Taylor Swift Says ‘There Is No Music Community Like This’ at Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame Speech

The superstar was inducted by Brad Paisley on Monday night, marking her second Songwriters Hall of Fame induction of the year

Netanyahu's political survival on the line as Israel votes

By Steven Scheer and Pesha Magid JERUSALEM, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a fight for political survival in Israel's election on Tuesday, with voters weighing his leadership after the 2023 Hamas-led attacks, wars in Gaza and with Iran, and Israel's

Explainer-Israel election: What happens after polls close?

By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Israel holds a parliamentary election on Tuesday, its first since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 that shook the country and plunged the Middle East into turmoil. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hold on power is at stake,

South Korea's economy grows faster than expected in third quarter

Zoologist's study of wild Panamanian bats highlights use of metrics to inform bat conservation

Bats are not only a marvel of myth and imagination but also of energy use, working at the height of their energetic ceiling to fly the night skies the world over.

Trump fires back at Obama's Cheesecake Factory jab

President Trump fired back at former President Obama during a Monday night rally in Corinth, Miss., after the former commander in chief likened Trump’s White House renovations to a Cheesecake Factory while on the campaign trail over the weekend. “‘Donald Trump spends a lot of

Vance announces $57M grant boost for meatpacking facilities

Vice President Vance announced Monday that the Agriculture Department is investing millions of dollars in new grants toward meatpacking facilities. He made the announcement while campaigning for Sen. Roger Marshall (R) in Kansas. The vice president said the grants would go

Australia warns of ‘unprecedented’ AI threat

Global worries about AI tools are mounting after a string of hacking incidents involving developers such as OpenAI and Anthropic.

Hubert de la Bouillerie, Editor on ‘Woodstock,’ ‘Witches of Eastwick,’ Dies at 75

Hubert de la Bouillerie, who edited films including George Miller’s “The Witches of Eastwick” and “Tango & Cash,” died Aug. 8 in Los Angeles. He was 75. Among his credits was additional editing on the 1970 documentary “Woodstock,” along with “Highlander II: The Quickening,”

Harry Kane is this year’s men’s winner of the Ballon...

Harry Kane is this year’s men’s winner of the Ballon d’Or . 100% the right choice — he had the best season of anyone. Like, almost ever.

New online tool to help turn food waste into opportunity

Western Australian businesses can now make better-informed decisions about reducing food waste and turning discarded materials into valuable products, thanks to a new online toolkit.

The 50 most-played Steam Next Fest demos include 7 incremental games, 4 AI disclosures, and only one instance of haystack slop

Ten years ago, this list would have shocked most PC gamers.

Fossils from brickworks reveal new dinosaur species that roamed England's wetlands 125 million years ago

More than 25 years after it was first discovered, a new species and genus of dinosaur have been named from the fossil collections cared for by the Natural History Museum. Paludohadros proudlovii was discovered at wienerberger's Ewhurst brick and roof tile works (Ewhurst Works)

Netflix Hires Steve Wilson to Lead Podcast Content Acquisition

Netflix has hired Steve Wilson to head its podcast expansion, Variety has confirmed. Wilson will lead the company’s podcast content acquisitions on a contract basis. Before heading to Netflix, Wilson spent 15 years at Apple, where he most recently headed marketing for Apple

Taylor Swift Inducted Into Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame: ‘Not Lost on Me How Crazy This Is”

The pop superstar was in attendance at the Monday night gala in Music City, where she officially became the youngest-ever member of the Nashville institution

Macklemore Launches ‘Free Palestine’ Tour With Hozier and Kneecap in Dublin

The show kicked off the rapper's series of charity concerts after he was removed from Ed Sheeran's tour for "free Palestine" statements — and it featured Sheeran's own backing band

Marvel's Forgotten Mass Effect Clone Couldn't Escape the Avengers' Failure

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy was released five years ago and is still one of the best superhero games around, no matter what Square Enix thinks.

'I'm a single mum on £41,000 and limit my weekly shop to £40.' What do you want from the Budget?

People earning from £380 a month to £150,000 a year tell the BBC what they want to see in this year's Budget.

