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The women bringing chess into the 21st Century - with 'bullet' matches and viral videos
Women content creators are helping chess shake its image as an "old man's game" and bring it into the digital age.
Trump calls for allies to help secure Strait of Hormuz as Iran vows to step up retaliation
By Maya Gebeily, Emily Rose and Jarrett Renshaw DUBAI/JERUSALEM/PALM BEACH, March 15 (Reuters) - Iran threatened escalation across the Middle East to retaliate for American airstrikes on its energy hub and U.S. President Donald Trump urged friendly nations to send warships to
‘Sender’ SXSW Review: Britt Lower and Rhea Seehorn Deliver the Goods in a Paranoid Mystery Centered on the Sinister Ease of Online Ordering
The catchy premise motoring “Sender,” a story about a harried woman who moves into a rental home and quickly becomes inundated with packages she didn’t order, transforms beyond its simple, straightforward hook. Writer-director Russell Goldman re-fashions the puzzle box
Box Office: Neon Touts ‘Sentimental Value,’ ‘Secret Agent’ and a Myriad of Other Milestones on Eve of Oscars
Tom Quinn's indie outfit — home of last year's surprise best picture winner 'Anora' - is back at the Oscars this year with a fleet of non-English-language films six years after Neon and Bong Joon Ho's 'Parasite' victory.
Australian government deploys military to assist flood-hit Northern Territory
SYDNEY, March 15 - Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday that troops would be deployed to help communities hit by a days-long flood emergency in the country's north.
US, China economic chiefs meet in Paris to clear path to Trump-Xi summit
PARIS, March 15 - Top U.S. and Chinese economic officials are set to launch a new round of talks in Paris on Sunday to iron out kinks in their trade truce and clear a smooth path for U.S. President Donald Trump's trip to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the
Communist Party fields nearly 93% of candidates as Vietnam holds parliament elections
HANOI, March 15 - Tens of millions of Vietnamese go to the polls on Sunday to elect 500 members of the National Assembly from a list of candidates almost exclusively fielded by the ruling Communist Party.
'Gruesome' war bets fuel calls for crackdown on prediction markets
Predictions markets have hosted millions of dollars of bets related to the war in Iran.
Oscars 2026: What to expect, how to watch and who will win
Sinners, One Battle After Another and Hamnet will all be vying for Hollywood's highest honour on Sunday.
Will Trump help or hinder Zimbabwe's white farmers in their compensation battle?
They have engaged a lobbying firm with close ties to the US president to argue their case.
Bird losses are accelerating across North America, particularly in farming regions where agriculture is most intensive
Since the 1970s, the U.S. has lost billions of birds. We now know that those losses aren't just growing—they are accelerating in places with intensive human activity, particularly where agriculture and expanding communities are changing the landscape.
Iraq taking private plane to Mexico for World Cup play-off
Iraq will travel to Mexico by private plane for their World Cup play-off despite calls from coach Graham Arnold to postpone the match amid the escalating US-Israeli war with Iran, the country's FA president Adnan Dirjal says.
‘Their Town’ Review: A Familiar but Lovely Coming-of-Age Tale from Katie Aselton and the Duplass Family
Between exploring new interests, engaging with new styles and making new friends, our young years are a searching pursuit of identity, and thus one of cinema’s enduring topics. That quest is very much at the heart of director Katie Aselton’s lovely coming-of-age drama “Their
Three Iranian football team members leave asylum in Australia
Three more members of the Iranian women's football team have left their asylum in Australia and decided to return home, Canberra said Sunday. Seven members of Iran's visiting football delegation competing in the Women's Asian Cup had sought sanctuary in Australia after they
Thorny issue plaguing lithium-ion batteries laid bare in new study
Lithium dendrites, i.e. tiny crystalline thorns that grow off of lithium-ion battery anodes during charging, have been a persistent challenge for the world's most widely used form of energy storage. "Dendrites can penetrate the battery's separator, causing catastrophic short
BBC visits aftermath of Israeli strike on Lebanon that killed family as IDF targets Hezbollah
A relative tells BBC those killed were civilians and not Hezbollah operatives, but the Israel Defence Forces says it was targeting "terrorist infrastructure".
