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  • UNIMÁS Bets On K-Dramas To Target Younger Audiences With Debut Of ‘Goblin’

    UNIMÁS Bets On K-Dramas To Target Younger Audiences With Debut Of ‘Goblin’

    In a push to attract younger viewers and diversify its programming strategy, UNIMÁS is betting on the global Korean drama phenomenon, bringing K-dramas to its Spanish-language audience for the first time.

    TelevisaUnivision’s secondary U.S. broadcast network — formerly known as Telefutura — will premiere Goblin, el guardián (Guardian: The Lonely and Great God) on July 9 at 10 pm ET, followed by W, Dos Mundos this fall. Both series will be dubbed in Spanish.

    Goblin, el guardián follows Kim Shin (Gong Yoo), an ancient warrior who was betrayed, killed and cursed to live forever as an immortal Goblin until he finds his destined bride to break the curse. When he meets Ji Eun-Tak (Kim Go-eun), a young woman who can see spirits, their love story unfolds alongside supernatural dynamics with a Grim Reaper roommate. Fans of Squid Game may recognize Gong Yoo as the recruiter from the hit Netflix series.

    Barbara Musa Ruiz, TelevisaUnivision’s SVP of Programming Strategy and Scheduling, says the decision to bring K-dramas to UNIMÁS is rooted in the genre’s global appeal and production quality.

    “K-dramas stand out due to their high production quality, including impressive cinematography and settings, and visual effects that enhance the viewer’s experience, in addition to their emotional stories with surprising twists that will deeply connect with our audiences,” she explains.

    The selection of Goblin and W, Dos Mundos was intentional​.

    “These titles reflect the emotional depth and cinematic storytelling that have made K-dramas globally appealing, while aligning with the kind of character-driven narratives that perform well on our network,” says Musa Ruiz.

    UNIMÁS has already begun promoting Goblin with a 360-degree campaign, aiming to build anticipation and awareness among viewers.

    “We aim to offer innovative and culturally enriching content that resonates with our diverse audience, especially the younger demographic, who represent the natural target for this phenomenon,”​ notes​ Musa Ruiz.

    UNIMÁS Looks to Diversify and Evolve

    While this marks UNIMÁS’s debut in airing K-drama series​ (Univision has never aired one​), Korean content isn’t entirely new to Spanish-language television. The now-defunct MundoFox network previously broadcast the Korean drama Escalera al Cielo (Stairway to Heaven) in 2013.

    International programming, however, has been a staple for UNIMÁS. The network has aired numerous Turkish series over the years, including Entre Dos Amores (2018), ¿Qué Culpa Tiene Fatmagül? (2020), Pajaro Soñador (2020), Las Mil y Una Noches (2021), La Hija del Embajador (2022), Amor Prohibido (2023), and Pecado Original (2025). Sister network Univision has also embraced Turkish content, airing series starting in 2019.

    Musa Ruiz emphasizes that the introduction of K-dramas is a natural extension of UNIMÁS’s ongoing commitment to offering diverse storytelling and evolving alongside its audience’s interests.

    “International content has always played a key role in UNIMÁS’s programming strategy. While this marks our first launch of K-dramas, we’ve previously introduced acclaimed series from Brazil, Colombia, Turkey, and Mexico,” she states. “Our mission remains the same: to deliver powerful, relatable stories, no matter where they come from.”

    The move also serves to differentiate UNIMÁS from its sister network Univision.

    “UNIMÁS programming strategy is designed to push creative boundaries, offering diverse content that’s distinctive, edgier, and often more experimental in format or origin,” explains Musa Ruiz. At the same time, the goal is “to keep viewers engaged within the TelevisaUnivision ecosystem by offering complementary content experiences.”

    So, why introduce K-dramas now? Musa Ruiz says that after monitoring trends and the global popularity of Korean content over the past decade, particularly in Latin America, the timing felt right.

    “In Mexico, for instance, K-dramas have strongly resonated with audiences, providing a solid foundation for introducing this genre to UNIMÁS viewers​.”

