Carnival fever hits Lagos as locals celebrate Afro-Brazilian heritage
The centuries-old Fanti Carnival returned to Nigeria on Monday with a burst of colour and spectacle.
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Emerald Fennell Circling ‘Basic Instinct’ Reboot, Writer Joe Eszterhas Claims
Director Emerald Fennell may be ready to dust off the ice pick, at least if Joe Eszterhas is to be believed. The “Promising Young Woman” and “Saltburn” filmmaker loves to push the envelope and that attraction for transgressive storytelling may have led her to… “Basic Instinct
15 years after the eradication of rinderpest, lessons still ring true
Permanently wiping out a disease is tricky business. Polio, measles, mumps—all have effective vaccines, yet they persist in certain pockets around the world. To date, the World Health Organization considers just two viruses as successfully eradicated: smallpox and rinderpest.
NY Times: Trump berating reporter part of 'pattern of answering fair questions with inaccurate attacks'
The New York Times is pushing back on criticism from President Trump after he attacked a reporter who pressed him about a social media post that threatened Iran ahead of a deadline to make a ceasefire deal with the U.S. In his Sunday morning post, Trump wrote, "open the f-----
Peru’s Tribeca-Winning Doc ‘Runa Simi’ Opens IFF Panama Which Closes with Leticia Tonos’ ‘Milly, Queen of Merengue’
Noteworthy changes are afoot at the Panama International Film Festival (IFF Panama) running April 9-12 this year. In a nod to the wealth of documentary filmmaking across the region and beyond, the festival is introducing an international competition for non-fiction features,
Gas discovery off Egypt's coast comes at a critical moment for Iran war
ENI and Egypt have announced a significant gas discovery in the Eastern Mediterranean — a potential boost for Cairo as the Iran war sends energy import costs rocketing.
Tom Felton Extends Run as Draco Malfoy in Broadway’s ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’
Tom Felton is extending his run as the platinum-blonde baddie Draco Malfoy in Broadway’s “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.” He joined the show in November 2025 and was scheduled to depart on March 22, 2026. He will now remain with the production through Nov. 1, 2026. Felton
US Vice President Vance attacks Brussels and vows to help Orbán ahead of Hungarian vote
Vance accused the European Union of electoral interference in Hungary’s election campaign during a visit to Budapest. Speaking alongside Orbán, Vance described the Hungarian leader as a “role model” for Europe.
A File Cut From Resident Evil 4 Remake Is Fueling A Fresh Leon Wife Theory
No one thought much about the throwaway image file until now
Asghar Farhadi Calls on Filmmakers to Speak Out Against Escalation of Iran War: ‘Attacking a Country’s Infrastructure Is a War Crime’
Two-time Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi has called on artists and filmmakers around the world to protest against the U.S. and Israel’s bombing of Iran to “prevent the destruction of civilian infrastructure in the country.” On Monday, Iran rejected a 45-day U.S.
Oyster reefs stack up for shoreline protection
Oyster reef living shorelines have been found to provide a resilient and adaptive alternative to conventional hard coastal protection, reducing wave energy while supporting oyster colonization.
Air New Zealand cuts flights and hikes fares as fuel prices surge
Airlines have reduced services and lifted ticket costs as the Iran war weighs on jet fuel supplies.
Efforts to facilitate talks between US, Iran ongoing, Pakistani sources say
April 7 (Reuters) - Efforts to facilitate talks between the U.S. and Iran are still ongoing, two Pakistani sources with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters on Tuesday, as U.S. strikes on Iran intensified and President Donald Trump's deadline to unleash "hell" neared. One
After fleeing past Hezbollah fighting, some Israelis on northern border vow to stay
By Alexander Cornwell MANARA, Israel, April 7 (Reuters) - Orna Weinberg was forced to leave her home in northern Israel after it was struck by a Hezbollah rocket in October 2023, and spent the next two years displaced from her tight-knit community that is located just a few
With threat to destroy Iran’s ‘civilization,’ Trump fuels war crime fears
President Donald Trump said the United States would target “every” Iranian bridge and power plant. Experts say such blanket action violates international law.
Appeals court allows Iowa to enforce book bans, restrictions on LBGTQ topics in classes
The U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday to allow Iowa to enforce a ban on LBGTQ books and topics in public school classrooms after a lower court judge issued a temporarily ban on the law last year. The state has been fighting LGBTQ groups and publishing companies
Netflix's One Piece gets surprisingly positive season 3 release date update
The Straw Hats will land in Alabasta sooner than expected as season 3 of Netflix's One Piece is now scheduled to arrive in 2027.
