Anthropic CEO Says It’s Time to Slow AI Model Advances Bloomberg.com We Must Pace the Frontier darioamodei.com Top AI leaders unite to warn the technology is advancing too fast The Washington Post Inside the Snowballing Conversations at A.I. Companies About a Doomsday The New York Times Amodei, Altman, Musk call for slowing AI model development Los Angeles Times
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Automattic says Mullenweg is back as "chairman and CEO of Automattic, with full support of the board."
In an essay, the head of Anthropic laid out the rapidly advancing capabilities of artificial intelligence and said there needed to be greater safety controls across the industry.
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In May, hundreds of malicious and spam packages were uploaded to RubyGems, causing a serious disruption for the host. Now independent researchers have said that a swarm of OpenAI agents were responsible for the attack. Not only that, but the AI tried to steal users' API keys. At the time, RubyGems described it as a "major malicious attack" and shut down signups for four days as it tried to mitigate the damage and collect data. Researchers said that the contents of the packages that brought Ruby
Jacob Coxon tells the BBC that there's a strong chance AI could end humanity if the rate of development is not reined in.
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The Roblox Innovation Awards (RIAs) unveiled its 2026 winners during a ceremony in San Jose Saturday with new title “Animal Hospital” taking home several top honors. Part of the 12th annual Roblox Developer Conference, this year’s RIAs were hosted by Roblox’s head of the developer community, Justin Sousa (widely known as “JParty” to Roblox users). […]
AI staff 'genuinely frightened' for humanity's future, ex-Anthropic researcher tells BBC BBC We Must Pace the Frontier darioamodei.com Exclusive | Anthropic Researcher Quits Over ‘Out-of-Control’ AI Fears WSJ One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’ WIRED Anthropic C.E.O. Dario Amodei Calls for A.I. Slowdown The New York Times
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Turns out that AI tends to say that its favorite color is blue. Why is this? I solve the mystery and give crucial insights about AI. An AI Insider analysis and scoop.
James Cameron's "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" eerie predicted our modern-day complicated relationship wtih AI, as its re-release in August coincides with real-life events.
President Trump has been in the forefront of the “what-me-worry?” crowd, refusing to engage on how to balance the risks and rewards of A.I.
Silicon Valley is shifting away from chatbot queries toward a future filled with resource-intensive agentic AI—and it's driving the data center buildout.
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Coway’s new Airmega Halo runs quietly and clears visible smoke quickly, but its air-quality readings weren’t always reassuring.
Apple’s Safari browser gets a few helpful automation and personalization features in iOS 27.
Every time you make a phone call, stream a video, or connect to Wi-Fi, your device is sending and receiving invisible signals through the air. So are your baby monitor, garage door opener, your GPS, the weather-monitoring satellites, and the radars keeping planes safely apart. All of these rely on the same invisible resource: the radio spectrum. The demand for wireless data—driven by smartphones, video streaming, and billions of connected devices—keeps growing, making available spectrum scarce.
These bird feeders come with cameras and connected apps to let you see and learn about the birds in your neighborhood.
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 143, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you're new here, welcome, new tech season is here, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I've been devouring every iPhone Duo video I can find, clicking on the wonderful websites nominated for this year's Tiny Awards, catching up on the excellent Onimusha: Way of the Sword, reading Wildwood ahead of the upcoming movie, watching the new Taskmaster s
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on cars, data privacy, and autonomous vehicles, follow Andrew J. Hawkins. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started Earlier this year, the Federal Trade Commission issued an unprecedented penalty against General Motors: a five-year ban on selling customer data to consumer reporting agencies and third-party data brokers. For year
The manufacturer has a service that lets owners repair their own equipment.
Fusion startups are inking defense-related deals, reigniting the relationship between fusion and national security that might have gone dormant, but never completely disappeared.
A San Francisco startup's hydrogen retrofit cut fuel use 24% and emissions 28% on an 8,500-mile voyage—proof, its backers say, that ships don't need to for cleaner fuel.
Two people were arrested in San Fransico while riding around in a Waymo robotaxi after the cab pulled over and called the cops on them. The riders were juveniles in possession of a loaded AR-style ghost gun and were taken to a juvenile hall. While the police report did not specify who was operating the autonomous car, Waymo later confirmed it was one of its vehicles to the Los Angeles Times. A spokesperson told the LA Times that a "violation of our terms of service involving a firearm" was detec
The economics of frontier AI are starting to crack, and nowhere is that more clear than at Anthropic. As the company heads towards what could become the biggest IPO ever, it faces an ominous signal: Many of its U.S. customers are choosing cheaper artificial intelligence models over its most advanced option. That matters because it is testing a core commercial assumption underpinning frontier AI: that the most advanced models will continue to command a price premium. It’s an assumption that inves
Dario Amodei’s 3,800-word letter laid out a three-step plan to rein in artificial intelligence.
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Demis Hassabis, the chair of Google DeepMind, and Elon Musk have all welcomed Amodei's proposal.
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Amodei made the remarks on CBS Sunday Morning, one day after calling for AI companies to slow down their frontier research.
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Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says Apple is developing two game controllers for the iPhone and will likely sell them under the Beats brand. Rumors that Apple might enter the game controller business have circulated for some time. But last week, MacRumors reported finding two references in macOS 26.7's code to two game controllers identified as first-party devices. Despite the code being found in macOS, not iOS, Gurman says the controllers are designed for iPhones. Additionally, he says that it is Beat
OpenAI boss and Elon Musk back calls to put brakes on ‘reckless’ AI development The Guardian We Must Pace the Frontier darioamodei.com What’s behind the AI industry’s latest warnings of doom? TechCrunch Anthropic’s Moral Conflict Is Playing Out in Real Time WSJ Inside the AI Industry’s Behind-the-Scenes Push to Police Itself The Information
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House Speaker Mike Johnson warned on Sunday of competitive risks from China, and Hakeem Jeffries, the minority leader, said Congress should start regulatory talks this week.
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From floating reactors to brain chips: VCs picked their favorite YC startups from the summer batch.
As alarm from the highest echelons of A.I. companies mounts, Buckingham Palace said the king would meet with executives to explore how the technology can be used for good.
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Insight Partners' Devin Parekh opens up about losing Legora to General Catalyst, why he's fine holding stakes in rival AI labs, and why — even as everyone else piles into OpenAI and Anthropic — his $90 billion firm is deliberately staying diversified.
Altman's IPO comments and Amodei's public call for more careful pacing of AI development cap a week of loud AI warnings.
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A leaked report from the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation outlines devastating aftershocks that would follow if David Ellison pulled Paramount Skydance out of California. A copy of the report published by Politico reads, “At a minimum, relocating Paramount’s headquarters and other operations out of California would result in losses of 2,750 and 5,550 job-years […]
Concerns about AI safety have ramped up, and OpenAI’s CEO says now would be an ‘ill-advised’ time for the ChatGPT creator to go public
A finance director stands in front of hundreds of employees to reveal the annual figures. No, it’s not the start of the most corporate joke ever, but something I saw a few weeks ago. Right away, he reveals he’s nervous. This isn’t his natural habitat. In fact, the last time he was on stage was back in high school, playing Kenickie in a production of Grease. He promises that if anyone falls asleep while he talks through the figures, as punishment for being boring, he’ll sing “Greased Lightnin’”
With AI we are entering a new era in which technology can tabulate information, recognize patterns, answer questions, and write reports at a phenomenal speed, and do tasks that would require a massive amount of human time and effort. This has huge implications for our future and what kind of skills are still important for humans to acquire. Being the smartest person in the room has little value if artificial intelligence can pull up more accurate information than the entire room has, and assess
When you step into the newly renovated L.L. Bean flagship, the first thing you see isn’t the brand’s latest collection of field coats or duck boots. It’s fish. As you cross the threshold of the 160,000-square-foot store in Freeport, Maine, you’re greeted by massive, multilevel aquariums stocked with native Maine trout; instructors from the company’s nearby outdoor education center conduct fly-fishing demonstrations. As you climb the entryway’s grand staircase, there’s a pond exhibit featuring ac
I just returned from a family vacation through France, Spain, and Portugal, and we had an amazing time. However, I couldn’t help but notice a new tourist trap that could have potentially cost me hundreds of dollars. The trap has to do with a practice known as Dynamic Currency Conversion, or DCC. Because of it, you’re at risk of losing money every single time you pay with a credit card—which, for most people nowadays, is almost always. And recently, it seems DCC has evolved to make it even easier
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Rising crop prices are making the current inflation problem bigger than just oil and the Iran war.
