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Jennifer Garner’s Beachy Limited Series ‘The Five-Star Weekend’ Has Big Names and Refreshingly Modest Stakes: TV Review
This is going to sound like an odd way to praise a television show, but it’s how I feel, so here goes: I’m so glad “The Five-Star Weekend” doesn’t have a dead body. Ever since “Big Little Lies” started the trend in 2017 and “The White Lotus” kicked it into overdrive three years
Erling Haaland’s 2016 rap song resurfaces and turns into viral World Cup hit
Before he was leading Norway to their first-ever World Cup quarterfinal, Wolrd Cup MVP Erling Haaland dabbled in rap. A track from 2016 has resurfaced and exploded online, racking up millions of views and leading fans to say: “This should be played at the stadium if Norway wins
FL Studio 2026 turns its AI chatbot into your assistant engineer
Last year, Image Line introduced Gopher for FL Studio, an AI chatbot that was basically a glorified instruction manual. You asked it how to do something, and it would serve up the relevant instructions. It's the kind of thing I actually use AI for on a semi-regular basis. But
Trade ban on Israeli settlements is the latest test of EU unity
The EU is weighing a trade ban on Israeli settlements, with Italy possibly tipping the balance. However, deep divisions among member states remain, alongside unresolved questions about the legal basis, and a formal proposal is still far away.
Africa: CAF to Launch Women's Afcon Spotlight Series With Exclusive Webinar On Friday
[CAF] With just two weeks to go until the kick-off of the TotalEnergies CAF Women's Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2026, taking place from 26 July to 16 August, the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) will launch the first edition of its Stars Spotlight Webinar Series on
China, India-linked hacking groups targeted Pakistani law enforcement, report says
July 9 - Multiple Pakistani law enforcement agencies were targeted in separate hacking campaigns linked to groups associated with China and India, researchers at cybersecurity firm SentinelOne said on Thursday.
A World Bank for defence? The lender that Europe's big powers have yet to join
Nine countries have thrown their weight behind a new multilateral bank designed to bankroll Western rearmament, but the notable caution of Europe's largest military and economic powers raises the question of whether it can become the answer to defence funding.
Former Maine state senator announces campaign after Platner suspension
Former Maine state Sen. Troy Jackson (D) on Wednesday announced his campaign to run against Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), not long after Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner dropped out of the race amid a slew of scandals. "There is a powerful movement of working class
D&D Fiends and Foes is a new monster book — see the first pages here
D&D Fiends & Foes explores the origins of Tiamat, Acererak, Lolth and more in a sweeping new book.
Study identifies key mechanism regulating how cells use fat to generate energy
An international study by scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has identified a fundamental mechanism that regulates how the body uses stored fat to produce energy.
‘MobLand’ Sets Season 2 Release Date Following Tom Hardy Fallout, Drops First Trailer
“MobLand” Season 2 has an official premiere date at Paramount+. The 10-episode second season of the British crime drama will debut on Sept. 18, with Paramount also releasing a first-look teaser, which can be seen below. News of the second season release date comes not long
Trump is making a big mistake by alienating Giorgia Meloni
Meloni frequently went out of her way to give Trump opportunities that other European leaders denied him.
Salman Rushdie Says America Is ‘Having a Very Difficult Moment’ With Free Speech as He Accepts Liberatum Award: ‘The Burden of Proof Must Always Lie on the Censor’
Salman Rushdie warned that free expression in the U.S. is under sustained pressure from the Trump administration as he accepted the Liberatum Cultural Honor at Camden Town Hall at King’s Cross in London, the same building where he once worked on community relations before
Netflix Inks Exclusive Deal for Video Episodes of Vox Media Podcasts ‘Unexplainable,’ ‘Switched on Pop’
Netflix is still signing checks to fill out its growing podcast lineup. The streamer’s latest pact is with the Vox Media Podcast Network, now owned by James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems, for exclusive rights to video versions of podcasts “Unexplainable” and “Switched on Pop.” Under
LGBTQ Characters in Film Decline for Third Year
GLAAD reported that there were no LGBTQ characters in 19 films categorized as animated/family films and no transgender characters featured in the crop of 225 films from the 10 largest studio distributors.
