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With billions of children around the world anxiously waiting for their presents, Father Christmas (or Santa) and his reindeer must be traveling at breakneck speeds to deliver them all in one night. But did you know that light from an object traveling at high speeds changes color? This is thanks to what’s called the Doppler effect –…

Hundreds of inmates have escaped a prison riot in Mozambique’s capital which has left 33 people dead and 15 injured. About 1,534 people managed to flee the jail in Maputo on Wednesday, but 150 of them were recaptured, according to the country’s general commander of police, Bernardino Rafael. Mozambique is experiencing escalating civil unrest linked to October’s…

The writer and director of Squid Game says he’s become numb to the hyperviolence depicted in the show and doesn’t enjoy watching its graphic scenes. The first season of Hwang Dong-hyuk’s dystopian South Korean drama was a lockdown phenomenon, becoming the most-watched series launch in Netflix history. The 53-year-old filmmaker went on to make Emmy history as…

In early December 1955, the phone rang at an air base in Colorado Springs. The officers on the watch floor of the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) – who were defending the skies above the US and Canada – stiffened. The Cold War was in full swing and tensions were running high. The command’s director of operations…

In China’s take on Squid Game, fraudsters are preying on the financially distressed in a slumping economy with promises of prize money, debt restructuring and other schemes that are not always what is promised. Unlike the dystopian South Korean TV series, which returns to the small screen for a second season on Thursday, Chinese players taking on…

Perched high atop Corcovado Mountain, Christ the Redeemer is more than a religious symbol or tourist attraction — it’s an enduring icon of Brazilian identity. The Cristo Redentor, as Brazilians call it, is a postcard not only for the city of Rio de Janeiro but for the entire country. The statue’s wide-open arms, spanning 92 feet, seem…

Syrian Christians attended Christmas Eve services on Tuesday for the first time since the overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad in early December, in an early test of the new Islamist rulers’ pledges to protect the rights of the country’s religious minorities. The service was held amid tight security due to concerns of violence against Christian sites, with…

New Vietnamese internet rules requiring Facebook and TikTok to verify user identities and hand over data to authorities came into force on Wednesday, in what critics say is the latest attack on freedom of expression. Under “Decree 147”, all tech giants operating in Vietnam must verify users’ accounts via their phone numbers or Vietnamese identification numbers and…

Idon’t know if anyone else is going to call Babygirl, directed by Dutch actor Halina Reijn, a feel-good movie. But, boy, it made me feel good. It’s the story of a powerful, married, middle-aged CEO and mother, Rory (Nicole Kidman), who chooses to act out her secret sadomasochistic sexual fantasies with Samuel (Harris Dickenson), a young stud—who…

SEVEN people were injured in New York City on Christmas Day after a yellow taxi jumped a sidewalk and smashed into pedestrians. The Christmas chaos occurred on Avenue of Americas and West 34th Street in the middle of Herald Square just after 4pm on Wednesday. The taxi driver was said to have suffered a possible medical episode…

A dead body was found lodged in the wheel well of a United Airlines plane when it arrived in Maui, Hawaii, on Christmas Eve, officials said. Flt. 202 took off of Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Tuesday around 9:49 a.m. and arrived at Kahului Airport about 2:12 p.m., according to the airline and data from FlightAware. The…

IMAGINE being so far removed from civilisation that ordering Christmas gifts means planning half a year in advance. With the nearest town more than 1,500 miles away, the only link to the outside world is a six-day boat trip. This is the life of the 242 residents of Tristan da Cunha, the world’s most remote inhabited island…

Keith Poulsen’s jaw dropped when farmers showed him images on their cellphones at the World Dairy Expo in Wisconsin in October. A livestock veterinarian at the University of Wisconsin, Poulsen had seen sick cows before, with their noses dripping and udders slack. But the scale of the farmers’ efforts to treat the sick cows stunned him. They…

Russian companies have begun using bitcoin and other digital currencies in international payments following legislative changes that allowed such use in order to counter Western sanctions, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Wednesday. Sanctions have complicated Russia’s trade with its major partners such as China or Turkey, as local banks are extremely cautious with Russia-related transactions to…

Pakistan launched rare airstrikes on Tuesday inside Afghanistan’s Paktika province, targeting several suspected hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban, also known as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP. The strikes reportedly hit a training facility and killed at least 15 people, including women and children, according to four security officials cited in an Associated Press report who spoke on the…

