U.S. beats France in the battle for basketball gold
At the Olympics in Paris on Saturday, the U.S. men's basketball team achieved the expected result with a 98-87 victory over France to win its fifth consecutive gold medal.
UK PM cancels holiday to focus on riot response
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer cancelled a planned holiday to focus on his government's response to a series of racist riots targeting Muslims and immigrants. Thousands of police officers remained…
Israel orders increased evacuations from Gaza after attack on school shelter
Israel overnight expanded evacuation orders in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, forcing tens of thousands of Palestinian residents and displaced families to flee their homes in the dark…
Ukraine calls Niger’s decision to cut relations “regrettable”
Ukraine's foreign ministry said Niger's decision to cut diplomatic relations with Kiev was "regrettable". Niger's military junta said it was acting in solidarity with Mali, which earlier severed relations with…
Apple preps sequel to George Clooney and Brad Pitt’s “Wolfs”
Jon Watts has struck a deal with Apple to write and direct the sequel to Wolfs, starring Brad Pitt and George Clooney, who play two troubleshooters who accidentally end up…
Jennifer Saunders joins Andrew Garfield in adaptation of ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’
British icon Jennifer Saunders has joined the star-studded cast for the film adaptation of Enid Blyton's children's book, The Magic Faraway Tree. Hiran Abeysekera and Pippa Bennett-Warner will also appear…
The final season of “The Umbrella Academy” has been released on Netflix
Season 4 of The Umbrella Academy series The Umbrella Academy premiered on Netflix and wrapped up the story. Critics were not particularly impressed with the new series. The showrunner of…
Deadpool could soon break a comic book auction record
Deadpool could soon break a comic book auction record. The cover of Deadpool's first comic book appearance went on sale this week at Heritage Auctions for $7.5 million. If it…
A Different World’ sequel in the works at Netflix
Netflix is in the early stages of developing a sequel series to A Different World, the 1987-93 NBC sitcom set at a historically black college. The new project would focus…
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck western Japan
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck southwestern Japan on Thursday, triggering tsunami warnings, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, but so far there are no signs of major damage.