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An increasing number of industry analysts say costs are under control for the likes of CVS Health, Centene, Cigna, Elevance Health, Humana, UnitedHealth Group and others.
The information-technology sector stands out when it comes to issuing upbeat earnings outlooks.
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The U.S.-Iran war has caused oil prices to surge and added to freight stress from tariffs, but no shipping trade has boomed quite like crude oil tanker futures.
“I expect to receive at least $9,000 per month before federal and California state taxes.”
“We have witnessed our parents’ gradual decline in cognitive ability.”
The only limit to money in circulation is production.
We're looking forward to what promises to be a consequential Federal Reserve meeting and a slew of conferences.
Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline is under attack, exposing new risks to global oil flows as Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb come under pressure.
The 10-year Treasury yield is sitting on the doorstep of 5%, and that’s a warning sign for stocks.
Social Security, once seen as “old-age insurance,” will eventually disappear, this author predicts.
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There’s a safe haven hiding in plain sight.
Oracle had previously disclosed that Ellison planned to sell 50 million shares worth around $7.5 billion.
A higher COLA is a sign that persistent inflation isn’t going anywhere.
Estate-planning crises usually come down to small oversights.
As caregiving demands rise, many professionals are rethinking what success means to them.
A self-described “spender” is concerned about taxes.
Oil prices jumped and stock futures fell slightly on concerns that energy supplies from the Persian Gulf would be further diminished by a drone attack on a critical pipeline in Saudi Arabia.
The cost of renting is expected to rise by 4% or 5% a year by December, according to property website Zoopla.
No amount of wealth can erase retirement worries.
Journalist, social, and political activist Gloria Steinem speaks on stage at Ms. Foundation For Women 2016 Gloria Awards Gala at The Pierre Hotel on April 27, 2016 in New York City. Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Ms. Foundation For Women Feminist trailblazer, journalist, and reproductive rights advocate Gloria Steinem has died at age 92. Steinem spent more than five decades advocating for women’s equality and reproductive rights. Her legacy includes helping found influential organizations
The United States has been officially neutral on an issue that was a source of decades of violence in Northern Ireland until a 1998 peace deal.
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SNAP funding could face a major shake-up at the end of September unless Congress passes a resolution to delay major changes included in the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill.
Changes will spell out that governments can change rules and that career choices affect repayments.
Almost every paper on Sunday leads on a record-breaking double donation of £72m to Reform UK.
Trump endorses Irish reunification, breaking with decades of U.S. policy The Washington Post Trump says Irish unification would be ‘fantastic,’ wading in to sensitive topic during weekend visit | CNN Politics CNN Donald Trump says he would ‘love’ to see united Ireland The Guardian Trump's comments on a united Ireland may have targeted audience across the Atlantic BBC Trump Says Irish Unification Would Be ‘Fantastic,’ Breaking With Precedent nytimes.com
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Trespasser stopped on former Vice President Kamala Harris’ Malibu property Los Angeles Times Kamala Harris & Doug Emhoff's Los Angeles Home Targeted in Trespass Incident TMZ Security stops alleged trespasser on Kamala Harris’ Malibu property CNN Person ‘illegally entered’ Malibu property of Kamala Harris, Doug Emhoff: reports KTLA Woman stopped after entering Kamala Harris' Malibu property USA Today
Trump predicts war with Iran will end 'very soon,' likely after midterms Fox News Iran war live: Houthis warn against intervention; threaten to close strait Al Jazeera Trump says Hormuz 'will work out just fine'; Pezeshkian: Mideast doesn't need US to be a 'policeman' The Times of Israel Trump Insists Iran War Will Turn Out 'Fine and Dandy' Yahoo From ‘Trump Strait’ to $5k for every voter: MAGA boss makes big midterm pitch The Times of India
Some people fired in the wake of Kirk's assassination have won big settlements from employers, others have had to start over from scratch.
Alleged trespasser stopped outside Kamala Harris’ Malibu home NBC News Person ‘illegally entered’ Malibu property of Kamala Harris, Doug Emhoff: reports KTLA Trespasser stopped on former Vice President Kamala Harris’ Malibu property Los Angeles Times Security stops trespasser at former VP Kamala Harris' Malibu home, sheriff's department says ABC7 Los Angeles Security stops alleged trespasser on Kamala Harris’ Malibu property CNN
A renovation transformed it from a mold-ridden cat den to a modern abode.
Ron DeSantis offers ‘asylum’ to holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy trial The Guardian Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis offers asylum to Lindsay Clancy juror holdout The Seattle Times Opinion | What the Clancy trial’s chatty jurors get wrong The Washington Post Holdout Juror in Lindsay Clancy’s Mistrial Highlights a Divide in America The New York Times Domestic violence allegations raise questions about holdout juror in Lindsay Clancy trial NBC Boston
Missouri voters sue Denny Hoskins, seek $80 million over redistricting referendum FOX 2 Redistricting rulings injects chaos, uncertainty into Missouri House races The Hill 5 St. Louis area voters sue Denny Hoskins for $80M KMOV Opinion | Missouri Republicans have unleashed pure chaos on us voters ahead of the midterm elections MS NOW Supreme Court appears to kill GOP redistricting hopes in Missouri Politico
The judge said the plan would hinder the agency’s ability to respond to disasters.
During a private fund-raiser, the former president warned that the technology could be “dangerous” if not managed urgently and with a clear plan.
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Brendan Carr, the Trump-aligned Republican chairman of the FCC, accused James Talarico, a Texas Democrat running for the U.S. Senate, of running a “hoax” to garner attention and campaign donations by sitting for an interview with Jimmy Kimmel — which ABC put on YouTube instead airing it on broadcast TV to avoid a potential clash […]
Lonnie G. Bunch III, who has led the institution since 2019, parried the White House until deciding it was time to go.
Mr. Paxton, the Texas attorney general now running for the U.S. Senate, was accused of abusing the power of his office to protect a campaign donor. He was acquitted on all counts.
A generation shaped by the pandemic and rising prices has helped drive an emergence of Democratic candidates who say they are as fed up as voters are.
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The government is trying to change the law on donations to UK political parties from British expats.
Wisconsin GOP governor candidate swims from sinking plane after emergency lake landing Fox News Wisconsin Rep. Tom Tiffany suffers minor injuries when his plane makes an emergency landing in a lake CNN Private plane crashes into Lake Wausau WSAW Wisconsin Congressman Tom Tiffany suffers minor injuries after emergency landing in a lake CBS News Plane carrying Tom Tiffany makes emergency water landing WBAY
Inflation and the cost of living have been the biggest drivers of campaigns this year, but the broad term “affordability” breaks down into specific issues, from housing to health care.
The Democratic nominee for Senate faces strong headwinds in a decidedly Republican-leaning state. She has been a fighter, and an underdog, for years.
High construction costs and the Iran war are threatening the key manifesto pledge, the housing secretary says.
The 2025 football season and 2024 presidential election pushed prediction markets into the prominence they enjoy today.
