Dubbed the 'My Family is Safe' operation, the raids followed an investigation into LGBTQ groups over allegations of 'prostitution and obscenity.' Prosecutors said they intended to prevent such activities from being 'regarded as normal in society'
The Tiny Desk series celebrates Hispanic Heritage each September and will include Draco Rosa, Yendry, and much more
Black holes are regions of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. When two black holes orbit each other and merge, they produce gravitational waves (i.e., ripples in spacetime) that can resemble those emitted by mergers involving other
Since 1 September, Austria has banned headscarves for female pupils under 14 at state and private schools. Repeated breaches of the rule could lead to fines of €150 to €800 for parents.
Many of the drugs that target human brain chemistry, such as antidepressants, are still biologically active when they leave the body. These substances and their metabolites can persist in wastewater and eventually end up in the sea, rivers or other aquatic environments.
Star turns in 'Hit & Run,' 'From' and 'The Betrayers' thriller this year at the Toronto Film Festival have got Ohm onto everyone's call sheets in Canada.
Helen Mirren, Laura Linney, Rhys Ifans, Erin Doherty and James McAvoy star in three of the biggest U.K. titles world premiering at Toronto and making Variety’s 2026 selection of 20 International Titles to Track at this year’s Toronto.Jodie Comer sings (very creditably Variety
Two people were arrested in San Fransico while riding around in a Waymo robotaxi after the cab pulled over and called the cops on them. The riders were juveniles in possession of a loaded AR-style ghost gun and were taken to a juvenile hall. While the police report did not
Human rights groups in Turkey have accused the government of using a family- values campaign to target the LGBTQ+ community.
A former Anthropic researcher’s warning that AI could soon destroy humanity broke past the typical tech circles last week, setting off a new firestorm of debate over the technology’s rapid development. Researchers have warned of AI’s potential danger for years, but nothing
The label "immediately makes the game persona non grata in several important countries like Germany".
Three years in, a new sequel lies on the horizon
Polygon previews an exciting but lopsided fall, dominated by GTA 6 and Zelda, with PlayStation playing the role of villain
Sanjay Sah was one of just three pulled from debris-buried tunnels.
The heavyweight champion took on the likes of Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, and was known for never once getting knocked out or knocked down.
Echo Weaver fuses a variety of genres to provide a unique platforming experience with time loops.
Twenty-five-year-old newcomer Adia never really imagined becoming a movie star. Growing up, she was focused on becoming a professional dancer before a hip injury derailed that dream. That’s when the high school senior discovered acting. “I decided to take an acting class, just
Marie Clements' drama about a single mother and three daughters separated by tragedy after resettling for new lives in 1950s Los Angeles will world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.
Netflix’s “Scooby-Doo: Origins” has wrapped production, the company announced Sunday. The live-action series is set for a global release on the streamer in 2027. Per the series’ official logline, “Scooby-Doo: Origins” is a “modern reimagining of the iconic mystery-solving
From Palestinian-focused Watermelon Pictures to new Jewish financing platform Shooq, a parallel industry is forming around the films the majors won't touch.
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It's a Shakespearean tragedy of King Leon.
Congress could revive the zero gravity, zero taxes legislation in the current era, pass it and send it to the president to sign into law.
Scientists found that the 3D organization of DNA is disrupted in several types of brain cells affected by Alzheimer’s disease, altering how important genes are switched on and off. The discovery reveals a previously underexplored layer of the disease that could open new paths
The storied studio is embarking on its next chapter under the shadow of mass layoffs
Ships and helicopters are searching for those missing from the Virgo Transport 8 ship, which had encountered bad weather.
Melissa Rivers is returning to the red carpet. Fashion expert and author Rivers — who rose to fame reporting outside awards-shows with her late mother, the comedian Joan Rivers — will be joining Variety co-president and co-editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh and CNN correspondent
An eye surgeon with a passion for space since childhood predicts that as astronauts start to make journeys to the moon and Mars in the near future, eye surgery in space will eventually become a necessity.
A massive worldwide survey of physicists has revealed surprisingly little agreement about some of the universe’s biggest mysteries. No majority backed the standard cosmological model, a leading explanation for dark matter, or any single theory of quantum gravity. One area of
Just a few more inches and the whole planet would have been titan flakes!
British writer-director Lakeem Rose, is developing his feature debut, a contemporary adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” with Canadian producers Plato Fountidakis and Paul Rapovski and Hong Kong-based producer and casting director Mike Leeder. In
Jane Curtin and Ella Ballentine also feature in Ron Murphy's debut feature set for a world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.
After more than six years away from performing, the singer makes a long-awaited comeback in Paris, in an operatic celebration of voice, movement and the extraordinary bond with her audience
The ‘Fear Street: Prom Queen’ star has nabbed the lead in the indie, written and directed by her mother Rana Strazza, which is being shopped to international buyers at TIFF: The Market.
House and Senate lawmakers will return to Washington this week with a packed agenda before much of their focus shifts to the fast-approaching midterm elections. The Senate is expected to continue talks over the budget resolution and hold a procedural vote on the cryptocurrency
Marvel's Wolverine on PS5 looks unlikely to nab a GOTY nomination at the 2026 Game Awards, the first time for a PlayStation exclusive since 2014.
Researchers from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with researchers from the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of CAS, have developed a coumarin-linked covalent organic
Thirty years after a US ornithologist first sighted a jocotoco antpitta, the foundation he set up to restore biodiversity is a model for conservation globally I have to confess that I rarely enjoy birding in montane cloud forests. The birds that live in these mountainous, cool
We've found more than 5,500 exoplanets so far. Dozens of them are in the habitable zones of their parent stars, where, at least in theory, they could host an ocean. But we've never definitively found a liquid ocean on another planet.
Kirk was outlining the opposite doctrine to the soft bigotry of low expectations.
Most men may be missing an important dietary clue about prostate cancer. A new survey found that only 20% knew research has linked dairy consumption with increased prostate cancer risk, while 66% said they would consider avoiding dairy after learning about the connection.
Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.), who is running for governor of Wisconsin, said Sunday he sustained “minor injuries” after his plane made an emergency landing in a lake. Tiffany wrote on social platform X that his plane lost power as it approached Wausau Downtown Airport earlier
Seoul’s Jung-gu, home to Myeong-dong, captured nearly a quarter of foreign-card spending for shopping.
ISTANBUL, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Turkish authorities have detained at least 47 peoplefollowing a series of raids on the offices of LGBTQ+ associations in a probe into prostitution and obscenity, prosecutors said. The crackdown is part of a campaign that the government says is
ISTANBUL, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Turkish authorities have detained 26 people and searched the offices of six LGBTQ+ associations in a series of raids that followed allegations of prostitution and obscenity, prosecutors said. The crackdown is part of a campaign that the government
The small country, known for discretion and neutrality, was a mediator with Iran at the U.S.’s request. Omanis wonder what the president heard to trigger him.