Allowing the shipments could signal a friendlier approach to China, after Trump and Xi brokered a truce in the two countries' trade and tech war in late October.
Some 118 million women in 12 Indian states receive unconditional cash transfers, one of the world’s largest experiments.
Donald Trump’s campaign against Venezuela escalated recently with the US president announcing that the country’s airspace should be considered “closed.” This is a move that has preceded US military interventions in the past, perhaps most notably in Iraq in 2003. It remains to
A detailed study highlights the military's aerial campaign and how civilians have been its victims.
Setting the record straight, 33 years later.
TOKYO, Dec 9 - Japanese authorities lifted tsunami warnings on Tuesday hours after a powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake shook northeastern regions, injuring at least 30 people and forcing about 90,000 residents to evacuate their homes.
A federal judge on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s effort to halt approvals for all new wind energy projects — dealing a blow to the president’s efforts to hamper renewable energy. Judge Patti Saris, appointed by former President Clinton, ruled that moves from the
Off-grid households say they would love a mains connection, but the price is just too high.
AI helps jobseekers to apply for hundreds of roles, meanwhile employers use AI to filter them.
ABC has extended comedian Jimmy Kimmel's contract an additional year. Kimmel signed a one-year extension with the Disney-owned broadcast network this week, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill on Monday, clearing the way for his "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
The "proud Glaswegian" is bringing the U.K. premiere of the movie, based on the true story of a Scottish rap duo posing as Californian hip hop artists, to the Scottish festival in March.
Welcome to Variety Awards HQ! Your weekly command center for the Oscars race. It’s Dec. 8, 2025, and we’re deep in the thick of it. The past seven days have been a whirlwind of major awards season benchmarks, and if anyone thought this year’s race would follow a predictable
Nvidia had been at the centre of a geopolitical tug-of-war between the US and China in recent months.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also called for restraint amid clashes along the disputed Thai-Cambodian border.
After years of little snow across the Chicago area, recent record-breaking snowfall and below-freezing temperatures might seem to contradict scientific reports of winters getting warmer. But climate change is still transforming how locals experience the changing seasons,
James Cameron revealed in an interview with Discussing Film that he received pushback from the studio when he decided to expand the number of “Avatar” sequels from three films to four. After the record-breaking success of the original “Avatar” in 2009, Cameron assembled a
Joel Edgerton was named best perfomer in a film for “Train Dreams” at the Sun Valley Film Festival (SVFF). Suzannah Herbert’s “Natchez” took home the One in a Million Award, presented to feature length film made for under one million dollars. Ivy Meeropol’s “Ask E. Jean” was
Apple's Game of the Year list is largely divided by platform, with iPad, iPhone, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro each naming their own best game.
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump backtracks on releasing boat strike video President Trump on Monday shifted his position on publicly releasing video of a September boat strike that Democrats have
Reddit said it would use an “age-prediction model” to weed out young users.
SEOUL, Dec 9 - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a message of condolence to Russia's Vladimir Putin and sympathies to the embassy in the country regarding the death of Aleksandr Ivanovich Matsegora, Russian extraordinary ambassador to North Korea, state media KCNA
Times New Viking last released an album in 2011 with Dancer Equired! The Columbus lo-fi band reunited for shows in 2016, and didn't play any after that. Now, they've announced their first gig since then, which will go down next year in New York. The post Times New Viking
Software giant Palantir is offering a new fellowship program for neurodivergent talent after video of its CEO Alex Karp’s high-energy appearance on stage at the New York Times’ DealBook Summit went viral last week.
Presented by the Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care PRESENTED BY COALITION TO STRENGTHEN AMERICA'S HEALTHCARE The Big Story It’s ACA subsidies week Lawmakers this week are scrambling to pass some kind of legislation that deals with
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) teased his annual Christmas party in a social media post Monday. “Everybody's asking about the Christmas party and asking, ‘This legit?’ You can Google it. It's 15 minutes long this year. Last year, it went to 16, but we thought it dragged on too
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2,” now playing in theaters. Freddy Fazbear and his friends have done it again. The bloodthirsty animatronics beckoned enough franchise fans to theaters to make “Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” a box office hit
President Donald Trump said he’s withholding judgment about whether Paramount Skydance’s hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery or Netflix’s deal with WBD should prevail. At a White House briefing with reporters Monday, Trump was asked if he supports Paramount’s takeover bid
Star Wars led to Thundarr the Barbarian led to Blackstar led to He-Man. It’s time one of the 1980s’ best animated series got its due.
The comments come after the president previously said his administration would release video of a controversial military operation, “no problem.”
{beacon} Energy & Environment The Big Story Defense bill allows for longer use of PFAS-based foam The latest version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) gives the Pentagon more time to use firefighting foam that contains “forever chemicals.” © Photo Credit
Vice President JD Vance has exaggerated the increase in home prices during President Joe Biden’s time in office and has misleadingly pointed to illegal immigration as a primary cause of a rise in prices. The post Vance’s Misleading Claims on Housing Prices and Illegal
About 70% of Americans voted in person in the 2024 presidential election, their ballots counted by machines called Precinct Count Optical Scanners (PCOS). Researchers at Towson University have systematically analyzed thousands of ways that PCOS machines could have process or
Matsegora became ambassador to Pyongyang in 2014.
The surprising connection between feelings of injustice and bodily aches The post Does Anger Aggravate Pain? appeared first on Nautilus .
The new red, white and blue branding mirrors the colours of the Union Flag, and will start to appear from next year.
Young voters are more likely to identify as liberal and are increasingly critical of President Trump's job performance, new polling conducted by the Yale Youth Poll found. Forty-six percent of voters younger than age 30 self-identified as liberal, the Monday poll shows. This
Our staff and contributors look back on a year in art, from museum reopenings to shows that make and remake history.
Vladimir Putin’s arrival in New Delhi on December 4 for his formal visit to India lacked the grandeur of a state ceremony. However the low-key appearance conceals the significance of the occasion. This marks the leader’s first visit, to India since the Ukraine conflict reshaped
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The purported work-in-progress trailer popped up on YouTube last week.
Analogue responds to the M64 with its own colorful variants The post The Battle Of The Translucent N64s Has Arrived appeared first on Kotaku .
The host and frequent Donald Trump target reportedly finalized a contract extension before his temporary suspension in September
The announcement marks a significant shift in US export policy for advanced AI chips, which Joe Biden's administration had heavily restricted over national security concerns about Chinese military applications.
