NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Sanderson, whose epic “Wind and Truth” is a highlight of the upcoming Release seasonsees nothing wrong with the idea of “escapism”. “It’s just the ability to go into another world and empathize with other people’s problems, problems that aren’t our problems. It’s a really valuable tool in our lives,” the […]
NEW YORK — Brandon Sanderson, whose epic “Wind and Truth” is a highlight of the coming publishing season, sees nothing wrong with the idea of “escapism”. “It’s just the ability to go into another world and empathize with other people’s problems, problems that aren’t our problems. It’s a really valuable tool in our lives,” the […]
BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court on Thursday found Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, a member of a famous Spanish acting family, guilty of premeditated murder and sentenced him to life in prison. The victim was also dismembered as part of the sensational proceedings. The Koh Samui provincial court had initially imposed the death penalty on Sancho, […]
NEW YORK (AP) — As Jennifer Kent’s “The Babadook” in cinemas Ten years ago, the film was shown in two theaters. When it returns to theaters next month, it will be shown in Cinema 500. “It’s strange, but in a wonderful way. I can’t believe it’s been 10 years already. But it’s fantastic to go […]
BANGKOK (AP) — A military court in Myanmar has sentenced a local journalist to life in prison and sentenced one of his colleagues to 20 years under an anti-terrorism law, the publisher said Wednesday. The sentences against Myo Myint Oo and Aung San Oo of the independent online news service Dawei Watch appear to be […]
Massachusetts residents are now allowed to arm themselves with switchblades after a 67-year-old ban was overturned following the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark 2022 decision on gun rights and the Second Amendment. Tuesday’s Massachusetts Supreme Court decision applied new guidance from the Bruen decision, which held that citizens have the right to carry firearms in public […]
Dolly Parton’s father grew up in poverty and never had the chance to learn to read. Inspired by her upbringing, 78-year-old country music legend has spent the last three decades working to improve reading literacy through its Imagination Library book distribution program. It has expanded nationwide to places like Missouri and Kentucky, two of 21 […]
LONDON (AP) — The increasing Mpox outbreaks in Africa, which the World Health Organization declares state of emergency are largely the result of decades of neglect and the inability of the global community to stop sporadic epidemics among a population with little immunity to smallpox, leading African scientists said on Tuesday. According to Dr Dimie […]
Kyiv, Ukraine (AP) — Russia attacked large parts of Ukraine On Monday, it fired dozens of missiles and drones, killing four people, injuring more than a dozen and damaging energy facilities. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the attacks as “disgusting.” The barrage, which involved more than 100 missiles and a similar number of drones, began around […]
MELBOURNE, Australia — Sphen, the older partner of a world-famous same-sex penguin pair celebrated in Australian school textbooks and at an annual parade promoting gay rights, has died aged 11, a Sydney aquarium said on Thursday. Sphen and his male gentoo penguin partner Magic, now 8 years old, attracted international attention in 2018 when they […]
