NEW DELHI, July 8 - A mosque project conceived as part of India's Supreme Court settlement of the decades-old Ayodhya dispute is being scaled down to a fraction of what was originally envisioned due to the Muslim community's lack of interest in backing the project, its
“Fatherland,” the latest film by Oscar-winning Polish director Paweł Pawlikowski, will open the 32nd Sarajevo Film Festival. The director will attend the gala screening on Aug. 14. “Fatherland” had its world premiere at Cannes this year, earning Pawlikowski the best director
SHANGHAI/BEIJING, July 8 - The floodwaters that ravaged southern China this week look set to expand to other provinces with the imminent arrival of Super Typhoon Bavi, with scientists warning extreme weather would only grow more frequent this year.
The US president had already threatened in March to take economic reprisals against Spain after Moncloa blocked the use of the Rota and Morón bases for Washington’s bombing campaign against Iran.
Crude oil prices rose more than 6% to a two-week high after US President Donald Trump declared the interim accord to end the war with Iran "over", while fresh US military strikes renewed concerns about oil supplies through the Strait of Hormuz.
Researchers say a coordinated influence campaign they suspect to be linked to Moscow is impersonating German media to exploit East-West divisions ahead of Germany's September state elections.
For decades, the global financial system has been founded on a convenient assumption. The US would keep taking on more debt, and countries like Japan would cover the bill. America got to borrow money at low interest rates, while Japan got to amass massive cash reserves invested
Paweł Pawlikowski's latest film, which won him best director at Cannes earlier this year, centers on the relationship between the Nobel Prize-winning writer Thomas Mann (Hanns Zischler) and his daughter Erika.
Russia has hit the Ukrainian capital with several large deadly attacks over the last week, killing more than 50 this month in a spate of ballistic missile and drone strikes.
By Emily Rose JERUSALEM, July 8 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will discuss the possible sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey on Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, a sale likely to anger
US President Donald Trump said Wednesday the ceasefire with Iran was "over" following major exchanges of fire between US forces and the Islamic republic. Trump blasted Iran as "scum" and "cuckoo" after Washington launched strikes on the Islamic Republic overnight and Iran's
Alfred Hitchcock was not American, as even casual viewers of his television show could tell right away. He may have exaggerated his Englishness, but like more than a few high-profile outsiders, he also used his cultural position to render the United States all the more vividly
‘Sea cures’ are not new but the idea that exposure to oceans, rivers and lakes can be medicine for the brain is gaining traction Watching the waves break across the vast, roaring ocean in front of him, Dave Phillips felt out of options standing on the cliff’s edge in Cornwall
Hotter, drier weather threatens to double water bills by midcentury in some cities, according to a Stanford-led study. The research, published in Nature Sustainability, is the first to comprehensively model how climate change, infrastructure investment and household water
The morning sun beats down on Antonio Reina as he tends a public garden in Barcelona, but he works reassured that a simple wristband protects him in the summer heat.
For weeks, Donald Trump’s fury has been growing at Republicans for failing to pass voter suppression legislation, demanding that they end the filibuster to do so. In a late-night tirade , he urged them to attach the SAVE Act to a must-pass defense spending bill, a dramatic move
Kind of like, well, 2019's 'Super Size Me 2.'
The late Eleanor Coppola directed and shot the behind-the-scenes documentary on the production of daughter Sofia's Oscar-winning costume epic.
Spanish Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo will pitch a new common debt mechanism ahead of a meeting of euro-area finance ministers in Brussels on Thursday.
Following the elimination of the US at the World Cup, social media went into a frenzy with claims of a “Trump curse”. There seems to be prior form, as fans are citing other losses linked to Trump’s team endorsements or even his presence at games.
Meliá Hotels International’s travel package to the Balearic Islands for August’s total solar eclipse is so exclusive that it's only available for one booking at each of its two hotels. The package includes flights on a private jet, a stay in a presidential suite, and a viewing
More 30,000 people joined within 24 hours of the launch of the Cockroach Janta Party.
NATO leaders including Trump and Zelenskyy arrive in Ankara for a state dinner hosted by Erdogan ahead of key summit talks in Turkey.
