‘Oppenheimer’ crew keeps it low key, other winners revel at Vanity Fair’s after-party

Christopher Nolan stood as staid and nonchalant as ever as crowds surrounded him and music pulsed. His celebration was limited to casually holding a best directing Oscar, his first, and one of seven on the night for his film.

Election leaves the country uncertain of its future but heartens Europe’s radical right

Portugal's inconclusive general election results mean weeks of political uncertainty ahead and give fresh energy to Europe's shift toward the radical right. A surge in support for a populist party in

UNICEF: 230 million females are circumcised globally, 30 million more than in 2016

Over 230 million women and girls have undergone female genital mutilation, most of whom live in Africa, according to a report issued late last week by

Israeli president’s presence in Netherlands’ Holocaust museum causes concern

The Netherlands’s National Holocaust Museum opened yesterday in a ceremony presided over by the Dutch king as well as Israeli President Isaac Herzog, whose presence is prompting protest

Turkey struggles to stop violence against women

Muhterem Evcil was stabbed to death by her estranged husband at her workplace in Istanbul, where he had repeatedly harassed her in breach of a restraining

Oscars producers promise cameos and surprises for show

With just a few days to go until the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday (Monday morning, Macau time), the show’s producers are feeling good about

Trump challenges Biden to debates ‘anytime’ after Super Tuesday wins

Donald Trump has challenged Joe Biden to TV debates, as the rivals hurtle towards a White House rematch following their sweep of the Super Tuesday votes, BBC reports.

US destroyer shoots down missile and drones launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels

A U.S. destroyer shot down drones and a missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels toward it in the Red Sea, officials said yesterday, as the Indian navy released images

Nikki Haley will suspend her campaign and leave Trump as the last major Republican candidate

Nikki Haley will suspend her presidential campaign Wednesday after being soundly defeated across the country on Super Tuesday, according to people familiar with her decision, leaving Donald Trump as the last remaining major candidate for the 2024 Republican nomination.

Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him

The Supreme Court yesterday unanimously restored Donald Trump to 2024 presidential primary ballots, rejecting state attempts to ban the Republican former president over the Capitol

AI pervades everyday life with almost no oversight

While artificial intelligence made  While a number of AI systems have been found to discriminate, tipping the scales in favor of certain races, genders or incomes, there’s

A woman clutching an infant is found in the rubble of Ukraine building after Russian drone strike

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Western allies to boost Ukraine’s air defenses after a Russian drone strike destroyed an apartment block in the southern port city of Odesa

UN rights chief urges end to ‘repression’ of independent voices in Russia after Navalny’s death

The U.N. human rights chief called yesterday for a quick end to the “repression of independent voices” in Russia and expressed concerns about the “persecution” of opposition leader Alexei

Organized crime attacks on local candidates raise fears may face its bloodiest elections ever

As Mexico prepares for the largest elections in its history, organized crime is once again preying on local candidates across swaths of the country where cartels

Putin warns that sending Western troops to Ukraine risks a global nuclear conflict

Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed yesterday to fulfill Moscow’s goals in Ukraine and sternly warned the West against deeper involvement in the fighting, saying that

US adults fracture along party lines in support for Ukraine military funding: AP-NORC

As Russia makes battlefield advances and Ukrainian soldiers run short on ammunition, U.S. adults have become fractured along party lines in their support for sending military

Mysterious world’s richest Bitcoin investor joins top 130 rich-list overnight

The world’s richest Bitcoin investor has seen their fortune hit a staggering $15 billion – a $2 billion increase in just 24 hours, U.K. media reported yesterday. After days

Russia: Putin warns that sending Western troops to Ukraine risks a global nuclear conflict

Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed today (Thursday) to fulfill Moscow’s goals in Ukraine and sternly warned the West against deeper involvement in the fighting, saying that such a move is fraught with the risk of a global nuclear conflict.

Army is slashing thousands of posts in major revamp to prepare for future wars

The U.S. Army is slashing the size of its force by about 24,000, or almost 5%, and restructuring to be better able to fight the next major

Most Security Council members demand Taliban rescind decrees oppressing women and girls

More than two-thirds of the U.N. Security Council’s members demanded yesterday that the Taliban rescind all policies and decrees oppressing and discriminating against women and girls, including

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