Using the Keck II telescope in Hawaii, astronomers have observed a nearby brown dwarf known as HD 33632 Ab. Results of the observational campaign, presented in a paper published May 14 on the pre-print server arXiv, provide more insights into the properties of this substellar
Indonesia has unveiled the four film projects that will be the pilot recipients of the country’s first government-funded film grant, Film Matchfund, at the Cannes Film Festival. As revealed by Variety, the $13 million annual fund was launched at Cannes 2023 by Nadiem Makarim,
Pro-Palestine activist Andrew Feinstein, a former South African MP, said he will run against Labour leader Keir Starmer in the Holborn and St Pancras seat
NASA aims to set up a long-term human presence on the Moon, but maintaining a habitat on the surface will require some innovative infrastructure. To one day transport cargo across the dusty, cratered landscape, NASA is considering a magnetic levitation railway system. Read
The UK voted to leave the European Union in 2016 but remained in the bloc's single market and customs union until 2021. When UK withdrew from the EU customs union a new RU/UK Trade Cooperation Agreement (TCA) went into effect.
With Ukraine in serious trouble and amid questions about U.S. funding, there is a fresh push to unlock more of the nearly $300 billion in seized Russian assets.
Macy’s is trying to find a sweet spot that resonates with cash-strapped consumers and shareholders and it seems to be, at least for now, working. Read more...
Trump Media & Technology Group reported a loss before income taxes of $327.6 million last quarter, as the company behind former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social says it’s prioritizing products over revenues. Read more...
The war for a free society will not be won from an ivory tower in Washington or Brussels, but only through the action taken by local leaders on the ground, Brad Lips writes.
Hundreds of mourners took to the streets of Tabriz on Tuesday to pay their respects to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi who was killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday.
Singapore's minister for transport said he was "deeply saddened to learn about the incident" onboard the Singapore Airlines flight from London Heathrow.
Porter+Craig Film and Media Distribution, run by veteran industry executives Jeff Porter and Keith L. Craig has acquired worldwide rights to Gonçalo Galvão Teles’ “Nothing Ever Happened.” The film has enjoyed considerable success on the festival circuit, including awards in
Actress Scarlett Johansson said she was “shocked” and “angered” Monday after ChatGPT rolled out its voiced artificial intelligence (AI) assistant that she claims sounds “eerily similar” to her own voice. Johansson, in a statement, noted that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman previously
University and school students in Georgia have been driving protests against the country's divisive "foreign influence" law, which critics see it as a threat to democratic freedoms and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union.
David Cronenberg has opened up on putting his film The Shrouds to Netflix executives as a television series, who greenlit writing a first episode before rejecting the director’s project. The sci-fi drama, which aired in Cannes to a three-and-a-half minute applause before
Palestinian health officials said Israeli troops killed seven Palestinians during a raid Tuesday in the West Bank city of Jenin, where the military said it had launched a counterterrorism operation. The Palestinian health ministry in Ramallah said nine people had been wounded,
Cam'ron gave CNN the shock of their lives after being invited on the news channel to discuss his reaction to watching Diddy assault Cassie in a hotel corridor.
In 2010, Mexico led the way, followed by Ecuador, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Argentina and Colombia What are those weird ingredients in our favorite packaged foods? Candy lines every inch of the mercado de dulces in Mexico City’s historic center. Tantalizing strawberry-flavored
Revealed: Four gas utilities have teamed up with Habitat for Humanity to build ‘zero-net energy homes’, investigation shows US gas utilities are partnering with one of the nation’s most trusted non-profits as part of a “cynical PR stunt” to combat efforts to curb fossil fuel
The first trial in France of officials from the Syrian regime opened on Tuesday, with three top security officers to be tried in absentia for war crimes.
British rave-rockers EMF are playing shows in the US for the first time since 1992? Well, that’s just… I mean, it’s… implausible? Wait, no, that’s not the word. EMF’s return to America is… unthinkable? Still not quite right. Preposterous? Outlandish? Inconceivable? None of
Israel forces carried out another deadly raid in Jenin early on Tuesday, killing several Palestinian civilians and children, and destroying infrastructure.
A campaign video posted to former President Trump’s Truth Social page Monday included a note about establishing a “unified Reich” and other references to the German Empire as hypothetical headlines if he were to win the 2024 election. The video was widely criticized online,
Swedish director Ruben Östlund, who won Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or for “The Square” and “Triangle of Sadness,” was among the guests at the German Films and Medienboard Reception on May 18 in the garden of the Mondrian Hotel in Cannes. Östlund, who is in the Riviera