Studies show extreme rain has become more frequent in country, as Pernambuco and Paraiba states again battered. Published On 2 May 20262 May 2026 At least six people have died in heavy rains in northeastern Brazil, with thousands more displaced, according to authorities. The deaths were reported in the Pernambuco and Paraiba states on Saturday,…
US airlines and government officials battled on Saturday to deal with stranded passengers and stricken employees after discount carrier Spirit Airlines abruptly ceased operations – and a political and business blame game got under way over the collapse of the low-cost carrier. “If you have a flight scheduled with Spirit Airlines, don’t show up at…
Move to shore up regional partners during Iran war comes as US warns Europe of delays to weapons shipments
Charlie Sheen—the son of Martin Sheen and brother to Emilio Estevez—was one of the original “men” in Two and a Half Men, playing Charlie Harper in the first eight seasons of the CBS sitcom opposite on-screen brother Jon Cryer. The eighth season was cut short in 2011 amid Sheen’s battle with addiction. He famously clashed…
President Donald Trump expressed displeasure with the current state of negotiations with Iran but stopped short of threatening fresh military action in the nine-week conflict that’s triggered a global energy crisis. Bloomberg News, Managing Editor, Middle East & Africa Paul Wallace, Bloomberg Economics Defense Lead Becca Wasser and Bloomberg News White House Correspondent Jeff Mason…
Vibe coding just got a whole lot more adorable. OpenAI introduced AI-generated pets to the Codex app, its agentic tool that helps with coding. These “optional animated companions” don’t do any coding themselves, but serve as a floating overlay that can tell you what Codex is working on, notify…
Osula had previously caught the eye when the owners last visited St James’ Park. The substitute got on the scoresheet and caused havoc when he came on for 10-man Newcastle against Liverpool back in August. It was a night when winger Anthony Gordon started up front before getting sent off, but Osula was the only…
Aline Brosh McKenna always seemed aware that writing a sequel to The Devil Wears Prada would be a dangerously narrow runway to walk. That’s probably why, as recently as three years ago, she wasn’t particularly keen on the idea. But when Meryl Streep says she’s thinking about revisiting one of her most famous roles, what’s…
A team of environmental and public health scientists is raising concerns about a largely overlooked group of microscopic organisms that may pose a growing danger worldwide: free living amoebae. In a recent perspective article published in Biocontaminant, researchers explain that these tiny life forms are becoming an emerging global health risk. Their spread is being…
Oscar nominees Ralph Fiennes, Colin Farrell and Wagner Moura are set to play three friends in upcoming comedy “Art,” based on French playwright Yasmina Reza’s Tony-winning pay satirising modern art, friendship and intellectual pretension. The film — launching in the Cannes market with Patrick Wachsberger’s Legendary-backed 193 — is being directed by Fernando Meirelles, the Oscar-nominated Brazilian…
