In April 2026, Gwadar Port processed around 11,000 standard shipping containers. For context, the same port handled roughly 8,300 containers throughout 2025. This is not a record broken by a whisker. It is a record shattered and behind it lies a story about geography, patience
Brazilian scientist Luciano Moreira tenderly handles a glass box of swarming mosquitoes infected with a bacterium that blocks the transmission of dengue.
Police arrested 321 foreigners, mainly from Vietnam, in last week's raid.
As the Marché du Film continues to expand beyond a traditional sales hub into a broader cross-media marketplace, Taiwan arrives in Cannes this year with a presence that reflects that shift — spanning film sales, XR showcases and IP adaptation platforms. At the Marché, the
Ever felt like mosquitoes bite you while ignoring everyone else? Scientists are now making progress in deciphering the complex chemical cocktail that makes particular people more enticing to these disease-spreading bloodsuckers.
The Yindjibarndi people had sought A$1.8bn compensation for cultural damage and economic loss.
iRobot has announced a new line of Roombas, a year after it debuted its first lidar-based robot vacuums just prior to filing for bankruptcy. This week, it introduced eight robot vacuums that improve on its prior lineup and feature lower prices, some up to £200 (about $270)
When J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings books appeared in the mid-1950s, they were met with very mixed reviews, an unsurprising reception given that nothing like them had been written for adult readers since Edmund Spenser’s epic 16th century English poem The Faerie Queene,
Cockrow Bridge in Surrey will open in the coming weeks to provide wildlife, including lizards and insects, with the ability to move between fragmented habitats When James Herd moved near to Wisley Common 17 years ago, the heathland nature reserve was teeming with wildlife. “I’d
The fundamentals of quantum mechanics are minuscule. Scientists constantly home in on finer resolutions to measure, quantify, and control these fundamentals, like photons that carry light and have no mass unless they are moving. The more precise the measurement, the more
For better or worse, a huge number of people will be affected by efforts to achieve "30x30"—the internationally-agreed conservation goal to protect and conserve at least 30% of the world's land and seas by 2030. How many people, and who they are, will depend on which aspects of
We’re bringing real-time EU institutional communications into a live media environment. It’s a simple idea: a clean, continuously updating view of official EU releases — linking directly to the source. No filtering, no interpretation — just what institutions are actually
MANILA, May 12 - Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has again been impeached by the lower house, a little over a year after an earlier impeachment against her was voided on constitutional grounds.
BEIJING, May 12 - China on Tuesday ramped up its rhetoric against Paraguay President Santiago Pena's trip last week to Taiwan, saying he and his colleagues were \"pawns to separatist forces\" and had \"ulterior motives\" for sticking with Taipei.
South Korea's appeals court extended former Interior Minister Lee Sang-min's penalty to nine years in prison on charges including carrying out key insurrection-related duties, perjury and abuse of power.
The match between Portugal and Colombia in the 2026 World Cup is becoming a phenomenon off the pitch. The anticipation surrounding what could be Cristiano Ronaldo's last World Cup has caused the price of the cheapest tickets to explode.
The EU Cyprus Presidency will raise the question during an informal gathering of ministers amid energy security concerns and soaring prices. Gas projects in Greece, Italy, Romania and Poland were flagged as available resources with potential for increased explorations.
The UK, US and EU are asking all citizens returning home from the virus-hit MV Hondius to self-isolate for about six weeks.
Even with a “Bloodsport” remake now in the works almost 40 years after the classic that made his name, Jean-Claude Van Damme isn’t done beating the living crap out of people just yet. The martial arts star and action veteran is set to topline WWII action epic “Raid Pacific,
Rebel Wilson’s directorial debut “The Deb” — billed as an “outrageous” and “fish-out-of-water” musical comedy — has landed U.S. distribution with Sunrise Films. The deal, which follows the film’s theatrical release in its home territory of Australia, was announced by
[Nile Post] President Museveni has called on the United States and other global partners to support Africa's industrialisation and value-addition efforts in order to expand the continent's economy and create more jobs for its rapidly growing population.
Amid a lobbying deluge, the “Make America Healthy Again” movement isn’t changing policy in Congress.
Lil Rel Howery (“Get Out”), Angela Sarafyan (“Westworld”) and Manny Montana (“Good Girls”) are set to appear in indie horror film “The Things We Hide,” co-directed and produced by Amir Noorani and Eric Bergemann. Italy’s Minerva Pictures has boarded the chiller and will launch
Leading Korean sales company Finecut has closed pre-sale deals for Park Hoon-jung’s “Tristes Tropiques” in five territories following a short-footage screening, with the full feature set to world premiere at the Cannes Film Market. Splendid Film has acquired the film for
Italy’s Leone Film Group — which is in Cannes as a producer of James Grey’s competition entry “Paper Tiger” — is set to make an ambitious origins movie about Sergio Leone’s quest to shoot “Once Upon a Time in America,” the gangster epic that premiered at Cannes in 1984 and is
Hayden Panettiere appeared on a recent episode of the “On Purpose With Jay Shetty” podcast and recounted one of the more shocking revelations from her upcoming book, “This Is Me: A Reckoning,” in which the “Nashvhille” and “Heroes” star remembers being lured by friend of hers
None of the passengers have shown hantavirus symptoms.
MANILA, May 12 - The top enforcer of former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte's deadly war on drugs urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Tuesday to not hand him over to the International Criminal Court, but said he was ready to face justice at home.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto has called on African nations to take greater control of their development financing and reduce reliance on foreign aid and unsustainable borrowing, saying the continent must assert its rightful place in global decision-making.
When Stacey Snider brings her boss Glen Basner a project she wants to make at FilmNation, he analyzes everything about her pitch — from its budget to the commercial track record of its creative team to the performance of recent films in the same genre. Basner knows the business
"It’s not even in monkeypox territory," the host noted. "But I guess reality don’t sell papers"
[UN News] The United Nations on Monday launched a major expansion of its Nairobi headquarters, with Secretary-General António Guterres and Kenyan President William Ruto marking what officials described as a significant milestone for the Organization's presence in Africa.
Netflix has bought Diego Luna’s “Ashes” for Latin America, Spain and Portugal in the run up to its world premiere in the Special Screenings section at the Cannes Film Festival. Adapted from the acclaimed novel “Ceniza en la boca,” “Ashes” follows Lucila, a young woman who
Our gut is colonized by legions of bacteria, which supply us with essential nutrients and support our health. Among them are Akkermansia bacteria, which might be helpful in the management of conditions like obesity and diabetes.
He is believed to have died after falling.
Menik Gooneratne, Nikesh Patel and Saagar Shaikh will headline “Written in the Stars,” a romantic comedy set within Melbourne’s Sri Lankan community and based on Su Dharmapala’s bestselling novel “The Wedding Season.” Production is set to begin in Melbourne next month, with
From Swedish photonics to French satellites and British fuel cells, meet this year's top-performing equities across sectors.
Phura Gyaljen Sherpa, 21, died after slipping on the snow and falling into a crevasse near Camp III.
The senator is a co-accused in cases that former president Rodrigo Duterte faces in The Hague.