Bye, America: Trump’s rhetoric pushes some Canadians to shun the U.S. The Washington Post Canadian boycott of US products pushes grocers to adapt, explore new supply sources Reuters The trade deficit with Canada that's upset Trump so much is due to oil the U.S. buys at a discount Fortune Canada and Iran Have Found Trump’s Achilles’ Heel The New Republic Trump widens trade war with Canada beyond tariffs. Here’s what to know AP News
Tom Tiffany, Wisconsin Representative, Sustains Minor Injuries After Plane Lands in Lake The New York Times Plane carrying Tom Tiffany makes emergency water landing WBAY Rep. Tom Tiffany says he swam to safety after plane made emergency landing USA Today Wisconsin Rep. Tom Tiffany suffers minor injuries when his plane makes an emergency landing in a lake CNN Private plane crashes into Lake Wausau WSAW
Johnson says Congress would work with to deliver $5,000 checks Trump promised to Americans NBC News Mike Johnson doesn't commit to Trump's $5,000 dividend checks usatoday.com Trump officials scramble to manage fallout after his $5K check pledge to all Americans | CNN Politics CNN Trump, hoping to salvage midterms, makes a dubious pledge to give every US adult $5,000 if GOP wins AP News Trump Will Never Mail the $5,000 Checks The Atlantic
With Social Security due to reach a funding shortfall in six years, more lawmakers are opening up to the idea of taxing high earners to help fund the program.
The US president was speaking at the Irish Open on Sunday and said "many people agree" with his comments.
A Republican congressman says he had to swim to safety after a plane he was traveling in made an emergency landing in a lake late Saturday
Wisconsin Congressman Tom Tiffany suffers minor injuries after emergency landing in a lake CBS News Wisconsin Rep. Tom Tiffany suffers minor injuries when his plane makes an emergency landing in a lake CNN Wisconsin congressman swims to safety after plane makes emergency landing in lake The Guardian Private plane crashes into Lake Wausau WSAW U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin swims to safety after plane makes emergency landing in Lake Wausau ABC7 New York
GOP congressman from Wisconsin swims to safety after plane makes emergency landing in a lake apnews.com Wisconsin Rep. Tom Tiffany suffers minor injuries when his plane makes an emergency landing in a lake CNN Plane carrying Tom Tiffany makes emergency water landing WBAY US congressman swims to safety after his plane is forced to land on a lake BBC Private plane crashes into Lake Wausau WSAW
Wisconsin Congressman Tom Tiffany escaped a sinking plane and swam to shallow water after an emergency landing in a lake. Tiffany and the pilot called 911 from on top of the plane.
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Andy Burnham is likely to face fresh pressure to further change the rules on party donations, writes Jack Fenwick.
The US President said "negative forces" were airing concerns about "things that won't happen".
Trump reiterates $5,000 ‘dividend’ pledge if Republicans win midterms The Guardian Speaker Johnson says Congress could work with Trump to deliver $5,000 checks to Americans but there are no guarantees NBC News Taxes wouldn’t fund $5,000 Trump ‘dividend’ if Republicans win midterms, says commerce secretary The Guardian Trump's $1 trillion-plus 'dividend' plan meets immediate bipartisan pushback CNBC Readers Write: Canada geese, $5,000 Trump payments, data centers, economic growth, Dinner du N
Trump's $5,000 checks require Congress to approve, Johnson says Axios Speaker Johnson says Congress could work with Trump to deliver $5,000 checks to Americans but there are no guarantees NBC News House Speaker Mike Johnson says Trump's $5,000 'dividend' needs congressional approval PBS Taxes wouldn’t fund $5,000 Trump ‘dividend’ if Republicans win midterms, says commerce secretary The Guardian Trump calls $5,000 payouts 'easy' to fit into federal budget Reuters
Rep. Tom Tiffany says he sustained minor injuries in emergency plane landing on lake NBC News Wisconsin Rep. Tom Tiffany suffers minor injuries when his plane makes an emergency landing in a lake cnn.com US congressman swims to safety after his plane is forced to land on a lake BBC Private plane crashes into Lake Wausau wsaw.com Authorities rescue Tom Tiffany after emergency plane landing in Lake Wausau WLUK
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Burnham has said those who take risks should be backed by government, but his government has been criticised for increasing business costs.
Tom Tiffany's plane forced to make emergency water landing after campaign event wisn.com Wisconsin Rep. Tom Tiffany suffers minor injuries when his plane makes an emergency landing in a lake CNN GOP gov candidate recounts miracle water landing as dispatch audio reveals desperate search for sinking plane Fox News Wisconsin congressman survives emergency plane landing, swims to safety NPR Private plane crashes into Lake Wausau wsaw.com
Bo French, the GOP candidate for the state’s railroad commission, has repeatedly engaged in inflammatory rhetoric.
Sustaining 3% growth is mathematically improbable, requiring productivity to nearly double given slow labor force expansion.
Putin warns Europe against sending troops to Ukraine: "That means a war with Russia" CBS News Putin threatens Europe with war if European troops are deployed to Ukraine pravda.com.ua As Europe weighs a peacekeeping force in Ukraine, Putin warns sending troops 'means a war with Russia' Fortune Putin says European troop deployment in Ukraine would be 'war against Russia' Le Monde.fr Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin warns Europe sending troops to Kyiv’s aid means war with Moscow The Independen
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The inquiry into the former nurse is expected to find failures by her hospital to ensure patient safety.
As Oil Prices Rise, BRICS Leaders Have What U.S. Doesn’t: Iran at the Table The New York Times BRICS leaders meet in India as wars and US tensions test the bloc NPR BRICS adopts joint declaration, urges 'maximum restraint' in Mideast Reuters Trump shadow looms large over Brics as Modi hosts Putin and Xi in Delhi BBC BRICS meets in India: What’s on the agenda, why it matters Al Jazeera
Iraq says Saudi pipeline attack originated from its territory, and other Mideast news AP News Saudi Arabia has few options as it faces mounting threats from Iran and its allies AP News Saudi Arabia shut down East-West crude oil pipeline after multiple attacks by drones from Iraq CNBC Trump says Iran likely responsible for attack that shut vital Saudi oil pipeline CNN Iraq probes drone strikes on Saudi Arabia, shuts three crossings to Iran Al Jazeera
Officials say more than 300 Russians remain missing after the 2024 Kursk offensive, but no-one really knows the true figure.
Prime minister’s office tells families of those missing ‘the nation stands with you’ as search and rescue efforts continue One person has died and more than 30 are missing after a ferry sank off the coast of Vanuatu, the country’s government says. The vessel, MV Matui, had set sail with more than 40 passengers and crew on Friday from the island of Santo to Ambae island in very rough seas, but did not arrive. Continue reading...
Indonesian rescuers have launched a search operation after a passenger ship carrying more than 240 people lost contact in the Java Sea while traveling from East Java to South Kalimantan on Borneo island
In rare public remarks, Jonathan Powell said now was not the time for European nations to take their "foot off the gas".
