some marketers: report | Analysis

    Google’s AI Overviews is boosting revenue in ads and affiliates for some marketers: report | Analysis

    NP Digital has released Search Engine Trends 2025, its inaugural report on SEO trends and how it impacts marketing performance and strategy.  

    Google’s AI Overviews have become a dominant feature on the search engine after launching worldwide in May 2024, with 56% of marketers seeing an increase in web traffic. Despite accuracy issues in Overviews’ initial rollout, 48% report higher revenue from ads and affiliate links, showing that users continue to discover and convert even with the increasing ubiquity of AI summaries. 

    AI search is also extending beyond Google and other traditional search engines as a key tool on popular platforms, with users flocking to LinkedIn (70%), YouTube (64%), and ChatGPT (43%) for information. 

    With AI Overviews influencing how users find and interact with brands and products, marketers are adapting their SEO strategies to optimise for links to appear where users look first and not just rank on the first page of search results. More than half (58%) report focusing on frequent content refreshes to stay relevant and 54% prioritise structured data and schema for better visibility.  

    Meanwhile, 51% indicate tracking AI-based brand visibility, with the most-used methods being analysing traffic on Google Analytics (53%) and monitoring data on the Google Search console (46%). Only a minority have adopted methods to track brand mentions (10%) and search engine results page feature tools (21%) that improve organic listings.

    Google’s New AI Mode gains trust in making a positive impact on search  

    Google’s AI Mode launched in the US in May with a goal of improving how much faster and more contextually helpful AI-generated results are for users. The tool uses generative AI based on the technology of platforms like Gemini 2.0 and shows users in-depth responses instead of simply itemising weblinks. 

    The majority report an optimistic outlook on AI Mode, with 43% expecting a notable improvement on search results, and 28% expecting some improvement. With two-thirds (67%) indicating they are satisfied or neutral in their opinion of AI Overview, users appear primed for more rollouts of AI tools on Google, with only 3% anticipate its search quality declining with AI Mode. 
     
    The ubiquity of AI on search engines and online platforms underscore the importance for marketers to adapt to the developing digital landscape and tailor strategies as users increasingly rely on AI in discovering information. With ‘zero-click’ now the norm, marketers have to leverage visibility, brand mentions, and online conversations to drive traffic and revenue.  

    Other key findings:

    • With marketers closely tracking AI search platforms, several platforms stand out, with the majority actively monitoring ChatGPT or Open AI (74%), You.com (70%), and Microsoft Copilot (41%).
    • Marketers are adapting to AI Overviews as a key feature of SEO, with 42% monitoring traffic changes and tracking brand mentions to measure their impact.

    • AI search is gaining traction and users are increasingly interacting with these tools daily, with 43% using ChatGPT or SearchGPT for search tasks at least 10 times a week. 

    • SEO is moving beyond traditional search engines, shifting towards ‘Search Everywhere Optimisation’ as users search for information on social platforms more in the following categories: Food/Cooking (43%), Pop Culture (36%), Current Events (34%), and DIY/Hobby (32%). 

    • Despite marketers seeing results from leveraging AI Overviews, some 25% reported experiencing major errors when the tool first launched, and over 50% indicated their main concern was the inaccuracy of the information provided. 

     


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  • The Golden Bond in Ju-Jitsu: Paszkiewicz & Hunecke Represent Uniqueness of TWG

    Last night Julia Paszkiewicz and Nike Hunecke (GER) stood at the top of the podium, gold medals glinting under the bright lights of the Jianyang Cultural and Sports Centre Gymnasium where the Ju-Jitsu competition took place.


    The German Mixed Duo Para Visual pair had just claimed their sport’s highest prize—and done so on a stage where para and able-bodied athletes compete side by side.


    For both, the moment carried weight far beyond the medal as the Mixed Duo Show does for all its participants at The World Games whether it be in the Para Visual, Physical or Mental disciplines.


    “It’s such an honour that we have an event like the World Games because we get the gratitude for all the things we’ve done over the years,” said Paszkiewicz who now has four TWG medals in Ju-Jitsu. “We work hard, as hard as all the other Olympians, but we have to work or go to school during this time.”


    “We don’t have only one thing—we have our sport and all the other stuff we have to combine. I think it’s the best part for inclusion, to be honest—not a separate event, but altogether it’s amazing.”


    It’s a format that sets The World Games apart.


    Unlike the Paralympics, there is no separate timetable in Chengdu. Para-athletes compete in the same arena, at the same time, with the same audience. Thus, the applause is shared, and the spotlight is equal – everything that represents TWG’s values.


