Seoul, Tokyo lead Asian plunge as tech stocks suffer fresh rout

Robert Downey Jr.’s Doctor Doom Voice Gave ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Directors “Chills”

The Oscar winner is taking on the iconic villain from the 'Fantastic Four' comics in the movie hitting theaters Dec. 18.

Chip firms fall in US and Asia as AI jitters rattle investors

Trading on South Korea's Kospi index was paused temporarily on Tuesday morning after sliding by 8%.

Netflix Sets Launch Date for Lee Chang-dong’s Awards Hopeful ‘Possible Love’

Lee Chang-dong's first film in eight years — reuniting him with Korean screen royalty Jeon Do-yeon and Sul Kyung-gu — hits select theaters Oct. 23 and streams globally Nov. 6 after its Venice competition premiere.

Riyadh’s bomb-in-waiting: inside the US-Saudi nuclear deal

“Saudi Arabia does not want to acquire any nuclear bomb, but without a doubt, if Iran developed a nuclear bomb, we will follow suit as soon as possible.” This sentiment from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman might come true sooner than expected. The recent US-Saudi nuclear

What is CXMT, the chipmaker that just became China's most valuable listed company?

CXMT shares surged more than 500 per cent in their Shanghai debut on Monday (Jul 27), highlighting strong investor backing for a homegrown chip champion.

Tokyo government dating app achieves 265 marriages

Linda Perhacs’ Friends Say Cult Singer-Songwriter Has ‘Gone Missing’

The 82-year-old musician, who struggles with dementia, was discharged from a care facility eight months ago, according to a statement

Jay Leno Set for Burbank Film Fest Honor, Live ‘Awards Chatter’ Podcast (Exclusive)

The celebration of the former 'Tonight Show' host will take place during the fest's awards gala on Saturday, Aug. 8, which the mayor of the city of Burbank has declared 'Jay Leno Day.'

Q&A: What influences teens' career expectations?

Adolescents in both the United States and the United Kingdom have become increasingly ambitious about their future careers over the past two decades, according to a new study by researchers at Penn State. The team also found that family socioeconomic background plays a

North Korea’s missile pipeline to Russia paying strategic dividends

North Korea’s renewed ballistic missile exports are helping Russia sustain its campaign in Ukraine while accelerating weapons development and military learning that may ultimately reverberate across Northeast Asia. This month, multiple media outlets reported that North Korea

Novel follows 5 lives changed forever by Iran Islamic revolution

In The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran, shortlisted for the 2026 International Booker Prize, the 1979 Islamic Revolution is the primary force propelling the story forward. However, the narrative is less concerned with major events or key figures of the revolution than with the lives

Q&A: 'Lawbreakers' or 'like us'? Exploring how partisans think about immigration

Interviews with political activists in Southern California showed stark differences in how migrants are viewed: either "like us" and deserving of rights or lawbreakers undeserving of social belonging and benefits.

AI-powered cameras spot suicide attempts in Seoul

In South Korea, suicide is the leading cause of death among people aged 10 to 49.

Japan's monkey sensation Punch gets thousands of messages for first birthday

Punch still attracts big crowds, and has received some 2,500 birthday cards from inside and outside Japan.

F1’s comeback in Malaysia set to rev up revenue

Businesses are expecting the return of F1 to bring with it a fresh wave of tourism revenue.

Netanyahu heads to US for first Trump meeting since Iran war

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet US President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday for the first time since the start of the Iran war, over which they have publicly disagreed. Relations between Netanyahu and Trump have occasionally appeared strained in

Dakota Johnson, Ellen Burstyn Play Versions of Marilyn Monroe in Maggie Gyllenhaal Short Film

'Flesh Impact,' a 17-minute short is heading to the Venice Film Festival for a September world premiere.

Air Force One features new color scheme

President Trump flew out of Michigan on Monday inside the Air Force One 757, which now features a new painted color scheme. The plane is now dark blue with a gold stripe and red trim, according to a pool report from Ana Ceballos, a Washington Correspondent for the Los Angeles

Fiery Michigan Senate primary reaches final stretch: Takeaways from El-Sayed, Stevens debate

Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) and former Wayne County health director Abdul El-Sayed squared off in their second one-on-one debate to replace retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) — just one week out from the Aug. 4 Democratic Senate primary. The duo clashed once again over

Sean Astin Says He “Had to Sell” House Due to Low Pay From ‘Lord of the Rings’

The actor played the pivotal role of Samwise Gamgee in the trilogy that grossed $2.9 billion at the worldwide box office.

What are 'fire clouds', the ominous phenomenon seen in France?

Firefighters battling devastating fires in France have had to contend with a new threat: immense fire clouds that create their own wind and even lightning that can spark fresh blazes.

Japan mulls over GPS tracking of stalkers to prevent further harm

The Japanese government will also consider revising current anti-stalking laws.

India’s Gen Z: the generation Modi couldn’t silence

You can kill a revolutionary but never kill the revolution. A revolutionary can be silenced, imprisoned or exiled but ideas have a remarkable ability to outlive those who champion them. Thousands of young protesters took to the streets of Delhi as part of Cockroach Janta Party

Extreme heat increases the risk of workplace injuries across Canada

Heat warnings have stretched across Canada this summer, from Atlantic Canada and southern British Columbia to the Prairies, central Canada and the Northwest Territories.

Australia’s Labor Party replaces Victoria state premier ahead of November election

Ben Carroll will replace Jacinta Allan, who resigned earlier in the day on July 28.