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  • Burns joins Reading on loan – Manchester City FC

    1. Burns joins Reading on loan  Manchester City FC
    2. Exclusive: Reading FC target set for medical as Brighton transfer swoop edges closer  Football League World
    3. Ex-Pompey striker seals move as Premier League side sanction another loan  portsmouth.co.uk
    4. Barnsley FC and Reading FC ‘join the race’ to sign Brighton & Hove Albion forward  Yorkshire Post
    5. Reading FC Finally Have Their New Striker: Mark O’Mahony  The Tilehurst End

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  • Cricket, Christianity and the search for English identity

    Cricket, Christianity and the search for English identity

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    Exceptionalism has been one of few constants in the otherwise sinuous story of the English state. The nation split from the Catholic church, clung on to monarchy, evolved into an empire spanning a quarter of the globe and introduced its de facto lingua franca. Even after its domain dwindled, self-belief lingered sufficiently to persuade a majority of its voters to separate themselves from their closest trading partner.

    Despite proudly carrying the baggage of centuries of invasions, conquests, dynasties and destinies, a newly unmoored England lacks friends and a direction of travel. It is hard to know what the country represents — has England lost its identity?

    Two new books go searching for answers in different places. In their respective histories of English cricket and Christianity, both Brendan Cooper and Bijan Omrani hit upon a history of exceptionalism that once fuelled the country’s ascent as a global power and now leaves it pining for the past and paralysed in the present.

    Cricket was born in England. Its etiquette and eccentricity are emblematic of much of what the country takes pride in. In the imagination, it plays out on some mythical village green of a peaceful past — little wonder that Cooper should look to the history of the sport, as he does in his book Echoing Greens, in an attempt to define Englishness.

    Anthony Trollope claimed in 1868 that “it is the English alone who take part in the game” — despite the fact that the first ever international cricket match had taken place two decades earlier between the US and Canada. By the Victorian era, the game had become a byword for England’s competitive but courteous aspirations. As Cooper puts it: “Cricket was no longer just a sport. It was philosophy; it was virtue; it was an imagined ideal of nationhood. The game had been remade as a fiction, a metaphor for all the things England wanted itself to be.”

    WG Grace, perhaps the most storied of the country’s cricketers, was so revered by fans that tickets to games in which he played cost twice as much as usual. Yet to rivals he was associated with underhand tactics or outright cheating. “His name will become a synonym for mean cunning and systematic fraud,” complained The Sydney Morning Herald after England’s inaugural tour to Australia in 1873.

    For every attempt at generalisation, Cooper finds proof to the contrary; for every temptation towards nostalgia, there is a reality check. And it is not so different a picture when we turn to Omrani’s God Is an Englishman.

    Omrani — barrister, academic, churchwarden — uses his book to chart the exceptionalist approach that has defined English Christianity over the centuries. As early as the 7th century, Pope Gregory sent a letter to the third Archbishop of Canterbury permitting pagan slaughter of animals on the newly Christian realm’s feast days: “It is doubtless impossible to cut out everything at once from their stubborn minds,” he wrote. 

    The attitude prevailed, from public unwillingness to give up Catholic festivals in the 16th century to Oliver Cromwell’s insistence on keeping his Quaker household staff. The response to the trauma of the Reformation, Omrani believes, was the kind of nostalgia and exceptionalism that continues to plague English politics: “Successive generations looked back to an era they usually placed just before their own, where England was a country of cheery yeomen and maypole dancing, social order and plenty.” He might well add cricket to that list.

    God Is an Englishman eventually falls victim to the nostalgia it so convincingly chronicles. Omrani laments the “tragic” loss of hymn singing in schools and the decay of Christian values in national identity, treading a fine line between questions of church and state. His account of how Christianity came to underpin the laws and landscape of England is thorough; more contentious is his assertion that if social cohesion is in decline, the decay of Christian values has played a “significant part”.

    Cooper also sometimes loses sight of his task, drifting into cricketing miscellany. Echoing Greens never quite lives up to its promise of being “a book about England — about the disorderly workings of the English imagination, its visions and ideals as well as its vexed relationship with the blunt reality of life”.

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    Neither cricket nor Christianity really reflects the country as it is now. The 2021 census was the first time that less than half the population of England and Wales identified as Christian, with the proportion of atheists at an all-time high. English cricket, meanwhile, finds itself squeezed by low uptake in schools and big-budget international competitions such as the Indian Premier League. “In the twenty-first century,” admits Cooper, “the legitimacy of the Englishness of cricket feels more doubtful than ever.”

    But in two subjects so bound up with questions of tradition, it is all too tempting to tend towards nostalgia. “I have no patience with the man who is constantly saying that cricket is not what it used to be,” wrote the Guardian’s Neville Cardus in 1933. “The Golden Age is always well behind us. We catch sight of it with young eyes, when we see what we want to see.” The same could well be said of England.