    Hunecke knows that balance well. Still in school, the 19 year old has spent the past year juggling A-levels with daily training. “I have A-levels, I’ve been training every day, every hour, training in school too,” she said whilst visibly emotional shortly afterwards. “It’s been one year full of exams and training. I had some exams during Chengdu, and I cancelled that for this.”


    Paszkiewicz’s path to this point has been less linear. A veteran of the “classic” discipline, she competed at The World Games 2017 – where she claimed Gold in the Team event and Silver in Duo Mixed – and again in Birmingham – Silver in the Team event – before temporarily stepping away from the sport, spending more time in the office as an online marketer than rolling on the mats.


    Then, last spring, a conversation with her coach changed everything.


    “Our boss asked if we’d like to start here (in Mixed Para Pair), said there’s an opportunity. Well, why not? We decided to try and see what happens.”


    “We had eight weeks to the World Championship, so we said, ‘OK, let’s begin.’”


    The pairing was, in more ways than one, a leap of faith. Hunecke and Paszkiewicz live nearly 800 kilometres apart, meaning a year of constant travel had to be undertaken for training. However, the bigger challenge was forging the trust essential for a mixed duo, especially when one partner has a visual impairmen . In this case it is Hunecke who is partially sighted.


    A successful World Championships last year though in Heraklion qualified them for The World Games 2025, a staggering accolade considering they had only known each other for little less than two months.


    “I think it’s a lot about trust and that has to be earned, especially because we didn’t know each other very well,” replied Paszkiewicz when asked what was the hardest part of their journey.


    “When trying some techniques for me, it was an experience because I never tried with someone who has the visual impairment.”


    “It was very much about talking—what can you do? What can you see? How can you move? Talking to gain that trust.”


    On Sunday in Chengdu, the trust was there for all to see as they flipped their way – quite literally – to the top podium, defeating China’s own Pan Tianyou and Wang Wenqiang 149 to 143 points.


    For both, the medal is proof that the long-distance travelling, the sacrifices, the growing pains of picking up a new discipline were worth it and that inclusion on the same stage is not just possible, but powerful.


    In Chengdu, Paszkiewicz and Hunecke weren’t a “para” duo or an “able-bodied” duo. They were simply one team and one champion for Germany.

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  • Chiral metasurfaces encrypt secrets within light

    Chiral metasurfaces encrypt secrets within light

    Chiral metasurfaces engineered by a team of scientists led by Hatice Altug’s group at the Bionanophotonics Systems Laboratory of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, in collaboration with Yuri Kivshar’s group at the Australian National University (ANU), leverage the interplay between the meta-atom shape and varying the symmetry of its two-dimensional (2D) lattice to easily tune their chirality via polarized light.

    The metasurface is crafted from germanium on a calcium difluoride substrate to feature a gradient of meta-atoms with orientations that vary continuously along a chip—and this “control knob” enables seamless tuning of the metasurface’s response to polarized light. In contrast to previous solutions in which very complex chiral meta-atom geometries were used to control the chirality, the team’s new approach makes engineering the chiral response a simple task.

    “Our inspiration comes from the fundamental idea of chirality—essentially left- and right-handed materials, which are mirror images of each other that can’t be superimposed,” explains Altug, a full professor at EPFL. “Chirality is pervasive across the living and non-living world, and it plays a fundamental role in biology, chemistry, and materials science. Nature is full of left- and right-handed objects (a.k.a. enantiomers) like our hands or snail shells, which are easy to tell apart.”

    But distinguishing left from right can become tricky, “which is fascinating for nanoscale materials,” says Ivan Sinev, a postdoctoral researcher at EPFL. “In living organisms, molecular ‘handedness’ is engraved into the very blueprint of life: the DNA double helix is right-handed in virtually every cell, while the majority of naturally occurring amino acids are left-handed, and most sugars are right-handed. This biological chiral purity is essential—enzymes, receptors, and metabolic pathways are exquisitely enantioselective, so reversing a molecule’s handedness can render a nutrient useless or a drug inactive or even harmful.”

    This is where circularly polarized light, which twists like a corkscrew in left- or right-handed spirals as it propagates, comes in handy. It interacts differently with chiral structures, but the effect is generally weak in natural materials, which makes such control difficult.

    “Our goal was to develop a simple but powerful way to manipulate light’s ‘handedness’ for advanced optical uses like encryption, sensing, and quantum tech at these tiny scales,” says Ivan Toftul, a Ph.D. student at ANU.