Kanye West blocked from travelling to UK by government - Wireless Festival has been cancelled
Controversial American rapper Kanye 'Ye' West has been blocked from entering the UK to perform at the Wireless music festival after a mounting backlash over his planned summer headline slot. Now, the 2026 edition of the Wireless Festival has been axed.
The past and possibly future blue wave
The 2006 midterm election was a "blue wave" that resulted in a Republican rout, due to the unpopular Iraq War, low presidential approval ratings, and government spending, which could be repeated in 2026 if the same factors are present.
Do you see faces in the clouds? Researchers examine pareidolia
Humans are masters of seeing faces in any old thing—a handbag, TV static, toasted white bread. Scientists want to know why. A few years ago, as the category 5 Hurricane Milton bore down on the Florida coast, the internet noticed something strange. Doesn't the satellite image of
Trump tells Artemis II astronauts he wants their autographs
President Trump called in to Artemis II on Monday evening to congratulate the crew on their mission and to invite them to celebrate at the White House after their return to earth. “I’ll ask [NASA Administrator] Jared [Isaacman] to bring you over, and I’ll ask for your autograph
Ringleader of suspected human trafficking network arrested in Ethiopia
Yetbarek Dawit is alleged to have operated a multi-million-dollar operation, using torture to raise money.
Wireless Festival Canceled After Kanye West Blocked From U.K. Entry; Organizers Say ‘Antisemitism in All Its Forms Is Abhorrent’
The controversial Kanye West-headlining Wireless Festival in the U.K. has been canceled, following the artist’s denial of entry into the country due to his antisemitic hate speech over the past few years, according to a statement from the festival. “The Home Office has
Trump warns ‘a whole civilization will die’ if Iran doesn’t make a deal
The president had issued a deadline of 8 p.m. Eastern time for Iran to open up the Strait of Hormuz, pledging destruction by midnight if leaders don’t comply.
Kanye West Blocked From Entering U.K. Amid Wireless Festival Backlash
The Home Office rejected the rapper's travel application, saying his presence in the country would not be conducive to the public good
Tucker Carlson: Trump expletive-filled Easter post 'vile on every level'
Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson ripped into President Trump on Monday over a social media post on Easter threatening Iran if the country does not cut a ceasefire deal this week as the U.S. war there rages on. Trump, in a Truth Social post issued on Easter morning,
Quantum computing without interruptions
Mid-circuit measurements are one of the biggest practical hurdles in quantum error correction on encoded qubits. Researchers in Innsbruck and Aachen have now proposed and experimentally demonstrated that a universal fault-tolerant quantum algorithm can be executed without such
Matcha model makes drug candidate screening more than 30 times faster
Ligand Pro, founded by Skoltech professors and a Skoltech Ph.D. student, has presented Matcha, an AI-powered molecular docking model that performs virtual drug screening 30 times faster than the large co-folding models of the AlphaFold class developed by Nobel laureates, while
In an echo of Apollo 8, NASA's Artemis II astronauts witness stunning ‘Earthrise’ and ‘Earthset’
Artemis II ’s astronauts got the opportunity to recreate the iconic 1968 photograph on either side of their journey around the moon, showing Earth as beautiful—and precious—as ever
A new high-speed rail link is launching between Tashkent and Khiva. Here’s what to see and do
This new train cuts travel time between the Uzbek capital and Silk Road city from 14 hours to around seven and a half.
US strikes military targets on Kharg Island ahead of Trump's deadline to Iran
The United States struck military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island overnight, a White House official said Tuesday. Kharg Island is the lifeline of Iran’s oil economy as roughly 90 percent of the country’s crude oil is handled there. An official told NBC News that the strikes were
Teenager Michael Haskell “ buys abandoned storage...
Teenager Michael Haskell “ buys abandoned storage lockers at bargain prices …with the aim of selling their contents for profit”. But: “Two years into his pursuit, he knows all too well that every locker tells a story, many of them bleak.”
Trump on Iran: 'Whole civilization will die tonight' unless 'something revolutionarily wonderful' occurs
President Trump issued an ominous threat to Iran with mixed messages on Tuesday ahead of an 8 p.m. EDT deadline he set in which he warned “a whole civilization will die tonight” unless “something revolutionary wonderful” occurs. “A whole civilization will die tonight, never
Dozens killed as Angola flood death toll rises
Mourning the deaths, the president says it was a "race against the clock" to find others affected.
Karol G Wants to Speak Out More About ICE, but People Warn Her Not To
Karol G wants to speak out more on politics – specifically ICE actions in the United States – but she’s regularly warned not to. “People will say, ‘It’s better you don’t,’ the Colombian Grammy-winner says in an interview accompanying her new cover of Playboy. “Why? Because if
