“Today, I’m 71, and I can still fight,” veteran Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan proclaimed resolutely this evening at Locarno, where he was awarded the festival’s Pardo alla Carriera award for career achievement. Chan was handed the award on the Piazza Grande by Locarno chief Giona Nazzaro. The open-air cinema venue is packed every night…
When Matt Linde and Udi Kore were first approached to develop the old site of St. John’s College’s campus in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, it was a dream come true for the two men who grew up in the area. Linde, CEO of People Restoring Communities, and Kore, Founding Partner at Avenue Realty Capital, first walked through…
President Trump appeared eager to project confidence that an agreement could be reached in a long-intractable conflict.
“It can be hard to have a sense of the enormity of the scales involved…” Science Photo Library/Alamy Most of us can relate to being worried about inflation: we are all concerned about the cost of living and what our political leaders are doing to address it. Sometimes, I have to remind myself that we…
As human-spaceflight missions grow longer and travel farther from Earth, keeping crews healthy gets more challenging. Astronauts on the International Space Station can depend on real-time calls to Houston, regular cargo deliveries of medicines, and a quick ride home after six months. All of that may soon change as NASA and its commercial partners, like…
Here are some photos of Jennifer Lopez last month, as she left Budapest and arrived in Italy. She’s been on a 19-city tour in Europe this summer, and this week, she was in Istanbul for another big concert. Apparently, she had time before her show to do some shopping at Istinye Park, which is a…
New York Times reporters documented how fentanyl was concealed by Mexico’s most powerful criminal syndicate, which is adapting in the face of a crackdown by two governments.
Returning to work or school from summer vacation is never easy, but the Aura Aspen could help you hold onto your favorite memories by putting them front and center. And right now, you can pick up the digital photo frame for around $199 ($30 off) from Amazon, Best Buy, and Aura, which is a new…
Jen Pawol has made history as the first female umpire to work a regular-season game in the major leagues. Pawol’s much-anticipated debut came as the first base umpire for Saturday’s first game of a split doubleheader between the Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins. She enjoyed a quiet first inning, watching as Braves right-hander Hurston Waldrep…
Almost 20 years since she was announced as the first EVER female winner of The X Factor, GRAMMY-nominated megastar Leona Lewis has announced her very first Las Vegas residency: A Starry Night. Stepping into the glittering stage at Voltaire, inside The Venetian Resort, Lewis will perform 33 festive shows from November?1st, 2025 through January?3rd 2026. This U.S. holiday residency marks the…
