Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi was given a hero’s welcome on his return to Tehran on Monday after winning the top prize at the Cannes film festival, footage posted on social media showed. After being banned from leaving Iran for years, forced to make films underground and enduring spells in prison, Panahi attended the film festival…
Materials like car tires, human tissues, and spider webs are diverse in composition, but all contain networks of interconnected strands. A long-standing question about the durability of these materials asks: What is the energy required to fracture these diverse networks? A recently published paper by MIT researchers offers new insights. “Our findings reveal a simple,…
Walmart stock may be a steal. Former Walmart U.S. CEO Bill Simon contends the retailer’s stock sell-off tied to a slowing profit growth forecast and tariff fears is creating a major opportunity for investors. “I absolutely thought their guidance was pretty strong given the fact that… nobody knows what’s going to happen with tariffs,” he told…
Pax Jolie-Pitt Look Ma, I Crashed My E-Bike Again!!! Published January 24, 2025 2:30 PM PST | Updated January 24, 2025 3:00 PM PST Play video content BACKGRID Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt‘s son, Pax Jolie-Pitt, keeps playing with fire … because he crashed his e-bike again … smashing into a car and causing major…
Major League Baseball has handed a lifetime ban to the two New York Yankees fans who interfered with Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts’ play in Game 4 of the World Series last October. The two have been banned indefinitely from all MLB stadiums and facilities after they grabbed Betts’ wrist and wrestled a ball…
Hackers have targeted Australian superannuation funds this week, the retirement savings industry’s peak body has said, with a number of funds having member data compromised. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said in a statement on Friday that hackers attempted to breach the cyber-defences of a number of superannuation funds last weekend, and…
A view of the Jeep Plant where United Auto Workers members are picketing on September 18, 2023 in Toledo, Ohio. Sarah Rice | Getty Images DETROIT — Automaker Stellantis announced plans Wednesday to cut a manufacturing shift and indefinitely lay off roughly 1,100 workers at a Jeep plant in Ohio. The company, which has been…
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Novo Nordisk on Wednesday reported a third-quarter beat on sales of its blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy and narrowed its 2024 full-year growth guidance. Company shares jumped early on Wednesday and were last up 7.7% at 9:02 a.m. London time. The Danish pharmaceutical giant said that its net profit…
A young member of Elon Musk’s newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) unit has resigned after being linked to a racist social media account. Media reports tied Marko Elez, 25, who had previously worked for Musk’s SpaceX company, to a now-deleted social media account that promoted racism and eugenics. The White House confirmed on…
A “really muscly” kangaroo “tried to drown” a man in Australia, after the two got into a punch-up. Don James is said to have found himself fighting for his life as the marsupial held him down in floodwaters which had pooled on the side of the road near Port Macquarie – only escaping after the…
