"We are buying the best icebreakers in the world, and Finland is known for producing them," US president Donald Trump said, as part of his campaign to take over Greenland and his concern as the Arctic Ocean becomes more navigable and with more trade routes.
The latest live-action adaptation of the Silent Hill franchise is apparently about as bad it gets The post That New Silent Hill 2 Movie Has A Horrific 7% On Rotten Tomatoes appeared first on Kotaku .
It’s the night before Christmas, and it’s time to build a snowman. But the participants in this activity aren’t just any schoolchildren — a cameras pans to Hogwarts’ finest: Harry, Hermione Ron. That’s not all. Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool is there, as is Kevin McCallister
Candles will be lit in windows and on doorsteps around the country.
Fianna Fáil MEP for the Midlands–North-West, Barry Cowen, has welcomed today’s (21 January) vote in the European Parliament to refer the EU–Mercosur trade agreement to the European Court of Justice for legal scrutiny. In a closely contested ballot, MEPs voted in favour of
In a remote part of Pakistan, villagers routinely take rickety cable cars across the canyons that cut through the Himalayan foothills. But in August 2023, the unthinkable happened when a wire snapped, leaving six children and two adults hanging 900 feet above a ravine. Mohammed
The European country is the biggest autos manufacturer relative to the size of its population.
Complex thought may be organized by connection, not anatomy The post The Brain Might Not Function Like We Thought It Did appeared first on Nautilus .
For Roy Maimon, hitting the bar stage and working in the scientific laboratory have never been separate worlds. During his Ph.D., the new NYU Tandon biomedical engineering assistant professor would spend his days pipetting samples and his nights playing drums in punk rock bands
Elizabeth Banks is returning to the stomping grounds that cemented her as a career producer and box office draw: the rowdy college comedy. Banks’ Brownstone Productions will mount “Betas,” a film set in the viral world of sorority rush culture. Sammi Cohen (“You’re So Not
With election season around the corner, the Federal Communications Commission issued a broadside on Wednesday aimed at late-night and daytime shows that air political interviews. The agency stated that shows like “The View” and “The Tonight Show” may not be considered “bona
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story House panel advances bill giving Congress power to block some AI chip exports The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a bill Wednesday that would allow Congress to block advanced AI chip exports to U.S. foreign adversaries,
SYDNEY, Jan 22 - Australia's conservative coalition split on Thursday for the second time in less than a year after the junior partner National Party severed ties with the Liberal Party, citing the Liberals' decision to back the government's hate speech laws.
10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents . “Fifty projects later, I’ll be frank: I have not had this much fun with a computer since I learned BASIC on my Apple II Plus when I was 9 years old.”
Twitch Drops, Patch 13, and a new system for sharing creations are on the horizon.
It feels odd to describe a speech as “good news” when it involves the president of the United States rambling incessantly and threatening America’s European allies. But, taken one way, Donald Trump’s stark raving mad speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on
Hot off the hype of its Labubu dolls last year, accessories brand POP MART has unveiled a new collaboration with Disney’s “Zootopia 2,” with the release of four keychain figurines inspired by the characters in the film. The POP MART “Molly” Zootopia 2 series features variations
I can't help wondering if maybe there's a connection.
[UN News] From Davos, the President of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday warned that the world has entered a "make-or-break" moment for multilateralism, saying the rules-based order can survive only if states speak the truth and act when it's hard. She called for a
[UN News] The world has moved beyond a water crisis and into a state of global water bankruptcy, says a new flagship report released on Tuesday by UN researchers.
Finnish President Alexander Stubb warned Wednesday that "it's not over yet" after President Trump de-escalated his aggressive stance on possibly acquiring Greenland for the U.S. by force. "I took two positive takeaways from this speech," Stubb said on "Amanpour & Co" with CNN's
Amid layoffs and cancellations, the publisher plans to up the ante on AI.
[The Conversation Africa] The world is now using so much fresh water amid the consequences of climate change that it has entered an era of water bankruptcy, with many regions no longer able to bounce back from frequent water shortages.
Beijing treats its 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown as taboo and allows no public remembrance.
Even well-known services with millions of users are exposing sensitive data.
Artificial Intelligence, or AI, promises many benefits in all domains, and rocketry is no different. The European Space Agency's Future Launchers Preparatory Program (FLPP) is investigating the use of AI to develop better processes and even whole new shapes in materials that
We're taking part in Copyright Week , a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of copyright law and policy, and addressing what's at stake, and what we
It will deepen the malaise of the two centre-right parties following an election thrashing in 2025.
[RFI] Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko led the welcome- home delegation in the capital Dakar on Tuesday morning for the football squad that claimed the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations following a 1-0 victory over Morocco.
President Trump on Wednesday took two steps away from the precipice he had previously marched toward in the Greenland crisis. First, in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump ruled out the use of military force to seize the massive but sparsely
[ISS] The 2025 US National Security Strategy recasts Africa from partner to price tag in a transactional, resource-driven era of great-power rivalry.
[Afrobarometer] Attainment advances among younger generations but reflects persistent disadvantages for women, the poor, and rural residents.
A group of Democrats voted with Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to advance resolutions holding former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in contempt of Congress. Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) sought
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Will Trump's Greenland push mean more minerals? Greenland holds large quantities of rare earth elements, but experts say annexing the territory may not vastly improve U.S. access to them. © Evan Vucci,
Taylor Zakhar Perez and Nicholas Galitzine reprise their roles in Amazon MGM's follow-up to the 2023 romance 'Red, White & Royal Blue.'
PC gamers just can't get a break...
HONG KONG, Jan 22 - Hong Kong's High Court will begin on Thursday a landmark subversion trial of the leaders of a group that once organised annual commemorations of Beijing's Tiananmen Square crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests in 1989.
Snow is a defining feature of mountain ranges, and of winter itself for much of the world. But beyond its scenic value, snow plays a vital role in mountain ecosystems, as well as a range of human socioeconomic activity, and it is one of the climatic elements most sensitive to
They start small and end huge The post Detailed View of Solar Flare Birth Caught for the First Time appeared first on Nautilus .
Despite the US president’s optimism, the country’s inflation rate remains above the Federal Reserve’s preferred 2% target.
Carbon dioxide removal technologies are becoming increasingly important for climate action, but their differing storage times matter for policy design. A new study published in Environmental and Resource Economics by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country . “What has changed nationally is a huge investment by the federal government in prevention in response to the COVID epidemic. Investing in education, police, librarians, community centers…”
The artist reportedly alleges that South Africa’s minister of culture acted unconstitutionally in canceling her commission, which included references to Gaza.
A 17-year-old boy punched the man after he reportedly climbed in through a window while carrying a knife The post Man Allegedly Pretending To Be An ICE Agent Broke Into A House And Tried To Steal A PlayStation appeared first on Kotaku .
Bruce Bilson, who won an Emmy for directing “Get Smart” and directed hundreds of TV episodes, died on Jan. 16 in Los Angeles. He was 97. Bilson was best known for directing the secret agent sitcom parody “Get Smart,” for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding
Raise your hand if you saw this coming.
David Siegel, a veteran producer who worked on films including “The Hangover” trilogy, “Crazy, Stupid, Love” and more, died on Jan. 8 in Los Angeles. He was 70 years old. Over the last four decades, Siegel contributed to a number of the most enduring studio films, collaborating
