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‘The Girl On the Train’ Debuts Chilling Official Trailer Featuring a Distraught Emily Blunt; Paula Hawkins Joins Top Ranks of World’s Highest-Paid Authors

Aug 18, 2016 11:20 am UTC| Entertainment

The Girl On The Train film adaptation recently debuted its chilling official trailer featuring Emily Blunt in the lead role of Rachel, a distraught alcoholic struggling to cope with her divorce. Meanwhile, the original...

‘When the Bough Breaks’ Film, Updates: Sony Releases Second Official Trailer Featuring New Footage of Terrorized Couple Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall Facing Psychotic Surrogate

Aug 18, 2016 08:59 am UTC| Entertainment

When the Bough Breaks recently released its second official trailer featuring new footage of terrorized young couple played by Morris Chestnut and Regina Hall. Jaz Sinclair also stars as a psychotic surrogate mother who...

‘Power Rangers’ Cast, Updates: Elizabeth Banks’ Evil Sorceress Rita Repulsa Revealed in New Image

Aug 18, 2016 08:19 am UTC| Entertainment

Power Rangers released a brand new photograph of Elizabeth Banks as the films main antagonist, the evil intergalactic sorceress Rita Repulsa. According to Empire, a new image of Banks main antagonist has recently been...

‘Assassin’s Creed’ Film Updates: Stuntman Performs Death-Defying Feat in New Behind-the-Scenes Video; Adaptation to Feature Familiar Video Game Characters

Aug 18, 2016 07:40 am UTC| Entertainment

Assassins Creed stuntman performs a death-defying feat in a newly released behind-the-scenes video. A member of the production crew also revealed that the live-action adaptation will feature familiar characters from the...

‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’ Film Updates: Hugh Grant Reveals Reason for Skipping Out on Sequel; Ellie Goulding Releases New Song for Soundtrack

Aug 18, 2016 07:22 am UTC| Entertainment

Bridget Joness Baby is set to feature the return of Renee Zellweger and Colin Firth as Bridget and Mark, respectively, but Hugh Grants character Daniel will not be making appearing in the sequel. Grant revealed that he...

‘Mechanic: Resurrection’ Releases New Television Spot Featuring Jason Statham, Jessica Alba in Action-Packed Sequences

Aug 17, 2016 09:17 am UTC| Entertainment

Mechanic: Resurrection recently released a new television spot featuring Jason Statham and Jessica Alba in action-packed sequences. According to Flickering Myth, a new television spot for director Dennis Gansels...

‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ Cast, Updates: Zoe Kravitz Joins Eddie Redmayne in ‘Harry Potter’ Spin-Off Film; New Creatures Introduced

Aug 17, 2016 09:14 am UTC| Entertainment

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them casts Zoe Kravitz of Divergent Series fame. She joins Eddie Redmayne and other big names in the entertainment industry in the upcoming Harry Potter spin-off film intended as the...

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Economy

Gold Prices Dip Amid Middle East Uncertainty and Inflation Fears

Gold prices edged lower during Asian trading on Thursday, retreating after modest gains in the previous session as investors continued monitoring escalating Middle East tensions threatening a fragile ceasefire between the...

Oil Prices Rebound as Hormuz Disruptions and Middle East Tensions Rattle Markets

Oil prices recovered Thursday following their sharpest single-day decline since April 2020, as ongoing disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and escalating Middle East tensions renewed fears over global crude supply. By...

U.S. Futures Dip as Iran Ceasefire Faces Early Challenges

U.S. stock index futures edged slightly lower Wednesday evening as investors monitored the fragile state of a newly announced Iran-U.S. ceasefire agreement. The cautious overnight movement followed an exceptional trading...

U.S.-Iran Ceasefire: Fragile Truce Raises Hopes for Strait of Hormuz Peace Deal

A temporary ceasefire between the United States, Iran, and Israel is holding but just barely. U.S. Vice President JD Vance described the two-week truce as fragile on Wednesday, warning that Iran appeared to be...

