‘Allee Willis’ review: Late pop genius gets fitting tribute
At her height, all the record labels wanted songwriter Allee Willis. But labels in general were never her thing. She was a prolific, pioneering music…
Russia ends natural gas shipments to Austria as winter approaches
A gas pressure-gauge shows how much natural gas a station contains from Russia's state-owned Gazprom, which is ending natural gas deliveries to Austria after Saturday.…
IDF pounds Beirut suburbs with waves of airstrikes, hits Hezbollah headquarters
A man takes a picture of a portrait of slain Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in front of the rubble of a building at the site…
Super Typhoon Man-y makes landfall in Philippines
Super Typhoon Man-yi had sustained wind speeds of 160 mph as it made landfall in the Philippines Saturday, triggering emergency evacuations across six provinces. Photo…
Stationary Tropical Storm Sara producing flash flooding, mudslides in Central America
Tropical Storm Sara is bringing heavy rain to Central America. Image courtesy National Hurricane Center Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Tropical Storm Sara is stationary and…
Skeleton World Cup: Great Britain’s Amelia Coltman wins women’s gold in Pyeongchang
Great Britain's Amelia Coltman made the best of the track conditions to win women's skeleton gold in the opening race of the World Cup series…
Haruki Murakami and other writers grapple with post-COVID reality
Since 1979, Haruki Murakami has written more than a dozen imaginative novels concerned with the nature of reality. He says he tends to incorporate weird…
Commerce Department finalizes $6.6 billion semiconductor deal with TSMC
The Biden administration announced on Friday that the Commerce Department awarded TSMC Arizona $6.6 billion in direct funding to go for three greenfield leading-edge fabs…
Top adviser to supreme leader says Iran supports Lebanon on cease-fire talks
A portrait of slain Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah lies in front of the rubble of a building at the site of an Israeli airstrike in…
A new context for ‘There Will Be Blood,’ plus the week’s best movies
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies.Among the new releases this week…
Here’s why LA28 Olympics officials aren’t worried about Trump
President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to make a “radical change” in government spending has raised concerns about Los Angeles’ effort to host the 2028 Summer Olympics.The…
At least 10 killed in care home blaze in northeastern Spain
Emergency services and relatives outside a care home in Villafranca de Ebro, near Zaragoza, where 10 people were killed in a fire early Friday. Photo…
Kim Jong Un orders mass production of suicide attack drones
A photo released by North Korean state media Friday shows a vehicle burning during a performance test of suicide attack drones overseen by North Korean…
‘We will smoke them out’: South Africa seeks arrest of illegal miners hiding underground
Members of Mozambican police walk as they disperse people gathering to take part in the peaceful marches called by presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane to repudiate…
World Diabetes Day: A Diabetic Patient in Rural Nigeria Shares His Battle for Survival
For over three decades, Ahmed Abubakar, a 67-year-old trader from a small community in Potiskum, Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria, has lived with diabetes. “I was…
China Presence Set to Grow Exponentially at World Defense Show 2026 as Global Participation Soars
The third edition of World Defense Show (WDS) 2026, to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 8-12 February, has secured the record participation of…
Tokyo police arrest American tourist for allegedly defacing shrine gate
An American was arrested Wednesday for allegedly defacing a grate at a shrine in Tokyo on Tuesday. Photo by Syced/Wikimedia Commons Nov. 14 (UPI) --…
Tropical Depression 19 could threaten Honduras as named storm
A tropical depression in the Caribbean Sea is expected to strengthen and possibly turn into a hurricane as it approaches Honduras, the National Hurricane Center…
One man dead, evacuations ordered after explosions near Brazil’s Supreme Court
Members of the Military Police of the Federal District, Civil Police, and Judicial Police, guard the site where explosions occurred Wednesday at the Three Powers…
The Volkswagen Golf GTE is a GTI with a conscience… and made for those want dip a toe into the electric world
ARE we just accepting that everything is going up in price?Electric. Gas. Cars. Car insurance. Food. Even a Terry’s Chocolate Orange costs £2 at my…