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Rihanna’s pregnancy reveal raises bar in all kinds of ways

By LEANNE ITALIE
NEW YORK (AP) — When one turns into a mom, Rihanna mused earlier than her epic Tremendous Bowl halftime present, “there’s one thing that simply occurs the place you are feeling like you can tackle the world — you are able to do something.”
And so she did Sunday, on one in all greatest phases on the planet. Dwell. Nearly 9 months after giving start to her first little one, a boy (whose title hasn’t but been revealed), with A$AP Rocky.
Whereas haters and stans debate Rihanna’s efficiency, a number of the former trashing the present total, she joins a contingent of well-known ladies to seize a cultural second with a being pregnant reveal.
And she or he did it whereas floating on a platform, in a fire-engine-red boiler swimsuit zipped strategically all the way down to reveal her substantial bump. Beneath was an identical bodysuit with a leather-based breastplate tied on.
She did it sporting three classic diamond brooches, in a pair of low sneakers. And midway by means of, she did it in an enormous pink puffer coat and matching gloves.
To her navy, she shined like a diamond.
Rihanna performing “Diamonds”
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<p>Rihanna, performing “Diamonds” throughout Tremendous Bowl halftime present. Courtesy: NFL/FOX. ((obligatory on-air credit score))</p>
Rihanna didn’t speak in regards to the being pregnant earlier than the Tremendous Bowl. As an alternative, she targeted on the choice to spend time away from her son for the primary time, and the way troublesome that was. If she was going to depart her child to carry out, she mentioned, she was going to do it for one thing massive.
That alone turned the pre-Tremendous Bowl discourse to working moms, with out her even mentioning she was having one other little one.
Rihanna is placing within the work forward of her Tremendous Bowl halftime present. At a press convention forward of Sunday’s matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, the music celebrity mentioned her look feels “prefer it may have solely been now.”
Rihanna followers have been having none of it when it got here to criticism of her efficiency.
“What I don’t wanna hear, and def not from ANY MAN was that Rihanna didn’t do sufficient throughout her #Superbowl efficiency. Y’all get a chilly and also you’ll assume the Bubonic Plague acquired you. This lady is pregnant, carried out and danced for 13 minutes whereas suspended within the air,” tweeted the author Luvvie Ajayi Jones.
Added actor and author Danielle Pinnock on Twitter: “My lady was pregnant and y’all nonetheless not pleased with the efficiency?! The web is wild. Preggers and doubtless swollen AF, Rihanna gave us choreography within the sky, dancers that appear like the Michelin males, hit after HIT all whereas pregnant! Go AWF sis!”
To be clear, ladies the world over have labored whereas pregnant because the starting of time. So whereas social media kinds its emotions on Rihanna’s present, right here’s a fast look again on just a few different being pregnant reveals that performed out whereas the expectant moms have been basically at work.
KEKE PALMER
Palmer did it throughout her opening monologue Dec. 3 whereas internet hosting “Saturday Night time Dwell.” She acquired proper all the way down to child enterprise.
“There’s some rumors going round, individuals have been in my feedback saying, ‘Keke’s having a child, Keke’s pregnant,’” she mentioned. “And I wanna set the document straight — I’m!”
Palmer unbuttoned her lengthy, roomy brown coat and barely pushed down her trousers to proudly reveal her uncovered bump underneath an identical crop prime.
She’s at the moment anticipating her first little one, with boyfriend Darius Jackson.
BEYONCÉ
Palmer’s fashion transfer, in line with Vogue, was “not dissimilar” to Beyoncé’s well-known being pregnant reveal with eldest Blue Ivy on the 2011 MTV VMAs.
After performing, an enormous smile on her face, she dropped her mic (within the truest sense), unbuttoned her bedazzled purple blazer and stroked her stomach underneath black trousers to large cheers.
For the twins Sir and Rumi, Bey took to Instagram to announce, sporting a protracted veil and kneeling in entrance of a floral show in lingerie whereas holding her bump.
KATY PERRY
Perry and Orlando Bloom welcomed their first little one collectively , Daisy Dove, in August 2020 after she introduced her being pregnant that March in a music video for “By no means Worn White.”
And Perry did it, sure, in white, whereas stroking her bump and singing about her love for Bloom. She later confirmed the being pregnant on social media.
“omg so glad I don’t should suck it in anymore,” Perry tweeted.
Bloom has a son, Flynn, along with his ex-wife, Miranda Kerr.
JASMINE TOOKES
Many others have leaned on Instagram to unfold the newborn phrase to their thousands and thousands of followers
The mannequin did it in a sequence of Previous Hollywood black-and-white video clips with husband Juan David Borrero on Nov. 22.
Carrying a creamy, elegant robe, Tookes caressed her bump and uncovered the behind-the-scenes underpinnings of the being pregnant shoot, together with projecting her personal picture on a pc display in a single clip. One other had Borrero embracing her from behind.
ZAWE ASHTON
Ashton was solo when she attended the “Mr. Malcolm’s Listing” premiere final June, strolling the pink carpet in a tan, floor-length robe that showcased her bump.
Fiance Tom Hiddleston didn’t attend, however the reveal got here two weeks after Hiddleston confirmed he popped the query. Ashton, who performed Julia Thistlewaite within the interval drama, was accompanied by co-stars Theo James, Freida Pinto, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù and Siânad Gregory.
Information retailers confirmed in October that the couple welcomed their little one, however no title has been publicly introduced.
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United Kingdom could be only G7 nation not to produce its own steel; Chinese owner blames Trump tariffs