The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on Tuesday: It officially became the country’s national bird. President Joe Biden signed into law legislation sent to him by Congress that amends the United States Code to correct what had long gone unnoticed…

An accused California shoplifter was stunned to learn she might be slapped with a felony charge after “new laws” that crack down on low-level theft, police video shows. The Seal Beach Police Department in Orange County published a montage of security, dash and body camera videos that show three women allegedly lifting more than $600 in merch…

Royal Caribbean cruise ships have stopped setting sail to a Mexican city after federal officials placed the tropical destination under a travel advisory due to high murder rates and kidnappings. The US Department of State slapped Manzanillo, Colima’s largest city, with a Level 4: Do Not Travel designation – the agency’s strictest travel warning – prompting the…

Four rioters have been given short jail terms for violence against football fans visiting Amsterdam for a Europa League match between Ajax and Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv. Sefa Ö, 32, was handed the longest sentence of six months in jail by Amsterdam district court, while another man was given 10 weeks and two others a month’s…

Switzerland’s Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger has died in an avalanche aged 26, the Swiss-Ski federation said on Tuesday. The member of the Swiss national snowboard cross team was caught up in the incident at the mountain resort of Arosa on Monday. “We are speechless, and our thoughts are with Sophie’s family, to whom we express our deepest…

Actress Blake Lively was arguably the internet’s public enemy number one for a couple of weeks in the summer. She’s now filed an explosive legal case that she claims lifts the lid on “hostile work environments” that are created to harm reputations in Hollywood – and which are making people question who and what to believe. Blake…

It’s the most wonderful time of the year – to start planning for another cycle of annual leave and grand vacations in 2025, that is. This year, with overtourism unfortunately plaguing hotspots around the world and marring many long-awaited dream vacations, travel experts observe that holidaymakers are resolving to take a different tact next year. So, instead…

Anti-natalism is the philosophical belief that procreation is unethical because it’s impossible to for any unborn child to consent to it, and also because life is so full of horrors that it’s essentially unfair to confer it upon anyone. There’s also the ecological angle: that humans are terrible for the planet and all other living things. Overall,…

American Airlines was forced to ground all flights in the US on Christmas Eve due to an unspecified technical issue. The airline did not immediately say why it was stopping all flights, but social media was quickly abuzz with travellers worrying about getting to their loved ones for the holiday. A groundstop notice was lifted not long…

Denmark has announced plans to boost its defence spending for Greenland with a “stronger presence in the Arctic” – a few hours after Donald Trump repeated his call for the US to buy the vast island. Danish defence minister Troels Lund Poulsen said the package would amount to a “double-digit billion amount” in krone, or at least…

Slowly but steadily an 83-year-old woman marched up and down the corridor with a device strapped around her waist and attached to each leg. Sensors in the exoskeleton detected the movement of her hip joints, then drove motors which assisted the swinging of her lower limbs. She said: “My legs feel lighter!” The Express was visiting Shintomi…

Pope Francis said the story of Jesus’ birth as a poor carpenter’s son should instil hope that all people can make an impact on the world, as the pontiff on Tuesday led the world’s Roman Catholics into Christmas. Francis, celebrating the 12th Christmas of his pontificate, presided at a solemn Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica…

Poland has introduced mandatory firearm and basic first aid training for schoolchildren as fears of Russian aggression loom over the country. The Education for Safety program, which targets students aged 14 to 16, teaches theoretical and practical gun-handling skills using laser-based weapons for safety, EuroNews reports. Students learn how to assemble and disassemble firearms, improve shooting accuracy,…

On a hill overlooking the city of Palermo, in Sicily, sits a lesser-known gem of Italian art: the cathedral of Monreale. Built in the 12th century under Norman rule, it boasts Italy’s largest Byzantine-style mosaics, second in the world only to those of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. Now, this Unesco World Heritage site has undergone an extensive…

When Amrita Kaur decided to attend Punjabi pop star Diljit Dosanjh’s concert in India this month, she was prepared to experience some discomfort. Having attended several concerts in the past, Ms Kaur was sort of looking forward to the “exhilarating chaos” that comes with large crowds at big events in India. But what awaited her was far…

Alec Baldwin‘s manslaughter case is finally over. On Monday, special prosecutor Kari Morrissey announced she has withdrawn her appeal of a judge’s order dismissing the case. The decision came after the state attorney general’s office said that it “did not intend to exhaustively pursue the appeal on behalf of the prosecution,” the prosecutor said. Baldwin was accused…

