The UN refugee agency reports that altogether more than 1 million refugees and nearly 2 million internally displaced Syrians have returned to their homes since Bashar al-Assad's fall.
Whether a caught fish is released back into the water or removed for consumption depends on more than just the fish species and size. Researchers from the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) have analyzed the role of anglers' personal
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An international assessment report has been released to provide definitive statements on the atmospheric impacts from a huge volcanic eruption in 2022.
The Falkland Islands Government has congratulated all newly elected Members of the Legislative Assembly following the General Election held on Thursday 11 December, followed by the swearing ceremony.
The shopping platform is under scrutiny over a recent study where individual shoppers simultaneously received different prices for the same items at the same stores.
Halalaimus is a microscopic nematode genus commonly found in sediment on the seafloor. It lives 1–5 cm below the sediment surface and grazes on bacteria or organic materials in the sediment.
Thursday saw the release of a much lighter-than-expected inflation report for November, and economists are already questioning its significance.
The World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) has released a critical statement on the devastating impact of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI) on wildlife populations worldwide. The organization reports that the current panzootic is causing unprecedented ecological
Logic-puzzle your way to victory in a conspiracy-laden adventure The post Mosaic Of The Strange Is A Murder Mystery Unlike Anything You’ve Played Before appeared first on Kotaku .
Donald Trump is renaming the Kennedy Center after himself. The John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts, better known as the Kennedy Center, will know be known as the Trump-Kennedy Center. Trump put his own name first and everything. White House press secretary Karoline
Cap is back — and he’s a dad! The first teaser trailer for “Avengers: Doomsday” has revealed that Steve Rogers, the star-spangled Avenger portrayed by Chris Evans, will return in the next Marvel team-up adventure, set to release Dec. 18, 2026. In a twist, Captain America is the
I interviewed Rob Reiner twice in the last six months, both times about “Spinal Tap” — once solo and once with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, his longtime friends and the actors/bandmembers in the film. While both of those interviews are excellent, funny
The pop star reveals Easter eggs, outfit secrets, and the inspirations behind the visual for VEVO's Footnotes series
President Trump’s “warrior dividends” of $1,776 will use funding appropriated for military housing subsidies under the administration’s signature “One Big, Beautiful Bill.” The money for the one-time checks intended for U.S. service members, which the president announced
The rapper is currently in the United States, and it's unclear if Romania will try to force his extradition
Anthropic installed an AI-powered vending machine in the WSJ office. The LLM, named Claudius, was responsible for autonomously purchasing inventory from wholesalers, setting prices, tracking inventory, and generating a profit. The newsroom’s journalists could chat with Claudius
OpenAI released Sora 2 in October, unleashing a flood of copyright violations onto the internet. But instead of suing the company, or even threatening to do so, Disney is now teaming up with it. In a remarkable deal announced Dec. 11, Disney will allow millions of Sora users to
When humans need more Vitamin B12—a nutrient that makes healthy red blood cells and turns food into energy—we can get it by taking a supplement or eating fish. But what about ocean life, including the seafood we eat? Are they getting their vitamins and how do they access
Dec 18 - Venezuela on Thursday authorized two very large crude carriers (VLCC) to set sail for China, according to two sources familiar with Venezuela's oil export operations. They would be only the second and third supertankers to depart the country since the U.S. seized
A father tells the BBC he owes the life of his child to a stranger forced into an impossible decision.
Scientists have made leaps and bounds in bending atoms to their will, making them into everything from ultraprecise clocks to bits of quantum data. Translating these quantum technologies from obedient atoms to unruly molecules could offer greater possibilities. Molecules can
Turner has spent a nearly 30-year career working across Whitehall and the Foreign Office.
