A United Nations Security Council delegation made its first-ever visit to Syria on Thursday, pledging the international community's support for the country days before the anniversary of Bashar al-Assad's ousting. "We reiterated our clear support for sovereignty, unity,
Presumably the source code wasn't critical, then.
Diablo 4 Season 11 "Season of Divine Intervention" is coming soon with new seasonal mechanics that can buff your gear to fight a new world boss.
The tech giant is alleged to have abused its dominant position with rules on AI WhatsApp integration. The probe could further strain EU-US talks on European steel and aluminium, which have already been hit with steep US tariffs.
Lawyers for Paramount Skydance sent a letter to Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, expressing “grave concerns” about the alleged unfairness of WBD sales process. The attorneys suggested the Warner Bros. Discovery board has “embarked on a myopic process with a
Meta confirms it removed Mange Kimambi's social media accounts for violating their policy.
“Tehran” — Apple TV’s Israeli spy thriller series that has seen several delays following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel in 2023 — has set a Season 3 release date and nabbed a Season 4 renewal. The series, returning for its third season on Jan. 9, stars Niv Sultan as Tamar
Find out how to defeat the Forsaken Hollows' new group boss.
Last month ex-Blood member Julian McCamman announced a new album My Heart Is A Room With No Cameras In It from his solo project Victoryland. He released the lead single “No Cameras,” a gloriously blistering indie rock spell that conjured the Cure’s Robert Smith and Clap Your
U.S.-based employers experienced more than 1.17 million job cuts so far in 2025, the highest level since the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas. From January to November of this year, employers
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Real estate agents who are showcasing waterfront condos along Miami's "Billionaire's Beach" say they stand to benefit from the "Mamdani effect."
New research conducted by paleontologists from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN) and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin reveals a burst in jaw variety in the earliest amniotes—which includes the ancestors of all reptiles, birds and mammals. The international team led by former
Matthew Rhys & Netflix are plotting an adaptation of Robert Caro’s The Power Broker . The consensus is that The Power Broker is unadaptable. But, the consensus also was that a 50-billion-page book about Robert Moses was not going to work but here we are. 💬 Join the discussion
A new report from MoneyGeek finds that, on average, nearly 400 people die each year in winter weather-related crashes, highlighting the most dangerous states for drivers during the season.
A research team from NIMS, Tohoku University and AIST has developed a new technique for controlling the nanostructures and magnetic domain structures of iron-based soft amorphous ribbons, achieving more than a 50% reduction in core loss compared with the initial amorphous
Disney and Lego have just announced several Star Wars Lego sets coming in 2026. But there is one surprising absence from the upcoming roster.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) swore in Rep. Matt Van Epps (R-Tenn.) on Thursday morning, less than two days after Van Epps won an unexpectedly competitive special election to fill a vacant House seat. Van Epps, an Army veteran, will succeed former Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.), who
Game better with the ASUS GeForce RTX 5070 without paying the full price for it. The post ASUS Goes Full Clearance on Its Graphics Cards as the GeForce RTX 5070 Drops to a New Record Low appeared first on Kotaku .
The beloved Welsh indie-pop crew Los Campesinos! are a truly DIY institution. The band members serve as their own managers, publicists, and bookers. They have no record label. Last year, the band released All Hell , their first album in seven years, entirely on their own. A
Residents in two tower blocks see a large rise in their energy bills that were previously subsidised.
From the election of Zohran Mamdani to a Parisian jewel heist, language-learning company Babbel and closed-captioning company The Captioning Group have compiled some of 2025’s most mispronounced words.
By Jonathan Saul LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - War insurance costs for ships sailing to the Black Sea have spiked again, with insurers reviewing policies daily as the conflict in Ukraine spills into sea lanes, five shipping and insurance sources said on Thursday. The Black Sea is
Dec 4 (Reuters) - Israel's military said it struck targets in two southern Lebanese towns on Thursday after ordering the evacuation of two buildings it alleged were being used by Hezbollah militants. About an hour after the initial warning, the army's Arabic spokesperson issued
Food Network is expanding its “Baking Championship” franchise with another spinoff show, this one focused on kid competitors who are siblings. Hosted and judged by Duff Goldman and Kardea Brown, “Baking Championship: Next Gen” will debut Jan. 5 at 8 p.m. Per the description for
A spectacular hardware combo that we've seen before, packing mountains of storage. And a moutainous price tag, unfortunately.
The human P2X4 receptor plays an important role in chronic pain, inflammation and some types of cancer. Researchers at the University of Bonn and the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) have now discovered a mechanism that can inhibit this receptor. Their results were recently
Israeli raids hit south Lebanon on Thursday as Israel's military said it was striking Hezbollah targets, a day after Lebanese and Israeli civilian representatives held their first direct talks in decades. Despite a November 2024 ceasefire that was supposed to end more than a
At least two Ukrainian children abducted by Russian forces were forcefully transferred to North Korea, Kyiv officials said at the US senate hearing.
Silver-based atomic switches that create stable electrical connections between individual molecules and electrodes have been developed by researchers from Japan, addressing a key challenge in wiring molecular electronics. The switch operates by forming and breaking silver
President Trump's approval rating is at a near record low of 36 percent, and his focus on revenge and retribution against his political enemies is only exacerbating the public's frustration with the state of the economy and the rising costs of groceries and health care.
When Nicholas Galitzine arrived on the set of Julia Jackman’s “100 Nights of Hero,” he had to check his inhibitions at the door. “They were like, ‘Yeah, you’re going to be naked, covered in blood, dragging a stag through the castle,’” the 31-year-old English actor says,
China claimed top honors at the Asian Academy Creative Awards in Singapore, winning best feature film for “MuMu” and best drama series for “Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty: To The West.” The drama series win proved particularly dramatic, with ‘Srange Tales’ edging out Korea’s
An international research team led by Aalborg University with contributions from the University of Vienna has systematically mapped the microbiome of an entire country for the first time. In the study "Microflora Danica," published in the journal Nature, over 10,000
Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, together with its Australian National Soil Information System (ANSIS) partners, has launched a new online tool that makes soil data and information easier to access and interpret—helping farmers, land managers and policy makers better
In Botswana, coexisting with the country's 130,000 elephants can be a daily negotiation. For rural families, tending a crop means hoping these "gentle giants" don't wander through and cause damage while searching for food or water.
The main road in Kandy province has been cut off for over a week due to falling boulders and landslides.
[WHO-AFRO] Dakar -- As millions of fans prepare for the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025, six celebrated African footballers are calling time on polio, urging the continent to unite and kick the disease out of Africa.
A software error may cause the instrument panel cluster in these trucks to go blank during start up or while driving.
Even before the Red Sea Film Festival officially kicked off on the evening of Dec. 4, Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan could lay claim to being its most popular attendee. The Indian actress gave an in conversation with on Thursday that opened to screams of “We love you!”
President Trump in a late-night social media slammed Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) for not releasing former county election clerk Tina Peters from jail. “This lightweight Governor, who has allowed his State to go to hell (Tren de Aragua, anyone?), should be ashamed of