27 exoplanet targets for the world's first private space telescope

The Lazuli Space Telescope will be the first private space telescope. It's the brainchild of Eric Schmidt, Google's former CEO. It will have a 3-meter mirror (9.8 feet), larger than Hubble's 2.4-meter mirror (7.9 feet), and will be launched by 2029.

New binary gene expression system enables independent control of multiple cell types

Our bodies are composed of many different types of cells that work together to build and maintain normal physiological functions. In the central nervous system, for example, neurons transmit information, while glial cells such as astrocytes regulate the environment surrounding

Africa: Uganda Joins AU-UN Push for Stronger African Peacebuilding

[Nile Post] Uganda has joined African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN) efforts to strengthen peacebuilding across Africa through coordinated interventions, improved financing and closer cooperation with countries emerging from conflict.

Neil Young Files $10 Million Suit Against Trump for Using ‘Rockin’ in the Free World,’ Six Years After a Prior Settlement Over the Same Song

Neil Young has filed a $10 million lawsuit Monday against Donald J. Trump’s political action committee, Trump 47 Committee Inc., alleging copyright infringement for the ongoing use of Young’s song “Rockin’ in the Free World” as the president’s walkup music at midterm election

Drought forces livestock farmers to make tough decisions: Our model shows the impact on inequality

Climate change is amplifying extreme weather conditions across southern Africa. Dry seasons are getting hotter and drier, while rains are becoming heavier and more concentrated. This means greater swings between production surplus and scarcity for rural communities that make

House GOP to hold leadership elections a week after Election Day

House Republicans are slated to hold their leadership elections on Nov. 10, according to two GOP staffers, who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Politico, which first reported the news, noted that Republicans will hold a two-hour candidate forum that morning before voting

‘Nobody Wants This’ Star Tovah Feldshuh Responds to Adam Brody’s Palestine Support: ‘To Accuse the Jewish People of Genocide’ Is ‘Right Out of Hitler’s Playbook’

“Nobody Wants This” star Tovah Feldshuh has weighed in after Adam Brody called for a “Free Palestine” during a GQ interview last month. At the time, the actor, who plays Rabbi Noah Roklov on the Netflix show, explained that while he hadn’t spoken publicly about the Israel-Gaza

Africa: Tanzania Touts African Solutions

[Daily News] Iowa -- Tanzania has urged African countries to maximise their agricultural potential to end edible oil shortages, saying just five countries can meet the continent's demand through increased domestic production.

South Africa's lion-petting industry: We spent three years investigating and here's what we found

An estimated 8,000 lions are held in captivity in South Africa in about 350 places, ranging from zoos to tourism venues where people can interact up close with the big cats. Lions are also bred for live trade, trade in body parts and captive hunts.

Ben & Jerry’s founders explore deal to separate brand from owner after previous clashes: report

Ben & Jerry's owner Magnum sayd the ice cream brand isn't for sale.

Appeals court rules against DOJ in California ballot fight

A federal appeals court panel Monday refused to order California to set aside 20,000 mail ballots that the Trump administration says are likely from noncitizens. In a 2-1 vote, the panel found it has no jurisdiction and the administration needs to wait for the trial judge to

Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Ali G: Who Iz I?’ to Stream on Prime Video Days After Brief Theatrical Stint

Amazon MGM Studios released the comedy in theaters over the weekend for a two-day run.

DoorDash in talks to buy delivery rival Instacart in $17B deal: report

Instacart's deal talks with Uber are no longer active, a source told rivals.

Inside the narcissistic brain: fMRI research sheds light on the narcissist's struggle with empathy

Many people have narcissistic traits to some degree, for example, confidence in one's own superiority, a sense of entitlement and a desire to be the center of attention. However, some people have notably higher levels of narcissistic traits than others, and the neural basis of

The Memo: El-Sayed allies argue Trump’s anti-Muslim attacks will backfire

President Trump is intensifying his anti-Muslim attacks on Abdul El-Sayed in the final stretch of campaigning before Election Day. At a Sunday rally in Michigan, Trump unleashed a volley of Islamophobic comments against El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee who is seeking to become