Cadbury says it is “disappointed” after losing its royal warrant after 170 years. The chocolate maker behind festive favourites such as Heroes and Dairy Milk is among the brands that have had their warrants withdrawn under King Charles. The development was reported in a list published by Buckingham Palace’s Royal Warrant Holders Association. Warrants are granted as…

British tennis star Katie Boulter has announced her engagement to Australian ace Alex de Minaur. Boulter, 28, has been with 25-year-old De Minaur for more than four years and on Monday morning shared a picture of the couple together – with a ring showing on her finger. “We’ve been keeping a small secret,” she wrote in a…

Donald Trump has threatened to retake control of the Panama Canal – accusing Panama of charging excessive rates to use the crucial trade passage and warning of potential Chinese influence. The US president-elect has also renewed his call for the US to buy Greenland from Denmark. In announcing Ken Howery as his ambassador to Denmark, Mr Trump…

In a year of very serious political shifts, there were still a load of very unserious WTF moments to gawk at. In no particular order, here are some of the standouts. ‘They’re eating the dogs’ A completely unverified rumour on social media about Haitian immigrants eating dogs in Springfield, Ohio, made it all the way to Donald…

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose party looks set to lose power early next year, is under increasing pressure from his own legislators to step down and let someone else take over. The ruling Liberals face obliteration in the next election after more than nine years in office amid voter fatigue as well as anger over high…

It’s the body of water that instils fear and inspires sailors in equal measure. Six hundred miles of open sea, and some of the roughest conditions on the planet – with an equally inhospitable land of snow and ice awaiting you at the end of it. “The most dreaded bit of ocean on the globe – and…

Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally gunning down health insurance executive Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street, pleaded not guilty on Monday to New York state murder charges that brand him a terrorist. Mangione, 26, was escorted into Judge Gregory Carro’s 13th-floor courtroom in the New York state criminal courthouse in lower Manhattan with a court…

Former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz paid tens of thousands of dollars to women for drugs and sex that were violations of a series of House rules and included obstruction of Congress, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Ethics Committee said in a report released on Monday. The report found that Gaetz paid $90,000 to 12 women, a substantial…

Kim Kardashian has simply been asked ‘why?’ after releasing what fans have dubbed a ‘demonic’ cover of Christmas classic Santa Baby. The Skims owner, 44, donned a blonde wig and plunging blue shirt for the utterly bizarre video produced by her brother-in-law Travis Barker. The cover of Eartha Kitt’s festive ditty sees Kim’s character crawling across a…

THIS is the world’s “best preserved” baby woolly mammoth that has been found in a Siberian crater known as the Mouth of Hell. Nicknamed Yana, the mini mammoth lived more than 50,000 years ago, but is preserved so well that scientists know what killed her. She evidently suffered a fatal injury to her back during the Ice…

Russian scientists have unveiled the remains of a 50,000-year-old baby mammoth found in thawing permafrost in the remote Yakutia region of Siberia during the summer. They say “Yana” – who has been named after the river basin where she was discovered – is the world’s best-preserved mammoth carcass. Weighing in at over 100kg (15st 10lb), and measuring…

President Biden on Monday commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 men on federal death row — a list that includes at least five child killers and several mass murderers — while leaving out three notorious fiends. In the stunning act of clemency just two days before Christmas, Biden, 82, gave the reprieve to some of…

Massive crowds of tourists have been filmed lining Kyoto’s historic Sannenzaka street, with the viral video sparking concern that the popular Japanese destination is struggling to cope with the numbers. Sannenzaka, a roughly 400-metre long cobblestone street lined with shops and restaurants in eastern Kyoto’s Higashiyama district, is one of the city’s main tourist attractions as it…

Ho, ho, ho! It’s a holiday tradition: Anonymous media executives make their 2025 industry predictions. In honor of the 12 days of Christmas, we give you 12 predictions from some of the most powerful media and entertainment executives in the world, weighing in on the condition of anonymity so they can speak candidly about their visions of…

UKRAINE has deployed an all-robot assault force to the battlefield for the first time to attack Russian troops. The deadly tech, including ground and flying drones, was launched in Kharkiv by a Ukrainian national guard brigade. The all-robot combined-arms operation in northern Ukraine involved remote-controlled flying surveillance and minelaying drones. It also included one-way explosive robots on…

