US says kills Iranian leader of Trump assassination plot
WASHINGTON, March 4 - The U.S. military said on Wednesday that it killed an Iranian official who headed a unit behind an alleged assassination plot against President Donald Trump.
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Thessaloniki Documentary Festival Head on AI, Separating Fact From Fiction and Why Documentaries Are Needed ‘Now More Than Ever’
In the year since the Thessaloniki Intl. Documentary Festival organized its 2025 edition around the theme of artificial intelligence, the technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, disrupting industries, reshaping livelihoods, flooding our feeds with machine-generated slop
US carried out strike on Iranian warship off Sri Lanka coast, officials say
WASHINGTON, March 4 - The U.S. military carried out a strike that sank an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka's coast and triggered a rescue for dozens of Iranian sailors by Sri Lanka's navy, three U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday.
Greek court upholds criminal organisation verdict on neo-Nazi Golden Dawn
The party's founder Nikos Mihaloliakos and other officials are again found guilty, almost six years after an original trial.
South African Film and TV Workers Call on Lawmakers to Rescue Rebate System, Save Industry in Grips of ‘Horrific’ Crisis
It’s déjà vu all over again at the Joburg Film Festival, where South African film and television workers are again calling on the government to rescue a floundering rebate system and save the country’s beleaguered screen industries. Just weeks after hundreds of film and TV
Bessent says Trump’s new 15% global tariff starts this week
“It’s my strong belief that the tariff rates will be back to their old rate within five months,” Bessent told CNBC.
Partner of UK MP arrested on suspicion of spying for China, BBC told
He is one of three unnamed men who the Met Police suspect of assisting Chinese intelligence services in the UK.
Industry insiders say Samsung has confirmed a DRAM price increase of 'over 100%' for its customers, so brace yourself for the next phase of the dreaded RAMpocalypse
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Lea Drucker Joins Voice Cast of French Comic-Book Adaptation ‘Blaise’ From ‘Silex and the City’ Director
Léa Drucker, who just won best actress at the Cesar Awards for her role in “Case 137,” has joined the voice cast of “Blaise,” an animated feature adapted from the popular comic book collection published by Glénat. The feature, which is directed by Dimitri Planchon and Jean-Paul
Argentina hits oil output record on Vaca Muerta as Brent tops $80 on Iran war
Argentina posted its highest monthly crude output on official record in January, at a time when global energy markets are again under strain from the Iran–Israel–US conflict and renewed pressure on key supply routes.
Top Vatican cardinal calls US-Israeli strikes 'truly alarming'
By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY, March 4 (Reuters) - The Vatican's top diplomat warned on Wednesday that the ongoing U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran undermine international law and said nations do not have a right to launch "preventive wars", in an unusually direct criticism of the
Exclusive-US carried out strike on Iranian warship off Sri Lanka coast, officials say
WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - The United States military carried out a strike that hit an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka's coast, three U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday. One of the officials, who was speaking on condition of anonymity, said it was carried out by a
11 Tips If You’re Playing Pokémon FireRed And LeafGreen For The First Time
The remakes have quirks it’s best to know about before you head on your Pokémon journey
‘A real dark situation to be in’: thousands of starving seabirds stranded in biggest ‘wreck’ in a decade
Puffins, guillemots, razorbills and terns are washing up on shores across Europe, after a string of storms affected their ability to find food The two puffins washed up among seaweed and bits of plastic on a beach in Newquay, Cornwall, on a damp February morning. Normally,
Leon Kennedy voice actor Nick Apostolides is the biggest Resident Evil fan ever
Nick Apostolides, the voice behind Resident Evil Requiem's Leon S. Kennedy, explains how he landed the role of his childhood dreams.
Research shows risk‑averse producers sell earlier in grain marketing year
A new study from University of Nebraska–Lincoln agricultural economists finds that producers with safety-first risk preferences likely make notably different grain-marketing decisions than those without, offering a glimpse into how and why producers market their harvests.