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  • Doctor shares 10 daily foods that mimic Ozempic and make weight loss easier | Health

    Doctor shares 10 daily foods that mimic Ozempic and make weight loss easier | Health

    Ozempic is not just a celebrity buzzword! It is a prescription drug originally developed to treat type 2 diabetes, now widely talked about for its surprising weight loss effects. This buzz has sparked curiosity about whether there are natural alternatives to Ozempic. The answer is yes! Dr Adrian, a functional medicine doctor and MD specializing in thyroid, PCOS, and gut health, recently shared on Instagram a list of foods that may work in a similar way. These foods can help boost GLP-1, the hormone that curbs unnecessary hunger and helps control appetite, supporting a healthy weight loss.

    Try these foods to naturally boost GLP-1 levels! (Adobe Stock)

    What is Ozempic?

    Ozempic is the brand name for semaglutide, a medication created by Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk. It belongs to a class of drugs called GLP-1 receptor agonists, meaning it imitates the effects of a hormone your body naturally produces, GLP-1. First approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2017 for managing type 2 diabetes, Ozempic comes as a once-weekly injection, usually given in the abdomen, thigh, or upper arm using a prefilled pen.

    How does GLP-1 support weight loss?

    GLP-1 is an incretin hormone released in your gut after you eat. Health Shots also got in touch with dietitian Vidhi Chawla to learn more about it. She says, “It triggers more insulin, curbs glucagon (which raises blood sugar), and slows digestion, all of which help keep blood sugar stable and reduce appetite.” That is why Ozempic is effective for weight loss.

    Foods to boost GLP-1

    Here are 10 foods that may help make weight loss feel easier and quicker with an Ozempic prescription:

    1. Avocados

    Packed with healthy monounsaturated fats and fibre, avocados keep hunger hormones in check. Dr Adrian notes that their slow-digesting fat content supports steady blood sugar, while the fibre helps keep you feeling full for longer. A study published in Nutrients revealed that eating a whole avocado can boost GLP-1 levels, along with reducing cravings and appetite. This food is also rich in potassium, which supports metabolism and slows down digestion.

    2. Chia seeds

    These tiny seeds are a powerhouse of soluble fibre. When soaked, they form a gel in your stomach that slows digestion, much like Ozempic delays gastric emptying (the rate at which food moves from the stomach to the small intestine). Vidhi Chawla adds that chia seeds are also a good plant-based omega-3 source, supporting gut health and reducing inflammation linked to weight gain.

    3. Potatoes

    Often misunderstood, potatoes (especially boiled or baked) are among the most satiating foods that can support weight loss. They provide slow-digesting carbs that keep energy stable. Dr Adrian points out that their resistant starch content feeds beneficial gut bacteria, which may indirectly support weight control.

    4. Oats

    Oats, particularly rolled oats, are rich in beta-glucan, a soluble fibre that triggers fullness hormones. They are a steady energy source that reduces the risk of unwanted hunger. Vidhi recommends starting your day with oatmeal paired with protein, like Greek yogurt, for even better hunger control. According to her, fibre rich foods help reduce your calorie intake by promoting the feeling of fullness.

    Oats can support weight loss!(Adobe Stock)
    Oats can support weight loss!(Adobe Stock)

    5. Eggs and egg whites

    Eggs are loaded with protein that lowers ghrelin, the “I’m hungry” hormone. Their amino acids also support muscle maintenance during weight loss. Having them at breakfast can help curb appetite for hours, making them a simple yet effective tool in any weight-loss-friendly diet. So, make sure you start your day with a protein and fibre-rich breakfast to support weight loss.

    6. Greek Yogurt

    Thick, creamy, and protein-rich, Greek yogurt is digested slowly, keeping you satisfied for longer. Its probiotic content supports gut health, which is linked to better weight management. Dr Adrian advises choosing unsweetened versions to avoid unnecessary sugar spikes.

    7. Lean meat

    From skinless chicken to turkey, lean meats deliver high-quality protein that boosts metabolism due to the thermic effect of food. This means you burn more calories even when digesting food. Vidhi notes that protein also helps prevent the muscle loss often seen in rapid weight loss, keeping metabolism healthy.

    8. Fish

    Fatty fish like salmon, mackerel, and sardines offer both protein and omega-3 fats. Dr Adrian says this combo reduces inflammation, balances hormones, and suppresses appetite. Eating fish 2–3 times a week can be a game-changer for promoting both satiety and metabolic health.

