SPOILER ALERT: This post contains stories from the two-part Season 1 finale of “The Beauty,” now streaming on FX on Hulu and Disney+. FX’s body-horror odyssey “The Beauty” spent its first season reveling in the gooey, revolting transformations born from taking a drug that can
March 4 (Reuters) - A Pakistani man accused of planning to kill President Donald Trump told jurors on Wednesday that he did not willingly work with Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps to devise the plot, media said. The Justice Department accused Asif Merchant of
By Ismail Shakil March 4 (Reuters) - The impact of the Iran conflict on energy markets will be temporary and a "small price" to pay for U.S. military goals, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Fox News on Wednesday. U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran and the subsequent
Cancelled flights, postponed trips and a great deal of uncertainty: the war in the Middle East is casting a long shadow over the tourism outlook for a region that has become a prized destination for travellers worldwide. "My last group of tourists left three days ago, and all
With the start of the 2026 Formula 1 season, the best drivers in the world, including Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton, Sergio Pérez, Oscar Piastri, George Russell and others, gather “Down Under” for the Australian Grand Prix. And coming in as reigning champion is Lando Norris,
The US stations around 27,000 soldiers in South Korea.
Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico gave a defiant and hopeful speech at a victory party Wednesday night, a day after he won his party's primary. “The number of Texans who have never voted before but showed up in this election is unprecedented. The number of
The evil is defeated.
The Defense Department (DOD) late Wednesday released the name of the fifth U.S. service member killed over the weekend after an Iranian drone struck a tactical operations center in Kuwait. Maj. Jeffrey R. O'Brien, 45, of Indianola, Iowa, died on Sunday at Shuaiba Port during an
It is also the first time the target has been lowered since it was cut to "around 5%" in 2023.
With desert cities like Phoenix and Tucson bracing for their allotments of Colorado River water to be slashed dramatically, San Diego County's water agency could for the first time sell some of its water to other states by drawing on its ample supplies from the nation's largest
New Zealand still attracts more people than it loses, with a net migration gain of 14,200 in 2025.
The Netflix livestream will broadcast from Seoul on March 21
A challenge for the eternally online.
A research team composed of plant virologists from the Plant Virus Department at Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, the Italian National Research Council and BASF-Nunhems Italy, has recently published the findings of a scientific
The policies will be targeted at those aged 60 and older, with elderly care services to be increased.
BEIJING, March 5 - China said on Thursday that it would build a \"childbirth-friendly society\" in the next five years as it pledged to address concerns over employment, education, medical care, health and income, according to an official government report.
In 2009, a scandal was exposed at a cemetery just outside of Chicago. Workers at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois, were accused of exhuming old graves, dumping the remains elsewhere on the cemetery grounds, and reselling the burial plots. When the case went to trial in
SPOILER ALERT: Details follow for Season 14, Episode 8 of “The Masked Singer,” “OzzFest Night,” which aired March 4 on Fox. All Jack Wagner needs is just a little more time. To be sure what he feels. Was it all in his mind? ‘Cause it seems to hard to believe… that “The Masked
The worsening conflict in the Middle East disrupted oil and gas supplies.
Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) said Wednesday he is not making a reelection bid in this year’s midterm, ending a career in Congress that included serving in the House and Senate. “Serving the people of Montana in the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate the past 13 years has been the
Presented by the Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story CDC staffers deployed to South Carolina to aid measles response With nearly 1,000 confirmed measles cases as of this week, staffers from the Centers for Disease
Just like in the modern world, people in ancient times wanted to know how to live a long and healthy life.
Gary Dontzig, a writer and producer on the hit CBS sitcom “Murphy Brown,” died Feb. 23 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 79. His longtime writing partner, Steven Peterman, confirmed Dontzig died of a rare autoimmune disease on Facebook. Dontzig began his
Election authorities say 65 political parties are in the fray.
Indonesia's participation on the board has drawn criticism from experts and Muslim groups at home, who say it compromises the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation’s long-standing support for the Palestinian cause.
KATHMANDU, March 5 - Nearly six months after a wave of unprecedented youth-led protests and the deaths of 77 people forced Nepal's then prime minister to quit, people began voting on Thursday in a general election that will choose a new parliament in the Himalayan nation.
For years now, there has been a lot of waiting, guessing and surely in-house prevaricating about who will be the next James Bond. But there is no need to dally, or shouldn’t be, on the question of who will record the next James Bond theme. It will be Sienna Spiro, the upstart
There’s a reason Lizzy McAlpine’s “Doomsday” now lives in the minds of “School Spirits” fans the way ghosts haunt the hallways of Split River High. For Whitney Pilzer, the music supervisor behind Paramount+’s supernatural mystery series since its first season, moments like that
China has set its 2026 economic growth target at 4.5 to 5 per cent, marking the first cut since 2023.
By Ryan Patrick Jones March 4 (Reuters) - The Canadian government is working to repatriate citizens who are stranded in the Middle East by organizing seats on commercial flights, contracting charter flights and offering ground transportation options to neighboring countries,
Rep. Burgess Owens (R-Utah) said Wednesday that he will not run for reelection, joining a notable mass of House Republicans not running for Congress again this year. “After prayer, reflection, and many long conversations, I have decided that I will not seek reelection in 2026.
Wildlight's skeleton crew is pumping out material while it still can.
Last month, Metric and Broken Social Scene announced a tour together along with new albums. Metric shared “Victim Of Luck” from Romanticize The Dive, and today they’re back with another preview called “Time Is A Bomb.” “Say what you want about the wellness boom, I think it’s a
The Texas lawmaker, who faces a primary runoff in May to hold his seat, said in a radio interview that he’s not to blame for her death.
Ex-Fox News host Tucker Carlson's company ALP has kicked off a nationwide manhunt, offering $100,000 for any tip that leads to the stolen stash or the capture of those behind the heist.
The implementation of green axes and the reduction of motorized traffic in cities is effectively consolidating itself as a strategy to significantly lower environmental noise levels. A study conducted in the city of Barcelona shows that, one year after pedestrianizing several
Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday tore into Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and state Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) over their handling of a fraud scandal within Minnesota’s social services programs. President Trump has made the
Nancy Hall, a media-buying executive who has cultivated a specialty in data and ad tech, has been named CEO of the U.S. operations of WPP Media, putting her at the helm of one of the most influential agencies in the media and entertainment sectors. WPP Media controls billions
Initial tests with a natural dye produced by the Amazonian fungus Talaromyces amestolkiae show that eco-friendly cosmetics, such as face creams, gel sticks, and shampoos, can be developed with antioxidant and antibacterial properties. This finding is significant because
BEIJING, March 5 - China's 2026 defence spending will rise 7%, a copy of an official government report reviewed by Reuters showed on Thursday, slightly lower than the 2025 increase of 7.2% but roughly in line with rises over the last decade.
Beijing's planned military budget comes amid escalating conflict in the Middle East and persistent tensions over Taiwan.
Last night, St. Vincent played the 280-cap venue Little Saint in Healdsburg, California with her keyboardist Rachel Eckroth. Her setlist included a bunch of covers, including a solo take on Jeff Buckley's 1994 track "Grace." The post Watch St. Vincent Cover Jeff Buckley’s
Seeking to bring down Iran's Islamic republic, the United States and Israel could see a path by exploiting ethnic tensions, a strategy attractive to military planners but fraught with long-term risks. Just over half of Iran's population is Persian, but the country of 90 million