By Joshua McElwee ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT, April 23 (Reuters) - Pope Leo on Thursday firmly condemned the killing of protesters in Iran, after U.S. President Donald Trump criticized the Catholic leader last week for not doing so while speaking out against the U.S.-Israel war
(.) By Jonathan Saul LONDON, April 23 (Reuters) - Iran's use of a swarm of small, fast boats to seize two container ships near the Strait of Hormuz could undermine suggestions U.S. forces have disabled its naval threat and reveals the challenges facing reopening one of the
Some octopuses that lived over 72 million years ago were as long as whales. These huge predators may have been the largest invertebrates ever.
The US has accused Senator Kok An and his affiliates of “defrauding Americans”.
[Premium Times] The four selected Nigerian startups focus on leveraging artificial intelligence to bridge gaps in financial inclusion and communications.
We now know who killed Floyd Smernitch — and the man behind him could be headed to the Emmys stage. “DTF St. Louis,” the HBO Max limited series, is materializing as a formidable contender in this year’s Emmy race, with star David Harbour now positioned as a major player for his
Little Tree Kingdom is not so sweet as it appears.
The proposed reauthorization of the so-called Section 702 law includes some new oversight and penalties for abuses of the spy authority.
Millions of current and former Capital One customers should soon start receiving payments from the bank’s $425 million settlement – and it takes just a few steps to check if you’re eligible.
Amazon boss Andy Jassy has embarked on a broader project to reduce corporate bureaucracy, including an internal hotline for calling out excessive red tape.
The 2026 edition of Motorola's stylus phone is plenty appealing. My review unit is a charming lilac color, has a pleasantly textured back panel, and includes a MicroSD slot and what might be the last surviving headphone jack on a mainstream phone sold in North America. The
The United States Patent and Trademark Office is arguing the phrase describes a discounted food bundle – not anything unique to McDonald’s.
LONDON, April 23 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Thursday he was "increasingly concerned" about a growing use of proxies by foreign states to carry out attacks in Britain, pledging to bring forward new legislation following recent attacks. London has
Slowing cloud unit growth and investor concern over its heavy reliance on OpenAI have made Microsoft one of the worst-performing Big Tech stocks this year.
Masters of Albion is out in Early Access, and it sure is a new game from the makers of Godus and Legacy
Works by five Indigenous artists respond to the legacy of the Northwest Boundary Survey (1857–62) in this exhibition at The Reach. On view through May 30.
Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc is kicking off Crunchyroll's monthlong Ani-May celebration with both sub and dub versions arriving sooner than fans expected.
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Canada is worried that pedophiles, white nationalists, and violent extremists using Robox to target and recruit children.
We live, as we’re often told, in the era of globalization. In fact, we’ve been told it so often over the past few decades that it now hardly seems like an observation worth making. But however thoroughly our era is defined by connections between far-flung nations, societies,
Prosecutors have revealed that singer D4vd had a “significant amount” of child pornography on his iCloud storage account during a hearing on Thursday, just days after he was charged with the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. During the hearing, Beth Silverman,
Mamdani’s claim that East Harlem lacks cheaper food than the citywide average -- the whole basis for dipping into tax revenue at everyone else’s expense -- is 100% baloney.
Gintama author Hideaki Sorachi returns with a new hilarious manga that turns the Demon King and delinquent tropes into more toilet comedy gold.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon has served fulfilled peacekeeping duties between Israel and Lebanon since 1978 but finds itself caught in the crossfire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah.
A TV adaptation of “The Nanny Diaries” is in development at Netflix, Variety has confirmed. The series would be based on the book of the same name by by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus. Amy Chozick (“House of Cards,” “The Girls on the Bus”) and Jenny Bicks (“Sex and the City,”
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta tried to delay posting bond for millions of dollars in damages after it was found liable for fueling teen social media addiction in a historic California state court ruling last month, documents revealed.
Aaron Paul has been revealed to be among the cast of the feature from the comedy duo behind the YouTube sketch channel That's a Bad Idea.
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has had a busy week. Sharma held an internal town hall with Xbox employees today, just days after announcing an Xbox Game Pass price cut, commenting on the status of the Xbox mobile store, and teasing a mysterious Xbox and Discord partnership. One of the
Wordless Forest is an FMV game where the developer and star of the experience takes player immersion to a totally new level
The Skywalker Saga started it all, but projects like Andor and Lucasfilm Publishing's horror novel Hiding From the Dark may give Star Wars fresh life.
A regulatory shift is expected to remove barriers to rapid-fire trading and help revive a meme-stock frenzy.
The pro-artificial intelligence (AI) network Leading the Future, which has poured in millions of dollars for congressional primaries this year, is now setting its sights on state legislative races as it looks to shape policy at the local level. Leading the Future, a network of
These are the stocks posting the largest moves midday.
Things have been going pretty well for Geese since they released Getting Killed , the best album of 2025 . You might even say the psyop is working. These days, they're winning awards and walking in runway shows and debuting new songs and shit. They just made a very high-profile
Republican strategist Karl Rove on Wednesday said there are three Democratic presidential hopefuls –– Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D), former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) –– who each "have elements of a winning formula." Rove wrote in an op-ed in
With a €90 billion loan for Kyiv unlocked and a new package of sanctions against Russia going ahead, attention is turning to Hungary’s long-standing veto on Ukraine’s EU accession.