Gold Surges Near 3-Week High as Trump-Iran Ceasefire Eases Geopolitical Tensions

Gold prices climbed sharply on Wednesday, nearing a three-week high after President Donald Trump announced a temporary ceasefire with Iran, easing geopolitical tensions that had been gripping global markets. Spot gold...

Politics

Taiwan Defense Budget: U.S. Senator Urges Legislature to Pass Spending Plan

Republican Senator Jim Banks visited Taipei and delivered a direct message to Taiwans President Lai Ching-te: the islands parliament must stop stalling and approve a proposed special defense budget. Banks, a member of the...

Haiti Election 2025: Voter Registration Delayed Amid Ongoing Security Crisis

Haitis Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has officially announced the postponement of a voter registration drive that was originally set to begin on April 1. The council stated that updated registration dates would be...

Anthropic Fights Pentagon Blacklisting in Dual Federal Court Battles

A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., has refused to halt the Pentagons national security blacklisting of AI company Anthropic, delivering a temporary win for the Trump administration. The ruling comes as another...

China vs. NASA: The New Moon Race and What's at Stake by 2030

The space race is back and this time, its a direct competition between the United States and China for dominance on the lunar surface. NASAs Artemis II mission recently made history when four astronauts flew farther into...

FCC Moves to Ban All Chinese Labs From Testing U.S. Electronics

The Federal Communications Commission is escalating its crackdown on Chinese technology by preparing to vote on a sweeping proposal that would prohibit all Chinese laboratories from testing electronic devices intended for...

Science

NASA Artemis II: First Crewed Moon Mission Since Apollo Takes Four Astronauts on 10-Day Lunar Journey

NASAs Artemis II mission launched Wednesday, marking humanitys return to crewed lunar exploration for the first time since the Apollo era. Carrying four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft, this historic 10-day mission...

NASA's Artemis II Mission: First Crewed Lunar Journey Since Apollo

NASA's Artemis II Crew Arrives in Florida for Historic Moon Mission

The four astronauts chosen for NASAs Artemis II mission have touched down at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the beginning of final launch preparations for the first crewed lunar journey in over 50 years. NASA...

SpaceX Pivots Toward Moon City as Musk Reframes Long-Term Space Vision

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has revealed a significant shift in the companys near-term space exploration strategy, announcing that SpaceX is now prioritizing the development of a self-growing city on the Moon rather than focusing...

SpaceX Prioritizes Moon Mission Before Mars as Starship Development Accelerates

Elon Musks SpaceX is shifting its near-term space exploration strategy, choosing to prioritize a return to the Moon before pursuing missions to Mars, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report citing sources familiar...

Technology

Alibaba Shares Slide as Jefferies Slashes Price Target Over AI Spending and Business Losses

Alibabas Hong Kong-listed shares (HK:9988) dropped 2.9% to HK$122.70 on Thursday, emerging as one of the heaviest drags on the Hang Seng Index, which closed 0.6% lower. The selloff came after investment bank Jefferies...

U.S. Disrupts Russian Military Hackers' Global DNS Hijacking Network

The U.S. Justice Department has successfully executed a court-authorized operation to dismantle a DNS hijacking network tied to Russian military intelligence. The network was run by GRU Military Unit 26165, a cyber unit...

Samsung Electronics Posts Eightfold Profit Surge Driven by AI Chip Demand

Samsung Electronics delivered a stunning financial turnaround in the first quarter of 2025, projecting operating profit of approximately 57.2 trillion won (roughly $38 billion) a more than eightfold increase compared to...

China's Push to Steal Taiwan's Chip Technology and Talent Raises Security Alarms

Taiwans National Security Bureau has raised serious concerns about Beijings escalating efforts to infiltrate the islands world-class semiconductor industry. According to a report submitted to Taiwanese lawmakers, China is...

Apple's Foldable iPhone Faces Engineering Setbacks, Mass Production Timeline at Risk

Apples highly anticipated foldable iPhone is running into significant engineering hurdles during its test phase, raising concerns about potential delays in both mass production and product shipments, according to a report...