A British couple held in Iran on espionage charges spoke by phone Tuesday with relatives in the UK for the first time since they were detained in January, their family announced. It comes after their children learned over the weekend that Lindsay and Craig Foreman, both 52,
More countries must recognise a Palestinian state and stand up to Israel to stop its "genocidal activities", South Africa's Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola told AFP in an interview Tuesday. Pretoria has been a leading critic of Israel's actions in Gaza, bringing a case before
Philip Bump on the results of a recent poll. What Makes an American? Three in 10 Republicans Say: Being White.
International Anthem maintains its status as your favorite indie rocker’s favorite modern-day jazz label — or at least my favorite modern-day jazz label — in part by maintaining connections with the indie rock community in its home city of Chicago. One example is the label’s
The two artists connected during the pandemic and embarked on a journey to Italy to stoke a collaboration. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article In
In a televised address, Muhammad Yunus said he would request the Election Commission to organise the vote before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
US envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to visit Moscow this week, as Trump's deadline for Russia to agree a ceasefire with Ukraine looms.
David Bowie’s late-era material is getting the box set treatment. The sixth in a series of career-spanning archival releases from the chameleonic rocker, David Bowie 6. I Can’t Give Everything Away (2002 – 2016) , is out on September 12 on vinyl, cd, and digital. We here at
Spider-Punk, aka Hobie Brown, has a movie in development at Sony, with Daniel Kaluuya co-writing and reprising his role from the Spider-Verse sequel.
A toppled statue dedicated to the memory of Confederate officer Albert Pike will soon be reinstalled in Washington, D.C., according to the Department of Interior. The statue will be back in Judiciary Square by October, according to The Washington Post, who first reported the
A new Roblox game heavily inspired by Peak, the hot new social game on Steam, has ruffled the feathers of both developers and players alike.
Maybe they're just that excited for a promising new Battlefield.
Unemployment rates among tech workers between 20 and 30 years old jumped by 3 percentage points since the start of this year, said Goldman Sachs' Joseph Briggs.
In this video , Maurice Moves highlights a pair of flashlights that are extremely useful & well-designed but also shockingly affordable. Most people never think about flashlights, but as someone who uses one daily for work, it’s always top of mind, and the tech, value, and
Delegates at UN treaty talks must not allow negotiations to be derailed again by fossil fuel interests Plastic pollution has reached the most remote and inaccessible parts of our beleaguered planet. It has been found in Greenland’s ice cap , near the summit of Mount Everest,
The brother of Israeli hostage Evyatar David called on the world to "come together" to secure his freedom following the publication of a video in which the emaciated captive was shown purportedly digging his own grave. David, 24, is one of 251 people taken captive by Hamas and
Young chimpanzees learn their communication style from their mother and maternal relatives, but show little similarity to the communication behavior of their father and paternal relatives, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Joseph Mine at
Indie film icon Larry Fessenden is planning a monster mash — and it’s gearing up to be a graveyard smash. The horror multi-hyphenate has just wrapped filming of his upcoming film — “Larry Fessenden’s Trauma Or, Monsters All” — and is heading into post-production, Variety can
The 2028 presidential race is already underway, with potential Democratic candidates Kamala Harris and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez looking to deliver bold prescriptions for the nation's economic woes.
Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz (D) has locked down the votes he needs to replace Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) as Senate Democratic whip once Durbin retires from Congress at the end of next year, according to a person familiar with Schatz’s support. Schatz, the Democratic chief deputy
HBO’s “The White Lotus” is bringing the show’s sun-soaked resort life to home kitchens with its first official cookbook. The culinary tie-in features more than 50 recipes inspired by each of the season’s luxury locales — from Thailand to Hawaii and Italy. Authored by Jarrett
The move comes as David Ellison installs the new executive team at the studio.
He reportedly shouted something about launching nukes into space The post The Internet Reacts To President Trump Wandering Around On The White House Roof appeared first on Kotaku .
Among the Arab public, 86 percent of respondents said they are 'very troubled' or 'somewhat troubled' about the situation in Gaza. The poll also found a much greater degree of concern among left-wing Jews
Mike Ireland, president of Paramount Motion Picture Group, is exiting the studio amid the pending closure of the Paramount-Skydance deal. Studio sources tell Variety that Ireland will stay on in a consulting role to help with the transition, and is also considering an offer for
Ghislaine Maxwell, the accomplice of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, urged a federal judge Tuesday to reject the Trump administration’s bid to unseal grand jury transcripts in her case. David Oscar Markus, Maxwell’s attorney, said she “has no choice” to oppose the
The PKK had waged an armed insurgency against Turkey since 1984, initially with the aim of establishing a Kurdish state in the southeast of the country.
The legendary Jens Lekman seems to appear in manipulated for m on the new Burial single , but he’s coming back loud and clear with his own new high-concept project next month. Lekman’s new album Songs For Other People’s Weddings was created in tandem with a novel of the same
RTA in Japan is working with Nintendo to individually license future usage of the company's first-party video games The post Nintendo Forces Speedrunning Group To Apply For Permission To Feature Any Of Its Games appeared first on Kotaku .
In a year of ambitious big-swing horror movies, Weapons brings to mind David Fincher, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Stephen King.
Eight IGN employees lost their jobs merely a month after parent company Ziff Davis completed three acquisitions.
Big Thief keep releasing singles from their new album, and, unsurprisingly, those songs continue to be good. Today, we get two more of them to follow “ Incomprehensible ” and “ All Night All Day .” This new pairing keeps up the loose, shimmery, expansive vibe that clearly
Battlefield 6's developers talk the game's campaign, villains, Pax Armata, and why politics doesn't mix with a road map.
The feature marks writer-director Raine Allen-Miller's follow-up to the 2023 romantic comedy 'Rye Lane.'
Against this backdrop, Congress has a rare and urgent opportunity to act.
The band is celebrating their album Rushmere with a revamped Railroad Revival Tour
The man is accused of spying for China and using his role as an assistant to AfD politician Maximilian Krah to gather information.
Artificial intelligence (AI) models from OpenAI, Google and Anthropic have been added to a government purchasing system, allowing federal agencies to buy and use the AI products. The General Services Administration (GSA) announced Tuesday that ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude had
Archaeologists at the University of Liège are conducting a new excavation campaign at the Paleolithic site of Trou Al'Wesse in Modave. This exceptional site provides valuable information about the settlement of the first Homo sapiens populations in northwestern Europe around
The population of one species of coral in the main island of the Alcatrazes Archipelago Wildlife Refuge (REVIS), located off the southern coast of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, retains about 20 tons of carbon per year. This amount is equivalent to the carbon emissions from
Large-scale search and rescue operation under way after at least four people killed in Himalayan region A torrent of mud from a flash flood has smashed into a town in India ’s Himalayan region, tearing down a mountain valley before demolishing buildings and killing at least
Next month, the great Michigan post-hardcore band La Dispute will return with No One Was Driving The Car , their first new album in six years. No One Was Driving The Car is divided up into multiple acts, and La Dispute have been unveiling the album one act at a time — the
Sudden, intense downpours over small areas known as cloudbursts are increasingly common in Uttarakhand, a Himalayan region prone to flash floods and landslides during the monsoon season.