Eminent Malayalam filmmaker and cinematographer Shaji N Karun passed away on Monday, April 28, 2025, at his residence in Thiruvananthapuram. He was 73 and had been battling cancer for some time. Born on January 1, 1952, in Kollam, Kerala, Shaji N Karun emerged as a pioneering figure in Indian cinema, known for his profound visual…
A man accused of wounding two women with a crossbow in the British city of Leeds on Saturday has died of a self-inflicted injury, the police said on Tuesday. The suspect, Owen Lawrence, 38, died in the hospital where he was taken after his arrest at the scene of the attack, the counterterrorism police said…
PlayNice, the developer of proven, fun, and engaging games that prevent and treat mental health, today announces the launch of its flagship game MindLight. An action-adventure video game, uses a biofeedback headband to capture kids’ reactions. MindLight helps children improve their ability to cope with stress and anxiety. MindLight’s fun and engaging gameplay uses biofeedback to…
Apr 29, 2025, 08:33 AM ET LONDON — A man arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following the death of ice hockey player Adam Johnson has been told he will not face charges, British prosecutors said Tuesday. Johnson played for the Nottingham Panthers and died shortly after his neck had been sliced in a collision with…
Mike Peters, who as frontman for The Alarm sang on such tracks as “Strength,” “Sixty Eight Guns,” “Spirit of ’76” and “Rain in the Summertime,” died Tuesday of blood cancer in Manchester, England, a spokesman announced. He was 66 and had been battling chronic lymphocytic leukemia for decades. Born on February 25, 1959, in Wales, Peters…
BRIAN KENNY: In my formative years, I had the good fortune to attend schools that required me to take a foreign language, which was not the norm in all schools. Over eight years of middle school and high school, I completed four years of French, four years of Spanish, and one year of Latin for…
Deadly clashes fueled by sectarian tensions erupted on the outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus, killing at least nine people, Syrian officials and a war monitoring group said on Tuesday. The violence erupted overnight from Monday to Tuesday in the Damascus suburb of Jaramana, which has a large population from the minority Druse sect. It…
Floating displays you can reach into and manipulate, like the ones Tony Stark uses to design his super suits in the Iron Man movies, are one step closer to reality. A new device renders 3-D graphics that users can grab, drag and rotate. Such interactive visuals — which can be seen without a VR headset…
All the Chicago White Sox did last year was finish with the modern era MLB record for the most losses in a single season. The South Siders went 41-121 overall in a season where they scored nearly 100 fewer runs than the next worst offense in baseball. The White Sox responded to their historic ineptitude…
Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party had political control in Canada from 2013 on. Trudeau stepped down as PM in March, leaving his Liberal successor Mark Carney in charge as PM during a particularly chaotic time in Canadian politics. The chaos was mostly due to the meth lab in Canada’s basement, aka the United States…