Astronomers discover TOI-5734 b, a hot sub-Neptune twice Earth's size
Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher for the Northern Hemisphere (HARPS-N), an international team of astronomers has discovered a hot sub-Neptune exoplanet orbiting a nearby star. The newfound alien world,
Black soldier fly larvae show promise for safe organic waste removal
People and animals create lots of waste that is usually sent to landfills, incinerated, or stored in engineered ponds such as manure lagoons. Now, researchers report a potential removal method using insects, specifically black soldier fly larvae. In experiments, the larvae ate
Trump's murky legal landscape on attacking Iran
President Trump’s attack on Iran has hurled the administration into muddy legal waters, from the commander-in-chief's authority to provoke a war to adherence to international law. The strikes on Iran began early Saturday after Trump for weeks threatened Tehran with attacks,
The new SNAP food restrictions aren’t just confusing — they’re illegal
The Department of Agriculture has approved waivers for 18 states to restrict what SNAP recipients can purchase at grocery stores, despite the fact that it lacks legal authority to do so, and this could lead to a blank check for executive restructuring of any program with waiver
Queer Media Veteran David Artavia Named Executive Director of LGBTQ Youth Arts Initiative The Future Perfect Project (EXCLUSIVE)
Queer media veteran David Artavia has been named executive editor of national LGBTQ youth arts initiative The Future Perfect Project. Founded in 2017 by Ryan Amador and Celeste Lecesne, writer of Oscar-winning short film “Trevor” and co-founder of The Trevor Project, The Future
An AI avatar is running to represent Indigenous voters in Colombia
"Gaitana" is the digital stand-in for two candidates who will use the platform to seek consensus from their communities on all legislative matters.
Watch live: Hegseth, Caine give remarks in wake of Iran strikes
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine will speak with reporters Wednesday morning, just days after U.S. strikes in Iran over the weekend took out the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Saturday strikes have garnered mixed reactions
Hungary foreign minister hopes Russia will free two ethnic Hungarian prisoners of war during talks
BUDAPEST, March 4 - Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Wednesday that he hopes two ethnic Hungarian prisoners of war will be freed by Russia during his talks in Moscow, where he is scheduled to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin later.
EU Commission backs Spain after Trump’s trade threats
The EU executive said it will defend the EU’s trade interests as US President Donald Trump threatens to cut off trade relations with Spain after it refused to let the US use its military bases for strikes on Iran.
Nintendo marks Mario Day 2026 with two Virtual Boy games
MAR10 Day will see the release of Mario's Tennis and Mario Clash on Nintendo Classics for Switch Online + Expansion Pack, plus Mario vs. Donkey Kong
Key takeaways from Texas primaries, as Talarico beats Crockett in Democratic race
Contests in the southern state are signalling which way the Republicans and Democrats are heading.
Three men arrested in UK on suspicion of spying for China
He is one of three unnamed men who the Met Police suspect of assisting Chinese intelligence services in the UK.
Chinese Communist Party elder Song Ping dies aged 109
BEIJING, March 4 - Chinese Communist Party elder and the longest-lived member of the elite Politburo Standing Committee, Song Ping, died on Wednesday at the age of 109, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
Nigerian doctors suspended over death of Adichie's son
The author's 21-month-old son died in January after complications during medical procedures at a private hospital in Lagos.
New peptide catalyst enables stereoselective head-to-tail macrocycle synthesis
A team at ETH Zurich developed a new peptide-based organocatalyst that handles macrocycle formation from start to finish. Macrocyclic compounds are ubiquitous both in nature and in the chemical industrial setup. They are ring-shaped molecules with 12 or more atoms and are key
Forest exhibits resilience after California mega fire
In 2019 and again in 2021, Penn State researchers in the Department of Geography walked a series of 1,000 square foot plots in California's Lassen Volcanic National Park. The goal was to see how the forest that's hands-off to residents and most fire-suppression measures had
