Ang Lee to receive DGA Lifetime Achievement Award

Ang Lee, the protean filmmaker of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Brokeback Mountain,” will receive the Directors Guild of America’s lifetime achievement award. The guild announced yesterday

Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing charged with murder in New York, court records show

After UnitedHealthcare’s CEO was gunned down on a New York sidewalk, police searched for the masked gunman with dogs, drones and scuba divers. Officers used the city’s muscular surveillance system. Investigators

The hunt for UnitedHealthcare CEO’s elusive killer yields new evidence, but few answers

Police don’t know who he is, where he is, or why he did it. As the frustrating search for UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killer got underway for a fifth

13 women convicted in Cambodia of acting as surrogates for foreign clients

Thirteen women from the Philippines have been convicted on human trafficking-related charges for acting as surrogates in Cambodia for a ring selling babies to foreigners for cash.

How to sum up 2024? The Oxford University Press word of the year is ‘brain rot’

Many of us have felt it, and now it’s official: “brain rot” is the Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year. Oxford University Press said yesterday that

Russian police raid Moscow nightclubs in LGBTQ+ crackdown

Russian police raided several bars and nightclubs across Moscow on Saturday as part of the government’s crackdown on “LGBTQ+ propaganda,” state media reported. Smartphones, laptops and video

Kim vows steadfast support for Russia’s war in Ukraine

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed his country will “invariably support” Russia’s war in Ukraine as he met Russia’s defense chief, the North’s state media reported

Fossilized dinosaur feces and vomit help scientists reconstruct the creatures’ rise

Using fossilized feces and vomit samples from Poland, scientists have reconstructed how dinosaurs came to dominate the Earth millions of years ago. Researchers aren’t sure whether dinosaurs’ rise over the course

Trump team says Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal brokered by Biden is actually Trump’s win

The Biden administration kept President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration closely apprised of its efforts to broker the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah that took effect yesterday, according to the outgoing Democratic administration.

DHL cargo plane crashes and skids into a house in Lithuania, killing at least one

A DHL cargo plane crashed on approach to an airport in Lithuania’s capital and skidded into a nearby house yesterday, leaving at least one person dead, officials said.

Snack justice: Spanish court slaps supermarket that fired a worker for eating a croquette

A Spanish court has upheld a ruling that a supermarket worker was unlawfully fired for having eaten a croquette that was going to be thrown away after not

Microsoft pitches AI ‘agents’ that can perform tasks on their own at Ignite 2024

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is opening a company conference in Chicago with remarks that could set the stage for where it’s taking its artificial intelligence business. AI

South African government says it won’t help thousands of illegal miners inside a closed mine

South Africa’s government says it will not help an estimated 4,000 illegal miners inside a closed mine in the country’s North West province who have been denied access

Trump’s defense choice stuns the Pentagon and raises questions about the Fox News host’s experience

President-elect Donald Trump stunned the Pentagon and the broader defense world by nominating Fox News host Pete Hegseth to serve as his defense secretary, tapping someone largely inexperienced and

Stock markets: Bitcoin above $82,000, global stocks mixed after Wall Street rally

European markets powered higher yesterday catching up with last week’s Wall Street rally. Bitcoin soared over $82,000 for the first time but Asian stocks fell as China’s stimulus

Tourists in Rome now have a walkway to visit the Trevi Fountain but can’t toss coins

Tourists in Rome won’t be allowed to toss coins over their shoulders into the Trevi Fountain, following tradition, though an elevated walkway now gives limited access to the

Germany’s leader expected to lead country with minority government after coalition collapse

After German Chancellor Olaf Scholz dramatically fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner of the pro-business Free Democrats in a late-night move after a marathon of crisis meetings, the three remaining ministers

Iran’s currency falls to an all-time low as Trump clinches the US presidency

Iran’s currency, the rial, fell yesterday to an all-time low as president-elect Donald Trump clinches the U.S. presidency again. The rial traded at 703,000 rials to the

Nintendo reports lower profits as demand drops for its aging Switch console

Nintendo, the Japanese video game maker behind the Super Mario franchise, said Tuesday that its profit fell 60% in the first half of the fiscal year, as demand

Longtime music director at Michigan church fired for same-sex marriage

The longtime music director at a northern Michigan church said he was fired just a few months before retirement after officials learned that he was in a same-sex

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