President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reassert U.S. control over the Panama Canal on Sunday, accusing Panama of charging excessive rates to use the Central American passage and drawing a sharp rebuke from Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino. Speaking to a crowd of supporters in Arizona, Trump also said he would not let the canal fall into the…

Starbucks (SBUX.O) workers have expanded their strike to four more U.S. cities, including New York, the union representing over 10,000 baristas said late on Saturday. The five-day strike, which began on Friday and initially closed Starbucks cafes in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle, has added locations in New Jersey, New York, Philadelphia and St. Louis, Workers United…

A man suspected of ploughing a car through crowds at a German Christmas market in an attack that killed five people and injured scores faces multiple charges of murder and attempted murder, police said on Sunday. Friday evening’s attack in the central city of Magdeburg shocked the country and stirred up tensions over the charged issue of…

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin met Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in the Kremlin on Sunday, a rare visit by a European Union leader to Moscow as a contract allowing for Russian gas to transit through Ukraine nears expiry. Slovakia is dependent on gas passing through its neighbour Ukraine, and it has ramped up efforts to maintain those…

U.S President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday he will launch a new anti-drug advertising campaign to show the physical impact of taking drugs like fentanyl and repeated his threat to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations. “We’re going to advertise how bad drugs are for you. They ruin your look, they ruin your face, they ruin…

Cheng Chen Chin-Mei beamed broadly as she hoisted a 35-kg (77-pound) weightlifting bar to her waist, dropped it and waved confidently to the enthusiastic crowd in a competition in Taipei. Cheng Chen, 90, has been pumping iron since last year, encouraged by her granddaughter to take up the sport after she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. She…

President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday pledged to “stop the transgender lunacy” on day one of his presidency, as Republicans — set to control both chambers of Congress and the White House — continue their push against LGBTQ rights. “I will sign executive orders to end child sexual mutilation, get transgender out of the military and out of…

Kim Kardashian recreated her Paper magazine cover photo 10 years later while attending her Skims Christmas party. The “Kardashians” star was all smiles as she posed with her butt out while a friend held a drink glass on her backside in a carousel of photos shared to Instagram on Saturday. The 44-year-old captioned the post, which showed…

Woody Fraser, the prolific American producer and director best known for launching “The Mike Douglas Show” and “Good Morning America,” has died. He was 90. Variety confirmed that Fraser died Saturday afternoon, via his daughter Stacy. More details will become available in the coming days. Fraser has remained one of the most successful TV producers in entertainment…

On the night of 9 December, a 34-year-old Indian man killed himself. Next to his body was a placard reading “justice is due”. Atul Subhash left a detailed 24-page suicide note and an 81-minute video in which he blamed the trouble in his marriage and divorce proceedings. The letter and the video, which contain distressing details about…

The rhetoric on social media following the murder of healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York earlier this month has been “extraordinarily alarming”, US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says. “It speaks of what is really bubbling here in this country, and unfortunately we see that manifested in violence, the domestic violent extremism that exists,” he told…

Four women and a 9-year-old boy were killed and 200 people were injured when a man drove into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers in the German city of Magdeburg — an attack that has left Germans mourning the victims and with a shaken sense of security. How did the attack unfold? At first, Thi Linh…

A migrant from Guatemala was arrested in connection to the heinous death of a woman who was lit on fire and burned to death on a subway train in Brooklyn, New York, on Sunday. Sources identified the person of interest to Fox News Digital as 33-year-old Sebastin Zapeta. While police did not identify the person of interest,…

Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., brushed off Elon Musk’s statement about funding moderates in key Democratic districts and said he didn’t know anyone in his party that was afraid of Musk’s “money.” CNN’s Victor Blackwell asked Clyburn on Saturday about Musk’s statement posted to X and wondered how Democrats would respond to Musk’s potential financial involvement in Democratic…

Amid the bombshell allegations made in Blake Lively’s lawsuit against “It Ends With Us” co-star and director Justin Baldoni was a tidbit of information about how the actor allegedly planned to exploit Lively’s close relationship with pop star Taylor Swift. According to the lawsuit obtained by Fox News Digital, a “Scenario Planning Document” was sent from a…