The United Kingdom could be the first G7 nation not to manufacture its own steel, with a major steel firm blaming President Donald Trump’s tariffs for the planned closure of its two blast furnaces.
British Steel, which is owned by Jingye, the Chinese steel group, announced plans to close its two blast furnaces in England, The Telegraph reported. The closures put 2,700 jobs at risk and the end of steel production in the United Kingdom after 150 years. Jingye bought British Steel in 2020.
Jingye said the “imposition of tariffs” had made the blast furnaces and steel-making operations “no longer financially sustainable”.
THE LEFT THINKS TRUMP’S TARIFFS ARE A DECLARATION OF WAR. BUT THEY’RE CLUELESS ABOUT THE BATTLEFIELD
A flag with a British Steel logo at the entrance to the steelworks plant in England. The Chinese firm that owns the steelmaker is blaming President Donald Trump’s tariffs for the potential closure of two blast furnaces in England. (Anna Gowthorpe/PA via AP)
Trump has imposed 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to the United States that went into effect earlier this month.
Jingye said it has invested billions of dollars to maintain operations since 2020 but that losses have ballooned to around hundred of thousands of dollars daily.
The closures could have national security implications.
“There is a reason why Russia bombed all the blast furnaces in Ukraine pretty much straight away; because countries need steel not just for defense but to build the roads and the infrastructure,” said Sarah Jones, the energy minister.
Roy Rickhuss, general secretary of the Community union, said: “We urge Jingye and the government to get back around the table to resume negotiations before it is too late.”
TRUMP’S 25% TARIFF INCREASE ON ALL STEEL, ALUMINUM IMPORTS TAKES EFFECT, PROMPTING RETALIATION FROM EUROPE

President Donald Trump speaks to an audience. (Donald Trump/Truth Social)
“Given that we are now on the cusp of becoming the only G7 country without domestic primary steelmaking capacity, it is no exaggeration to say that our national security is gravely threatened,” he added.
Trump has fought to keep U.S. Steel in American hands. Nippon Steel, a Japanese company, said it was willing to increase investment in U.S. Steel facilities to $7 billion as it tries to convince Trump thah the Pittsburgh steelmaker would be in good hands with foreign ownership.
“We are also going to keep U.S. Steel right here in America,” Trump said during a September 2024 campaign rally.
Trump first opposed the deal in February 2024, but said earlier this year that Nippon would negotiate an investment in U.S. Steel, rather than a purchase, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.
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Myanmar-Thailand earthquake death toll passes 1,000

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Myanmar’s military rulers say at least 1,002 people killed following earthquake that also left at least 10 dead in Thailand’s capital, Bangkok.
The death toll from a huge earthquake that hit Myanmar and Thailand has passed 1,000, as rescuers dug through the rubble of collapsed buildings in a desperate search for survivors.
At least 1,002 people were killed and nearly 2,376 injured in Myanmar’s Mandalay region – the country’s second-largest city and close to the epicentre of the quake – the country’s military government said in a statement on Saturday.
“It was a pretty uncomfortable night for lots of people. They chose to sleep outside. We saw them in parks putting mattresses outside their homes,” Al Jazeera’s Tony Cheng reported from the capital Naypyidaw.
“There were still aftershocks, several we felt this morning. They were not significantly large ones, but enough to make people feel uncomfortable returning into built-up structures,” he added.
In the Thai capital Bangkok – located 1,000km (620 miles) from the epicentre in Myanmar – about 10 more deaths have been confirmed.
“Infrastructure such as roads, bridges, and buildings were affected, leading to casualties and injuries among civilians. Search and rescue operations are currently being carried out in the affected areas,” Myanmar’s military said in the statement, which raised the death toll sharply from a previously reported 144 deaths.
The shallow 7.7-magnitude quake struck northwest of the city of Sagaing in central Myanmar in the early afternoon on Friday, followed minutes later by a 6.7-magnitude aftershock.
The quake destroyed buildings, downed bridges, and buckled roads across swathes of Myanmar, and due to patchy communications in remote areas, many believe the true scale of the disaster has yet to emerge.
Rescuers in Bangkok laboured through the night on Friday searching for workers trapped when a 30-storey skyscraper under construction collapsed, reduced in seconds to a pile of rubble and twisted metal by the force of the shaking.
Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said that about 10 people had been confirmed killed across the city, most in the skyscraper collapse. But up to 100 workers were still unaccounted for at the building site, close to the Chatuchak weekend market that is a magnet for tourists.
“We are doing our best with the resources we have because every life matters,” Chadchart told reporters at the scene.
“Our priority is acting as quickly as possible to save them all,” the governor said.
Bangkok city authorities said they will deploy more than 100 engineers to inspect buildings for safety across the city after receiving more than 2,000 reports of damage.
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