    Echoing Greens: How Cricket Shaped the English Imagination by Brendan Cooper Constable £12.99, 352 pages

    God Is an Englishman: Christianity and the Creation of England by Bijan Omrani Forum £25, 400 pages

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  • NASA teaches Mars orbiter to roll over in quest to find Red Planet water

    NASA teaches Mars orbiter to roll over in quest to find Red Planet water

    The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has learned to do backward rolls to give its onboard radar better opportunities to find water-ice beneath the red planet’s surface.

    “Not only can you teach an old spacecraft new tricks, you can open up entirely new regions of the subsurface to explore by doing so,” Gareth Morgan of the Planetary Science Institute and co-investigator on MRO’s Shallow Radar (SHARAD) instrument, said in a statement.

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  • Djokovic fends off De Minaur challenge, returns to Wimbledon QFs – ATP Tour

    1. Djokovic fends off De Minaur challenge, returns to Wimbledon QFs  ATP Tour
    2. Djokovic wary despite Wimbledon form, dominant Sinner faces Dimitrov  Dunya News
    3. Milestone Hunter vs The Wallaby Whirlwind  Vocal
    4. Novak Djokovic makes unwanted history in all-time career first at Wimbeldon – before stunning comeback  talkSPORT
    5. Wimbledon LIVE: Andreeva taking on Navarro while Shelton in action, Djokovic safely through  Flashscore.com

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  • Global lifetime estimates of expected and preventable gastric cancers across 185 countries – IARC

    7 Juillet 2025

    A new study by scientists at the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) projects the future burden of gastric cancer, including that attributable to Helicobacter pylori infection – the primary cause of gastric cancer – among a cohort of individuals born in 2008–2017. The expected number of gastric cancer cases, in the absence of intervention, was quantified across 185 countries by combining national age-specific incidence rates from GLOBOCAN 2022 and cohort-specific mortality rates from United Nations demographic projections. The article was published in Nature Medicine.

    Worldwide, assuming no change to the current gastric cancer control measures, 15.6 million gastric cancer cases are expected to occur within these birth cohorts, of which 76% are attributable to H. pylori infection and are therefore potentially preventable. Asia accounted for two thirds of the expected cases, followed by the Americas and Africa. Whereas 58% of future cases were projected in regions with historically high gastric cancer incidence, 42% were expected in lower-incidence regions, driven largely by demographic changes. In particular, a significant increase in the burden of gastric cancer is projected in sub-Saharan Africa, where the future number of cases will be up to 6 times those estimated for 2022.

    Gastric cancer is a disease with high morbidity and poor prognosis, although it is largely preventable. Most gastric cancers are attributable to chronic infection with H. pylori, and this burden worldwide is one of the highest of any cancer-causing infection. Despite ongoing global initiatives aimed at eliminating cervical cancer and viral hepatitis, gastric cancer remains relatively neglected, with limited interest and investment in many parts of the world, leading to public health inaction.

    This study highlights the growing burden of gastric cancer with shifting global profiles. The projections offer policy-makers critical information for cancer control planning at both regional and national levels and underscore the urgent need for the implementation of prevention strategies to reduce the global burden of gastric cancer.

    Park JY, Georges D, Alberts CJ, Bray F, Clifford G, Baussano I

    Global lifetime estimates of expected and preventable gastric cancers across 185 countries

    Nat Med. Published online 7 July 2025;

    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03793-6

    Read IARC Press Release 368

    Read the article 

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  • BBC Verify Live: US flood budget cut claims and investigating Yemen strikes

    BBC Verify Live: US flood budget cut claims and investigating Yemen strikes

    Tracking the ship attacked in the Red Sea on Sundaypublished at 14:42 British Summer Time 7 July

    Emma Pengelly
    BBC Verify journalist

    MarineTrafffic shows the movements of the bulk carrier Magic Seas before it was attackedImage source, MarineTraffic
    Image caption,

    The journey of bulk carrier Magic Seas from China towards Egypt before it was attacked in the Red Sea

    A Liberian-flagged bulk carrier, Magic Seas, came under attack on Sunday in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen. In the last hour the Houthi rebel group has claimed responsibility.

    The attack involved small arms fire, self-propelled grenades and missiles – tactics previously used by Houthis against commercial shipping passing along the Yemeni coastline.