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The nation's search and rescue team said it lost contact with the Virgo Transport 8 in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Exclusive | Mark Carney’s Audacious Bid to Make Canada an ‘Associate Member’ of the EU WSJ The EU Has Far Too Many Hangers-On Already Bloomberg.com Michael Taube: Carney’s EU mistake is nearly complete National Post Even Trump-friendly EU countries back Brussels’ pact with Canada politico.eu Prime Minister Carney to strengthen Canada’s ties with European partners in visit to Strasbourg and Liverpool pm.gc.ca
Iraq seizes drone-launching platform used for targeting Saudi oil pipeline Al Jazeera Saudi Arabia has few options as it faces mounting threats from Iran and its allies AP News Trump predicts war with Iran will end 'very soon,' likely after midterms Fox News Trump says Iran likely responsible for attack that shut vital Saudi oil pipeline CNN Saudi Arabia’s Oil ‘Lifeline’ Was Attacked. Here’s What to Know. The New York Times
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More than 100 others on board were evacuated from the Virgo Transport 8 ship, including one who died Indonesian rescuers were searching on Sunday for 140 people from a passenger ship that was earlier reported missing in the Java Sea after 103 others were evacuated, one of whom died, a search and rescue agency official said. A passenger ship carrying more than 240 people was reported missing after losing contact during bad weather in the Java Sea early on Sunday, the country’s search and re
Baghdad confirms attack on Saudi pipeline came from Iraq DW.com Saudi Arabia has few options as it faces mounting threats from Iran and its allies AP News Trump says Iran likely responsible for attack that shut vital Saudi oil pipeline cnn.com Saudis shut down oil pipeline as Houthis tighten grip on Red Sea shipping reuters.com Iraq probes drone strikes on Saudi Arabia, shuts three crossings to Iran Al Jazeera
New report of attack on Strait of Hormuz shipping fans fears of threats to oil supplies reuters.com Iran war live: Commercial ship attacked in Hormuz killing 1, wounding 3 Al Jazeera Iranian media say 1 killed in ship strike on the Strait of Hormuz, and other Mideast developments WAVY.com An Iranian commercial ship is struck near Strait of Hormuz, 1 person killed, Iran's state media say AP News Crew of vessel attacked in Hormuz strait evacuated, UKMTO says timesofisrael.com
Opponents derailed the agreement with a clandestine effort to attack ships in the Strait of Hormuz, regime insiders say. Iran’s president was furious when he found out.
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About 1,400 Yemenis flee to Djibouti within 24 hours Al Jazeera People fleeing Iran-backed rebels’ advance in Yemen describe a ‘hysterical panic’ AP News Nearly 50,000 Yemeni civilians flee as Houthis advance along Red Sea coast The Guardian ‘We Left in the Clothes We Were Wearing’: Yemenis Flee New Fighting The New York Times ‘Hysterical panic’ as some 76,000 flee advance by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen The Times of Israel
A young Canadian mother shares her memories of being an ISIS bride, and her harrowing escape from the extremist group.
Indonesian rescuers said about 130 passengers and crew are missing after a ferry carrying more than 240 people sank in bad weather in the Java Sea on Sunday.
China, Iran's biggest trading partner and a key customer of Tehran's energy exports, is willing to work with BRICS towards peace in the region, Xi said.
Russian nuclear head says Ukraine attacked fuel trucks, endangered Zaporizhzhia plant Reuters Two killed in attack on fuel trucks supplying Zaporizhzhia NPP – Rosatom Caliber.Az Likhachev: "With the attacks on Zaporizhia, Ukraine is provoking a nuclear accident." Agenzia Nova Russia is preparing a terrorist attack at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, – president Zelensky Межа. Новини України. Russia accuses Ukraine of Zaporizhzhia fuel attack as Odesa strikes continue Investing.com Nigeria
What's next after Donald Trump's united Ireland comments? BBC Rory McIlroy and Brooks Koepka react to Air Force 1 landing during their rounds at the Irish Open Yahoo Sports Trump Says Irish Unification Would Be ‘Fantastic,’ Breaking With Precedent The New York Times Taoiseach to join Trump in Doonbeg on last day of visit RTE.ie Backlash grows over Trump's 'completely wrong' comments on Irish reunification Sky News
China will take the lead to help foster artificial-intelligence collaboration and development among developing-economy countries, President Xi Jinping said.
Iran reports commercial vessel struck in Strait of Hormuz CNN Iran war live: Commercial ship attacked in Hormuz, killing 1, wounding 4 aljazeera.com Iranian commercial ship struck near Strait of Hormuz with 1 dead amid quagmire of competing interests Toledo Blade New report of attack on Strait of Hormuz shipping fans fears of threats to oil supplies Reuters Live - Iranian vessel struck near Qeshm Island, killing one and wounding three Iran International
Officials said the ferry was carrying 243 people between Java and Borneo.
The pope spoke from St. Peter's Square.
Talks are expected tomorrow, officials said. Diplomacy to end the war with the United States has stalled and Iranian-allied forces have advanced in Yemen.
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The latest strike happened ahead of an expected meeting between Iranian and Gulf officials in Oman to sign an agreement for shipping through the strait.
The individual worked at the US embassy in Vauxhall, south London, had diplomatic protection, despite not being a diplomat.
BRICS summit 2026: What are the key takeaways? Al Jazeera At BRICS, India's Modi warns geopolitical tensions and supply chain shocks threaten global stability AP News 5 unmissable moments of Brics 2026 Summit The Times of India Iran and UAE back joint BRICS statement urging restraint in war CNBC BRICS adopts joint declaration, urges 'maximum restraint' in Mideast Reuters
Human rights groups in Turkey have accused the government of using a family- values campaign to target the LGBTQ+ community.
The former UK PM said "I don't know what warped logic drove Putin to blow up a stationary Ukrainian locomotive on the Polish border this morning".
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Canadian officials are reportedly seeking closer ties with the European Union amid the trade war between Canada and the U.S.
Force releases images of individuals it wants to speak to after disorder at Eastney Marina on 6 September.
China is wary of North Korea's closer relationship with Russia. While this partnership may cause more stress for the West, it also creates stress for Beijing.
Trump calls on Ukraine to stop targeting Russian refineries as both countries trade strikes CBS News Trump tells Ukraine to stop targeting Russia’s diesel fuel CNN Trump calls on Ukraine to stop striking Russian diesel refineries Financial Times Trump calls on Zelensky to stop attacking Russian energy targets The Washington Post Trump calls on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian diesel fuel, saying attacks causing a shortage AP News
Sweden exit poll: Left on course for election win in blow to far right politico.eu Sweden general election: centre-left opposition bloc set to win, exit polls project – Europe live The Guardian Swedish voters go to polls to choose a new parliament as hard right bids for role in government PBS Sweden’s Social Democrat-Led Bloc Takes Lead in Exit Poll Bloomberg.com Swedes vote in election that could usher far right into government or banish them Reuters
Russia hits Ukrainian train shortly after Boris Johnson and top European officials leave station BBC Train carrying Boris Johnson and ex-CIA chief may have been targeted in Russian strike, officials say The Guardian Russian drone strike near Polish border in Ukraine, forcing temporary closure NBC News Russia hits passenger train on Ukraine's border with Poland, just misses 'diplomatic train' Reuters Ukraine Says Passenger Train Headed to Warsaw Is Hit by Drone Bloomberg.com
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With 50% of the votes counted, the two main blocs were separated by only 20,000 votes, Sweden public broadvasteer SVT said.
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Israel’s Minister of Culture Miki Zohar threatened to revoke the Israeli citizenships of “NAZA” co-directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor. He called the documentary “shocking” and accused the filmmakers of “betraying the state.” “The self-loathing that burns in the creators, who are willing to harm their homeland just to get applause from antisemites around the […]
From meteor showers to a November supermoon, there are a number of impressive sights to behold in the autumn night sky.
Scientists have uncovered a natural braking system that helps the immune system switch off inflammation and prevent harmful immune cells from building up. Boosting this pathway in people reduced inflammation-related immune changes and sped up pain relief, pointing toward potential new treatments for chronic inflammatory diseases.
A century-old mystery in Venus’s clouds just became more intriguing, as scientists calculated how strongly the unidentified material behind its dark ultraviolet patterns must absorb light. The results sharply narrow the possibilities and could help future spacecraft determine whether the mysterious substance is organic, inorganic, or something unexpected.
Ancient rocks from Western Australia suggest water was reaching deep inside Earth more than three billion years ago, long before modern plate tectonics may have fully developed. Researchers propose that water-rich pieces of crust periodically sank into the mantle through a process they call “dripduction.” The buried water then helped produce magma and volcanic eruptions.
