Researchers in Costa Rica have unearthed fossils from a mastodon and a giant sloth that lived as many as 40,000 years ago, officials announced Friday, calling it the biggest such find here in decades.
In eastern Bitlis, farmers lead water buffaloes and horses into 40-degree Budakli thermal springs to bathe, heal and keep milk quality high during sub-zero winter temperatures.
A study of more than 100 kindergarten-age children suggests kids tend to think of snakes differently than they do other animals and that hearing negative or objectifying language about the slithery reptiles might contribute to that way of thinking.
Tigers used to roam Vietnam’s forests, but have now disappeared almost entirely.
Tarique Rahman is poised to become prime minister after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) won a landslide victory in the elections, the first since the deadly 2024 uprising that ousted Sheikh Hasina.
It has cast light on how online reputation management work is routed to low-cost, English-speaking markets.
The improper enforcement is believed to have been carried out systematically within one squad.
Rio’s Carmelitas parade draws thousands to Santa Teresa, with samba, costumed revellers and a nod to a runaway nun legend.
Chile’s much-lauded documentarian Maite Alberdi, after making her first fiction feature “In Her Place,” has returned to her roots with her latest opus, “A Child of My Own” (“Un hijo propio”). Not unlike her Oscar-nominated “The Mole Agent,” Alberdi toys with the docu-fiction
The writer-director says about her first feature, debuting in the Perspectives section: "Realism comes from restraint. I deliberately avoided dramatic cues that would tell viewers how to interpret a scene."
A police report was filed on Friday (Feb 13) over a Bloomberg article published earlier this week alleging that Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief Azam Baki held shares worth RM800,000 (US$204,668), above the RM100,000 limit allowed for public servants.
All products containing etomidate will be subject to mandatory tracking.
A YouTube “silver play button” has become an unlikely new status symbol in South Korean politics.
The Pentagon is preparing for a prolonged campaign that could expand beyond nuclear sites to Iranian state and security targets. U.S. officials expect retaliation and escalating reprisals, raising fears of a wider regional war even as talks continue
The group, based in Solihull and Wolverhampton, says its vet bills are costing them more.
Johor police will be focusing on ensuring smooth traffic flow at the two land entry points during the festive season.
The remarks came shortly after Trump confirmed that he was sending a second aircraft carrier group to the Middle East and after he spoke with troops at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina.
During the Winter Olympic Games, thousands of athletes have breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the facilities. What are they eating, and what role does nutrition play in the competition?
Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel's new feature, world premiering in the Berlinale's competition lineup, has sold to France, Switzerland, the Baltics, and Israel.
A house in Nancy Guthrie’s Arizona neighborhood is being investigated in connection to her disappearance, police said late Friday night. Nancy, the mother of “Today” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, has been missing for nearly two weeks. “Law enforcement activity is underway at a
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used by Indian screenwriters in their work even as long-standing concerns around pay, credit and professional recognition continue to dominate sentiment, according to “The Right Draft: 2026,” a new industry research report released
A mousy teenager with curly hair and a face full of acne, Minnie is the farthest thing from cool — even if the actress who plays her, Katherine Mallen Kupferer, has charisma to spare. Minnie is practically invisible to most of the students at North Little Rock High School,
Follow our live blog as we bring you updates for three days of talks on global security, war in Ukraine and the future of transatlantic relations.
With “Atlas King,” Michael Bisping plays a role close to home. The UFC Hall of Famer and first British champion in UFC history embodies the titular role as a former fighter skirting the edges of organized crime in a twisty action thriller centered on the world of mixed martial
The Bersatu president claimed that he had endured his deputy for years.
Several administrators were removed from the page following the hijacking.
Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks has snagged international sales rights to the feature film adaptation of romantic bestseller “All That We Never Were” “(“Todo lo que nunca fuimos”) by Spanish author Alice Kellen. Directed by Jorge Alonso, the film stars Maxi Iglesias (“The Cook
It’s a high-stakes gambit to assemble a cast of relative newcomers for a first feature film — especially when that film is set against the sprawling, kinetic, unpredictable backdrop of the Nigerian megacity of Lagos. But if early returns are anything to go by, British Nigerian
India is mounting its most comprehensive presence at the Berlinale in recent years, with six films screening across the festival’s Generation, Forum, Forum Expanded and Classics sections while the National Film Development Corporation of India deploys a strategic market
Images uploaded to AI chatbots could be retained for an unknown amount of time and, if in the wrong hands, could lead to impersonation, scams, and fake social media accounts.
Auditorium to remove bacon and sausages from cafe during stage run after request from campaign group Campaigners are calling on theatre bosses to stop serving bacon, sausages and ham in their cafes – at least while Peppa Pig and her family are performing in the same building.
With less than nine months until the midterm elections, Donald Trump's party is in trouble. The president's policies and actions are unpopular, Republicans keep losing special elections, and now even have to defend once-solid seats in Congress. One state has become a focal
Sensors in looser clothing outperform tight wearables in tracking body metrics, according to new research.
The feature debut of actor Lorenzo Ferro and Lucas A. Vignale, premiering in Berlin's Perspectives section, brings us a non-professional actor as its star, Malambo, and a trip into the big city and solitude.
Burning with hatred for Israelis after his family was forced to leave Palestine in 1948, Taysir Abu Saada joined Fatah and carried out attacks against them. What led him to become an evangelical Christian – and to believe Palestinians must live in peace within a Jewish state?
Astronomers have uncovered a distant planetary system that flips a long-standing rule of planet formation on its head. Around the small red dwarf star LHS 1903, scientists expected to find rocky planets close in and gas giants farther out — the same pattern seen in our own
In a bold move to take Spain’s biggest comedy franchise to the world, Film Factory has secured international sales rights to “Torrente for President,” created, directed and starring Santiago Segura as the perpetually drunk, self-centered sexist, and racist scumbag ex-cop
Rome-based TVCO has seized worldwide distribution rights – excluding Latin America – to “Hidden Island” (“Isla oculta”), a high-concept sci-fi series from Chile’s Rio Estudios. “TVCO’s long track record in the European market gives us great confidence in successfully
There was strong interest from Singaporeans in the visa programme.
Indonesian filmmaker Edwin makes his first proper foray into horror with “Sleep No More,” a darkly comic supernatural thriller that transforms labor exploitation into the source of terror itself. The film has its world premiere in the Berlinale Special Midnight section. The
The court referred to the case of a man relying on assisted driving while drunk at the wheel.
Alex Kahuam has wrapped production in Kentucky on his slasher horror pic “House of Holloway,” starring Laura Marano (“The Perfect Date”), Doug Jones (“The Shape of Water”), following a difficult winter shoot. The film, which also features Orlando Piñeda (“Griselda”) and Bonnie
The elections on Feb 12 were the first since the deadly 2024 uprising.
One scientist is on a mission to reveal the far-reaching spread of microplastics after kayaking around a remote glacier in Greenland.
Exclusive: High levels of banned ‘forever chemical’ have been detected in rivers and groundwater at 25 sites A string of toxic pollution hotspots has been uncovered across Cumbria and Lancashire, with high levels of the banned cancer-causing “forever chemical” Pfos detected in
