Jerusalem native Bashar Murad was determined to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest, but with no option to represent Palestinians, he opted to try his luck singing for Iceland. "I'm an artist, I make pop music, and Eurovision is like the Olympics of pop music", the
Police carried out pre-dawn swoops Friday on students protesting the war in Gaza at two prestigious US universities, in the latest unrest on campuses across the country. And late Thursday, police broke up a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Calgary in western Canada
Sam Claflin (“Daisy Jones & the Six,” “Peaky Blinders,” the Hunger Games franchise) and Rupert Friend (“Asteroid City,” “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” “Homeland”) will star in the World War II action thriller “Perdition” from writer-director Henry Dunham (“The Standoff at Sparrow Creek”).
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For about a year during the COVID-19 pandemic, A.G. Cook found himself stuck in a rural Montana town. The 33-year-old London-born producer and tastemaker — known for his longstanding collaboration with avant-garde pop star Charli XCX as well as credits on songs from Beyoncé,
Arvind Kejriwal was released on bail to compete against Modi after being detained in March over a probe into corruption.
Thousands of protesters drowned the streets of Malmö in a sea of black, white, red and green as they called for a boycott of Israel amid Eurovision bias.
Russian troops on Friday launched a major attack on Ukraine's Kharkiv region, forcing Ukrainian troops to reposition and defend against a new front. Russian forces appear to have launched the offensive from the Russia's Belgorod region and are moving toward the town of
Mantis shrimp are small creatures known for their superlatives. Their eyes have 12 to 16 different color receptors versus our own three, and can detect the polarization of light. Their punches are famously fast, accelerating on par with a 22-caliber bullet. They use these
Cornell University president Martha E. Pollack announced Thursday that she will be stepping down at the end of June. Pollack, a computer scientist, will be leaving her post at the Ivy League school after seven years of service, she said in a statement. "It is only after
The mother of a U.S. solider detained in Russia says he was lured there by his girlfriend and arrested on purpose. In an interview with NBC News, Melody Jones said she thinks her son, Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, was set up by his girlfriend, Aleskandra Vashchuk. “I think she
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A research team has uncovered a novel regulator governing how cells respond to mechanical cues. Their findings appear in Nature Cell Biology.
“I’m really busy.” This is the first thing Busy Philipps tells me as we sit down to chat. When I tell her I’m impressed with her jam-packed schedule, she immediately agrees: “I’m impressed as well.” Philipps and I are sitting in a bare-bones Chelsea loft on an early afternoon
A federal appeals court on Friday denied a bid by one-time Trump adviser Steve Bannon to topple his contempt of Congress conviction, upholding his sentence for failing to comply with a subpoena from the now-disbanded Jan. 6 committee “It is undisputed that the first time Bannon
California restaurants are poised to further hike prices after a junk-fee ban in the state mandated that restaurants and bars fold mandatory fees into listed menu prices.
Ackman held court during a series of discussions devoted to DEI at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills on Monday.
Few other CPU sockets have lasted as long or supported as many chips as this one, but its history isn't entirely free of hiccups.
“Creativity is in our DNA at Apple, and it’s incredibly important to us to design products that empower creatives all over the world,” Apple said.
Nearly 90% of tracked stablecoin transactions are not human-involved. According to recent data published by Visa and blockchain data provider Allium , less than 10% of transactions are initiated by actual users, and most are done by bots. This means that only $149 billion out
Nebula is aiming to break into the big-league movie biz with the launch of Nebula Motion Pictures, the new studio arm of the creator-community-focused indie streaming service, and tapping director and cinematographer Valentina Vee as the company’s director of motion pictures.
Sometimes, serendipity—or just plain luck—still plays a pivotal role in scientific discovery. Recently, a team of chemists was experimenting with using a biocatalytic process to trigger a cyclopropanation reaction, which yields intricate molecular structures used in various
When the calendar flipped over to May, Nissan instituted a new sales policy for its dealers: Cars can be advertised at discounts up to 10 percent off the invoice price , a massive reduction from typical MSRP. The reasoning, it seems, is that Nissan just has too many cars
YBN Nahmir has revealed to fans that he suffered a seizure and suggested that he died and came back to life after undergoing the medical emergency.
Shane Gillis drinks brews and poops in the customer restroom in the trailer for “Tires,” his workplace comedy series premiering May 23 on Netflix. The six-episode scripted show follows Will (Steven Gerben), “the nervous and unqualified heir to an auto repair chain” who
The positive effects on business investment have now been validated by empirical research.
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Joost Klein's props were being set up when a production manager indicated they should be removed.
A research team from NIMS and Nagoya University has demonstrated that an iron-based amorphous alloy, widely used as a soft magnetic material in transformers and motors, can be transformed into a "transverse" thermoelectric conversion material that converts electric and thermal
For weeks, Tesla has been cutting staff left, right and center . First it was teams at its California and Texas hubs, then the brains behind the Supercharger network went and this week it was the interns . Now, an exec departing from the American electric vehicle maker has
Two days ago, Future tweeted the following lines : “Fuck yo album Shit ain’t slappin like my MIXTAPE,” “MAY TENTH,” “MIXTAPE PLUTO.” Naturally, that got people talking. Thus far this year, Future and Metro Boomin have already released two mammoth collaborative albums, We Don’t
Michael Cohen, former President Trump’s onetime fixer-turned-foe, is expected to take the stand on Monday in Trump’s New York criminal trial, according to a source with knowledge of the matter. Billed as a star witness for the Manhattan district attorney’s office, Cohen’s
The University of Michigan Survey of Consumers posted a reading of 67.4 for May, down from 77.2 in April.
It’s all monkey business at the box office. “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” the latest film in 20th Century Studios’ primate franchise, will rule over the box office this weekend. It’s already made $6.6 million in previews so far. The new “Apes” movie is the fourth in the
Vaccine-maker Novavax announced a $1.2 billion licensing partnership with French pharmaceutical company Sanofi on Friday, giving its stock a much-needed boost. Read more...