“There’s no reason we can’t think that, at some point in the future, we can have volcano forecasts that are like weather forecasts.”
Scientists found that the 3D organization of DNA is disrupted in several types of brain cells affected by Alzheimer’s disease, altering how important genes are switched on and off. The discovery reveals a previously underexplored layer of the disease that could open new paths for understanding and eventually treating Alzheimer’s.
A massive worldwide survey of physicists has revealed surprisingly little agreement about some of the universe’s biggest mysteries. No majority backed the standard cosmological model, a leading explanation for dark matter, or any single theory of quantum gravity. One area of stronger agreement stood out: 68% said the Big Bang does not necessarily represent the beginning of time. Researchers say the divisions show just how alive and unsettled the frontiers of physics remain.
Scientists are combining an electron microscope with a quantum computer to squeeze far more information from each electron. The approach could reveal faint details with fewer electrons, helping protect fragile samples that conventional microscopy can damage.
The Indian and Pacific oceans have been climatically linked for centuries, but scientists say that connection is now breaking down in an exceptional way. Ancient climate records suggest volcanoes disrupted the relationship in the past, while today human-caused warming appears to be driving a much more unusual shift.
A new report warns Himalayan glaciers are melting faster, threatening India’s water, economy and communities.
The FDA has approved four updated COVID-19 vaccines that target the XFG variant. Luis Alvarez · DigitalVision/Getty The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved four updated COVID-19 vaccines for the 2026–2027 season, all targeting the JN.1-lineage XFG variant. All four vaccines are approved for adults ages 65 and older, as well as younger people with underlying conditions that put them at higher risk of severe COVID-19, with eligibility varying by vaccine. The updated vaccines are de
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The FDA approved Rasonque (daraxonrasib), a groundbreaking new drug to treat metastatic pancreatic cancer. Photo courtesy of Revolution Medicines The FDA approved Rasonque, a new drug to treat the most common type of pancreatic cancer. A clinical trial found that those who received Rasonque had more than double the average survival rate: around 13 months compared to just over 6 months with chemotherapy alone. Pancreatic cancer was the sixth most common cause of cancer-related death globally
After a stage 1 colon cancer diagnosis at 37, Marisa Stachelski (pictured above) learned she had a BRCA2 mutation that increased her risk of several other cancers. Photo: Marisa Stachelski Marisa Stachelski was diagnosed with stage 1 colon cancer at age 37 after experiencing persistent bloating, pain, and blood in her stool. Genetic testing later revealed a BRCA2 mutation, which can significantly increase the risk of several cancers, including breast and ovarian cancer. Stachelski chose risk
Drinking coffee or tea at very high temperatures could triple your risk of esophageal cancer, researchers say. alvarez/E+/Getty Images Researchers have found a possible link between drinking very hot drinks and esophageal cancer. Drinking coffee or tea at too high a temperature was associated with a threefold risk. Experts advise allowing your hot beverage to cool before drinking. Avoiding other esophageal cancer risk factors like smoking and drinking heavily may matter more. Do you need a c
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A new study suggests that light exposure during sleep could raise the risk of cardiovascular disease. Yana Iskayeva/Moment/Getty Images New research shows that even dim light during sleep may thicken heart muscle walls and reduce heart flexibility, potentially raising cardiovascular risk. The findings build on prior evidence linking nighttime light exposure to cardiovascular disease risk. Optimizing your sleep environment can help protect your heart health. Sleeping in dark conditions may b
According to recent research, nearly 32% of females in their 20s have never had a cervical screening. MoMo Productions · DigitalVision/Getty Recent research found that nearly 1 in 3 women ages 21 to 29 had never been screened for cervical cancer as of 2023, up from about 1 in 8 in 2005. Researchers also found disparities in never-screening based on factors including race and ethnicity, education, and insurance coverage. Regional- and distant-stage cervical cancer incidence each increased by
The ACS notes that prostate cancer cases are on the rise, but early detection and screening may help reverse the trend. Maskot/Getty The American Cancer Society (ACS) estimates there will be 333,830 new cases of prostate cancer in 2026. Prostate cancer cases increased by around 3% per year between 2014 and 2022, with the steepest increase occurring in advanced-stage diagnoses. The ACS says the increase in diagnoses is largely due to more men being screened, although many are still not being
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A new review found that GLP-1s offer significant improvements in obstructive sleep apnea associated with obesity. vitapix/E+/Getty Images New research has found that GLP-1 drugs may improve obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) related to obesity. The effects of tirzepatide (Zepound), which is FDA approved for OSA, were especially notable. GLP-1s appear to improve OSA associated with obesity by promoting fat loss in the neck, throat, and tongue. CPAP therapy should be continued until a physician has
Recent research shows that the shingles vaccine may help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. A boy and the sea · E+/Getty A recent study found that the recombinant shingles vaccine (Shingrix) was associated with a 9% lower cardiovascular disease burden compared with the older live vaccine. Researchers observed lower burdens of coronary heart disease, heart failure, ischemic stroke in men, and atrial fibrillation (AFib) among those who received Shingrix. The CDC recommends the shingles
A one-year clinical trial with a tailored exercise program reduced AFib recurrence by 45%. RealPeopleGroup/E+/Getty Images Exercise interventions are underutilized in the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AFib), an abnormal heart rhythm disorder. A one-year clinical trial with a tailored exercise program reduced time spent in atrial fibrillation by 45% compared with usual care (3.9% vs. 7.1%). Participants in the exercise group had improved cardiorespiratory fitness and resting heart rate,
Millions of us do it, though few of us realise we do - but getting the right treatment can be life-changing.
Dr. Heewon Suh, a physician and renowned Korean aesthetic medicine expert, assesses a patient’s skin at her clinic in Seoul, Korea. Photo credit: Cheongdam Circle Clinic “Glass skin” has become one of the most searched skin goals in the world. Experts say it is a real, medically definable skin state — balanced hydration, healthy dermal structure, and even tone. Christine Maguire, Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer at RVO Health, the parent company of Healthline Media, sat do
Research shows that alcohol consumption can raise your risk of cancer and other health conditions, as well as alcohol-related cancer death. Krit of Studio OMG · Moment/Getty Recent research found that alcohol-attributable cancer deaths in the United States doubled between 1990 and 2023. Another study found that even low levels of alcohol consumption were associated with an increased risk of several cancers. Other research linked heavy drinking to a 25% higher risk of colorectal cancer. Alcoh
An enhanced diet and exercise program may support men during prostate cancer treatment, according to a new study. Maki Nakamura/DigitalVision/Getty Images Researchers say a monitored program of diet, exercise, and behavioral support may improve prostate cancer treatment outcomes. The scientists reported that men undergoing androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer who followed the lifestyle regimen known as STAMINA experienced improved quality of life. Experts say a healthy lifestyle
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GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound may increase hair-loss risk by 7% in men who are already genetically susceptible to male-pattern baldness. The findings suggest thinning hair may not be caused only by rapid weight loss and could also reflect a biological link between GLP-1 activity and hair follicles.
A natural compound found in foods such as spinach, almonds, and sweet potatoes may aggravate gut inflammation in people with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis because their intestines appear to handle it differently. Researchers say the finding could open the door to lower-oxalate diets or microbiome treatments tailored specifically to people with IBD.
Four medical groups released recommendations for the 2026–2027 respiratory virus season ahead of the CDC. FatCamera/E+/Getty Images The CDC has not yet issued new COVID-19 or RSV recommendations for the 2026–2027 season and has instead carried over last year’s flu guidance. Four medical groups released their own recommendations in September, each covering a different population: children, adults, pregnant people, and those with weakened immune systems. All four groups recommend a flu shot fo
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“It wasn’t an ACA plan, but it was meaningfully cheaper than anything I could find on the ACA exchange.”
