Announcing the award, Jørgen Watne Frydnes, the chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said the award was going to a "person who with exceptional courage and integrity has led the way towards a more comprehensive global legal order."
Blue damselfish, with their striking blue hue, are easy to spot, even along Okinawa's heavily urbanized coastlines. But while abundant, their gene activity reveals a hidden cost to living in human-impacted environments.
Researchers from the University of Oxford and international collaborators have revealed previously unseen rapid chemical stages in the formation of β-lactam antibiotics like penicillin, offering insights that can support future antibiotic development. The findings have been
Octopuses, squid and cuttlefish, collectively known as coleoid cephalopods, have evolved exceptionally large and elaborately structured nervous systems capable of complex behaviors such as problem-solving and rapid camouflage. A new study by scientists at the University of
UTA and Gold House are joining forces at the Busan International Film Festival and in Seoul this month, marking the Asian Pacific advocacy organization’s first official foray into Korea as the two look to connect Asian creatives and investors with Hollywood. The partnership
Iran’s economy is suffering. But some of the Trump administration’s dire projections have failed to come to fruition.
The FBI says the arrests targeted fraud rings accused of scamming 89 victims, as part of a global effort against online fraud compounds that can also trap trafficking victims and force them to work for criminal networks.
Wildfires have piled pressure on already endangered orangutans, forcing local groups and authorities to carry out high-stakes rescues of animals suffering smoke inhalation and burns.
There has been little movement toward installing a permanent comptroller general who could challenge Trump's funding moves before the Supreme Court.
The Iowa Republican said his team is working to make withheld documents available after last month’s hearing.
BERLIN, Oct 9 - Germany's former spy chief August Hanning, who has been placed under arrest for suspected espionage, had longstanding contacts to a former senior Chinese general, Spiegel magazine reported.
Isaias strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane on Thursday as it headed toward the U.S. Gulf Coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, prompting mandatory evacuations and disrupting oil and gas production.
French S&D MEP Emma Rafowicz says Emmanuel Macron’s government is “completely irresponsible” in its handling of the ongoing student protests in France.
The ranking was determined by a study monitoring audience's heart rates and BPM increases while watching horror films.
Speaking at an MPA and Disney+ event during the Busan International Film Festival, the executive surveyed Disney’s Asian originals slate and discussed the trends shaping the region’s streaming business, from Korean co-productions to opportunities in anime.
Special plastic trays that can be secured to the belt will hold the plates in place on the move.
She took off in a single-seat JAS 39C from a military air base in southern Surat Thani province.
Four astronauts returned to Earth from the International Space Station on Thursday after hurrying there eight months ago to replace an ailing colleague and his crew.
Helen Clark, former prime minister of New Zealand, says a form of associate membership of the European Union, similar to the proposal for Canada, would be “very interesting”. She highlights access to the single market as a potential key benefit for a “distant trading country”
Everton owners the Friedkin Group are exploring the sale of the club less than two years after taking control.
A 60-year-old is alleged to have shot and killed a male and a female employee of the Neumarkt District Office during a routine weapons check.
NEW DELHI, Oct 9 - The leader of India's \"Cockroach\" youth movement said a major planned protest would go ahead in New Delhi on Saturday, despite the detentions of followers he estimated to run into the thousands, calling for the resignation of the top poll official.
While drone attacks are becoming a major threat in armed conflicts, Britain's nuclear submarines are revealed to use "fire hoses" to defend themselves against air attacks, reports say.
The winner of the European Green Capital 2028 awards is going home with €600,000 to help turn ambition into further action.
David Byrne will always be most widely known as the co-founder and frontman of Talking Heads. That may count among the greatest possible achievements for any artist — to the minds of many an Open Culture reader, at least — but it must occasionally frustrate the man himself.
The Bourne movies remain some of the grittiest, most thrilling spy action Hollywood has ever made.
Theo Rollason discusses his feature directorial debut, exec produced by Tilda Swinton and Sandy Powell, now screening at the London Film Fest, and how “anti-trans rhetoric and attacks on queer rights [are] again intensifying.”
Bavaria Media Intl., the distribution arm of Bavaria Film Group, has unveiled a slate of scripted shows ahead of TV market Mipcom, including German TV hits “Mordach,” “Home-Made Christmas,” “Fanny’s Extraordinary World” and “Throughout the Years.” The crime lineup features
A rare David Bowie self-portrait is going on auction at Sotheby’s, featuring the musician and artist’s own handprints. The 1996 work is part of eight self-portraits Bowie created during a prolific period of painting, all of which were snapped up immediately. Done on paper, the
Opposition parties and critics claim that the electoral-roll revision will benefit PM Modi's BJP.
The EU could have to curb gas consumption by 7% this winter, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis warned on Friday, with stocks at their lowest for the time of year on record and the Iran war keeping prices high ahead of a full ban on Russian LNG imports
Yulia Klymenko, a member of Ukraine’s parliament, says Russia “cannot achieve anything on the front line” and is therefore waging a “fight and genocide against civilians” in Ukraine, following a targeted attack that killed 33 civilians.
South Africa saw violent anti-immigration protests in Soweto and Durban on Thursday, 8 October, after a Constitutional Court ruling eased restrictions on asylum applications.
Torrential rain caused severe flooding in Santiago, Chile, leaving homes, clinics and university buildings under water.
Anwar is entering the final year of a tumultuous term as Malaysia’s leader, in which his coalition has lost ground to the opposition.
The central European nation has been facing a critical water shortage following a drought that began in the second half of 2025.
The police said syndicates had also used Ipoh Airport after security controls at KLIA were tightened.
kyShowtime’s “The Homicide Unit” produced by Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) Sweden, and Iceland’s “Fjord” have been added to Reinvent Yellow Sales’ Mipcom slate.The two crime shows feature top female investigators played by internationally acclaimed
On 30 September 2026, the 4th EU-Faroe Islands Joint Research and Innovation Committee meeting under Horizon Europe took place in Brussels. The meeting was co-chaired by Ms. Mina Stareva, Deputy Head of Unit for ‘International cooperation – Europe and Americas’, DG Research and
International sales on “Starbright,” Francesco Lucente’s English-language fantasy adventure starring John Rhys-Davies, Diego Boneta and Alexandra Dowling, have gone to Cappu Films, which sealed the deal on the eve of the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents & Film
Neha Bora has emerged as one of the most recognisable faces from India's recent Gen Z-led protests.
Xu Fu went to the Middle East for the money. The Shenyang cook, played by Shen Teng in “Once Upon a Time in the Middle East,” takes the head-chef job at the Dragon Restaurant because the pay could help clear his family’s debts. When war breaks out, he is shaken from his sleep
Microsoft bundled its AI-powered Office features into Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscriptions last year, but it only allowed the primary account holder to access the AI benefits. Now, Microsoft is about to let Microsoft 365 Family and Premium subscribers share Copilot
Firmus said it had made the decision due to "recent market volatility and prevailing market conditions".
Last week, eight Chinese-made light attack jets sat on a half-finished runway at Ban Keun, flanked by more than two dozen military support vehicles, offering the first aerial glimpse of a new Chinese-Lao military facility north of the Lao capital, Vientiane. The speed of the
Meredith Whittaker says the tech has been misunderstood, in an exclusive interview with BBC Global Women.
French EU lawmaker Rima Hassan has denied throwing to the floor the EU flag at a 7 October commemoration, stressing she has asked for the CCTV footages to be made available to the press.
Crimes involving US forces in Japan have long inflamed criticism of the troops’ presence in the country.
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