Severe flooding leaves at least 100 dead and thousands homeless in Brazil

The southern state of Rio Grande do Sul has been virtually cut off from the rest of the country as flooding washed away roads and bridges and inundated airports.

A look at Chinese investment within Hungary

China has invested heavily in Hungary's infrastructure and EV cars.

Gucci Mane Grilled By Wife Over Why His 1017 Artists 'Keep Going To Jail'

Gucci Mane has been asked by his wife why artists who sign to his label 1017 Records keep getting sent to jail for crimes including murder.

SimCity, Resident Evil among five 2024 Video Game Hall of Fame inductees

Image: Maxis/Electronic Arts via Cities by Diana /YouTube 5 games join the 10th class of the World Video Game Hall of Fame Continue reading…

Train maker Alstom plans to raise €1bn to get finances back on track

As it battles to cut its debt pile, leading train manufacturer Alstom announces plans to raise €1 billion. Euronews looks into Alstom's business across Europe.

Scientists win World Food Prize for work on Global Seed Vault

Scientists Geoffrey Hawtin and Cary Fowler, who on Thursday received the prestigious World Food Prize for "their work to preserve the world's heritage of seeds", are on a mission.

Nepal's nature threatened by new development push: conservationists

Nepali conservationists condemned on Thursday new regulations permitting hydropower and hotel projects in protected nature reserves, saying they threatened to damage the habitats of tigers and other endangered animals.

Genes spatially organize for efficient mRNA splicing, study shows

The nucleus of each of your cells contains all the genetic information (the genome) necessary to build every type of cell and protein in your entire body. Like a complex library in a tiny space 50 times smaller than the width of a human hair, genes are organized into precise

Report spotlights Sudan slaughter, with new city in Darfur under siege

Human Rights Watch says that after the slaughter of civilians in Darfur’s El Geneina in November, El Fashir fears a similar fate.

US jobless claims jump to highest level since August in sign of weakening labor market

Initial filings for unemployment benefits in the US climbed to their highest level since August 2023 — a sign that the robust American labor market is cooling. Initial jobless claims increased by 22,000 to 231,000 in the week ended May 4, according to Labor Department data

Europe matters to consumers, and so does your vote

What happens in Brussels does have an impact on our daily lives, more than we are aware of, more than we credit them for. Treating it like a second-rate election would not do it right, Els Bruggeman writes.

Johnson on Greene ouster attempt: 'I don't hold grudges'

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is suggesting he wants to move on from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.)'s effort to oust him from his position. "I don't hold grudges. I've got to work with everybody. I told her last night before she left the floor, let's move on, Marjorie,"

Yemen's Houthis chief says group will target any ships related to transport of goods to Israel

DUBAI - The leader of Yemen's Houthis, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, said on Thursday the group would target ships of any company related to supplying or transporting goods to Israel regardless of their destination.

‘Black Twitter: A People’s History’ Offers a Hasty Archive of a Bygone Era: TV Review

Black Twitter was something you were either aware of, or you weren’t. However, the influence of Black culture on the social media platform can’t be understated. Hulu’s “Black Twitter: A People’s History,” based on Jason Parham’s 2021 Wired cover story and directed by Prentice

Barack Obama Senior Advisor Eric Schultz Talks ‘The Girls on the Bus’ Cameo and Consulting on ‘Civil War’

Eric Schultz knows his way around politics. The Washington, D.C. consultant served as deputy White House press secretary during the Obama Administration from 2014-2017. He’s also worked for Sen. Charles Schumer and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee But in the last

North Korea appears to be building new submarine for attacks, group says

Hull components and equipment used in submarine construction have been seen at a shipyard.

Probing neptunium's atomic structure with laser spectroscopy

A new technique developed by researchers in Germany can measure ionization states of this element more precisely than before, with implications for its detection and remediation in radioactive waste.