    9. Berries

    Low in sugar but high in fibre, berries are ideal for controlling blood sugar spikes. Their antioxidants also help reduce inflammation, which can interfere with hunger and satiety signals. Vidhi suggests pairing berries with Greek yogurt for a balanced, filling snack.

    10. Leafy greens

    Spinach, kale, broccoli, and other fibre-rich vegetables are filling yet low in calories. They fill your stomach, stimulate fullness hormones, and deliver vitamins that support overall metabolic function, explains Dr Adrian. One 2022 study published in the International Journal of Preventive Medicine found that eating vegetables before carbohydrates significantly improves glucose and GLP-1 levels in people with type 2 diabetes. What’s more? Since they are also high in vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants, they can also help support healthy metabolism and the fat-burning process.

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  • India reels from US tariff hike threat

    India reels from US tariff hike threat

    Workers sit on a cart at a wholesale market in the old quarters of Delhi, India. — Reuters/File

    MUMBAI: Indian exporters are scrambling for options to mitigate the fallout of US President Donald Trump’s threatened tariff salvo against the world’s most populous nation.

    Many warn of dire job losses after Trump said he would double new import tariffs from 25% to 50% if India continues to buy Russian oil, in a bid to strip Moscow of revenue for its military offensive in Ukraine.

    “At 50% tariff, no product from India can stand any competitive edge,” said economist Garima Kapoor from Elara Securities.

    India, one of the world’s largest crude oil importers, has until August 27 to find alternatives to replace around a third of its current oil supply from abroad.

    While New Delhi is not an export powerhouse, it shipped goods worth about $87 billion to the United States in 2024.

    A man reads a newspaper with reports on tariff after US President Donald Trump announced an additional 25% tariff on Indian goods, alongside a market in New Delhi, India, August 7, 2025. — Reuters
    A man reads a newspaper with reports on tariff after US President Donald Trump announced an additional 25% tariff on Indian goods, alongside a market in New Delhi, India, August 7, 2025. — Reuters 

    That 50% levy now threatens to upend low-margin, labour-intensive industries ranging from gems and jewellery to textiles and seafood.

    The Global Trade Research Initiative estimates a potential 60% drop in US sales in 2025 in sectors such as garments.

    Exporters say they are racing to fulfil orders before the deadline.

    “Whatever we can ship before August 27, we are shipping,” said Vijay Kumar Agarwal, chairman of Creative Group. The Mumbai-based textile and garment exporter has a nearly 80% exposure to the US market.

    But Agarwal warned that is merely triage.

    Shipping goods before the deadline “doesn´t solve” the problem, he said.

    “If it doesn’t get resolved, there will be chaos,” he said, adding that he’s worried for the future of his 15,000 to 16,000 employees.

    “It is a very gloomy situation […] it will be an immense loss of business.”

    Livelihoods threatened

    Talks to resolve the matter hinge on geopolitics, far from the reach of business. Trump is set to meet Vladimir Putin on Friday, the first face-to-face meeting between the two countries’ presidents since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

    New Delhi, with longstanding ties with Moscow, is in a delicate situation.

    Since Trump’s tariff threats, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken to both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, urging a “peaceful resolution” to the conflict.

    Meanwhile, the US tariff impact is already being felt in India.

    Garment workers cut fabric to make shirts at a textile factory of Texport Industries in Hindupur town in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, India. — Reuters/File
    Garment workers cut fabric to make shirts at a textile factory of Texport Industries in Hindupur town in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, India. — Reuters/File

    Businesses say fresh orders from some US buyers have begun drying up — threatening millions of dollars in future business and the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands in the world’s fifth biggest economy.

    Among India’s biggest apparel makers with global manufacturing operations, some are looking to move their US orders elsewhere.

    Top exporter Pearl Global Industries has told Indian media that some of its US customers asked that orders be produced in lower-duty countries such as Vietnam or Bangladesh, where the company also has manufacturing facilities.

    Major apparel maker Gokaldas Exports told Bloomberg it may boost production in Ethiopia and Kenya, which have a 10% tariff.

    ‘Nothing happening now’

    Moody’s recently warned that for India, the “much wider tariff gap” may “even reverse some of the gains made in recent years in attracting related investments”.

    India’s gems and jewellery industry exported goods worth more than $10 billion last year and employs hundreds of thousands of people.