Actor Tatyana Ali says her healing journey after a traumatic childbirth has inspired her advocacy for Black maternal health, including support for midwives, doulas and other birth workers.
The case is the third reported death linked to a rapidly expanding outbreak that has sickened more than 670 people in the state.
The government describes its new school food standards as "once-in-a-generation changes".
Pennsylvania has announced its third measles-related death in less than three weeks. A local coroner says the 40-year-old woman was unvaccinated.
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Becky Jones is among more than 40 people taking legal action against a hospital trust.
Elena Rybakina demonstrates why she is the best women's player in the world by beating Aryna Sabalenka to win her first US Open title.
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Ryan Garcia battles Conor Benn in one of the most high-profile fights in boxing in 2026. Follow along for the latest updates and results.
Full match results for the Sept. 12, 2026 episode of AEW Collision, which honored the late Andy "The Butcher" Williams, who passed away earlier this month.
Jean Silva reigned supreme in the Noche UFC main event. The Brazilian shook off a strange start to secure the submission win. Here's the results and bonus winners,
Ryan Garcia's highlight-reel KO of Conor Benn sent shockwaves through the boxing world on Saturday night. Here's how some of the biggest fighters in the world reacted.
Discover which receiving props for one of the Denver Broncos and for two of the Kansas City Chiefs comprise an exciting Monday Night Football SGP with +490 odds.
Elena Rybakina arrived in New York unable to walk without pain after injuring her foot. She leaves the city as the US Open champion and new world number one.
The Toronto Blue Jays’ former unique starter suffered a scary injury after just a single start with his new team.
Forbes’ list of the highest-paid NFL players reflects both playing contracts and endorsements. See how much Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen and other stars are making.
Philadelphia Phillies manager Don Mattingly announced an exciting roster change for a former New York Yankees All-Star starter.
The New York Mets’ franchise legend offered a response on his former teammate after news of an Atlanta Braves blockbuster trade proposal.
This year's event sees 63,000 people take on the half marathon - including the prime minister.
Many are complaining about influencers invading Flushing Meadows. But their biggest crime is distracting from the glorious chaos that typifies this tournament.
WWE Money in the Bank 2026 expected match card and early frontrunners for the men's and women's ladder matches.
Lions quarterback Jared Goff, who has become a fan of Detroit-style pizza, was an obvious choice to become Little Caesars' latest pizza spokesman.
Nike is honoring rising tennis star Alexandra Eala with her very own T-shirt, inspired by her Filipino heritage. Fresh off her maiden WTA 500 title at the Washington Open, and a third-round appearance at the recent U.S. Open, the 21-year-old’s name adorns the back of this unisex tee, surrounded by a sampaguita motif, paying homage […]
Jockey Joel Rosario made a triumphant return to his racing roots in Southern California by winning the title as leading rider at Del Mar.
Corey Day’s contract extension may look routine, but it offers a glimpse at how Hendrick Motorsports is preparing for its next generation of NASCAR stars.
Manchester City celebrate a remarkable derby win over Manchester United but questions remain over whether Erling Haaland's winning goal should have stood in a match fraught with controversy.
Team USA secured the FIBA World Cup gold medal, defeating France 97-79, extending their undefeated streak in the tournament, led by MVP and captain Breanna Stewart.
Zverev won his first U.S. Open after blowing a two-sets-to-love lead on Dominic Thiem in 2020 and admitting he “choked.”
Madrid successfully debuted its €83 million hybrid Formula One circuit, marking the sport's return after 45 years.
Alexander Zverev lands his second Grand Slam title after ending Ben Shelton's hopes of becoming a rare home US Open men's champion.
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The Canadian singer opened up her 16-show residency in Paris at the Plenitude Arena. The entire series is sold out.
The BBC is cutting the show because of financial pressures, sparking discussion about LGBTQ+ representation on TV.
Tom Felton talks about taking on Broadway, Rupert Grint following his footsteps and a new Harry Potter generation.
Wembley Stadium billed Diljit Dosanjh as the first Punjabi singer to headline the iconic music venue.
Just when the victim/villain discourse about sleeper smash “Obsession” was finally beginning to die down, along comes “Everybody Wants to Fuck Me” — another story of a young man’s desires getting violently over-satisfied — to start it all up again. Merging romantic comedy, body horror and gender-war satire as casually as its handsome, outwardly affable […]
U.S. President Donald Trump’s new hairstyle was heavily mocked in “Saturday Night Live U.K.’s” Weekend Update segment. “This week, President Trump stepped off Air Force One sporting a different hair color,” quipped co-anchor Ania Magliano. “He appears to be trialling a new shade of brown. Or, he’s shat his head.” “People are questioning, does the […]
At this late date, what the Pretenders accomplished is no mystery achievement. But it’s also a story that has never been extensively chronicled on film until “The Pretenders,” a Joss Crowley-directed doc that premieres Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival. The band released what might rightly be considered the best rock ‘n’ roll debut […]
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s recent much-publicized return to England was mocked in the cold open of the first episode of “Saturday Night Live U.K.” Season 2. The cold open began with Larry Dean as King Charles II and Emma Sidi as Queen Camilla relaxing at Balmoral Castle in Scotland (“I do love our weekends […]
Jeff Goldblum kicked off his hosting duties on “Saturday Night Live U.K.” by employing his musical skills in a jazzy number about spending time in London. “Can you believe this is Saturday night, first of all?” Goldblum asked the live audience after making his grand entrance. “And me, I’m hosting this gosh darn ‘SNL U.K.’ […]
Thousands turned out to witness Céline Dion perform in Paris on Saturday, her first show after a six year illness-induced hiatus.
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Yo Adrian, Rocky did it … again! Only this time, the famed character is at TIFF in biopic form, thanks to director Peter Farrelly, screenwriter Peter Gamble and a star-making turn from Anthony Ippolito, who portrays actor Sylvester Stallone in the story of his relentless determination to bring “Rocky” to the big screen. This has […]
Sir Henry Wood composed the melody for the centenary of the Battle of Trafalgar in 1905.
“Forever Is a Feeling,” Lucy Dacus promised in the romantic-sounding title of her 2025 solo album. Feelings are transitory things, of course, and some of the good ones must come to an end, which is why Dacus is commemorating the end of that era Sunday night with a show at the Hollywood Bowl that will […]
Bassam Tariq and Mahershala Ali finally made their “Blade” movie. On Saturday night, “Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother” made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival before its theatrical release on Sept. 25. Tariq’s film centers on Latif (Ali), a devout Muslim hitman who, following the sudden death of his wife, goes […]
For a biographical drama to work, it’s not required that the central actor do a pinpoint uncanny, so-close-to- the-real-thing-you-might-think-it’s-the-real-thing impersonation of the person he’s playing. But Peter Farrelly’s “I Play Rocky” may be a special case. It’s a movie about the making of “Rocky” — about how Sylvester Stallone, then a two-bit actor in his […]
"Misty Green" is an amazing slice of showbiz sociology, riveting in the details of what a contemporary Hollywood actress — even a successful one — is up against. Rock isn’t casting stones. The warped values he depicts are there in the industry and in Misty herself.
