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Oscars 2025: who will likely win, who should win, and who barely deserves to be there

Mar 02, 2025 16:43 pm UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment

Weve probably all had a moment when we stopped taking the Oscars too seriously. For me, it was when Denzel Washington won best actor for Training Day (2001), a crime film in which he displays virtually none of his acting...

The quest to extend human life is both fascinating and fraught with moral peril

Feb 25, 2025 07:48 am UTC| Insights & Views Health Entertainment

Who wants to live forever? Freddie Mercury mournfully asks in Queens 1986 song of the same name. The answer: Quite a few people so much so that life extension has long been a cottage industry. As a physician and scholar...

Kendrick Lamar’s big Super Bowl moment

Feb 09, 2025 03:29 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment

In the September 2024 NFL ad announcing Kendrick Lamar as the halftime performer at Super Bowl 59, the 37-year-old rapper stands before a colossal American flag, feeding footballs into a machine that launches the balls to...

From breakbeats to the dance floor: How hip-hop and house revolutionized music and culture

Jan 31, 2025 08:40 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment

Producers Fast Eddie and Joe Smooth mix at DJ International Studios in Chicago in 1990. Innovation was at the forefront of house and hip-hop. Raymond Boyd/Getty Images There was a time when artists representing two of...

Breaking up the band: why solo artists have come to dominate the music charts

Jan 28, 2025 02:41 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment

Shutterstock Predictions for this years Hottest 100 countdown revealed an interesting trend that has come to dominate popular music over the past decade: the prevalence of solo artists over bands. In the past 15 years,...

A Passage to India: how global pandemics shaped E.M. Forster’s final novel

Jan 22, 2025 05:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment

E.M. Forsters final novel and masterpiece, A Passage to India, celebrated its centenary in 2024. It tells the story of Adela Quested, who arrives in the city of Chandrapore with Mrs Moore, the mother of her fiancé,...

Tyson Fury is such a big hitter on social media that retirement should be another major earning opportunity

Jan 22, 2025 05:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment Sports

Boxer Tyson Fury recently announced that he was retiring from the sport. Just like he did in 2013 and 2017. And then again in 2022. Maybe this time he means it. If he does, it will mean walking away from a lucrative...

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Economy

Trump Reverses Tariff Hike on Canadian Steel After Market Turmoil

President Donald Trump abruptly reversed his decision to double tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum to 50% just hours after announcing it, sending shockwaves through financial markets. The sudden shift came after...

Japan’s Wholesale Inflation Hits 4.0% in February, Fueling Rate Hike Expectations

Japans annual wholesale inflation reached 4.0% in February, reflecting rising raw material costs and reinforcing market expectations of a near-term interest rate hike by the Bank of Japan (BOJ). The corporate goods price...

Canada Weighs Oil Export Limits as U.S. Trade War Escalates

Canada is considering non-tariff measures, including restricting oil exports to the U.S. or imposing export duties, if trade tensions with Washington escalate further, Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Tuesday. We...

Australia Won’t Impose Tariffs Despite U.S. Steel and Aluminium Duties

Australia will not impose reciprocal tariffs on the U.S. despite new American duties on steel and aluminium, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed Wednesday. His statement follows President Donald Trumps decision to...

Stock Futures Rise Slightly After Market Sell-Off Amid Trump's Tariff Reversal

U.S. stock futures edged higher Tuesday evening after a sharp sell-off on Wall Street, as investors remained cautious over President Donald Trumps shifting tariff policies. SP 500 Futures gained 0.3% to 5,594.25, Nasdaq...

Politics

Sara Duterte Travels to Netherlands Following Father’s Arrest in Manila

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested in Manila and transferred to The Hague as part of the International Criminal Courts (ICC) investigation into alleged crimes against humanity during his brutal war on...

Greenland’s Pro-Business Party Takes Lead in Election Amid U.S. Interest

Greenlands pro-business opposition party, Demokraatit, surged to a commanding lead in Tuesdays parliamentary election, a race closely watched due to U.S. President Donald Trumps previous interest in acquiring the Arctic...

Rodrigo Duterte’s Flight to ICC Delayed, Stops in Dubai for Medical Check

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte was arrested in Manila and is being transported to The Hague to face charges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged crimes against humanity tied to his bloody war...

USDA to Reinstate Fired Workers After Federal Board Ruling

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will comply with a federal order to temporarily reinstate nearly 6,000 fired probationary employees. The Merit Systems Protection Board issued the directive on March 5, requiring...

U.S. Judges Face Rising Threats Amid Impeachment Concerns

Top U.S. federal judges have raised alarms over increasing threats and calls for impeachment against their colleagues. U.S. Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan, chair of the Judicial Conferences security committee, emphasized...

Science

Leonardo da Vinci’s incredible studies of human anatomy still don’t get the recognition they deserve

Wikimedia, CC BY-SA The mere mention of Leonardo da Vinci evokes genius. We know him as a polymath whose interests spanned astronomy, geology, hydrology, engineering and physics. As a painter, his Mona Lisa and Last Supper...

One of the largest searches for alien life started 30 years ago. Its legacy lives on today

In February 1995, a small research organisation known as the SETI Institute launched what was then the most comprehensive search for an answer to a centuries-old question: are we alone in the universe? This Sunday marks...

South African telescope discovers a giant galaxy that’s 32 times bigger than Earth’s

Inkathazos glowing plasma jets are shown in red and yellow. The starlight from other surrounding galaxies can be seen in the background. K.K.L Charlton (UCT), MeerKAT, HSC, CARTA, IDIA, CC BY You may not know it, but right...

It’s science, not fiction: high-tech drones may soon be fighting bushfires in Australia

Picture this. Its a summer evening in Australia. A dry lightning storm is about to sweep across remote, tinder-dry bushland. The next day is forecast to be hot and windy. A lightning strike tonight could spark a fire that...

Earth is bombarded with rocks from space – but who gets to keep these ultimate antiques?

Every day, about 48.5 tonnes of space rock hurtle towards Earth. Meteorites that fall into the ocean are never recovered. But the ones that crash on land can spark debates about legal ownership. Globally, meteorite hunting...

Technology

AI Boom Fuels 10% Growth in Semiconductor Market for 2025, but Challenges Remain

The global semiconductor market is set to grow 9.5% in 2025, driven by soaring demand for AI and data center chips, according to ING analysts. While this growth lags the 11.2% forecast by the World Semiconductor Trade...

TSMC Proposes Joint Venture to Run Intel’s U.S. Foundry with Nvidia, AMD, and Broadcom

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (NYSE:TSM) is in early talks with Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), AMD (NASDAQ:AMD), Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO), and Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) to form a joint venture (JV) to manage Intels...

Reliance Jio Partners with SpaceX’s Starlink for Satellite Internet in India

Mukesh Ambanis Reliance Jio has signed a deal with Elon Musks SpaceX to bring Starlink satellite internet services to India. This move comes after months of disputes between the two billionaires over how the country should...

Trump Backs Musk, Warns Tesla Vandals Will Face Severe Consequences

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) surged nearly 4% Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump warned that attacks on Tesla dealerships would be treated as domestic terrorism. Standing alongside Tesla CEO Elon Musk at the White House,...

Toyota Eyes UK Exports to U.S. Amid Trump’s Trade Tariff Plans

Toyota (NYSE: TM) is exploring vehicle exports from its UK plant to the U.S. in response to higher trade tariffs under President Donald Trump, according to the Financial Times. The worlds largest automaker faces increasing...