The NHL and NHL Players’ Association are close to an agreement on an extension of the collective bargaining agreement, two people familiar with negotiations told The Associated Press on Thursday. The people spoke to the AP on condition on anonymity because the deal had not yet been finalized. Advertisement The league and union have been…
Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed over the past month near aid hubs set up under a new Israel-backed system, according to Gaza health officials.
There’s a giant ball of ice barreling through the solar system right now, and it’s bigger than any we’ve seen before. It poses no threat to Earth, but this comet, called C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein), has enraptured astronomers ever since its discovery in 2021. The hulking object, sometimes jovially called a “megacomet,” is 100 times bigger…
Dune franchise director Denis Villeneuve has been announced as the director of the next James Bond movie. The announcement’s been described as a shake up for the long-running film franchise in the wake of Amazon MGM taking over creative control earlier this year. Villeneuve, a self-confessed “die-hard” 007 fan, vowed to “honour the tradition” of…
A city that straddles two Canadian provinces became a crucible of the barriers that prevent trade across Canada and that Prime Minister Mark Carney wants to dismantle.
Getty Images The 2025 NBA Draft continues Thursday with the second round from Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. This will be the second year of the two-day format, and it marks the first time Day 2 of the draft will take place at the Barclays Center. Heading into Day 2, the best available prospects are Saint Joseph…
Tuvalu is extremely vulnerable to sea level rise Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images How does it feel to lose your home to climate change? The roughly 10,000 residents of Tuvalu will be among the first in the world to have to confront this question. With an average height above sea level of less than 3…
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Denis Villeneuve is going from Dune to Bond. Amazon MGM Studios announced Wednesday that Villeneuve will direct the next James Bond movie. The untitled film will be the first since the studio took creative reins of the storied film franchise after decades of control by the Broccoli family. Producers Amy Pascal and David Heyman had maintained that before…
Americans are finding ways to use digital currencies to help them buy homes, and new companies are forming to help people tap their home’s value to buy Bitcoin.