He convulses. He moans. He mourns. Lewis Pullman’s role in “The Testament of Ann Lee,” set for release on Christmas Day via Searchlight, is a physical and mental feat. He’s earned a place among internet boyfriends after his work in Marvel’s “Thunderbolts*” and the miniseries
With growing fear that the U.S.-brokered cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon could unravel, the Paris meeting also aimed to dissuade Israel from escalation, diplomats said. A French diplomat said that France condemns the Israeli strikes in the country
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released new photos from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate Thursday, and in some of them, handwritten lines from the book Lolita are visible on the bodies of unidentified girls or women. One of the photos shows “Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue
A team of researchers at Radboud University has discovered a promising new method to make ammonia—a key ingredient in fertilizers and many industrial chemicals—more efficiently and sustainably.
Jessica Lacy, the top indie film sales and packaging executive at Range Media Partners, is is expected to depart the company next year, numerous sources told Variety. Lacy joined the management firm in 2022 as a partner, to head up the speciality division Range Select. Insiders
David Leavy, a longtime aide to Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, is leaving the company after more than two decades. Leavy announced his plans Thursday in a note to staffers. “When I first joined in 2000, Discovery was based in Bethesda, MD, as a small privately held
Astronomers witnessed the aftermath of not one but two collisions in space The post Cosmic Collision Caught on Camera appeared first on Nautilus .
An international research expedition involving Cornell has uncovered new details as to why a 2011 earthquake northeast of Japan behaved so unusually as it lifted the seafloor and produced a tsunami that devastated coastal communities along with the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear
In an unprecedented celestial event, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) captured the dramatic aftermath of colliding space rocks within a nearby planetary system.
Normally, when liquids solidify, their molecules become locked in place, making it much harder for ions to move and leading to a steep decrease in ionic conductivity. Now, scientists have synthesized a new class of materials, called state-independent electrolytes (SIEs), that
Gut problems like irritable bowel syndrome are often worse in women. A mouse study reveals a pain pathway involving estrogen, gut cells and bacteria.
A massive collision between two asteroid-sized bodies around a nearby star offers a rare look at the violent process of planetary construction.
The Constitutional Tribunal is the highest judicial body in Poland, responsible for checking the compatibility of laws and international agreements with the country's constitution.
Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released 68 more photos from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday, one day before the Department of Justice's (DOJ) deadline to release all of its information on the disgraced financier
President Trump is signing an executive order Thursday from the Oval Office that will drop marijuana into a lower drug classification — but it will not equate to full legalization. The move continues efforts begun by the Biden administration, which started the process to make
President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to speed up the rescheduling of marijuana from Schedule I to the less severe Schedule III, with the stated goal of expanding cannabis research. The executive order will direct the attorney general to expedite the completion
It's not clear at this point whether Light of Motiram will come back in a heavily modified format, or if Tencent has decided to scrap the whole thing.
Maybe it's for the best?
'You taught me love': Japanese woman marries AI partner after 100 daily messages as concern over 'AI psychosis' rises.
A whopping 96% of staff at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art voted in favor of a union, calling for higher pay and “increased transparency.”
Wiz Khalifa is facing almost a year in prison in Romania for weed possession, but is hoping to avoid a stint behind bars. According to TMZ, Romania’s Constanța Court of Appeal upheld an appeal on Thursday (December 18) to sentence the Pittsburgh native to nine months in jail,
Two of African football's biggest names, Achraf Hakimi and Mohamed Salah, are hoping to lead their nations to glory as the Africa Cup of Nations gets ready to kick off in Morocco.
Former Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday bashed the GOP’s handling of Jack Smith’s testimony to congressional investigators earlier this week, saying Republicans were afraid to allow the former special counsel to appear in public. “They didn't have the guts to put him
Joan Mitchell and the written word, garments with passports, “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” Christmas book-gifting in Iceland, toppled Lady Liberty, and more.
The Kennedy Center will soon be called the “Trump-Kennedy Center,” in yet another egotistical move from the president that could be a death knell for the famed American cultural institution. “I have just been informed that the highly respected Board of the Kennedy Center, some
