A Sri Lankan village’s sole film critic tells the story of Gamini: “My generation might be the last to remember the Sri Lankan movie maniacs like him. So, I must tell you his story.” My sister reported that the oldest movie maniac in our village has indeed become insane. Because she knows the cinematic kinship
Series editor’s note: In Ashia Ajani’s poem “Running,” the Black body finds itself outdoors, not as a means of escape, rather as a place of exodus, where it can stay moving, embracing a small freedom. But wherever the Black body is placed, it seems to always be in danger, its flesh ripe for taking. With
Wirecard’s logo can be seen on a smartphone held in front of a stock market chart. Alexander Pohl | NurPhoto | Getty Images Insolvent payments company Wirecard will finally be ejected from Germany’s benchmark DAX index this month after exchange operator Deutsche Boerse announced a change in its selection rules. Deutsche Boerse said Thursday that,
No pairs: the first ‘open flavour’ tetraquark has been spotted at CERN (Courtesy: Shutterstock/paul_june) The first tetraquark composed of four quarks of different flavours has been discovered by physicists working on the LHCb experiment at CERN. Dubbed X(2900), the “open flavour” tetraquark has a mass of about 2.9 GeV/c2 and has been spotted in two spin
Exhibition will slowly come back to life this Friday at the box office after largely being shutdown for 21 weeks due to the pandemic. However, the first notable ticket sales will be coming out of the Great White North. Paramount is giving a big screen release to The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run in Canada
WASHINGTON — New Federal Communications Commission regulations will go into effect next week intended to make it easier for small satellites to get licenses for commercial operations. The FCC published in the Federal Register July 20 the final version of a new rule for what it calls “streamlined” licensing procedures for small satellites, which formally
WASHINGTON — Sen. Kamala Harris delivered a scathing condemnation of President Donald Trump on Wednesday during her first appearance with former Vice President Joe Biden as his running mate on the Democratic ticket. “The case against Donald Trump and Mike Pence is open and shut,” said Harris, a nod to her career as a prosecutor. “Just
The Weeknd‘s philanthropy isn’t confined to North America … he’s opening his wallet to help people who were injured, people whose loved ones died, and people who were left homeless by the tragic explosion that rocked Beirut. The singer’s manager, Wassim “Sal” Slaiby, and his wife, Rima Fakih, have been leading the charge to get
President Donald Trump said Wednesday the federal government is sending 125 million reusable face masks to school districts across the United States as schools consider whether it’s safe to reopen this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic. “We have to open up our schools and open up our businesses,” Trump said during a White House press
Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris are vowing to move on up. The pair made their first joint appearance as running mates in Delaware on Wednesday, arriving onstage in masks to Curtis Mayfield’s “Move On Up.” Biden and Harris maintained social-distancing during the event as each delivered remarks about the other. “The
Jake Paul isn’t concerned about the recent FBI raid at his home. The YouTube star was seen out in public walking his dog where he spoke to photographers. The YouTuber/boxer released a brief video online about the raid and wants his fans to make sure they don’t believe any rumors that are floating around about
What did the experts do? We often joke about the seemingly random process the experts take when matching the pairings, but Married at First Sight Season 11 Episode 5 has shown us now more than ever that they’re presenting us with pairings for drama more than compatibility. How else can you explain what’s going on with most,
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A state-funded Covid-19 mobile testing site stands in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S., on Wednesday Aug. 5, 2020. Jayme Gershen | Bloomberg | Getty Images For the first time in months, the daily growth of new coronavirus cases in the U.S. has steadily fallen over the past two weeks, giving some hope to U.S. officials who proclaimed
Larry Kudlow, director of the U.S. National Economic Council, speaks during a press briefing at the White House on July 2. Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images Won’t be ‘quick’ The exact timing of the new benefit is impossible to nail down, given some confusion around aspects of Trump’s order. States will also likely vary in
The Wishwall Foundation with the local support in Africa of the @ireadtoliveinitiative team has commenced with the purchase of the Medical equipment and drugs to be donated to the Primary Health Care Center in South West, Nigeria – AFRICA. This project is set to restore the entire medical facility and to provide the community with
As a wave of acquisitions washes over the space industry, NewSpace investors are finally finding the exits — just not where they expected them to be. The pace of space industry exits is picking up in the United States where private equity firms and holding companies are scooping up startups and enterprises established decades ago.
Francis Stallings tapes signs to her car before participating in a caravan rally down the Las Vegas Strip in support of extending the $600 unemployment benefit, August 6, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bridget Bennett | AFP | Getty Images As Congress flounders in its attempts to buoy Americans left jobless by the coronavirus pandemic,