Masaoki Sen, who volunteered to be a kamikaze pilot during World War II but survived the war and became the master of an ancient tea ceremony school and a vocal proponent of peace, died on Thursday in Kyoto, Japan. He was 102. His death was announced by the Urasenke school, which did not provide a…
Shanghai saw many days of extreme heat and humidity in 2024 REUTERS/Nicoco Chan The planet experienced a record number of dangerously hot, humid days in 2024 as climate change increases global humidity to unprecedented levels. The global average number of high humid heat days over land exceeded the 1991-2020 average by 35.6 days last year,…
Two years after launching, social network Bluesky is revising its Community Guidelines and other policies, and asking for feedback from its users on some of the changes. The startup, a competitor to X, Threads, and open networks like Mastodon, says its new policies are meant to offer improved clarity and more detail around its user…
15 August 2025 Jeff Bezos’ mom has died. Jeff Bezos’ mom has died The Amazon boss has paid tribute to Jackie Bezos, with whom he co-founded the Bezos Family Foundation, after she passed away at the age of 78 “after a long fight with Lewy body dementia.” Jeff wrote on his social media accounts on…
The Little League Baseball World Series is officially underway, and is set to run through Sunday, Aug. 24, in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The event, which has taken place annually since 1947, is one of the most anticipated youth sporting events of the year. Last year’s LLBWS champion Lake Mary was knocked out in their Southeast Regional…
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Over the past two years, tens of thousands of children in the territory have been killed, wounded or orphaned. Childhood as they once knew it has ceased to exist.
We live in a golden age of controllers. The gamepads on the market now are of higher quality, more versatile, and more customizable than anything from even one console generation ago. If you play games on an Xbox Series X or Series S (or a Windows PC), you have the unenviable task of choosing between…
The Bombay High Court has thrown out a copyright infringement plea against Balaji Telefilms over its 2023 comedy Dream Girl 2, ruling that the film’s storyline is entirely different from the applicant’s work and that the claim of breach of confidence was ‘far-fetched’. The case was filed by writer Ashim Kumar Bagchi, who claimed the…
A sudden feud, an impasse or a first step toward a cease-fire are all possible at the summit in Alaska as the two leaders navigate thorny issues such as Ukraine’s territory and NATO expansion.
