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Damascus, Syria (AP) — Syria held parliamentary elections on Sunday. This comes almost a year after Bashar Assad, the rebel-led, offensive, dictatorial leader.The National Assembly will be tasked with passing new election laws and constitutions as the country moves through the post-Assad political transition after more than a decade of civil war.All over the country, security forces were deployed at polling stations. Inside, members of the electoral college entered the voting booth, filled out a list of names on the ballot, then placed in a sealed box until they were withdrawn and counted before candidates, journalists and observers of the…
Nicole Kidman brings awareness to important causes. Big Little Ricestar filed for divorce from her husband Keith Urban before resigning on October 4th on her first public appearance, attending an auction in Texas, benefiting Am Fardalas. During an event that raised funds for HIV/AIDS research, the actress wore a black off-shoulder dress when she spoke up before giving Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan the nonprofit Inspiration Award. “As we all do, what Taylor realizes is that we are more similar than we are different, and when I look at each other, we are better,” she said in a video obtained by…
The outfit inspired by the ERAS tour will pos in front of the “Showgirl Official Release Party” poster at the AMC Theater to celebrate the release of Taylor Swift’s new album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” on October 3, 2025. Kylie Cooper | ReutersTaylor Swift gave the box office boost this weekend.Partnership with AMCthe singer-songwriter brought a 90-minute movie to cinemas one weekend just to celebrate the release of her 12th album, The Life of a Showgirl.The three-day event tallied an estimated $33 million in the country, Cinema History’s biggest album debut event. Internationally, the film took $13 million, bringing…
AI coding tools are fast. It can be hard to notice how much it’s changing if it doesn’t work in your code, but GPT-5 and Gemini 2.5 have now made it possible to automate a whole new set of developer tricks. At the same time, other skills are moving forward more slowly. If you use AI to write emails, you probably get the same value as you did a year ago. Even if the model gets better, the product doesn’t always bring about benefits. Especially when the product is a chatbot that has different jobs at the same time. AI…
Istanbul (AP) – Hundreds of thousands of European cities have been involved in Palestinians Aid Fleet An attempt to reach Gaza. Istanbul held its biggest of several demonstrations being staged in Türkiye. The footage showed an iconic crowd walking Hagia Sophia On the banks of the Golden Horn they were greeted by dozens of boats decorated with Turkish and Palestinian flags. The marchers have now converted to a mosque, seeking Muslim solidarity with the Palestinians following a noon prayer in front of a former Byzantine cathedral.The protest was planned, among other things, in a European city on Sunday. Hamas attacks…
Editor’s Note: The new series, “New Orleans: Soul of A City,” reveals that 20 years after Katrina, will reveal how New Orleans is even more resilient than ever before. The series premieres at 10pm ET/PT on Sunday, October 5th. New Orleans – The bowtie is adjusted. The trombone is wound up. Two motorcycle police officers block the intersection at the corner of Dauphine and Toulouse. The trumpet brings up an opening note saying, “Along with a walk just close.” The melody is carried with the saxophone and Sousaphone participating. The band travels down the streets of New Orleans, with crowds…
CAIRO (AP) – Israel and Hamas prepared for indirect negotiations in Egypt on Monday.Negotiations take place after President Donald Trump welcomes the statements of extremist groups it embraced Some elements of the US plan. Israel previously said it was supported New US efforts to end the war.Egypt will host Israeli and Hamas delegations on Monday to discuss suggesting the exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, the country’s foreign ministry said. According to Egyptian officials, US envoy Steve Witkov is also taking part in the talks.Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the current situation was “closest to releasing all hostages.”Speaking…
Siegfried Raida | Getty Images”It was the best, the worst, the age of wisdom, the age of foolishness,” Charles Dickens famously wrote. It properly captures the dislocation between political events and market behavior as we enter next week.The US government closures are worried about its negative impact worldwide, but it does not seem to attenuate risk-on sentiment across major stock markets. The political impasse in Washington, D.C. appears to be expected to continue until next week. There are concerns that the Trump administration will use fundraising freezes to permanently cut roles and cancel certain projects.There has been a lot of…
Alex Tora knew his fish and chip shop in Solihull, England, and needed a boost after the pandemic, so he began offering discounts to future Jaguar Land Rover plant workers. It was a business master stroke. Many of his clients now come from company ranks, getting lunch or picking up “fish dinner” on their way home. Or at least they were – until the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) stopped after a catastrophic hack in late August. “We’re down by about 30%,” Tora told CNN about the acquisition since. “We have a strong connection with Land Rover, and most customers are…
Taraji P. Henson won the best supporting actress Oscar nomination in 2008’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, but a few years later she was still fired for $150,000, who accepted to appear in the film. Regarding the film’s lead, when it comes to Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett’s lead, “I haven’t heard any more $20 million quotes, but it was happening at this point,” Henson first told the Laura Brown Podcast in 2021 in a Women. But she continued. “I’ve also brought a certain amount to my seat, and what I was asking at that point in my career…