A wildfire is burning just outside of Athens with hundreds of firefighters trying to bring the blaze under control. More than 400 firefighters, 110 fire engines and a large number of volunteers are fighting the blaze, which broke out around 3pm local time on Sunday about 22 miles from the Greek capital. Fifteen firefighting planes
The family of Isaac Hayes is suing Donald Trump for $3 million for copyright infringement and unauthorized use over 100 times of the song Hold On I’m Coming. Isaac Hayes III posted on X: We the family of @isaachayes Isaac Hayes Enterprises, represented by Walker & Associates, are suing @realDonaldTrump and his campaign for 134
The private equity backer of Zip World, the operator of the world’s fastest zip line ride, is putting its stake in the business up for sale. Sky News understands that LDC, which is part of Lloyds Banking Group, has appointed corporate financiers at KPMG to oversee an auction. Zip World operates seven sites in Wales,
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro addresses the media during an event to sign an agreement to recognize the electoral results of the presidential elections of July 28, at the National Electoral Council, in Caracas, Venezuela, June 20, 2024. Miraflores Palace | Via Reuters Contested Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ordered a 10-day ban on social networking site
An important milestone in the planned human spaceflight project Gaganyaan was completed on Wednesday with the successful test-firing of the Low Altitude Escape Motor (LEM) of crew escape system from Sriharikota spaceport, space agency ISRO said. The crew escape system takes away the crew module of Gaganyaan mission in case of any eventuality and rescues
The back-to-back deaths of two childhood friends push Isadora Chang to leave her hometown for a life in the city—until her own abusive father dies, and she is brought back into the restrictive, judgmental community of Slater. Haunted by memories of her lost friends, Zach and Wren, Isadora is desperate to escape Slater again, but
Cuckoo is looking at a $3+ million opening, not a Longlegs debut ($22 million) but on target for Neon’s Alpine-set horror starring Hunter Schafer and Dan Stevens. R-rated Cuckoo by Tilman Singer opened at 1,503 theaters for 9th place at the domestic box office. Schafer is great as troubled 17-year-old Gretchen, who reluctantly leaves
In the decade prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was a fairly regular occurrence to hear about movies making $1 billion at the global box office – but that has changed significantly in the last few years. Nine blockbusters hit that milestone in 2019 alone… and only eight have done it since 2021. The first
Finding the right fragrance is a challenging endeavor since you’re riddled with thousands of options. Each bottle has a unique scent appropriate for certain events or even seasons. One can make you smell seductive, the other clean and fresh. What if you want something that can make you stand out? An aroma that speaks directly
Parts of the UK are set for thunderstorms after a weekend where temperatures exceeded 30C in some areas. The Met Office has issued thunderstorm warnings for parts of the UK, with Monday set to be the hottest day of the year so far. The weather is partly as a result of Tropical Storm Debby, which
The area around the Eiffel Tower has been evacuated after a man climbed the Paris landmark hours before the Olympics closing ceremony. The shirtless man was spotted near the Olympic rings adorning the second section of the monument, just above the first viewing deck. It is unclear where he began the ascent of the 330m
Trump is now claiming that Kamala Harris’s rally crowds are fake and being generated with AI. Trump posted on Truth Social:Has anyone noticed that Kamala CHEATED at the airport? There was nobody at the plane, and she âA.I.âdâ it, and showed a massive âcrowdâ of so-called followers, BUT THEY
Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman star in Marvel’s “Deadpool & Wolverine.” Disney The “Merc with a Mouth” is breaking even more box office records. Over the weekend, Disney and Marvel’s “Deadpool & Wolverine” became only the second R-rated film to top $1 billion at the global box office. And it’s on its way to becoming
Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, who was also one of the most influential early Google employees, has died at the age of 56 according to posts shared online by her husband Dennis Troper and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Friday night. Wojicki led YouTube for nearly ten years and was one of the only women
Antarctica’s coastal glaciers are shedding icebergs more rapidly than nature can replenish the crumbling ice, doubling previous estimates of losses from the world’s largest ice sheet over the past 25 years, a satellite analysis showed on Wednesday. The first-of-its-kind study, led by researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) near Los Angeles and published in
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