Roughly two-thirds through “Misty Green,” Rosalind Eleazar takes a breath and lets a rendition of “One Night Only,” from the musical “Dreamgirls,” rip. The characters around her go quiet, and the crowd at the Toronto International Film Festival, where Chris Rock’s film made its world premiere, seemed similarly enraptured. But when Rock and his cast […]
International sales company Parallax Films has boarded “Aman,” writer-director Rahul Roye’s short film about a trans man who discovers he is pregnant on the eve of his gender-affirming surgery, for worldwide sales. The announcement comes ahead of the film’s world premiere in the Short Cuts competition at the Toronto Film Festival, after which it travels […]
Rafael Manuel’s “Filipiñana” has been chosen as the official entry from the Philippines in the international feature category at the 99th Academy Awards. It was selected from a shortlist of 8 films. The film is written and directed by Manuel and is distributed by Kino Lorber. Richard Lorber, chair and CEO of Kino Lorber, said, “From the moment […]
Katherine LaNassa. Photo by Emily Sandifer Emmy winner Katherine LaNasa, who plays Nurse Dana on The Pitt, was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer following a routine mammogram. LaNasa underwent surgery and radiation treatment before landing her role on the hit medical drama. Now cancer-free, LaNasa is encouraging women to get regular mammograms and understand their personal breast cancer risk. Emmy winner Katherine LaNasa may be best known for her beloved role as “Nurse Dana” on the acclai
The mill, where Peaky Blinders was filmed, is already derelict after large fire in 2022.
As Star Trek celebrates its 60th birthday, the long-running franchise is also grappling with the challenges of timing and technology. "Its audience is aging," says Strange New Worlds star Anson Mount.
“Happily Ever After,” the follow-up feature from Taiwanese director Feng-i Fiona Roan, is bowing in the Toronto Film Festival’s Special Presentations lineup, arriving amid heightened attention following the success of her acclaimed debut, “American Girl.” “American Girl” premiered in the Asian Future section of the Tokyo International Film Festival before earning seven Golden Horse Award […]
Abinash Bikram Shah’s “Elephants in the Fog” has been sold to distributors across 10 territories, Best Friend Forever has revealed, as the Cannes Un Certain Regard Jury Prize winner plays at the Toronto Film Festival with Nepal’s Oscars international feature submission also confirmed. New deals put the film with MetFilm Distribution in the U.K., Filmin […]
Reaping upbeat initial reviews, Italian film “Idda” had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival as part of the TIFF Platform competition, whose non-English language winner, starting this year, will be directly eligible for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Directed by Irene Dionisio (“Pawn Street,” “Shores”) and starring Tecla Insolia […]
A crisscrossing family dramedy, Trudie Styler’s “Up Against It” features wonderful performances and intriguingly modern ideas, but it seldom coheres as comedy or drama. A tale of divorced parents, their respective partners and their ailing, precocious teen, this occasionally effervescent film has much to enjoy, but just as much that lands with an awkward thud. […]
Scottish writer-director Tom Nicoll is unveling at Toronto his buzzy debut “Salvation.” It tracks an aspiring online life coach whose attempt to reinvent himself and then sell that transformation to others pulls him in increasingly desperate directions. The psychological and blackly comic thriller world premieres in TIFF’s Discovery section, having already been selected for the […]
Seven years after “Moving On,” Korean filmmaker Yoon Dan-bi returns with “The World Before,” a coming-of-age film about desire and first love. Speaking with Variety ahead of the film’s Toronto Film Festival Platform world premiere, Yoon discusses how capturing the authenticity of change worked its way at every stage of the production. “I want to […]
In “Masc,” director Bertil Nilsson pulls off a nifty trick: He observes an observer. Usually a film’s protagonist has the dominant POV, but here, Robin (Joshua Griffin) is trying to find his personality by observing other men in his orbit. He almost never initiates the action and is mostly reticent about his reactions, but he […]
Variety and Chanel’s annual Women in Film dinner was the place to see and be chic at the Toronto Film Festival on Friday night. When Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh entered the bar for the evening cocktail hour, Emmy winners Sarah Paulson and Colman Domingo greeted her with hugs. Soon, Patricia Arquette breezed in too, pulling […]
In “The Stunt Driver,” Jay Baruchel reteams with his “Goon” director Michael Dowse and takes on a showy lead part as stunt driver Ken Carter, who’s best remembered for a jump he didn’t make: a proposed mile-long leap over the St. Lawrence River in a rocket-powered car. The five years spent on that ill-fated project […]
Toward the end of Rebel Wilson’s “Girl Group,” a fizzy, gaudy clone of “Pitch Perfect” sculpted from the mentor formula of “Bad News Bears,” the movie spirals into an interminable sequence of pop music performances. The song-and-dance numbers are so awkwardly endless that they call to mind the denouement of a very different pop spectacle: […]
Melissa Rivers is returning to the red carpet. Fashion expert and author Rivers — who rose to fame reporting outside awards-shows with her late mother, the comedian Joan Rivers — will be joining Variety co-president and co-editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh and CNN correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister at the two brands’ Emmys pre-show broadcast. On “CNN & Variety […]
Marvel's mishandling of its Blade reboot will likely go down as one of the studio's biggest mistakes. There was a great actor in place to play the vampire hunter (Mahershala Ali), and a promising director set to take over the reins (Bassam Tariq). In retrospect, though, the disappointing demise of Blade might not be such a bad thing, because Tariq and Ali have collaborated on something much more interesting than a superhero reboot: the powerful hitman thriller Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
British writer-director Lakeem Rose, is developing his feature debut, a contemporary adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing,” with Canadian producers Plato Fountidakis and Paul Rapovski and Hong Kong-based producer and casting director Mike Leeder. In Rose’s version, the story shifts to a world just after a modern-day war, centering on four returning soldiers […]
Netflix’s “Scooby-Doo: Origins” has wrapped production, the company announced Sunday. The live-action series is set for a global release on the streamer in 2027. Per the series’ official logline, “Scooby-Doo: Origins” is a “modern reimagining of the iconic mystery-solving group of teens and their very special dog.” “During their final summer at camp, old friends […]
Tributes have begun flowing from across the film world for Jeremy Thomas, the legendary British producer who passed away on Friday at the age of 77. Terry Gilliam, who worked with Thomas on “Tideland” and “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote,” told Variety, “Jeremy Thomas loved making movies. He loved every aspect of the business, […]
Iranian director Ali Asgari has no desire to repeat clichés about great expectations for things to come. “In Iran, we don’t have high hopes for the future anymore,” he states. “We’ve been waiting for good news for so many years, and it never came. But I do believe in these small specks of light. For […]
Twenty-five-year-old newcomer Adia never really imagined becoming a movie star. Growing up, she was focused on becoming a professional dancer before a hip injury derailed that dream. That’s when the high school senior discovered acting. “I decided to take an acting class, just to try it out and see if that would be comparable or […]
Helen Mirren, Laura Linney, Rhys Ifans, Erin Doherty and James McAvoy star in three of the biggest U.K. titles world premiering at Toronto and making Variety’s 2026 selection of 20 International Titles to Track at this year’s Toronto.Jodie Comer sings (very creditably Variety suggests), in a fourth U.K. package, gothic rom-com “Stuffed” as romance takes […]
Whatever spell conjured by the witchy Owens sisters, played onscreen by Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman in two “Practical Magic” movies, wasn’t powerful enough to lure audiences to theaters. Despite a first-place finish, “Practical Magic 2” disappointed in its box office debut with $30 million from 4,146 North American theaters, arriving on the lower end […]
Nicholas Weinstock, executive producer of the Apple TV+ series “Severance,” has boarded “Tongue,” an Indian fantasy-horror feature written and directed by Krishnarjun Bhattacharya and starring Sayani Gupta. Weinstock produces through his banner Invention Studios alongside Divya D’Souza, with Gupta serving as the film’s Indian producer. The film earned a spot in the South Asian Canadian […]
Across the harrowing financial realities of late capitalism, an indisputable global fact is the injustices faced by countless workers who deliver everything we have come to rely on, from food orders to Amazon purchases. Despite their hard work under unideal, sometimes even unsafe conditions, it’s no secret that delivery staff have been barely compensated with […]
Cinematographer Adam Pietkiewicz has been dealing with patchy internet over the past few days. He and his crew have been sailing on the Baltic Sea and have finally docked at an undisclosed location in northeastern Poland. In a few weeks, Pietkiewicz will attend the Toronto International Film Festival to accept the Variety TIFF Artisan Award […]
Twenty-three years after the United States invaded Iraq, the American public now knows that despite his horrific reign and brutal dictatorship, Saddam Hussein never had any weapons of mass destruction. Based on former CIA analyst John Nixon’s 2016 memoir “Debriefing the President,” and adapted for television by Daniel Stiepleman and Jonathan Wakeham, TNT’s limited series, […]
Hollywood Ventures Group (HVG), Canadian film finance and production outfit Big Picture Cinema Group, and Morocco’s Pink Sheep Productions are teaming up to bring bestselling Moroccan crime thriller “The Final Bet” to the big screen. The acclaimed Casablanca-set thriller by Moroccan author and award-winning screenwriter Abdelilah Hamdouchi was first published in 2001. It is touted as […]
It’s extraordinary just how prolific Seth Rogen has been. He began performing stand-up comedy at clubs around his native Vancouver at the age of 13 — around the time he and his buddy Evan Goldberg would write the first draft of “Superbad” — before featuring in the Judd Apatow shows “Freaks and Geeks” and “Undeclared,” […]
Kaley Cuoco stepped out Saturday night to pay tribute to her TV dad, John Ritter. She was starring as the television sitcom icon’s daughter on “8 Simple Rules” in 2003 when Ritter suffered a fatal thoracic aortic dissection – a tearing of the heart’s main artery — while on set. “I always cry when I […]
It's the first time the Duchess of Sussex had posted her family on her Instagram grid since they return to the UK last month.