    Vanguard Tech, a maritime risk company, said fire and flooding caused the crew to abandon ship. All 22 people onboard are now safe, according to the EU Naval Force, which was involved in the rescue.

    The last recorded position of Magic Seas – according to vessel tracking site MarineTraffic- was sent at 17:00 local time (15:00 BST) on Sunday, and showed it west of the Yemeni port of Hudaydah.

    Magic Seas had started its journey from Zhuhai in China on 11 June, and its tracking data showed its recorded destination as the Suez Canal, with no onwards details.

    Since the start of the Israel-Gaza war, the Houthis have regularly launched missiles at Israel and attacked ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

    The Magic Seas is owned by Allseas Marine. A second bulk carrier affiliated with this company is currently docked at Ashdod in Israel, according to MarineTraffic data. Vanguard Tech has identified two further ships linked to Allseas Marine that visited Israeli ports in April and June last year.

    “These factors put the Magic Seas at an extreme risk of being targeted,” Vanguard said.

    BBC Verify has contacted Allseas Marine for comment.

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  • Disappointing, Yet Again: Apple Logo on iPhone 17 Pro Max Won’t Be Centered Anymore – extremetech.com

    1. Disappointing, Yet Again: Apple Logo on iPhone 17 Pro Max Won’t Be Centered Anymore  extremetech.com
    2. Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max: New Leak Confirms Major Design Upgrade  Forbes
    3. iPhone 17 Pro Max: Top 6 Leaks That Change EVERYTHINGS  Geeky Gadgets
    4. iPhone 17 Models Rumored to Feature Redesigned Dynamic Island  MacRumors
    5. iPhone 17 Pro models could feature redesigned camera bar and repositioned Apple logo: Leak  Mint

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  • NBA Fantasy: Summer League standouts

    NBA Fantasy: Summer League standouts

    The Thunder have a tough rotation to crack, but Ajay Mitchell is making his case in Summer League.

    We have exciting NBA Summer League action in Utah and California before Las Vegas puts on a show. The California Classic Summer League and Salt Lake City Summer League is what we’ve seen the last two days. Miami, Los Angeles, Golden State and San Antonio all played back-to-back games in Golden State, while Philly, Utah, Memphis and Oklahoma City played one game each in Utah. We’ve seen some fascinating performances from those youngsters thus far, so let’s highlight some of those superb stat lines!


    VJ Edgecombe, 76ers

    Edgecombe was the third overall pick in this year’s draft, and he looks like an alpha already. The Baylor product had 28 points, 10 rebounds, four assists and two blocks on 13-of-27 shooting in his Summer League debut. He also took a game-tying shot in the closing seconds for the Sixers in that 93-89 defeat, looking like the true leader of this Summer League team. It doesn’t show in the stat sheet, but Edgecombe was all over the floor defensively as well. Adem Bona also played well next to Edgecombe, collecting 16 points and eight rebounds on 8-of-11 shooting. 


    David Jones Garcia, Spurs

    It’s rare to lead your team in scoring in both games of Summer League, but that’s what we’ve seen from Jones Garcia. This small forward led the way with 18 points and seven rebounds in a defeat against the Miami Heat in San Antonio’s debut on Saturday and followed it up with an even better performance on Sunday. Jones Garcia collected 25 points, three rebounds, three assists and three steals in a 90-88 win over the Golden State Warriors. There’s no doubt that Jones Garcia is the focal point of the Spurs offense in the California Classic. It remains to be seen if that’ll happen in the NBA2K26 Summer League in Las Vegas when Dylan Harper is expected to be showcased as the second pick in the draft.


    Cole Swider, Lakers

    Swider has also led the Lakers in scoring through their first two games. The versatile big man had 24 points and eight rebounds on Saturday and followed that up with 20 points and three boards on Sunday. What’s really impressive is that Swider shot 7-of-10 from the field in both of those 20-point games. He’s averaged 22.3 points and 6.9 rebounds in the G League over the last two years and will be one of the keys for this LA Summer League team. DJ Steward has also been impressive for the Lakers, averaging 17 points, 2.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists through the opening two games.


    Kyle Filipowski, Jazz

    Filipowski started throughout the second half of last season and appears to be the star of this Summer League team. The big man had 22 points, six rebounds and two assists on 8-of-11 shooting in their narrow win over the Philadelphia 76ers. Brice Sensabaugh was also part of Utah’s rotation last season, finishing that victory with 19 points, seven rebounds and two blocks.