The order was passed in a case initiated by Meta-owned WhatsApp in 2019 alleging that NSO Group breached its terms of service and violated federal and State anti-hacking laws. The US District Court for the Northern District of California on Friday held Israeli technology company NSO Group liable for exploiting a vulnerability in WhatsApp to install its…

Dr Alvona Loh Zi Hui finally pursued an old childhood dream to become a mermaid. Instead of soaking in the beauty of nature, she witnessed plenty of its destruction. Dr Alvona Loh Zi Hui doing a mermaid freedive. (Photos: Alvona Loh Zi Hui)When I was a young girl, I was obsessed with mermaids – beautiful mythical creatures…

Sometimes, it can be hard to know how to respond to a world that regularly tells us our bodies are constantly being invaded by toxic, man-made chemicals. We consume a credit card’s worth of plastic a week, for example. Microplastics are in our clouds. They’re in our tears. Our semen. And now, according to some disturbing lab…

Jennifer Lopez is reflecting on how she overcomes “hardships” amid her divorce from Ben Affleck. “I think the way I overcome things is not by thinking of them as happening to me but happening for me and what is the lesson that needs to be learned in the moment,” the “Unstoppable” star told British Vogue in an…

Justin Baldoni has been dropped by WME. The decision to part ways with the “It Ends with Us” director and star came from the agency Saturday after Blake Lively filed a sexual harassment and retaliation complaint against him Friday night, sources have confirmed. Baldoni was informed of the decision Saturday, sources said. WME also reps Lively, and…

US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed British TV executive Mark Burnett, who produced him on The Apprentice, as his special envoy to the UK. Trump said it was his “great honour” to pick his former colleague for the role, which is separate to the position of US ambassador to the UK. “Mark will work to enhance diplomatic…

In 2012, Elon Musk had just completed a business trip to London and Oxford. “Just returned… I met with many interesting people,” he wrote on Twitter. “I really like Britain!” Fast-forward to 2024, and Musk’s views on Britain are a little different. “Civil war is inevitable” … “Britain is going full Stalin”… “The people of Britain have…

Medinah barely leaves the house – every time she does, people will start coughing and sneezing. Her condition is so rare it’s simply known as People Allergic To Me. Sufferers tell Sky News of “unbearable” lives as they cope with feeling they make other people ill. On rare occasions that Medinah leaves her home, people around her…

Andrew Ridgeley told the Official Charts his late bandmate George Michael, who died on Christmas Day in 2016 aged 53, would be “utterly delighted” the song had become a festive classic. Wham! pictured in September 1984, three months before Last Christmas was originally released. Pic: APWham! have made chart history, with Last Christmas becoming the first song…

Demonstrators supporting and opposing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol held rival protests several hundred metres apart in Seoul on Saturday, a week after he was impeached over his short-lived declaration of martial law. Yoon’s presidential powers are suspended but he remains in office. He has not complied with various summonses by authorities investigating whether martial law,…

The death toll from fentanyl and other synthetic opioids is falling for the first time since the drugs began flooding America’s streets a decade ago. Users and police in this city’s beaten-down Hilltop neighborhood credit another drug flooding the United States: the overdose antidote naloxone. James “Sleaze” Morgan says naloxone has saved him after overdosing – as…

Police say they arrested the suspect at the scene, describing him as a 50-year-old man from Saudi Arabia who arrived in Germany in 2006. At least five people have died and more than 200 have been injured after a car drove into a Christmas market in Germany, the country’s chancellor has said. The BMW ploughed into crowds…

A packed bus collided with a truck and burst into flames early on Saturday in Brazil, killing more than 30 people, the fire department said. After removing all of the victims from a major highway near the town of Teofilo Otoni in Minas Gerais, the state’s fire department reported that of the 45 people on the bus,…

Some members of the Starbucks (SBUX.O), opens new tab workers’ union that represents more than 10,000 baristas walked off their jobs in multiple U.S. cities on Friday, citing unresolved issues over wages, staffing and schedules. The five-day strike, which began on Friday and closed Starbucks cafes in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle, will expand to Columbus, Denver,…

Oleksandr Usyk defeated Tyson Fury in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in a rematch of their explosive May matchup, in which Fury suffered his first professional loss. Oleksandr Usyk has defeated Tyson Fury in their highly-anticipated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with the fight being decided via unanimous decision. An AI judge also scored the contest 118-112 in Usyk’s favor.…

