GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Iran's economy is facing high inflation and other challenges, partly due to U.S. sanctions, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday, underscoring Washington's concerns about Tehran cracking down violently on anti-regime
AUCKLAND, Jan 9 - Fifteen whales restranded and six have died after a mass stranding at Farewell Spit on the coast of New Zealand’s South Island, conservation group Project Jonah said on Friday, as volunteers prepared to attempt to refloat them.
Katie Anderson has been named executive vice president of acquisitions at upsizing indie label Black Bear. Coming from her role as VP at Sony Pictures, Anderson joins newly-minted Black Bear president and former CAA indie sales whiz Ben Kramer at the shop. She will service the
[SNA] - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has expressed regret over the joint statement issued by the African Union (AU) Commission on 6 January 2026, titled "Joint Statement between the African Union Commission and the United Arab Emirates (UAE),"
In addition to the instrumentals that brought him underground renown, the Columbus DJ-producer RJD2 (back home after a years-long stint in Philly) has frequently embarked on album-length collaborations with rappers. Around the time he released his classic debut album
The Paris Accord, signed on Tuesday by members of a “coalition of the willing” and aimed at providing security and economic guarantees for Ukraine, is a strange agreement. If it is taken seriously, it will convince the Russians to change their strategy in Ukraine, meaning the
GM is the latest car company to pull back from EVs in response to the Trump administration's policies and fading demand.
It also appears that CD Projekt has a pretty powerful incentive for releasing something big and new before the end of 2026.
Senate Republicans on Thursday lamented President Trump’s call for the ouster of five GOP members who voted with Democrats and dealt him a blow on the Venezuela war powers resolution, indicating the president's angry rant was a mistake as the party enters an election year.
Last November, Liverpool-based singer-songwriter Hank Bee announced her new EP a sudden hankering with the open-armed single “Corner.” Today she’s returned with another new song called “10:23.” “10:23” is a lilting rock song that embodies early works from folk-rockers Sharon
The Mario maker previously paid a fired contractor $26,000 The post Nintendo Faces Fresh Labor Complaints Three Years After Union-Busting Settlement appeared first on Kotaku .
A quantum trick based on interferometric measurements allows a team of researchers at LMU to detect even the smallest movements of a laser beam with extreme sensitivity.
Roxane Gay on the Guerrilla Girls, the uncertain future of the dictionary, Trump’s attacks on Venezuela and manufacturing consent, anti-ICE whistles, Snoopy turns 75, and more.
Lorwyn Eclipsed hasn't even been released, but player confusion has already led to a a rules correction on a card in the Dance of the Elements deck
During black summer, my daughters were too young to know what was happening. Now, amid another Australian heatwave, they deserve answers When the forecasts for this week started to roll in, my mind immediately drifted back to Australia’s black summer. I had taken my daughters
Traders placed wagers on whether the US will invade Cuba in 2026 – giving it a 10% chance – as well as when a possible strike might take place.
The Trump administration said Thursday it is considering the addition of a second floor for the West Wing in an effort to create "symmetry" amid the reconstruction of the East Wing ballroom. “We’re considering the idea of a modest one-story addition to the West Wing,” architect
Using a blend of computer modeling, structural and cell-based studies, scientists at The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute have designed a group of potential diabetes drugs that reprogram insulin-resistant cells into a healthier state while limiting side effect risks of older
Lantlôs are back. The experimental post-black metal project fronted by Markus Skye — formerly known as Markus Siegenhort aka Herbst — announced a new album Nowhere In Between Forever, out April 3. The follow-up to 2021’s Wildhund has been introduced by the new single “Daisies.”
Vulnerable Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) clapped back at President Trump on Thursday over his irate social media post blasting the “stupidity” of GOP senators who voted for a war powers resolution and declaring that they “should never be elected to office again.” “The president
Mars, often depicted as a barren red planet, is far from lifeless. With its thin atmosphere and dusty surface, it is an energetic and electrically charged environment where dust storms and dust devils continually reshape the landscape, creating dynamic processes that have
Vice President Vance announced Thursday the Trump administration is establishing a new assistant attorney general position focused on investigating fraud. The announcement follows the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) investigation into allegations of mass welfare fraud in
[New Dawn] The Ministry of Information has clarified that Liberia did not make any national statement on the situation in Venezuela at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), contrary to speculation circulating on social media.