    “Nothing is happening now, everything is at a standstill, new orders have been put on hold,” Ajesh Mehta from D Navinchandra Exports told AFP.

    “We expect up to 150,000 to 200,000 workers to be impacted.”

    Gems, and other expensive non-essential items, are vulnerable.

    “A 10% tariff was absorbable — 25% is not, let alone this 50%,” Mehta added.

    An employee works inside an engineering goods export unit in the manufacturing hub of Faridabad on the outskirts of New Delhi, India. — Reuters/File
    An employee works inside an engineering goods export unit in the manufacturing hub of Faridabad on the outskirts of New Delhi, India. — Reuters/File 

    “At the end of the day, we deal in luxury products. When the cost goes up beyond a point, customers will cut back.”

    Seafood exporters, who have been told by some US buyers to hold shipments, are hoping for new customers.

    “We are looking to diversify our markets,” says Alex Ninan, who is a partner at the Baby Marine Group.

    “The United States is totally out right now. We will have to push our products to alternative markets, such as China, Japan… Russia is another market we are really looking into.”

    Ninan, however, warns that is far from simple. “You can’t create a market all of a sudden,” he said.


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  • South Korean crypto mogul Do Kwon pleads guilty to fraud | Crypto

    South Korean crypto mogul Do Kwon pleads guilty to fraud | Crypto

    Cryptocurrency entrepreneur faces up to 25 years in prison over the $40bn collapse of the TerraUSD and Luna tokens.

    South Korean cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon has pleaded guilty to fraud in the United States in a case tied to the $40bn collapse of the TerraUSD and Luna tokens.

    Kwon, the cofounder of Singapore-based Terraform Labs, entered the plea at the Southern District of New York on Tuesday, according to court filings.

    Kwon admitted to one count of conspiring to commit commodities fraud, securities fraud and wire fraud, and one count of committing wire fraud.

    As part of his plea, the crypto entrepreneur agreed to forfeit more than $19m in proceeds from his crimes, according to prosecutors.

    Kwon had in January entered a plea of not guilty to nine counts in the case, including securities fraud, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy.

    “Do Kwon used the technological promise and investment euphoria around cryptocurrency to commit one of the largest frauds in history,” US Attorney Jay Clayton said.

    “Kwon attracted tens of billions in funds to Terraform’s ecosystem by promising a self-stabilising stablecoin. By the time the markets discovered the ecosystem was unstable, it was too late: the system collapsed, and investors around the world suffered billions in losses.”

    Kwon, who is due to be sentenced on December 11, faces a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison.

    Kwon was extradited to the US in December 2024, following his arrest in Montenegro after spending months on the run from authorities.

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  • Can’t sleep? Your gut health may be partly to blame, study finds

    Can’t sleep? Your gut health may be partly to blame, study finds

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    If you’ve ever battled insomnia, you’re probably familiar with the usual suspects: stress, caffeine, alcohol, underlying health issues, or side effects from medications, to name a few.

    But the key to chronic sleeplessness may lie deep in the gut – at least partly, according to a new study in the journal General Psychiatry.

    About 10 per cent of adults suffer from regular insomnia, and another 20 per cent experience occasional symptoms, which include difficulty falling asleep and poor sleep quality as well as daytime effects such as irritability or fatigue.

    Other research has pointed to a link between insomnia and gut health through the so-called gut-brain axis, but the latest findings offer “preliminary evidence” that the makeup of the gut microbiome can actually cause poor sleep, the study authors said.

    The analysis relied on genetic data from nearly 387,000 insomnia patients as well as nearly 27,000 people’s gut microbiome data.

    It identified a reciprocal link between insomnia and certain types of bacteria found in the gut. That means these bacteria raised the risk of insomnia, while having the sleep disorder also seemed to make the bacteria more common.

    Fourteen groups of bacteria raised the risk of insomnia by between 1 per cent and 4 per cent. Eight groups lowered the risk by 1 per cent to 3 per cent.

    People who had insomnia, meanwhile, had much lower levels of seven bacteria groups and significantly higher levels of 12 types of bacteria.

    The gut microbiome consists of bacteria, fungi, and viruses that live naturally in our bodies and can both help and hurt our health. These microbes communicate with other cells to help digest food, regulate the immune system, and destroy other harmful microorganisms.

    It’s not yet clear exactly why gut health and sleep appear to be connected, the researchers said. One theory is that insomnia affects the body’s level of serotonin and dopamine – chemical messengers involved in the sleep cycle – which in turn triggers the gut to produce these neurotransmitters.