Macklemore Calls for Unity During First ‘Free Palestine’ Show: ‘Those Two Words Are So Threatening to Some People’

Macklemore dedicated his “Free Palestine” tour date to “love and liberation” as he kicked off the three-show trek in Dublin, Ireland, just over a month after he was dropped as an opener for Ed Sheeran following a political speech on stage. After bringing out Hozier and Kneecap

Inside the Mind of a Narcissist

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Disney+ Strikes Landmark Content Deal With U.K.’s Channel 4 That Streamer Says Is Among Its ‘Most Significant’ Globally

Disney+ has made what it claims is one of the “most significant’ content arrangements with broadcasters around the world to bring local content to its platform, striking a landmark deal with U.K. network Channel 4. The first-of-its-kind deal will see the Channel 4 service

Skydance Institutes Company-Wide Mandatory Return To Office So It Can Avoid Saying ‘Layoffs’ So Soon After Merger

In addition to a five-days-a-week in-office mandate, the company is also offering employee buyouts

World of Warcraft: Forever's last-minute patch transforms its bovines into racecars capable of zooming 60% faster than everyone else

Blizzard dropped a final balance pass for each playable race's unique abilities.

Water into fuel: The new nanomaterial that could upgrade green hydrogen

Generating hydrogen without releasing carbon dioxide sounds simple: pass electricity through water, split water molecules and generate green hydrogen. The hard part is the electrocatalyst. The best ones rely on platinum, ruthenium and iridium, which are scarce and expensive. We

Glowing ghoul or chemical tool? The toxic chemistry behind Victorian séances

In November 1857, during a séance in Jersey City, the medium Leah Brown claimed her body produced luminous particles. So intense was the luminosity emanating from her, she recalled in her memoir, that it almost burned her hands. She rinsed her hands under a tap and then pushed

Sian Heder Used Her “Moment of Power” After Winning an Oscar to Get ‘Being Heumann’ Made

The 'CODA' filmmaker is back, this time telling the story of disability rights activist Judy Heumann.

George Takei Honors ‘Star Trek’ Co-Star Walter Koenig: ‘Keep Navigating a Steady Course’

Takei looked back at his nearly six-decade friendship with Koenig following his death at 90

Comey reacts to new charges: 'Funny' if it weren't 'appalling abuse' of DOJ

Former FBI Director James Comey on Monday slammed his new charges from the Trump administration. “Well, they’re back, again. It would almost be funny if it weren’t such an appalling abuse of the Department of Justice, one that we cannot become numb to. Nothing’s changed with

Africa: Ex-African Leaders Stress Need to Accelerate Integration, Tech Sovereignty for Africa's Future

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Former African leaders and senior officials called for accelerated continental integration, greater investment in technological capabilities, and stronger African institutions.

Africa: Tana Forum Concludes With Call for African Sovereignty, Integration

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The 12th Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa concluded in Bahir Dar with current and former African leaders calling for accelerated regional integration, technological sovereignty and concrete action to address the continent's peace and security

On borrowed time? Massie vows move to impeach Hegseth if not already out after midterms

Presented by Palantir {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security PRESENTED BY The Big Story On borrowed time? Massie vows move to impeach Hegseth if not already out after midterms Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), has indicated he would reintroduce articles of

Here’s How The Way Activision Talks About Call Of Duty Launch Weekend Sales Has Changed Over Nearly 20 Years

It hasn't been bragging about Modern Warfare 4 sales despite rave reviews

Healey vows cheaper marmalade and gherkins in pre-Budget package of 'everyday fixes'

The chancellor will axe tariffs on some staples as part of plans to give households "breathing space".

Spending in‑person time with friends is the biggest predictor of whether college students flourish

Exercise, avoiding alcohol or even getting enough sleep aren't the factors most connected to college students' well-being. Spending face-to-face time with friends and other people is the strongest predictor of their mental health, according to a 2026 study of nearly 80,000

Lula bucks prediction markets with Brazilian presidential win

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva bucked prediction market odds with his unlikely win in the Brazilian presidential runoff election this weekend. On Sunday, Lula was rated an underdog in the election, as his odds were at 20.2 percent on Kalshi and 20.5 percent on