The Trump administration will admit no more than 7,500 refugees in the 2026 fiscal year, with most expected to be white South Africans, according to a notice posted Thursday in the Federal Registry. The move, justified only as humanitarian or in the national interest, marks a steep drop from last...
Paramount is moving ahead with a live-action Call of Duty movie, tapping Taylor Sheridan and Peter Berg to co-write and produce, with Berg directing. The filmmakers, longtime collaborators on projects like Hell or High Water and Wind River, will join Paramount and Activision to build a feature aimed at the...
When Saturday arrives, the Grand Egyptian Museum finally opens its doors, unveiling the world’s largest museum devoted to a single civilisation. More than 100,000 artefacts— from Tutankhamun’s tomb treasures to Khufu’s solar boat— await visitors beyond a vast Grand Hall and Staircase. Leaders and dignitaries will attend an inauguration streamed...
At the Anzalduas International Bridge on Oct. 22, federal agents inspecting a silver Toyota bound for Mexico uncovered 163 concealed species — more than a dozen types of pythons, over 30 other snakes including a ghost Aztec jungle boa, plus tarantulas, salamanders, frogs and bearded dragons. Officers seized the truck,...
A turbulent day in U.S. politics and policy saw California’s Proposition 50 pitched as a district realignment that could add up to five Democratic seats before Nov. 4 voting. Sen. Mark Warner blasted a partisan briefing on U.S. boat strikes as eroding trust ahead of a Venezuela war powers vote....
Prince William and Princess Kate won their privacy case against Paris Match after the French magazine published long-lens photos and details of their April ski break in the Alps with Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. A Nanterre court, presided over by Ms. Sandrine Gil, ruled in September that...
Billie Eilish used an award acceptance speech Wednesday night, with Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg in the audience, to question why the mega rich let wealth accumulate and to urge billionaires to give, saying people need empathy and help. Fashion editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson applauded on Threads, saying Gen Z will call...
Abigail Zwerner, the Virginia teacher shot by a 6-year-old at Richneck Elementary, told civil jurors she thought she was dying as a bullet tore through her hand and lodged in her chest. In a $40 million lawsuit, she alleges former assistant principal Ebony Parker ignored repeated warnings the boy had...
Masses of ultra-Orthodox Israelis flooded Jerusalem on Thursday, praying and protesting moves to draft seminary students, as the government seeks a compromise after the Supreme Court said there was no legal basis for exemptions. Demonstrators blocked major roads near the city’s western entrance; a stretch of the Jerusalem Tel Aviv...
Russia launched 705 missiles and drones across Ukraine overnight, Ukraine’s air force said, striking civilian sites and energy facilities from Kyiv to regions spanning the southeast to the Polish border. The barrage—653 drones and 52 missiles—was the second-largest of the war; 592 drones and 31 missiles were intercepted, while 16...
