Xi Jinping (pictured, left) is undeniably the most consequential Chinese leader of this era, writes Halo Hassan Saeed. If you look closely at US-China relations over the past eight years, particularly in 2018, when the trade war between Washington and Beijing began, it was a
What Masoud Barzani’s warning means for the Iraqi Kurdistan region in 2026, writes Halo Hassan Saeed. A changing security landscape The planned withdrawal of US forces and the international coalition from Iraq marks a significant turning point in the country's security
Air France-KLM and Lufthansa submitted their final bids on Wednesday to buy a 44.9% stake in TAP, closing the bidding phase and leaving the decision to the government.
Our friends at Secretlab are partnering with Polygon's new podcast Point It Out!, and you could get a new chair out of it!
While AI has made plenty of inroads on people's phones and computers, it's largely failed in dedicated devices. But over the next year, two major AI companies, Meta and OpenAI, will attempt to change that. And they're apparently betting on a similar path: testing appetite for
Jess Williamson releases her new record A Mile South Of Heaven next month, and she's inventing new forms of album promotion. Today, she revealed that she adopted a highway that helped inspire the LP, and she's declaring it "the unofficial Mile South of Heaven." The post Jess
Warden, Necromancer, and what sounds a lot like a vampire are also on the list
Reddit is further limiting who can use the "Old Reddit" experience as part of its efforts to combat scraping and automated traffic. Reddit recently started forcing users to log in to be able to use Old Reddit, but in the "next few months," the company says that you'll have to
Despite differences among nations, poverty in the European Union declined between 2015 and 2023, according to a study published in PLOS One by Silvia Megyesiova and Cecilia Olexova of the Bratislava University of Economics and Business in Košice, Slovak Republic.
La Trobe archaeologists have described 18 new hominin fossils, including a second Homo erectus skull fragment that confirms the species first appeared in southern Africa 2.0 million years ago—200,000 years earlier than traditionally thought.
AI Safety experts seem to agree the companies can’t self-regulate, and the new White House accord lacks teeth The post “Morally Binding” AI Safety Pledge Mocked appeared first on Nautilus .
Season 2 of FX’s “Adults”— which premiered in late August — depicts a group of five friends hanging out in their shared house in Queens. There’s the relatively sane Samir, holding the group together (Malik Elassal), the thwarted careerist Billie (Lucy Freyer), the
When Rafael Espinal took office in February as New York City’s entertainment chief, he looked around and saw a city that was thriving but had yet to recover from a yearslong slump in film and TV production. “The number of permits we were seeing was 50% compared to
Continuing her crossover from reality TV into acting, Ariana Madix is attached to executive produce and star in a drama series in development at Peacock. In a meta play on Madix’s unscripted career, the project is titled “Future Housewives” with an official logline that reads,
Nate Ruess and Sam Means talk activism, Macklemore, and their first album in 20 years
Ukrainian lawmakers have been instructed to leave Kyiv and relocate to areas near the Romanian and Hungarian borders until October 17, amid intelligence that Russia plans to expand its strikes on the capital in early October, Eagle Intelligence Reports reported on 29 September,
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The Mexican photographer's most recognizable work echoes a dreamy vision of solitude.
When will the new Steven Spielberg film come to streaming (Peacock), Blu-ray, and DVD? Here's what we know about Disclosure Day's release dates.
Medical spa destinations have a key role in tackling Europe’s health crisis, but more support is needed to tap into their full potential. That was a key message to emerge from a briefing on the possible contribution of spa medicine to healthier lives, sustainable tourism and
Grand Theft Auto 6 will feature more than 170 unique animals. Here’s hoping there are some friendly, gun-free ways to enjoy them all
The song, featuring Model/Actriz, is her latest single from the chart-topping Bass Persuade s
By Tarek Amara TUNIS, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Tunisian President Kais Saied on Wednesday eased penalties under a cybercrime decree that human rights groups had said was designed to muzzle dissent. The move marks a rare retreat by Saied since he consolidated control over much of
By Alexander Cornwell and Joanna Plucinska Sept 30 (Reuters) - Israel is set to ramp up security checks on pilots flying into the country, a spokesperson for the prime minister's office said, after it said a co-pilot on a flydubai flight to Tel Aviv had stabbed the pilot and
By Alexander Cornwell and Lina Obeid JERUSALEM, Sept 30 - When flydubai flight FZ1073 suddenly plunged from over 30,000 feet on Wednesday, passenger Almog Italie said it felt like the plane was passing through "massive turbulence" before he realised a life-or-death struggle had
David Sylvian has announced his new album The Distance Between The Killer And The Killing , coming next year. It's billed as the followup to 2009's Manafon , though since then the Japan singer has released the ambient excursion There's A Light That Enters Houses With No Other
In the Theresa Burkhart Gallagher-penned project, Isaac Krasner is set to play the title character Schmoolie alongside a cast that also includes Luenell, Ariel Martin, David Mazouz and Sania Halifa.
