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Midday Movies spotlight John Woo’s Hong Kong action classics
Action cinema would not be the same without John Woo. He helped launch the Hong Kong New Wave of the 1980s with “A Better Tomorrow,” “The Killer” and “Hard-Boiled.” All three films have been given new 4K restorations by Shout Studios for its Hong Kong Action Classics collection, with all three titles not only available on Blu-ray for home entertainment…
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Young Americans are embracing ‘Chinamaxxing’. That’s a soft power boost for Beijing
This article may be meeting you at a very Chinese time in your life. At least, if you’ve spent enough time recently on social media, where the phenomenon of “Chinamaxxing” has swept feeds with videos of people sipping hot water, shuffling around the house in slippers and donning a viral Adidas jacket resembling historic Chinese fashion. These things, content creators…
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Record 129 press members killed in 2025; Israel responsible for 2/3 of deaths
Key findings More journalists and media workers were killed in 2025 than in any other year since the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) began collecting data more than three decades ago. This is the second consecutive year-on-year record for press deaths. Israel was responsible for two-thirds of all press killings in both 2025 and 2024. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF)…
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Recognition to be cancelled for violating fee norms
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy Hyderabad: Amid growing complaints of unregulated fee hikes by private schools in Telangana, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy instructed officials to cancel the recognition of institutions if found charging fees beyond the prescribed norms. At a review meeting in Hyderabad on Thursday, February 26, Revanth, who is also the Education Minister, directed officials to create…
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Movies playing in Southeast Michigan, new releases Feb. 27 – The Oakland Press
The following list includes movies available at local theaters, and movies that are available to watch through online streaming and video on demand services including: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play, Hulu, Vudu, FandangoNow, Apple TV+, YouTube, Disney+, HBO Max and more. Showing at theaters • “Scream 7” (R): New installment in the “Scream” franchise with a new Ghostface killer…
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Gut bacteria cooperation vs. competition determines health
Scientists have discovered a new way to differentiate healthy microbiomes from diseased ones, based on gut bacteria interactions. They coin this method as the Ecological Network Balance Index (ENBI), which assesses whether microbial communities are dominated by competition or cooperation. Nutrition Insight speaks with study author Martin Blaser, M.D., the director of Rutgers Health’s Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine in…
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The End of Language As We Know It? Scientists Challenge 60 Years of Linguistic Research
A new interdisciplinary study argues that one of linguistics’ most influential frameworks needs a major update. Drawing on research in sign languages, animal communication, cultural evolution, and artificial intelligence, the authors challenge the idea of language as a static set of uniquely human design features. Credit: Shutterstock An international team proposes replacing Hockett’s feature checklist with a model of language…
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Trump moves to rewrite election rules unilaterally
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has directed his White House counsel’s office to explore the feasibility of an executive order requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration and photo identification at polling locations nationwide, even as his own lawyers have warned the moves would likely run into legal trouble, according to a senior White House official granted anonymity to discuss…
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India crush Zimbabwe by 72 runs in must-win Super 8 clash
Chennai: Abhishek Sharma and Hardik Pandya struck blazing half-centuries as India thrashed Zimbabwe by 72 runs in their must-win Super 8 match to keep their semifinal hopes alive in the T20 World Cup, here on Thursday. Abhishek smashed a brisk 30-ball 55 to provide early momentum, adding 48 runs for the opening wicket with Sanju Samson (24) after Zimbabwe opted…
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Russian workers turn occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant into ‘resort’
Rosatom workers use a plant room as a living space, with a kitchen setup and a festive table, at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, as seen in a photo posted on Jan. 20, 2026. (Actual Enerhodar / Telegram) When one thinks about the conditions at a nuclear power plant, the image that comes to mind would likely be very different…
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