A sweeping review of more than 2,500 studies reveals that despite booming public enthusiasm, cannabis has strong scientific support for only a few medical uses, leaving most popular claims—like relief for chronic pain, anxiety, and insomnia—on shaky ground. The findings
One of 2025's biggest smartwatch launches is $100 off in time for the holidays, but it's not likely to last long. The post Galaxy Watch 8 Classic Returns to All-Time Low as Samsung Rolls Out Another Surprise Clearance on Its Smartwatch Before Christmas appeared first on Kotaku .
How Knives Out 3 and Johnson's Star Wars movie take on similar themes — and may anger fandoms in similar ways.
From stellar debuts and posthumous collections to albums by established artists unafraid to rewrite their definition of country music
The singer discusses the thwarted terrorist attack and Vienna concert cancellation in her The End of an Era documentary series
In a new teaser, HBO Max has revealed the first footage of several of its 2026 TV projects, including buzzy titles like “Euphoria” Season 3, “House of the Dragon” Season 3, “Lanterns” and Larry David’s untitled sketch comedy series. The “House of the Dragon” character Corlys
BERLIN, Dec 12 - Berlin has summoned Russia's ambassador over what it said was a huge increase in threatening hybrid activities including disinformation campaigns, espionage, cyberattacks and attempted sabotage, a German foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday.
According to a Taliban spokesman, the four friends were "promoting foreign culture" and that the men had undergone a "rehabilitation programme".
The man who led the operation says María Corina Machado crossed “very rough seas” in “pitch-black darkness”.
President Trump on Thursday pardoned former Colorado clerk Tina Peters, who was convicted of election interference in state court in August 2024. “Tina is sitting in a Colorado prison for the ‘crime’ of demanding Honest Elections,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “Today
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau released the video with its report on its investigation into the mishap.
The idea came from the miners building makeshift altars in the mine in the 1930s, to pray for their safety before starting their shifts.
If nothing else, the positive noise around Intel's new nodes seems to be increasing.
These are the stocks posting the largest moves in premarket trading.
Apple's latest AirPods just dropped by 12%, but the offer wraps up soon. The post Apple AirPods Pro 3 Drops Below Its Black Friday Price, Now as Cheap as the Pro 2 on Sale appeared first on Kotaku .
Saudi Arabia and the UAE, both partners of the coalition seeking to be involved in Gaza's future, have yet to settle their local conflicts in Yemen and Sudan, which have taken hundreds of thousands of lives. For now, it seems the United States will continue to take a neutral
Where there's a will, there's probably a wallhack.
EU auditors found that the environmental funds under the LIFE programme are difficult to assess, according to their latest audit. They also urged the European Commission to increase oversight as 123 new projects were recently awarded €358 million in LIFE funding.
BBC Sport Africa picks out six players to keep an eye on at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco from 21 December to 18 January.
Securing the homeland begins with securing the neighborhood.
Scientists have uncovered a surprising link between dark chocolate and slower aging. A natural cocoa compound called theobromine was found in higher levels among people who appeared biologically younger than their real age.
A so-called stablecoin collapsed back in 2022.
[Ghanaian Times] Africa's Internet pioneer, Professor Nii Narku Quaynor, has underscored the urgent need for the continent's internet institutions and governments to shift focus from what he described as excessive attention to governance theories to strengthening operational
China had in September approved the creation of a national nature reserve there.
The Russian ambassador is summoned over a cyber attack on air traffic control and attempted electoral interference.
STOCKHOLM, Dec 12 - Finland said on Friday it would procure Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) from the United States.
KYIV, Dec 12 - Ukrainian forces have retaken parts of the northeastern town of Kupiansk and several villages around it in an operation that encircled Russian troops, a Ukrainian military commander said on Friday.
The German director of 'Paris Texas,' 'Wings of Desire' and 'Perfect Days' will judge the winners of the 76th Berlinale.
Russia has continued its campaign against Ukraine’s critical infrastructure, causing long power outages across Ukraine.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has urged African nations to shift from exporting raw materials to producing high-value finished goods, calling for a new era of economic independence to match the political liberation achieved by earlier generations.
Morning Report is The Hill's a.m. newsletter. Subscribe here. In today's issue: ▪ Trump poised to hit the road in new year ▪ Indiana Republicans reject redistricting ▪ White House doubles down on Venezuela ▪ Supreme Court considers taking up gun cases President Trump relayed to
Scientists in Kansas believe Kernza could cut emissions, restore degraded soils and reshape the future of agriculture On the concrete floor of a greenhouse in rural Kansas stands a neat grid of 100 plastic plant pots, each holding a straggly crown of strappy, grass-like leaves.
The proposed More Homes on the Market Act would likely loosen up the national real estate market by removing a major reason some people choose to stay in their current homes rather than sell
Trump is obsessed with lowering short-term interest rates, and while the office's current occupant just cut them a bit, Trump wants them cut more.
Scientists have managed to observe solar neutrinos carrying out a rare atomic transformation deep underground, converting carbon-13 into nitrogen-13 inside the SNO+ detector. By tracking two faint flashes of light separated by several minutes, researchers confirmed one of the
Films Boutique has closed several additional territories with top independent distributors for Maryam Touzani’s “Calle Malaga,” which is Morocco’s entry for the international feature film category of the Oscars. The fresh sales deals follow the American Film Market and have
A decade on from the Paris Agreement, and the link between GDP and rising emissions is starting to break.
He is accused of using romance scams to defraud $8m, with the profits flaunted on Instagram.
The adult film actress was cleared of breaking the country's strict anti-pornography laws.
By Dave Sherwood and Marianna Parraga HAVANA/HOUSTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A U.S. move this week to seize an oil tanker out of Venezuela is poised to make a bad situation worse for a crisis-stricken Cuba already struggling to source enough oil to power its ailing economy and
T he following is a lightly edited transcript of the December 12 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here . Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic , produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent. This week, Democrats
The co-founder of cryptocurrency firm Terraform Labs was sentenced to 15 years in prison after a US court found that his $40bn stablecoin ecosystem was sustained by fraud.
BANGKOK, Dec 12 - Thailand is set for an earlier-than-expected election after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul dissolved parliament amid a fierce border conflict with Cambodia and political turmoil that risked the collapse of his fragile minority government.
TRAPPIST-1e, an Earth-sized world in the system’s habitable zone, is drawing scientific attention as researchers hunt for signs of an atmosphere—and potentially life-supporting conditions. Early James Webb observations hint at methane, but the signals may instead come from the