Senate Democrats have blocked a bill that seeks to address data center electricity costs, calling it ineffective and "toothless," though the legislation passed the House with significant bipartisan support. The Democrats did not provide the Ratepayer Protection Act with the 60
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will lay out his priorities for the U.S. military Wednesday during the annual State of the Force address. The speech comes as Hegseth pushes a major shake-up at the Pentagon. He is expected to announce plans to cut the number of general and
By superimposing two ultrashort laser pulses that converge from different directions, a team of physicists at the University of Oldenburg has succeeded in generating three-dimensional light fields.
As a powerful nor'easter hit the U.S. Atlantic coast in late September 2026, the ocean poured into coastal neighborhoods from North Carolina to New York. Water from the storm surge and heavy rain filled streets and surrounded homes as near-hurricane-force winds knocked out
Former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Fed officials did not violate criminal law during their handling of the central bank’s ongoing multimillion dollar renovation project, the Fed’s internal watchdog said Wednesday in a report. The office of Fed Inspector General (IG)
The Tell , a very long read about Thomas Goldstein (SCOTUSblog founder, high-powered lawyer, poker player) who once played a legendary game at the Bellagio where he bet wildly, didn’t even look at his cards for long stretches of time, and won big.
OpenAI leaders reportedly cooked up “insane” ideas like selling future tools to Russia and China and offering Kanye West early access to an unreleased model, horrifying top staffers.
Sunday’s general election is too close to call, with the incumbent president facing the son of the man who attempted a coup against him Sunday’s election in Brazil could hardly be a clearer-cut choice – nor a closer call. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as Lula, is
Democratic and Republican senators have reached a long-sought deal that they say will speed the construction of the nation’s energy and infrastructure projects while reining in costs from data centers. After months of negotiations, Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Mike Lee
In the last few years (ever since “Top Gun: Maverick”), Tom Cruise has often been hailed as The Last Movie Star. He’s certainly the gold standard, though it might be appropriate to add Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts to that category too. All three feel like The Last Movie Stars —
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) cast himself as a political “disrupter” in an interview published this week, as the Democratic state leader publicly weighs a presidential bid in 2028. In a series of interviews with Vanity Fair published Wednesday, Newsom discussed the recent
The 11th AIIB annual meeting brings policymakers, investors and business leaders from around the world to Doha to explore how technology, sustainability, connectivity and investment are reshaping the way cities and economies develop.
World of Warcraft: Forever's Skyborne elves are a forced invention that show the difficulty Blizzard will have adding to the classic game.
An entrepreneur argues that opponents of Flock Safety's automated license plate reading technology mistakenly equate the collection of data with its potential misuse, suggesting that tools should be judged by the philosophy of those who use them rather than being banned outright.
Black Thought, Little Simz, Pusha T, Miho Hatori, Del the Funky Homosapien, and more join Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett's cartoon band in New York
Geopolitical turmoil is as good an excuse as any to call off a film festival. But an explosive shake-up of another sort is happening on the Middle Eastern cinema circuit — and it’s not just due to President Trump’s threats of “annihilation” to Iran. Last week’s cancellation of
Only about 4% of small-boat arrivals were sent back under the year-long pilot, which cost an average of €65,500 per return, as Paris pushes for an EU-wide replacement.
Sales of its hottest brand, Barbie, have been declining since the 2023 blockbuster Warner Brothers’ movie starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.
Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz is expected to take a top executive role at the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery media giant -- either president or co-CEO of the combined companies, sources told The Post.
These days, the Flaming Lips are a band in some disarray , and it's nice to be reminded of a time what that wasn't the case. Anniversary reissues are good for that. When they released their 2006 album At War With The Mystics , the Lips were already a psych-rock institution
Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy 11's free trial will no longer have a time limit
The music artist behind a song included in a government-funded commercial highlighting President Trump's political agenda has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the White House. JMSN's song "Love Me" is featured prominently in the advertisement that recently aired on TV and was
Amazon deliveries could soon come with a new catch: the delivery driver's smart glasses will be snapping photos of anything they see while they're in use, including people and private property. Bloomberg reports that the glasses could take "several thousand captures in a single