Paramount Not Moving Forward With ‘G.I. Joe’ Treatment From Max Landis
The Hollywood Reporter exclusively reported that the screenwriter, who was accused of sexual misconduct in 2019, was tapped by the studio to work on a treatment for a feature adaptation of the Hasbro toy brand in February.
How often do people really fart? Scientists built smart underwear to find out
Researchers have created “Smart Underwear,” a wearable device that measures flatulence by detecting hydrogen produced by gut microbes. Early tests suggest people may pass gas about 32 times a day—much higher than previous estimates. The device gives scientists a new way to
Paxton PAC running TV ads in Palm Beach while Trump at Mar-a-Lago
A super PAC backing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) for Senate is airing television ads in Palm Beach, Fla., where President Trump is spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago resort, as his endorsement in a competitive primary runoff hangs in the balance. Lone Star Liberty
F1 races in Bahrain, Saudi cancelled due to Iran war
Formula One races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have been cancelled as the Middle East war engulfs the region, motorsport's governing body the FIA announced on Saturday. "It has been confirmed today that, after careful evaluations, due to the ongoing situation in the Middle East
‘Chili Finger’ Review: A Brilliant Judy Greer is a Clueless Scammer in This Starry Crime Caper With Coen Brothers Vibes
In 2005, a San Jose woman found a human finger in her Wendy’s chili. Well, she claimed to. When it was discovered that she planted the finger in the bowl herself for financial gain, she was sentenced to nine years in prison for the scam that cost the fast-food chain millions.
Nick Jonas Warns ‘Be Careful Who You Share a Blunt With’ as Paul Rudd Music Comedy ‘Power Ballad’ Rocks SXSW
Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas rocked SXSW with “Power Ballad,” the latest music-themed comedy film from “Once” and “Sing Street” director John Carney. The movie follows Rick Power (Rudd), a wedding band singer who stumbles into a late-night jam session with former boy band star
Sunday shows preview: Trump faces questions about length of Iran conflict as war enters third week
The war with Iran entered its third week on Saturday, with military strikes, retaliatory attacks and economic disruption roiling the Middle East as President Trump sends mixed signals about how close the U.S. is to achieving its objectives and how long the conflict could last.
Cautious neutrality failed the Gulf states. Is a U.S.-Israel-Arab alliance the answer?
Iran is aiming its missiles at the sources of the Gulf's wealth and shaping regional policy. The stability of these regimes is starting to come under threat
Asia’s EVolution: Inside the fight over the Philippines’ underground copper riches fuelled by electric vehicles
In this first part of a series on electric vehicles in Asia, CNA examines how one of Southeast Asia’s largest untapped copper deposits in Mindanao could boost the Philippines’ role in the global EV supply chain.
Iran missiles hit central Israel, Eilat on Saturday; 12-year-old moderately injured
Two homes in Eilat were damaged by interception debris, and a home in Ness Ziona was destroyed. 'I fainted on the floor. A taxi driver caught me and picked me up. I'm shocked I'm alive,' a Ness Ziona resident told Haaretz
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, with daughter, oversees test launch of multiple rocket launchers
It comes after the United States and South Korea launched annual major drills in South Korea.
‘#WhileBlack’ Review: A Scattered Documentary on Filming Police Brutality
A documentary about citizen journalism in the digital age, Jennifer Holness and Sidney Fussell’s “#WhileBlack” uses, as its foundation, stories of police violence from the last decade — namely, the murders of Black civilians Philando Castle and George Floyd — but turns them
Russia exploiting Iran war, Zelensky says after fresh bombardment
Volodymyr Zelensky cast concern over the supply of air-defence missiles after a heavy overnight attack kills at least five.
Trump: U.S. has beaten Iran “militarily, economically, and in every other way”
President Trump declared that the U.S. has beaten Iran “both militarily, economically, and in every other way” in a Truth Social post on Saturday, and called on countries that receive oil through the Strait of Hormuz to “take care” of the closed passage. “The Countries of the
Darktide is getting a new extraction-esque mode where you go outside and try not to die from radiation poisoning: 'If time runs out and you die, you get nothing'
No PvP, but a familiar loop nonetheless.