    Other potential pathways involve immune regulation, inflammation, and other molecular and cellular mechanisms, they said.

    “Overall, the intertwined effects of insomnia on gut microbiota, and vice versa, represent a complex bidirectional relationship,” they said.

    The study has some limitations. Most participants were of European descent, so the results may not apply to other groups. Diet and other lifestyle factors that could affect people’s gut health were also not taken into account.

    Even so, the researchers said the findings could help inspire future microbiome-related treatments for insomnia, for example the use of probiotics, prebiotics, or faecal transplantation.

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  • Potential Role of Oral Microbiota in Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw in Cancer Patients: A Narrative Review

    Potential Role of Oral Microbiota in Medication-Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw in Cancer Patients: A Narrative Review


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  • Washington calls Pakistan–India ceasefire ‘proud moment’ for diplomacy – samaa tv

    1. Washington calls Pakistan–India ceasefire ‘proud moment’ for diplomacy  samaa tv
    2. What US Said On India Ties After Pak Army Chief Asim Munir’s Nuke Threat  NDTV
    3. US confirms Trump’s mediation efforts in Pakistan-India conflict  ptv.com.pk
    4. ‘Ties with India, Pakistan unchanged’: US ‘committed to both nations’; again take credit for ceasefire  The Times of India
    5. US President Trump again claims to solve the Pakistan-India war  ANI News

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  • Jimmy Kimmel obtained Italian citizenship in response to Trump’s ‘unbelievable’ re-election | Jimmy Kimmel

    Jimmy Kimmel obtained Italian citizenship in response to Trump’s ‘unbelievable’ re-election | Jimmy Kimmel

    Jimmy Kimmel has revealed he acquired Italian citizenship due to Donald Trump’s presidency, the latest in a wave of celebrities to make contingency plans after his re-election in 2024.

    Speaking on The Sarah Silverman Podcast, the US late-night host confirmed the news. Italian news agency Ansa confirmed Kimmel had obtained Italian citizenship earlier this year after proving his ancestral lineage.

    “A lot of people I know are thinking about, where are they going to get citizenship?” Silverman said of the wider exodus in response to Trump’s re-election.

    “I did get Italian citizenship,” Kimmel said. “What’s going on is as bad as you thought it was gonna be. It’s so much worse – it’s just unbelievable. I feel like it’s probably even worse than he would like it to be.”

    In June, Kimmel spoke of his heritage at an Italian Republic Day event in Los Angeles, telling the audience that his grandfather’s parents moved to New York from Ischia, an island off the coast of Naples, after an earthquake in 1883 killed most of their family.

    “I have just obtained citizenship, thanks to my beloved grandmother Edith, whose family came from Candida, in the province of Avellino. She used to repeat to me, ‘You have the brain of a hamster!’” he reportedly told the audience.

    Rosie O’Donnell moved to Ireland in January, while Ellen DeGeneres recently confirmed she and her wife, the actor Portia de Rossi, decided to relocate to the UK after Trump’s election last year.

    “It’s clean,” DeGeneres said, of the UK. “Everything here is just better – the way animals are treated, people are polite. I just love it here.”

    She also expressed concern for the future of LGBTQ+ rights in the US, hinting that she and De Rossi may get married again in the UK due to the possibility that same-sex marriage could be overturned in the US.

    Kimmel is among a cohort of late-night hosts, including John Oliver, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, who regularly use their shows as a platform to criticise the Trump administration. In May, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was controversially axed by CBS, not long after he criticised the network’s decision to settle a $16m lawsuit with Trump on-air.

    CBS has denied it was a politically motivated decision, but Trump did not disguise his pleasure at the news, writing on social media: “I absolutely love that Colbert got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings. I hear Jimmy Kimmel is next. Has even less talent than Colbert!”

    A few days later, he wrote: “The word is, and it’s a strong word at that, Jimmy Kimmel is NEXT to go in the untalented Late Night Sweepstakes and, shortly thereafter, [Jimmy] Fallon will be gone.”

    Speaking on Silverman’s show, Kimmel said former Trump supporters who found themselves in opposition to his agenda in office should be supported.

    “Now you see these clips of Joe Rogan saying, ‘Why is he doing this? Why are you deporting people?’ And people go, ‘Fuck you! You supported him.’ I don’t buy into that,” Kimmel said.

    “The door has to stay open. If you want to change your mind, that’s so hard to do. If you want to admit you were wrong, that is so hard and so rare to do. You are welcome.”

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