The French president has also been criticised for his exchanges with residents in Mayotte after the island near Madagascar was devastated by cyclone Chido Emmanuel Macron accused of ‘racist and sexist’ commentsEmmanuel Macron has been accused of making sexist, racist and homophobic remarks by the French newspaper Le Monde. The report alleges that Macron told his former…

‘I believe that most people in this country, despite their ideological beliefs, their politics, are doing their best to get by and be good people,’ said Gunn Superman director says ‘battered’ hero in new film represents the USThe first trailer for the new Superman movie features a surprisingly fragile image of the DC Comics hero, which director…

The partnership involves Wing Aviation LLC, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company and Brookfield Properties A drone company is partnering with DoorDash to bring delivery services to customer’s homes from local mall in Texas. The partnership marks a first-of-its-kind deal with Wing Aviation LLC, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, and Brookfield Properties for shoppers in…

An amphibious mouse with webbed feet and a blob-headed fish are among 27 new species scientists have discovered in Peru. They were found in an expedition to Alto Mayo – which includes the Amazon rainforest – by scientists from the non-profit organisation Conservation International and members of local indigenous groups. Up to 48 other new species may…

A holidaymaker from Northern Ireland who was detained in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after posting a negative Google review about his former employer has said returning home is a “Christmas miracle”. Craig Ballentine, from Cookstown, County Tyrone, was arrested in Abu Dhabi airport in October because of his critical comments. Under the UAE’s strict cybercrime laws,…

In 1915, 29-year-old Indian entrepreneur Jhamandas Watumull arrived in Hawaii’s Honolulu island to set up a retail shop of his import business with his partner Dharamdas. The two registered Watumull & Dharamdas as a business on Honolulu’s Hotel Street, selling exotic goods like silks, ivory crafts, brassware and other curios from the East. Dharamdas died of cholera…

When a court declared Iwao Hakamata innocent in September, the world’s longest-serving death row inmate seemed unable to comprehend, much less savour the moment. “I told him he was acquitted, and he was silent,” Hideko Hakamata, his 91-year-old sister, tells the BBC at her home in Hamamatsu, Japan. “I couldn’t tell whether he understood or not.” Hideko had been fighting…

Reality doesn’t bite. Well, okay, at times it does. A number of our choices for the best documentaries of the year capture turbulent realities, ominous politics, and, on occasion, stark tragedy. That’s one of the missions of nonfiction film: to put us in touch with dark things that are too often hidden away. But our list casts…

When a hooded gunman shot dead the CEO of UnitedHealthcare in Manhattan last week, the story already had the makings of folklore to many disenfranchised Americans raised on revenge narratives. The unsympathetic target. The everyman cause. The cool demeanor. The clean getaway. The messages on the cartridge cases found at the scene made clear that this was…

A police investigation is under way after a car was “driven at speed” into a crowd at a Christmas market in Germany. At least two people have been killed, including a small child, and dozens of others have been injured following the incident in Magdeburg, according to local officials. They say the suspect is a 50-year-old Saudi…

FIFA and Netflix (NFLX.O), have signed a deal to broadcast the 2027 and 2031 editions of the Women’s World Cup in the United States, world soccer’s governing body said on Friday. FIFA said the Women’s World Cup will be the first competition to be acquired in full by Netflix and U.S.-based fans would be able to watch…

Malaysia has agreed to resume the search for the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, its transport minister said on Friday, more than 10 years after it disappeared in one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries. Flight MH370, a Boeing 777 carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on…

Seven Chinese citizens were arrested on charges of illegally entering Guam around the time the U.S. Missile Defense Agency conducted a key missile interception test using a new radar, the island’s Customs and Quarantine Agency has said. The agency said at least four of the people arrested on Dec. 10-11 were found “in the vicinity of a…

Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE), on Friday announced sweeping changes to its German operations, including more than 35,000 future job cuts and sharp capacity reductions in a last-gasp deal between Europe’s top carmaker and unions to avert mass strikes. Union leaders hailed the agreement as a “Christmas miracle” after 70 hours of gruelling negotiations, the longest in the company’s 87-year…

Anora, the Palme d’Or winning Sean Baker film about a stripper named Ani (Mikey Madison) pulled into a whirlwind relationship with Russian rich kid Vanya (Mark Eidelstein), has been the subject of debate in recent days for not using intimacy coordinators. But Anora not using intimacy coordinators isn’t news: Baker and Madison discussed their decision not to…