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The Great Craft of 2025 | Features
On Friday, the writers of this site lauded some of their favorite performances of 2025. Today, we go behind the camera to pick some of the great craft of the year in film, including excellence in cinematography, editing, original score, casting, and more. Again, this shouldn’t be seen as comprehensive as much as a way to highlight some of the…
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The Future of Mental Healthcare Is Continuous Care
I grew up in a family where most people worked in healthcare. I saw how they practiced, how manual and fragmented the work was, and how little support existed for mental health. Watching how far the field has come, and how far it still needs to go, has been fascinating to me. Today, access has expanded, virtual appointments are now…
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10 Best Movies About Travel, Ranked
Movies have the power to transport us beyond the screen, inspiring wanderlust and illuminating cultures, and chronicling profound self-discovery across continents in the meantime. Whether capturing a spontaneous Italy trip or a soul-searching Pacific Crest hike, these films explore what it means to break free from constraints, find oneself in unfamiliar places, and embrace the transformative power of the journey…
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BJP-MGP alliance wins majority seats in Goa Zilla Panchayat polls
Panaji: The BJP-MGP alliance managed to win a majority of seats in the Goa Zilla Panchayat polls, results of which were declared on Monday. The two parties won more than 30 of the 50 ZP seats in the state, while the Congress emerged victorious on 10 seats and the AAP and Revolutionary Goans Party on one each. Four independent candidates…
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‘I want that escape route’: Americans seek dual citizenships under Trump | US immigration
Daniel Kamalić was born and raised in New York City, where he spent his summers riding his bike around Brighton Beach before pedaling home to his “Brooklyn Jewish” mother and his “smooth talker” father. He went out for Cub Scouts and soccer before realizing, during his time studying at MIT, that he loved sailing most of all. Now 48, he…
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Chinese Embassy in India to accept visa applications online: Report
Beijing: The Chinese Embassy in Delhi has launched the ‘China Online Visa Application System’ for Indian passport holders to apply for visas online, a social media report here said on Monday. The process is easier than the previous one, where applicants were required to present many paper documents in person, Shenzhen-based Chinese online portal Greater Bay Area (GBA) reported. Earlier,…
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Weight loss drugs in New Zealand: Benefits and risks of GLP-1s explained
All medicines have side effects, says Professor Rhiannon Braund, head of the University of Waikato’s school of pharmacy and biomedical sciences. “When you’ve got a drug that acts in different parts of the body, it can have different reactions or different outcomes for people based on their physiology,” she says. “That’s why dosing is really important because we’re all a…
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Making America Safe Again: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services End-of-Year Review Demonstrates Impact of Rigorous Immigration Crackdown
Under the leadership of Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and USCIS Director Joseph Edlow, the agency has enhanced immigration screening and vetting protocols to protect communities and national security and has advanced immigration policies that put the national interest first. WASHINGTON— As the end of 2025 approaches, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services would like to highlight key accomplishments for…
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10 Movie That Flew Under The Radar In 2025
The year 2025 delivered a wealth of exceptional filmmaking, with independent movies securing significant critical and audience acclaim despite not always having the marketing might of blockbusters. Proving that cinematic triumph doesn’t require massive budgets, numerous films earned accolades across the global festival circuit, often flying just under the public radar. Among the year’s standout festival darlings were diverse features…
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Illegal settlement expansion: How Israel is redrawing occupied West Bank | Explainer News
The Israeli security cabinet has approved 19 new settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank as the right-wing government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moves to prevent the formation of a viable Palestinian state. As Netanyahu’s government has made the annexation of occupied Palestinian territory a priority, the United Nations has said Israeli settlement expansions in 2025 have reached…
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