The Unstoppable Noise That Was Steve Albini

The legendary musician, producer, and writer lived by his own fiercely stubborn code of punk DIY ethics, and he reigned for decades as one of rock's most brilliant provocateurs

How aging clocks tick: New study points to stochastic changes in cells

Aging clocks can measure the biological age of humans with high precision. Biological age can be influenced by environmental factors such as smoking or diet, thus deviating from chronological age that is calculated using the date of birth. The precision of these aging clocks

Research presents 2D dipole orientation method for mapping cells

Due to the high transparency of cells, it is very difficult to observe the organelles within them. Biologists can label specific organelles for observation through fluorescence staining. This is somewhat analogous to being in an environment without light where everyone is

Axelrod: Biden 'pride' may cost him election

Senior Democratic strategist David Axelrod hit President Biden over his economic messaging on Wednesday following a campaign event in Milwaukee, saying the president’s “pride” could be his undoing in November. Biden has consistently framed struggles with the economy in the past

Isobel Campbell – “Dopamine”

Isobel Campbell was an OG member of Belle And Sebastian sang lead on some of that band’s best early songs. After she left, she made a lot of great music with the late Mark Kozelek. She has a catalog . Next week, she’ll release her new solo album Bow To Love . I have heard it,

Turkey says it is not easing Israel export ban

ANKARA - Israeli claims of Ankara easing its trade ban with Israel are \"absolutely fictional and have nothing to do with reality,\" Turkish Trade Minister Omer Bolat said on Thursday, as Ankara introduced a three-month reprieve for companies with existing export deals to Israel.

Weezer Enjoy ‘The Good Life,’ Celebrate the Blue Album on John Mulaney’s ‘Everybody’s in L.A.’

The band performed the Pinkerton favorite, as well as "Buddy Holly," on the comedian's one-week-only talk show

Soon Your Nintendo Switch Won't Connect To Twitter Any More

Elon Musk continues to run X (formerly Twitter) in a variety of questionable ways, and surely one of the oddest is the decision to charge vast amounts of money for access to the site’s API. As such, major firms are dropping integration with the hellsite, the latest being

Roblox Stock Tumbles on Disappointing Guidance

CFPB rule to save Americans $10 billion a year in late fees faces possible last-minute freeze

The credit card regulation is part of President Joe Biden's broader election-year war against what he deems junk fees.

Robinhood stocks are up, despite being under the SEC's scrutiny

Robinhood’s shares surged by approximately 6% on Thursday morning following the announcement of its record quarterly revenue and profits that exceeded analysts’ predictions. Read more...

As cuts and closures batter the industry, Capcom posts its 7th consecutive year of record-high profits and says the 8th is just around the corner

Capcom sold more games this year than in any previous year in its history.

Virginia senators vow to delay FAA extension without vote on Reagan flights

Virginia Sens. Tim Kaine (D) and Mark Warner (D) say they won’t agree to fast track a one-week extension of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act unless colleagues commit to holding a vote on their amendment to eliminate a provision to add five new

Alternating triangular charge density wave domains observed within a layered superconducting compound

A research team consisting of NIMS and the Tokyo University of Science observed charge density waves (CDWs) within niobium diselenide (NbSe2)—a layered compound—at cryogenic temperatures and discovered that they form alternating triangular domains characterized by two

New fluidic system advances development of artificial blood vessels and biomedicine applications

Nature consistently inspires engineering applications. Recently, a group of researchers from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) drew new inspiration from the vascular network and developed a new type of fluidic system named VasFluidics.

A Baidu executive is doubling down on intense work culture, telling staff 'I'm not your mom'

An executive at Chinese tech giant Baidu wants employees that are seriously devoted to the company — even if it hurts their personal lives. Read more...

McCarthy says he 'couldn't live' with himself if he did deal with Democrats to save Speakership

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) reflected on the end of his Speakership on Thursday while taking a dig at Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), saying he “couldn’t live” with himself if he cut a deal with Democrats to keep his job. McCarthy was ousted from the Speakership in

New DNA origami technique promises advances in medicine

A new technique in building DNA structures at a microscopic level has the potential to advance drug delivery and disease diagnosis, a study suggests.

Matt Rife Nods to Domestic Violence Joke Controversy, Quips After Trans Jokes: ‘What Am I Gonna Do? Get Canceled? … That’s Not a Real Punishment’

During his sold-out Hollywood Bowl show on Wednesday, Matt Rife nodded to his controversial 2023 Netflix special, which sparked ire due to a joke about domestic violence. He broached the subject during a nearly 90-minute set featuring jokes about drugs, old people and insomnia.