Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he has reached an “agreement” with the Senate Banking Committee and expects them to proceed with a hearing to nominate the next Federal Reserve chair after a two-week standstill. Sen. Thom Tillis, a senior member of the Senate Banking
By Feras Dalatey , Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Orhan Qereman and Jonathan Spicer Feb 13 (Reuters) - A U.S.-backed ceasefire agreement in northeastern Syria leaves thorny questions unresolved, as Kurds seek to retain some authority despite a much weakened hand following the rapid
Morgan Neville's feature boasts unprecedented access to the 'SNL' creator.
If the administration succeeds, it may finally turn Europe’s geographical indication regime into swiss — not Suisse — cheese.
Lorne Michaels, the legendary creator of “Saturday Night Live,” has allowed Morgan Neville behind-the-scenes of his television empire. The resulting film, “Lorne,” is getting released by Focus Features on April 17. Neville, an Oscar-winning filmmaker, is no stranger to TV
The first race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series is the Daytona 500. Going into race day, all eyes are on Connor Zilisch, who’s racing full-time for Trackhouse Racing, as he grows in the ranks of NASCAR. In fact, some have compared the 19-year-old to the next Jeff Gordon or Kyle
Tech billionaire Elon Musk slammed Anthropic on Thursday as “misanthropic and evil,” after the AI firm announced its latest round of funding. Musk, who owns a competing AI company xAI, alleged that Anthropic’s AI “hates Whites & Asians, especially Chinese, heterosexuals and
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who is closely allied with President Trump, distanced himself from the Trump administration’s maneuvering to seize control of Greenland, declaring in an interview: “Who gives as s--- who owns Greenland?” Graham downplayed the significance of the
Here’s my question: If Minnesota was honoring detainers, if the dispute was about data and communication, why did it take a massive federal surge, widespread fear, and two American lives lost to reach this middle ground?
Economic and public health conditions influence universities' research priorities. A study led by INGENIO, a joint research center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), reveals how, in times of economic growth,
Spain is in the middle of a two-pronged talent revolution, with big-name name filmmakers leveraging festival prestige into bigger movie packages and global renown and new voices sporting first features that use genre and emotional uplift to travel faster, without surrendering
President Trump will speak to troops and military families in Fort Bragg, N.C., on Friday afternoon, where he is expected to highlight the specialized forces that assisted in the U.S. military's capture and arrest of ex-Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Trump, who touted the
On the eve of Berlin’s European Film Market, Spanish sales agencies are priming slates that focus on genre, animation and breakout auteurs — and which are still in demand. Expectations remain high for Berlin. “Berlin has been the best market in the last two years,” says Iván
Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed the atrocities in the city of el-Fasher, says a UN report.
The sequel to Netflix’s hit animated musical was projected for 2029
Food Is Love is a collection of essays about “how memory, food, and love are all intertwined”. “We are reminded that food is an expression of love, and sometimes the only way people who loved us were capable of showing it.”
Spain produces some 150 fiction features a year. Here’s a selection of some of the titles to track at the European Film Market. 9 Moons Director: Patricia Ortega From Ortega, director of Sundance hit “Mamacruz,” “9 Moons” stars Jorge Sanz (“El hombre bueno”) in a comedy about
Jude Law stars as Russian President Vladimir Putin and Paul Dano as his behind-the-scenes advisor in the political thriller from French director Olivier Assayas.
A research team from the High Magnetic Field Laboratory of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with collaborators from Anhui University, ShanghaiTech University, and the University of New Hampshire, has demonstrated the first
A promotional image for Frieren: Beyond Journey's End season 2 teases that the titular elven mage will soon come face-to-face with a proper villain.
Black Widow mains can't catch a break between the new Elsa Bloodstone patch and endless bullying following a high-profile Twitch spat
UBS analyst Matthew Mish told CNBC that the artificial intelligence transformation is happening faster than he and his colleagues had previously anticipated.
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Xal'atath schemes in the shadows - Azeroth prepares for battle. When the clock chimes – will you be ready to fight?
The Trump administration cannot proceed with plans to rescind $602 million in public health grants from four Democratic-led states, a federal judge in Illinois ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge Manish S. Shah determined that the four states — Colorado, Illinois, California
A federal court is now in the process of deciding if our nation’s vaccination system will remain standing or can be dismantled.
The UAE is using AI to cut bureaucracy, speed up public services and test new technologies, presenting their work at the World Governments Summit in Dubai, which promoted global dialogue.
The burst water pipe is the latest in a string of setbacks for Louvre managers that have affected the museum's daily operations since the theft of France's historic Crown Jewels last October.
I've been playing both the original and the remake simultaneously, because I have no respect for the limited time I have left on this Earth.
That's a lot of gubbins.
Space age bachelor pad OGs Stereolab are back to dropping new music whenever the feeling is right, and that’s a beautiful thing to witness. Last year, they returned with Instant Holograms On Metal Film, their first new album in 15 years, and they followed it with the double
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday moved to end deportation protections for people from Yemen, the 13th country from which the Trump administration has struck the status. The move leaves just four countries that the administration has not sought to end what is
African swine fever has been detected outside a containment zone in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region for the first time since its outbreak in November, officials said on Friday.
A new crew rocketed toward the International Space Station on Friday to replace the astronauts who returned to Earth early in NASA's first medical evacuation.
Back in 2021, Pierre Stallforth and his team at the Leibniz-Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (Leibniz-HKI) showed that bacteria of the genera Pseudomonas and Paenibacillus join forces to protect themselves from their predator, an amoeba. Now, a team