Australia's Labor party replaces Victoria state premier ahead of November election

SYDNEY, July 28 - Australia's Victoria state gained a new premier on Tuesday after the centre-left Labor Party chose Ben Carroll as its new leader in the state, preparing for a November election that is being widely watched as a test of the right-wing One Nation party's

Q&A: Training the next generation of coastal scientists

Burying underwear in soil isn't a typical science lesson. But for students on Hornby Island, it's one way they can learn how seaweed supports local ecosystems.

Johnson & Johnson offers up to $5.5bn to settle baby powder lawsuits

The proposed settlement aims to close a years-long legal battle over claims its talcs products cause cancer.

New sensing method measures laser-cutting depth by tracking vaporization recoil

Laser dicing, a technique that uses focused laser pulses to separate individual chips from a semiconductor wafer, is increasingly favored over mechanical blade cutting because it can process delicate, low-strength materials with minimal physical stress. However, achieving

With spirit of Anchorage dead, no new ideas to end Ukraine War

On the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers meeting in Manila, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The meeting was planned ahead, hence the US and Russian flags were prominently displayed. Yet the discussion was brief: between

Ariana Grande Sues Hackers for Leaking Unreleased Music and Footage

Ariana Grande has filed a lawsuit against anonymous hackers, claiming that they gained backdoor access to devices that led to the leak of unreleased songs and footage from recording sessions and music videos. The suit, filed on Monday in Los Angeles and reviewed by Variety,

Justin Baldoni’s Wayfarer Studios Ordered to Pay New York Times $171K in Damages

A judge previously dismissed its defamation lawsuit against NYT over the newspaper's investigation into Blake Lively’s sexual harassment and smear campaign allegations

‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’s’ Breakout, Ryan Reynolds’ Jeanpool Stunt and More Comic-Con Highlights

A new fandom took over San Diego Comic-Con this year: “Dungeon Crawler Carl.” While there were plenty of Marvel and DC superheroes walking around the convention center and the surrounding Gaslamp Quarter (not to mention the Trekkies and “Star Wars” storm troopers, and the other

Diet reveals what life was like 2,700 years ago in an Italian community: Gender inequality, social status and migration

An international study led by the Universities of Córdoba and Pisa used isotopic analysis to reconstruct the dietary traces left in human remains found in an Italian necropolis, revealing what daily life was like in that community 2,700 years ago. Despite the passage of time,

What do the heatwaves in Europe and North America tell us about our future? | Fiona Katauskas

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Matt Damon Drops by Criterion Closet, Reveals Lesson Learned From Frequent Collaborator Steven Soderbergh: “You Want to Keep Pushing”

The star of 'The Odyssey' dished on loving 'You Can Count on Me,' borrowing Tommy Lee Jones' accent from 'No Country for Old Men' and what he learned from River Phoenix's work in 'My Own Private Idaho.'

Cringe '90s stoner icons Jay and Silent Bob are getting a cosy farming sim, but wait for it: you farm weed

Jay and Silent Bob: Joint Venture looks like Wario Animal Crossing.

Trump’s SAVE America demands threaten to hand Senate a cruel summer

“Show me how this ends,” Majority Leader John Thune pleaded amid new presidential pressure.

Seawater samples may offer early clues to changing reef health

Doctors can often detect diseases in humans using minimally invasive methods, like blood or urine tests, before symptoms become severe. Now, researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) are applying a similar concept to coral reefs, showing that the water

Water's local asymmetry drives proton hopping between molecules, simulations reveal

Complex simulations—the most intricate of their kind to date—carried out by an international research team led by scientists at Heidelberg University's Institute for Physical Chemistry, have revealed how water governs the way protons move through it. Using their modeling,

Minnesota prediction market ban paused by federal judge days before rollout

A federal judge on Monday halted a prediction market ban in Minnesota days before it was set to roll out. District Judge Katherine Menendez wrote that the Trump administration, Kalshi and Polymarket are “likely to succeed on the merits” in the case arguing that the state ban

What to expect from Zelensky and Netanyahu's visit to Washington

Republican Senator Lindsay Graham's funeral is bringing the two world leaders to town, where they'll separately visit the White House to discuss their region's wars.

Digital revolution forcing archaeology to rethink research data management

Archaeological excavations generate a vast quantity of documents of various types and formats, which constitute a scientific heritage of great value. However, the way this data is organized, documented and preserved remains highly varied. This is the main conclusion of the

Marvel Phase 7 and 8 movie slate and release dates: X-Men, Ghostrider, Black Panther 3, and beyond

The MCU has four untitled movies slated to release in the next two years. Can we predict Marvel's Phase 7 slate?

Border crossings shut as heavy snow coats Argentine Andes

Heavy snowfall in the Argentine Andes has forced more than 100 people to evacuate and stalled almost 1,000 trucks on snow-covered roads, while flights were rerouted Monday.

Marvel, ‘Lanterns’ and Johnny Depp: Here’s What Hit (and Missed) at Comic-Con 2026

From 'Doomsday' to 'Spaceballs' to 'Blade Runner: 2099' to DC Comics' Eisners sweep, here's what generated buzz in San Diego.

Judge blocks Minnesota’s first-in-nation ban on prediction markets run by Kalshi, Polymarket

A Wall Street regulator, Kalshi and Polymarket had sued after Gov. Tim Walz signed the measure into law in May, making it a crime to operate, host or promote a prediction market in Minnesota.