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In January, the Eaton fire destroyed their elementary school — a series of classrooms surrounded by gardens and orchards, nestled in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in Altadena.The fire consumed the homes of at least seven cast members, and rendered others uninhabitable. Dozens of their classmates left for other schools, other states, and even other countries.

More than 62,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel in its nearly two-year genocidal war on Gaza, with the population suffering relentless bombardment with nowhere safe in the besieged enclave, Israeli-induced starvation and the daily killing of people desperately seeking food for their families.Israel is intensifying strikes on Gaza City, the territory’s largest – and now destroyed – urban centre, as it plans to seize it and forcibly displace tens of thousands of people to concentration zones in the south. At least 26 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip since dawn on Monday, including 14…

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into both Meta AI Studio and Character.AI for “potentially engaging in deceptive trade practices and misleadingly marketing themselves as mental health tools,” according to a press release issued Monday. “In today’s digital age, we must continue to fight to protect Texas kids from deceptive and exploitative technology,” Paxton is quoted as saying. “By posing as sources of emotional support, AI platforms can mislead vulnerable users, especially children, into believing they’re receiving legitimate mental health care. In reality, they’re often being fed recycled, generic responses engineered to align with harvested personal data…

The Day of the Jackal cinematographer Christopher Ross started his work on the Peacock series about an assassin named the Jackal (Eddie Redmayne) with a bang — no pun intended.  In episode one, which was nominated for an Emmy for cinematography, the Jackal wounds the son of far-right German politician Manfred Fest — but it’s all a ploy to lure Fest to his son’s hospital bedside so the Jackal can assassinate him with a record long-distance sniper shot.  “Trial by fire,” jokes Ross of the assassination scene — the first scene he shot. (Last year, he received an Emmy nomination for…

93 The Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has warned that it will go ahead with its planned sit-down strike if the government fails to resume repair works on the deteriorating Pokuase–Nsawam road, one of the country’s busiest highways and a key international route linking Ghana to Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger. Speaking on Saturday, August 16, the National Deputy Public Relations Officer of GPRTU, Mr. Samuel Amoah, insisted that the union would not change its position until the contractors, Maripoma Enterprise Limited, return to site to continue the project. He explained that the union had earlier issued a one-week…

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Indeed, Wissa has been expecting the Bees to agree his move to Tyneside this week after the west London side completed the signing of Dango Ouattara from Bournemouth.However, according to sources, Brentford are still hesitating in allowing Wissa to leave amid suggestions they now value him above their original £40m asking price.Reports suggest Brentford now value Wissa, who did not feature for the club during pre-season, at £60m.As a result, the ongoing conflict between Wissa and Brentford has escalated, with the forward removing all photographs of him playing or training for the club from his official Instagram page.Tottenham are also…

NewsFeedUS President Trump has repeatedly changed his position on the Ukraine war, even after vowing to end it within 24 hours of taking office. Eight months later, with ceasefire talks stalled, he and Russian President Putin are pushing for a peace deal that skips a ceasefire — putting them at odds with Kyiv and its allies.Published On 18 Aug 202518 Aug 2025

The Criterion Collection announced a diverse November lineup on 4K UHD and Blu-ray, including restorations of John Hughes’ teen drama “The Breakfast Club,” Reginald Hudlin’s hip-hop comedy “House Party” and Stanley Kubrick’s final film “Eyes Wide Shut.” The slate also features Werner Herzog’s making-of documentary “Burden of Dreams,” Luis Buñuel’s Mexican melodrama “Él,” Howard Hughes’ aviation epic “Hell’s Angels” and a major Eclipse box set dedicated to Abbas Kiarostami’s early work. Hughes’ “The Breakfast Club” (1985) defined a generation of high school films with its mix of angst, comedy and unlikely camaraderie among five students in Saturday detention. The new…

A furious row over whether the Zambian president, Hakainde Hichilema, will preside over the funeral of his predecessor, Edgar Lungu, is raging, as the former president’s family wages a legal battle in South Africa to try to stop his body from being repatriated to Zambia.The legal fight marks the latest twist in a feud between the two men that goes back at least a decade and has now outlasted the former president, who died in South Africa in June aged 68 while being treated for an undisclosed illness.Mourners had already arrived at the funeral in Johannesburg in June when it…