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DiCaprio, Denzel and the Predator: The 20 best movies of 2025 | Lifestyles
At the movies this year, it was one battle after another. It was either fears of AI or worries that audiences aren’t going to the theater anymore, or franchise fatigue and concerns about consolidation of the business and what it means for the future of the industry. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be…
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As officials uncover more information about the Brown and MIT professor shooting suspect, key questions remain
Police lights flashed for hours as law enforcement officers surrounded a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire, Thursday night, finally closing in on a suspect who unleashed deadly attacks on two communities and had managed to evade them for six days. Outside was an abandoned car linked to both the Brown University mass shooting on Saturday and the killing of…
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Siddhalepa takes authentic Lankan Ayurveda medicine to UK through a collaborative – The Island
The full speech delivered by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Parliament (2025-12-19) “Today, we have presented to Parliament the largest supplementary estimate submitted in recent history. On the 5th of this month, following a lengthy debate, this Parliament approved the Budget required for the year 2026. However, within a very short period, we have been compelled to present a supplementary…
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Prisoners freed by Belarus say their passports are taken away in a final ‘dirty trick’ by officials
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The only official document human rights advocate Uladzimir Labkovich had with him when he was suddenly released from a Belarus prison, blindfolded and driven to neighboring Ukraine was a piece of paper with his name and mugshot on it. “After four and half years of abuse in prison, I was thrown out of my own country…
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10 Most Thrilling Movies of 2025, Ranked
Are thrillers a dying breed? There certainly aren’t as many of the atypical genre thrillers filling up theaters as there have been in past decades, with many getting unceremoniously dumped onto streaming services with little fanfare. Still, there have been plenty of films featuring full-blooded thriller elements released in the past year that more than make up for the lack…
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Mamata wants to incite communal riots: BJP
New Delhi: The BJP on Saturday alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wanted to incite riots between the Hindu and Muslim communities and accused her of indulging in communal politics, sensing defeat of the ruling TMC in the state assembly polls next year. Questioning Banerjee’s silence over the alleged remarks made by her party MLA Madan Mitra about…
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University of Virginia names Scott C. Beardsley as the University’s 10th president
In a unanimous vote Friday, the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors selected Scott C. Beardsley, dean of the UVA Darden School of Business, as the University’s 10th president. An experienced academic leader and professor, board chair/director and senior executive, Beardsley will bring the skills and experience that helped make the Darden School the top public business school in the…
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The bleakest winter: Ukrainians face exhaustion and uncertainty as Trump demands concessions | Ukraine
The ammunition boxes stacked on the stage opened up to reveal figurines of angels and an infant Jesus lying in his manger. Six actors sang plaintive carols, accompanied by readings of the brooding poetry of Kharkiv writer Serhiy Zhadan. The audience sat, transfixed by the almost unbearable intensity of the spectacle. The nativity play, performed on a recent evening at…
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Telangana to introduce legislation against hate speech: Revanth
Hyderabad: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Saturday, December 20, announced that the state government will introduce a new bill in the Assembly aimed at curbing religious hate speech. He said that existing laws would be amended to ensure stringent punishment for the offenders who abuse other religions. Participating in the Christmas celebrations at LB Stadium on Saturday, December 20,…
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Prison health workers are among the best-paid public employees. Why are so many jobs vacant?
Despite spending hundreds of millions of dollars to fill vacant medical and mental health positions at prisons and state hospitals, California has little to show for it, according to a new report from the state auditor. Job vacancy rates have increased since 2019 at the three facilities examined in the audit, as has the state’s reliance on pricey temporary workers.…
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