AI Platform Character.ai Introduces Suite of Microseries Focused on Anime, Horror, Action Adventure: ‘Deeper Connection Between Fans and Characters’
Character.ai is getting into the microseries game. The company, known for letting its users generate and engage with a suite of original and user-generated characters, is introducing “c.ai Series,” a collection of microseries created using characters native to the Character.ai
‘An Icon Is Here’: Juliette Binoche Takes Over Karlovy Vary, Talks Directorial Debut ‘In-I in Motion’ and Explains Why ‘We’re All Creators’
Juliette Binoche has taken over Karlovy Vary. “An icon is here,” said the festival’s artistic director Karel Och, welcoming her to the stage. In town to pick up the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema, Binoche also presented her directorial debut
XKCD: What if chess included the offside rule? (If...
XKCD: What if chess included the offside rule? (If someone hasn’t done one already, I’d guess at least one person is working on a playable Football Chess game rn.)
Western Europe recorded hottest June as heatwaves surge, EU's climate monitor says
Global temperatures in June were 1.39C above the estimated pre-industrial average, a period covering 1850-1900, according to Copernicus.
China's Xi mourns 'heavy losses' in shoe factory blaze
With people still trapped inside hours after the blaze began, fire and rescue teams dispatched 183 people and 35 vehicles to the scene, the Ministry of Emergency Management said.
‘White Lotus’ Star Sabrina Impacciatore to Play Tormented Therapist in Prime Video Psychological Thriller With Alessandro Borghi
Sabrina Impacciatore (“The White Lotus” Season 2,” “The Paper”) and Alessandro Borghi (“The Eight Mountains,” “Supersex”) are set to co-star in Italian psychological thriller “Un’Altra Madre,” a new Prime Original to be directed by Francesco Carrozzini (“Supersex”). “Un’Altra
Live updates: Trump flies home on old Air Force One over security concerns; Maine Democrats seek Platner successor
President returned from Turkey overnight Thursday, traveling on the first leg of the trip on an older Air Force One jet, on the guidance of Secret Service. The move quickly elevated concern about the security of the newly refurbished Qatari jet the president used last week. The
Syria regains its voting rights at chemical weapons watchdog
AMSTERDAM, July 9 (Reuters) - Member states handed back Syria's voting rights at the global chemical weapons watchdog on Thursday, following what they described as "a significant change in circumstances" since the fall of the Assad regime. Syria was stripped of its rights at
Oil tanker traffic through Hormuz at near standstill as attacks strain Iran truce
By Jonathan Saul LONDON, July 9 (Reuters) - Oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz was at a near standstill on Thursday, according to data and sources, as shipping risks escalated after the U.S. renewed airstrikes on Iran, triggering retaliation by Tehran in the Gulf.
Germany to buy US Tomahawks in shift towards own long-range capability
BERLIN, July 9 (Reuters) - Germany will purchase Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States and station them on German soil, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Thursday, in a shift from planned U.S. deployments to Germany's own long-range strike capability. Merz told
Families of crew aboard crashed Pakistani cargo plane face agonising wait
By Ariba Shahid ISLAMABAD, July 9 (Reuters) - The family of Faisal Jatoi, the Pakistani co-pilot missing with four others after their cargo plane crashed into the Arabian Sea, faced an agonising wait for news on Thursday, as rescuers continued their search. Jatoi was
Operation Hard Ball: US showdown with India’s global gangsters
The US decision to indict jailed Indian gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and his alleged North American associate, Satinderjeet Singh (“Goldy Brar”), for allegedly directing the 2023 assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada is more than another organized crime
Transparent nanosheets could shrink phone cameras while preserving high-resolution color images
Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have developed gallium-doped zinc oxide (GZO) nanosheets that may enhance camera resolution in compact devices, including smartphones and medical endoscopes.
Prolonged rolling blackouts squeeze small businesses in Kalimantan
Widespread power disruptions have hit multiple regions across Indonesia in recent months.