A shark mauled a teenage boy in Sydney Harbour on Sunday, police said, leaving him in a critical condition with serious leg injuries. The predator bit the boy, believed to be about 13 years old, in the late afternoon off Shark Beach, New South Wales state police said. “The injuries are consistent with what is […]
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Sunday announced a deal with the chief of Kurdish-led forces that includes a ceasefire, after government troops advanced across Kurdish-held areas of the country’s north and east. The agreement, which will also see the Kurdish administration and forces integrate into the state, marks a blow for the minority, which has […]
South Africa on Sunday declared a national disaster after widespread flooding that destroyed homes and killed dozens, while thousands sought shelter in neighbouring Mozambique. Heavy rains and storms have battered the two southern African countries for weeks, claiming more than 30 lives in South Africa’s northeastern Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces. Rivers burst their banks and […]
Actor and filmmaker Ben Affleck has pushed back against growing fears about artificial intelligence reshaping the film industry. He argued that the technology is more likely to serve as a practical tool than a replacement for human creativity. Speaking during an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, Affleck said he does not believe AI is […]
Broadcaster and journalist Piers Morgan is recovering in hospital after undergoing a hip replacement following a fall at a London restaurant, according to a post he shared on social media. Morgan, 60, revealed on Sunday that he tripped on a small step while dining out in London, resulting in a serious injury. Sharing an update […]
Mouayed Zabtia shoots most scenes for his latest movie in a studio he built at his Tripoli home. For the filmmaker, it is one way to overcome the obstacles he faces in a country where cinema once nearly vanished. Before a 1969 coup that brought Moamer Kadhafi to power, Libya’s capital Tripoli was home to […]
Disney’s Zootopia 2 maintained its lead at the China box office for a second consecutive weekend during the January 9-11 frame, earning RMB49.1 million ($6.9 million) and pushing its cumulative total to RMB4.31 billion ($607.2 million), according to Artisan Gateway. Close behind in second place was Maoyan Movie’s crime thriller The Fire Raven, which collected […]
The hit medical drama The Pitt took its signature realism to a whole new level in Season 2 by using real maggots in a particularly unsettling scene, producers and cast reveal. In the show’s Episode 2 storyline, an unhoused patient arrives in the ER with maggots living under his cast and rather than rely solely […]
Following a surge in unrest and escalating security concerns, large-scale displacement is underway in Tirah Valley, with thousands of families leaving their homes for safer areas, including Bara and Peshawar. The growing humanitarian crisis prompted Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi to conduct an emergency visit to the Painda China registration camp on January 16, […]
Violence targeting law enforcement and development projects intensified in parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa as an assistant sub-inspector was martyred in a shooting in Kohat, while unidentified attackers set ablaze heavy machinery at a construction company’s camp in Bannu, causing losses running into millions of ru-pees. In Kohat, police Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Musaddiq Khan was martyred on […]