Pan Sok still remembers his relative screaming as a tiger dragged him away one night, deep inside the Cambodian rainforest where they were tapping trees for resin.
South Korea has extended voting for its ambitious travel directory of the 10,000 must-visit destinations across the country. So far, more than 30,000 people have already had their say.
ANKARA, July 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the memorandum of understanding signed with Iran to end the conflict was "over", adding he didn't want to engage with Tehran. The interim ceasefire agreement signed between Washington and Tehran —
ANKARA, July 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had ordered his Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to cut off all trade with Spain, calling Madrid a "terrible partner" in NATO. Trump was speaking alongside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte ahead of an
ANKARA, July 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday at a NATO summit he had ordered his Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to cut off all trade with Spain, calling Madrid a "terrible partner" in the alliance. Trump, speaking alongside NATO Secretary General
The president at a NATO summit in Turkey declared the end of a truce after U.S. forces carried out strikes in response to Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
Day will briefly turn into night across a swath of northern Spain on Aug. 12, when the moon will completely cover the sun during a rare total solar eclipse.
The shelters, originally WWII air raid shelters, provide water, medicine and staff assistance daily.
Romantic comedy “Finding Mojo” opens nationwide in Malaysia on July 23, with a Singapore release following on July 31 and an Indonesian bow in the works. Astro Shaw is distributing the film locally, while SC Films International handles sales in territories outside Southeast
On July 7, South Korea began enforcing a sweeping law against false and manipulated information. The law authorizes punitive damages of up to five times proven losses against news organizations and large online channels that knowingly distribute prohibited content to cause harm
The film, starring Dwayne Johnson and Catherine Laga'aia, hits theaters on July 10.
China said specific versions of Claude Code posed back-door vulnerabilities that could send sensitive information to a remote server.
Europeans are experiencing another record-breaking heatwave, but not everyone is affected equally. Who is the most affected by these extreme climate events on the old continent?
Samsung has announced that its next Galaxy Unpacked launch event will be held on July 22nd, with the tagline: "A new shape unfolds." It's long been rumored that Samsung is about to expand its foldable phone line to a third format, with a shorter and wider version of its big
After votes were cast by more than 200,000 people, San Miguel de Allende in Mexico came out on top on the overall world list, with the highest ranked European city coming out 13th.
There are far better ways to tackle climate breakdown, but successive governments have chosen to listen to the fossil fuel companies instead The new prime minister will be looking for money? Well, here’s £21.7bn lying on the ground. The government could cancel its deranged,
As visitors peered at skeletons and preserved animals in a London zoological museum during a UK heat wave, staff focused on a different attraction: a computer screen glowing with red and green temperature indicators.
She had sought to reclaim land worth millions, arguing that he had damaged the family’s reputation.
The airline will fly twice daily to Kuala Lumpur and once daily to Singapore.
It’s a good bet that your first box of crayons or watercolors was a simple affair of six or so colors… just like the palette belonging to Amenemopet, vizier to Pharaoh Amenhotep III (c.1391 — c.1354 BC), a pleasure-loving patron of the arts whose rule coincided with a period of
As a child, Enrique Bordallo would gaze in awe at the starry night sky in rural Spain. Next month's solar eclipse has now made his passion a popular obsession.
Yashasvi Juyal did not pitch his way into filmmaking. He shot his way in. “We never went through the route of pitching from development,” the Indian filmmaker says of “The Ink Stained Hand and the Missing Thumb,” his debut feature, which premieres in the Proxima Competition at
An interesting stat slipped silently through the financial papers in Bangladesh the other week. Reports briefly mentioned that deposits to Swiss banks from Bangladeshi nationals, residents, and corporate entities increased by 233% from 2023 to 2025, nearly cracking its all-time
Eleven people were killed and hundreds more injured after two tornadoes barrelled through China’s Hubei province on Monday (Jul 6).
The boycott saw a slump in imports of Japanese beer into South Korea, particularly affecting Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin beer.
(Fixes dateline) NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) July 8 - Mourners marched through Iraq's holy city of Najaf on Wednesday, following the coffin of slain Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as his six-day funeral procession, which drew huge crowds in his home country, pressed on across