1+ hour, 34+ min ago  (729+ words) The red carpets look set to feature fewer American A-listers than last year Park Chan-Wook is the first South Korean to head the jury at Cannes Barbra Streisand will be in Cannes for an honorary award The Cannes Film Festival…...

2+ hour, 12+ min ago  (793+ words) Workers respond to Israeli-US strikes that destroyed the Rafi-Nia Synagogue and nearby residential buildings in Tehran An Iranian resident looks out the window of his damaged home after Israeli-US strikes in Tehran on April 7, 2026 A building damaged by recent strikes…...

2+ hour, 50+ min ago  (558+ words) Vice President JD Vance is expected to lead a US delegation to Pakistan on Friday or Saturday for talks on ending the war Oil prices jumped and most stock markets fell Thursday on investor concerns over the Middle East ceasefire…...

4+ hour, 12+ min ago  (930+ words) Workers respond to Israeli-US strikes that destroyed the Rafi-Nia Synagogue and nearby residential buildings in Tehran An Iranian resident looks out the window of his damaged home after Israeli-US strikes in Tehran on April 7, 2026 A building damaged by recent strikes…...

12+ hour, 9+ min ago  (375+ words) A US appeals court on Wednesday denied Anthropic's request to put on hold a move by the Pentagon to label it a supply chain risk, but ordered the AI startup's legal battle with the Department of War to be put…...

8+ hour, 46+ min ago  (754+ words) Ukraine's air-defence system is fairly effective but cannot cover the entire country Ukraine wants to shoot down 95 percent of incoming Russian drones and missiles, up from around 80 percent now Facing daily barrages of Russian drones and missiles, Ukraine has invited…...

4+ hour, 18+ min ago  (656+ words) The Red Cross' head of delegation in Lebanon said Israeli strikes 'plunged the country into panic and chaos' Aftermath of an Israeli strike in southern Beirut on April 9, 2026 The latest developments in the Middle East war: Spain will reopen its…...

10+ hour, 19+ min ago  (1138+ words) PLANTING AND PICKLES " Christian Gibson asked students if they liked dill pickles before telling them they came from cucumbers. Here he's helping them put on a necklace containing a cucumber seed to plant at home. ROPING " After explaining the various…...

3+ hour, 43+ min ago  (590+ words) Emperor penguins have become symbolic of the quest to survive in Antarctica's harsh climes Antarctic sea ice is shrinking due to climate change The emperor penguin has been declared an endangered species as climate change pushes the icon of Antarctica…...

7+ hour, 41+ min ago  (167+ words) A shallow 4. 9-magitude earthquake struck eastern Indonesia overnight, damaging dozens of homes and injuring multiple people, an official said Thursday." The jolt struck at a depth of 10. 4 kilometres (6. 46 miles), some 104 kilometres east of Maumere, East Nusa Tenggara, shortly before midnight…...