January2023

Tom Hanks was shaken up on Monday after receiving three nominations for the Razzie Awards, which “celebrate” the year’s worst movies. His most recent smash movie, “Elvis,” is a front-runner for an Oscar. The mock awards...

Over 220 million people were impacted by a severe power outage in Pakistan on Monday, including those living in the megacities of Karachi and Lahore. Pakistan’s electrical distribution network is an intricate and sensitive web, and...

According to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Tokyo intends to improve relations with its G7 allies and nations in the Global South as part of a strategy of sanctions on Russia and support for Ukraine. “In...

In commemoration of the victims of the deadly shooting in Monterey Park, California, President Joe Biden ordered all US flags at government facilities to fly at half-staff on Sunday. As a sign of respect for the...

Exhibitor Relations, a market observer, reported Sunday that “Avatar: The Way of Water” showed no signs of giving up its dominance at the box office, earning an estimated $19.7 million in its sixth weekend of release...

According to statistics made public on Sunday by the chief of Norway’s army, 180,000 Russians have been killed or injured in Ukraine so far, compared to 100,000 military fatalities and 30,000 civilian fatalities for the Ukrainians....

This past weekend, Iranian women dominated the Sundance film festival as diaspora filmmakers discussed female-led rallies and the lethal difficulties of censorship and resistance in their native country. “Joonam,” a documentary about a three-generation family of...

The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Sunday that three members of the Islamic State group had been apprehended by US forces during a helicopter and ground raid in eastern Syria. The militants were taken prisoner...

Elections in Turkey will take place on May 14 — one month earlier than expected — as the opposition continues to look for a single candidate to oppose President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In Erdogan’s two decades...

According to the local sheriff, the shooter who is thought to have killed 10 people during Lunar New Year celebrations in California killed himself as police closed in to take him into custody. A man opened...