White House officials on Thursday presented their plans for the presidential ballroom to the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) and defended the demolition of the East Wing, citing structural concerns that made any attempt at renovations "not feasible." Architect
Buffalo 8 has acquired the North American distribution rights to “The Raven,” a gothic horror thriller adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s narrative poems “The Raven” and “Annabel Lee.” The film is set in a dark and shadowy 1940s-inspired world, following a grieving man’s descent
A large-scale register-based study conducted at the University of Oulu, Finland, shows that the propensity of top corporate executives to engage in financial misconduct is strongly associated with the financial crime history of their parents, spouses, and their childhood living
Severe winds, snow and freezing temperatures buffeted Europe with the arrival of Storm Goretti on Thursday, prompting forecasters from Britain to Germany to issue weather warnings.
Ángel Manuel Soto's action-comedy film debuts on Prime Video later this month.
Director Johannes Roberts talks Stephen King, practical gore effects, and massively rewriting the script right before shooting.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) took a swing at Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday over the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in his city, saying “she knows her narrative about domestic terrorism is bulls‑‑‑.”
An endangered mountain gorilla has given birth to twins in the Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, whose remarkable biodiversity has long been threatened by the region's litany of conflicts.
Sean “Diddy” Combs wrote a letter to President Trump requesting a pardon, the president told the New York Times during a two-hour interview with the publication published Thursday. However, the president is not considering granting the request, according to the publication.
A few months ago, UK pop star Lily Allen returned with West End Girl , an extremely focused and specific breakup album that sure seems to be about her seemingly-past marriage to another famous person. The album generated a whole lot of buzz and conversation, and Allen will take
A recent study provides answers to three seemingly disparate yet pressing cosmic dawn puzzles. Specifically, the authors show how dark stars could help explain the unexpected discovery of "blue monster" galaxies, the numerous early overmassive black hole galaxies, and the
Auto-brewery syndrome is a devastating and poorly understood condition, but effective treatments could be on the way The post How Some People Get Drunk Without Drinking appeared first on Nautilus .
As Malaysian students rack up wins at global robotics contests, Malay-language science influencers are bringing STEM to life online.
On today’s episode of the “Daily Variety” podcast, in our Cover Story segment, Variety’s Daniel D’Addario discusses his revelatory profile of Jodie Foster, published in Variety‘s Jan. 7 print magazine and online. And Marc Malkin has a Just for Variety Red Carpet Rundown from
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) on Wednesday stood by his tenant adviser as she faced sharp blowback for calling home ownership a “weapon of white supremacy” in resurfaced social media posts from 2019. Mamdani did not address the substance of Cea Weaver’s “white
Vital Shell is the best sort of surprise mash-up The post Holy Crap, Look At This Freaking Game About Giant Fantasy Mechs appeared first on Kotaku .
Cue "I'll Stand By You." Chrissie Hynde has logged on to decry a Vogue article criticizing the late Brigitte Bardot. The post Chrissie Hynde Is Here To Defend Brigitte Bardot’s Honor appeared first on Stereogum .
Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island have uncovered the largest and most extended stream of super-heated gas ever observed flowing from a nearby galaxy, providing the clearest evidence yet that a supermassive black hole can dramatically reshape
Nonfarm payrolls likely rose by 73,000 last month while the unemployment rate edged lower to 4.5%, according to the Dow Jones consensus.
Desperation is driving Iranians into the streets, where they're shouting 'Death to Khamenei.' The roots of these intensifying protests lie both in decades of deficits and sanctions to the panic that hit markets after last year's 12 day war with Israel
When Martina Radwan, the director of the documentary “One Last Adventure: The Making of Stranger Things 5,” first met with Matt and Ross Duffer, the show’s creators, she told them that yes, she would want to celebrate the series by showing how the final season was made. But she
Minneapolis City Council member Robin Wonsley (D) on Thursday rebuked the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Minnesota after a woman was shot and killed by one of the agency's officers Wednesday. Renee Nicole Macklin Good was fatally shot by an
Venezuela's interim Government of caretaker President Delcy Rodríguez released a series of foreign and domestic political prisoners on Thursday, including three Argentine nationals, it was reported in Caracas.
Christie’s auctions off a painting by Jimmy Carter, Trump sells a painting of Jesus, King Charles hands out honors, and more.
A new study led by Yale anthropologist Catherine Panter-Brick examines how stakeholders in socially diverse, conflict-affected societies conceptualize everyday peace, drawing on a comparative analysis across different groups of people. The findings offer insights that can
Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and Sabrina Carpenter lead the nominations for the iHeartRadio Music Awards 2026, taking place on March 26 at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre. Swift leads the pack with nine nominations, including song of the year for “The Fate of Ophelia,” artist of the year