    Jaylen Wells, Grizzlies

    It’s rare to see a second-round pick in the Rookie of the Year running, but that’s what Wells did last year. He finished third in the Rookie of the Year race, averaging 10.4 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 0.6 steals per game. That clearly carried over into his first Summer League game, leading the Grizzlies with 20 points, four rebounds, three assists and two steals in their win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. He was also 7-of-7 from the free-throw line and is clearly preparing for a more substantial role with Desmond Bane being traded to Orlando. GG Jackson was also impressive in that defeat, collecting 20 points and three rebounds on 8-of-15 shooting. 


    Ajay Mitchell, Thunder

    OKC has a tough rotation to crack, but Mitchell is making a case. The second-round pick from last season played just 17 minutes per night in his rookie campaign but looks to be one of the focal points of the offense in the Summer League. Mitchell led the way with 24 points and six assists on 10-of-18 shooting in OKC’s 92-80 win over Memphis. He did that while making just one 3-pointer, showcasing some elite finishing around the basket. Nikola Topić missed the 2024-25 season after ACL surgery but showcased his ability with 14 points, four assists and two steals in his Summer League debut. 

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  • How to track down Golden Chiral creatures in Death Stranding 2? | Esports News

    How to track down Golden Chiral creatures in Death Stranding 2? | Esports News

    (Image via Kojima Productions)

    Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, early players traversing through the haunting landscapes have to face rare encounters with spectral entities. The game introduces players to Golden Chiral Creatures, too. These are shimmering and minuscule phantoms that offer some significant rewards, but they do demand players’ keen observation and patience when locating them. To unlock their secrets requires some specific knowledge of when and where to look for them. Here is what dedicated porters have discovered about how to find Golden Chiral creatures.

    Best locations for Golden Chiral creatures

    To find Golden Chiral creatures, or golden ghosts, is not random. Players have reported some consistent successes near the key shelters later in their journey. A prime location here is on the Animal Shelter’s east, amidst rocky ridges. Make sure to move cautiously here. Also, scan the terrain for a telltale golden glint low to the ground.

    Easy Golden Chiral Creature Location and Chiral Crystals Death Stranding 2 On the Beach

    Another reliable zone where these creatures appear is after connecting with the Architect, on their shelter’s southeast (complete Sub-Order 105—pizza delivery mission), near peculiar tar pools that have been marked by some rising black streams. The use of a compass here proves to be quite invaluable for navigation.While their sightings have other points nearby, such as the F1 and Smoke Hill mines, it is possible that rocky ridges and tar pool vicinities do provide high encounter Golden Chiral creatures rates. Their camouflage and small size make them easier to miss, especially during some hectic moments. To have focused exploration within these areas can dramatically increase the odds of spotting Golden Chiral creatures’ distinctive and ethereal glow.

    Mastering encounter and timing

    To recognize Golden Chiral creatures is the first step. These creatures are tiny and floating Pac-Man ghosts that cast metallic gold. They hover silently just below the surface. To engage with them needs precision. Any startled creature would vanish swiftly. The optimal strategy here must include ranged and stealth weaponry. Do crouch for some stability, and carefully aim an assault rifle/similar firearm to take the shot. One well-placed and single hit usually secures the prize.To eliminate a creature, you must approach with ranged weapons like Blood Boomerang or Assault Rifle. Once you find it, just aim and fire for a quick takedown.Timing here significantly influences sightings. Many players have reported that Golden Chiral creatures are active much more during pre-dawn hours and all throughout the night. While daytime encounters are not completely impossible, they are rare. So, if you are searching near some known hotspots and it proves fruitless, rest till nightfall and then try again. It is one of the best tips for spotting Golden Chiral creatures.

    Claim rewards by defeating the Golden Chiral creature

    Successful elimination of Golden Chiral creatures will yield you an immediate double payoff. For it, you will unlock the Conqueror of the Golden CC trophy. It marks your achievement. Then, the creatures also drop a substantial cache of the valuable Chiral Crystals rewards, which are essential currency to craft and to upgrade.While a crystal haul is quite generous, reliable farming of the creatures is impractical due to their inherent rarity and specific spawning conditions. But eliminating one will offer you a significant resource boost right alongside the trophy rewards in Death Stranding 2. All that’s needed from your end is a bit of effort, and the shimmering rewards would make it well worth your patience for the dedicated Bridges operatives.


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