The Units are a band I discovered in part thanks to No Dogs in Space. During their miniseries on The Screamers (another incredible band worth checking out), they mention synthpunk.org as one of their sources. And there's no better way to get my attention than to combine two of my favorite things - punk rock and synthesizers. The site was down that day (it appears to be back up now), but I was able to access a version from July through the Wayback Machine. What greeted me was a bare-bones site wi
Matthew McConaughey and Shailene Woodley — as well as a selection of Fox’s “Baywatch” reboot stars — are among the names set to present at Monday night’s 78th Emmys on NBC and Peacock. Also joining the Emmys presenters lineup are stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Stephen Amell, Awkwafina, Noah Beck, Jessica Belkin, Scott Caan, Emma D’Arcy, […]
Christian Bale hung up his Batsuit in 2012, but “The Dark Knight” star is still saving lives with his Together California foster care village in Palmdale, California, which opened on Friday, according to ABC 7. The facility aims to keep siblings entering the foster care system together – a circumstance that is not always guaranteed. […]
Peacock has released a full trailer for the new Linda Cardellini-led series “Crystal Lake.” The show, a prequel to the events of “Friday the 13th,” is set to premiere on the streamer on Oct. 15. The trailer opens on Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees in 1971, transporting audiences back to the mother’s life before the events […]
Chris Rock believes that tough love from one of Hollywood’s most notorious, half-cancelled figures helped make him a better filmmaker. Following a triumphant Toronto International Film Festival premiere for his latest directorial effort “Misty Green,” Rock sat for a keynote chat on Sunday to discuss his expansive career. The comedian told the crowd his chops […]
Courteney Cox has opened up about the death of her “Scream” co-star Hayden Panettiere, who died in August at 36 years old. While reflecting on her time filming “Scream VI” with Panettiere, Cox told Entertainment Weekly, “She’s a really wonderful actor. The last time I worked with her we had a great time. She was […]
Given its premise — a post-stroke retiree derives sexual pleasure from his daughter-in-law — the perverse qualities of Jun’ichirō Tanizaki’s classic “Diary of a Mad Old Man” are plentiful. But by the standards of contemporary mores, the 1961 novel isn’t particularly explicit; in his first feature since 2019, Wayne Wang initially takes a different approach, […]
Beyoncé’s “Morning Dew (Donk)” rises to No. 1 on the Adult R&B Airplay chart, giving the superstar her fourth leader on the ranking.
Bruno Mars’s “I Just Might” spends a thirty-fourth week at No. 1 on the Hot R&B Songs chart, tying Leon Thomas’s “Mutt” as the second-longest-running leader.
Dolly Parton replaces herself at No. 1 on the Digital Song Sales ranking, as “9 to 5” rises to the summit one week after “I Will Always Love You” gave her a first leader.
The Property Masters Guild (PMG) honored “One Battle After Another,” “Frankenstein,” “Avatar: Fire and Ash” and more on Saturday for their standout props at the third annual MacGuffin Awards. The Property Masters Guild works to raise awareness of the property master craft and the importance of design on productions. “Property masters create character, build the […]
John Stamos teared up as he talked about fatherhood during an emotional speech Thursday at The Creative Coalition’s 12th Annual TV Humanitarian Awards. Stamos has been an advocate with the child abuse treatment and prevention organization Childhelp for almost 40 years, but the meaning of his advocacy changed for him when he became a father […]
'Lanterns' drops its second episode on Sunday, August 23 on HBO and HBO Max. Here's everything you need to know.
As Monday’s 78th Emmys ceremony fast approaches, Variety has learned of two new highlights that viewers should expect to see: New York Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson is expected to appear via a pre-tape at the start of the telecast, while Reba McEntire has been tapped to perform a Dolly Parton song in tribute to […]
Ella Langely’s fans are choosing her “Dandelion” album as a complete piece of work, and not just staying entirely trained on her long-running “Choosin’ Texas” smash. “Dandelion” has returned to the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 album chart for a third non-consecutive week at the top. Its previous stay at No. 1 was […]
The campaigns for the Oscar for international feature film are gaining momentum, with final submissions due by Oct. 1. The Oscars shortlists will be revealed on Dec. 15, with 15 international films selected to be voted on by Academy members in all branches who commit to watch all 15 films. Oscar nominations will be revealed […]
A Brazilian drama with a powerful premise but labored execution, Gabriel Martins’ “On Behalf of My Son” follows the ripple effects of a tragic bus accident through the eyes of the driver’s mother, Vicentina (Rejane Faria). As she pillories herself with an apology tour, family members of the other victims veer in and out of […]
The new Spider-Man film has grossed $935.2 million after this weekend just behind the all-time mark of $936.6 million from “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.”
She could have called it “Great Grief,” but that would have been immodest. Sara Bareilles’ “Good Grief,” her first new studio album in seven years, is one of the year’s finest achievements from a singer-songwriter… and its purely musical delights are such that you might feel that way about it even if you haven’t been […]
Jennie scores several new global wins with music from her ‘Fallen Angel’ EP. The title track debuts on both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S.
Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman’s "Practical Magic 2" opened in theaters over the weekend, 28 years after the original film. How did the sequel do at the box office in comparison to 1998 original?
Looking for something new to stream this weekend? Here’s every major new movie and show hitting Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Apple TV and more.
Eugene Richard O’Connor, the punk rocker known as Cheetah Chrome and guitarist of the Dead Boys, died Sunday, his bandmates confirmed on Instagram. He was 71. “We are incredibly sad to announce the news of the passing of our beloved friend and bandmate Cheetah Chrome,” the band wrote in the post. “Cheetah was a true original, […]
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A secret archaeological dig inside a Dutch church has led to drama worthy of Alexandre Dumas. Did Wim Dijkman really find the bones of the fourth musketeer? We may never know.
The midterms dodge their first MAGA bullet. It won’t be the last.
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Anti-migrant demonstrators marched in Portsmouth on Saturday, and a counter-protest was also held.
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“Over the years, my mother and I have supplemented his income.”
After learning to sew at just four years old, 11-year-old Brooke Sumpter is making history as the first child to design and showcase an American Girl doll collection
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Christina Ha, founder of Meow Parlour, explains the work behind her foundation and why it's important to care for animals with pet birth defects.
