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‘Sorcerer’ kicks off 2026 with a bang, plus the best movies in L.A. this week
Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. One of the bummer parts of any awards season is how it leads to a narrowing down of what movies are getting talked about and subsequently remembered from any given year. There are always way more than five or 10…
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40 Movies We Can’t Wait to See in 2026 | Features
As 2025 draws to a close, it’s time to turn the page and consider the movies we’ll be talking about 12 months from now. 2026 is shaping up very well, at least on paper, with a healthy mix of returning masters, follow-ups to recent hits, and even a few interesting blockbusters. For that last category, we left a few off…
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One in four women in Norway found to miss postpartum check-ups
In an evolving health landscape, emerging research continues to highlight concerns that could impact everyday wellbeing. Here’s the key update you should know about: In a new study, Christine Agdestein has surveyed several aspects of the postnatal check-up. Agdestein is a specialist in general practice and a general practitioner, and is currently a PhD candidate at the Norwegian University of…
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How small changes to the way you breathe can transform your health
Right now, it feels like breathing is having a moment. Everyone’s at it, but some people are really putting in the elbow grease. Rather than ‘just’ breathing automatically, a growing number of devotees now practise deliberate exercises. With fancy names, such as coherent breathing or cyclic sighing, breathwork has become one of the fastest-growing trends in the wellness industry. Breathing…
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Two of the Middle East’s most powerful countries are facing off in Yemen. Here’s what to know
A decade after Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates led a joint military campaign to curb Iran’s influence in Yemen, the two allies now find themselves pitted against each other there. The Arab world’s most powerful nations have entered an unprecedented public spat over Yemen, a strategically located and impoverished nation with a history of unresolved conflicts. This week,…
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TTGDA urges govt to clear long-pending dues of Telangana doctors
Hyderabad: The Telangana Teaching Government Doctors Association (TTGDA) submitted a formal representation to the Chief Secretary, Government of Telangana, seeking early clearance of long-pending financial dues related to teaching government doctors across the State. Rs 700 crores per month In the representation, the association acknowledged the State government’s ongoing efforts to address pending payments. “We are encouraged to learn that…
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What Zohran Mamdani’s suit tells us about the man and the way society is changing | Men’s suits
Growing up in London in the 00s, I was surrounded by suits. On City boys darting around the Square Mile. In Hyde Park, where Arab dads in baggy suits kicked footballs with their children in honeyed light. At school, where cheap grey suits were our uniform. The suit has always been a costume of seriousness that signals powerfulness and performance;…
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The best movies of 2025, ranked by AP film writers
The bean counters might say otherwise, but 2025 was a good year for movies. Filmmakers working in and out of the studio system managed to make bold, personal, wildly imaginative and singular works. Some of them even broke through to the mainstream — how extraordinary that “Sinners” is among the highest earning of the year in North America, alongside all those “safe” sequels,…
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Grok’s ‘remove’ trend turns into meme fest
The often undiplomatic Grok, the AI assistant developed by Elon Musk’s X, appears to have a mind of its own, with certain prompts leading it to take quite a few controversial stands. With X users constantly “Grokking it” to verify information, some requests for the AI chatbot have taken an odd turn, with users now requesting it to remove certain…
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Brief history of U.S. interventions in Latin America, Caribbean : NPR
An April 1961 file photo shows a group of CIA-backed Cuban counterrevolutionaries after their capture in the Bay of Pigs, Cuba. Miguel Vinas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Miguel Vinas/AFP via Getty Images President Trump’s pressure campaign against Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro is the latest chapter in a long history of U.S. intervention in the Caribbean basin, rooted…
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