Some residents in northern Ontario were forced to evacuate due to the ongoing fires. One First Nations chief reported her community was “burnt to ashes”. Fires are also burning on the country’s west coast, where more than 59 active fires in British Columbia were reported on Friday. The British Columbia Wildfire Service said that 39…
The rocket – named after Vikram Sarabhai, who is called the father of India’s space programme – is small and has the capacity to carry payloads of up to 350kg, Skyroot co-founder and CEO Pawan Kumar Chandana told the BBC. Chandana says today, access to space remains “a major bottleneck, with satellite operators often waiting…
Current trends suggest a chance of more changeable weather during the second half of summer. However, the signals from computer weather models are rather mixed meaning there is a lot of uncertainty. The latest sub-seasonal forecast from DTN – the BBC’s weather data supplier – suggests that areas of low pressure will feature more prominently…
Natalie Portman famously saw a twisted version of herself in mirrorsas part of her Oscar-winning performance as a tortured ballerina in Black Swan. She may experience the same queasy sensation if Unherd writer Valerie Stivers is to be believed, as she suggests in a July 17 column that Cusk’s upcoming novel, Life of M, is…
‘Descendants: Wicked Wonderland’ Premiere Image Credit: Photo Credit: Disney/Alberto Rodriguez Rita Ora, Malia Baker, Ayo Davis (president, Disney Kids & Family), Brandy, Kylie Cantrall, Liamani Segura, Awkwafina and Charlie Andrews (executive vp, live action, Disney Kids & Family) walked the carpet at the L.A. premiere of Disney Channel original movie Descendants: Wicked Wonderland on Tuesday.
When Netflix acquired Ben Affleck’s mysterious AI company InterPositive earlier this year, it took the industry by storm. What was the company? What tools did it create for filmmakers? How would Netflix use them, and use Affleck, who committed to work as a senior advisor to the company in the deal? And then there was…
Russian authorities have continued to clamp down on what little domestic opposition remains in the country by detaining a well-known blogger and moving to prevent a local politician from running for parliament. Blogger Ilya Remeslo was a staunch supporter of Vladimir Putin until he staged a dramatic about-turn last March, calling the president a “war…
Iran has accused the US of hitting civilian infrastructure in the latest wave of air strikes since peace talks collapsed. State media and provincial authorities said bridges, a train station and an airport were hit. BBC Verify has confirmed an attack on a bridge in Hormozgan province. US Central Command (Centcom) has not given a…
The Walt Disney Co. is protective of its iconic characters and intellectual property. The National Football League is too. The league wants its teams showcased in the best light, and Disney wants its characters to shine. On Thursday afternoon, in New York’s Jacob Javits Center, the world of Disney collided with the world of the…
There are 1,160 businesses in the UK steel industry, directly supporting 40,000 other firms, according to government figures., external Tata Steel at Port Talbot in Wales was once the UK’s largest virgin steel producer but it turned off its blast furnace in September 2024, saying it was losing £1.7m a day. An agreement with the…
