Russian bombs brought Stepan and Maxim together. Now Russian bombs have driven them apart. The men, now both in their early thirties, were living almost 20 miles apart in the eastern Ukrainian region called the Donbas, where Russian-backed separatists went to war in 2014. They likely would not have met if not for a bomb
“Daddy, can that car float on the water?” “Uh… no?” My son pointed out a “Jesus Fish” on the bumper of the car in front of us and assumed it could, therefore, swim like a fish. “Then why does it have a fish on the back?” “Uh…it’s because they pray to Jesus. Like us….” “Why?”
It’s all coming to life … Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling‘s Barbie and Ken characters came face-to-face on set — the first time fans have gotten a glimpse of the two together. Both clearly were dressed in wardrobe from Barbie’s cowgirl collection Tuesday in L.A. Gosling sported a black ensemble, complete with a white cowboy
Samsung unveiled the 200-megapixel ISOCELL HP3 sensor on Thursday. The latest image sensor succeeds last year’s ISOCELL HP1 sensor and has 0.56-micron pixels (μm). It packs 200 million pixels in a 1/1.4 optical format. It is claimed to capture 8K videos at 30 frames-per-second (fps) with minimum loss in the field of view. The South
An online sales tax (OST) would cause significant harm to Britain’s army of small businesses, the world’s biggest internet retailer has warned the government. Sky News has learnt that John Boumphrey, Amazon’s UK country manager, told a Treasury minister during a meeting on Wednesday that a 1pc levy would hurt the hundreds of thousands of
The 2022 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award winners were announced today. The awards began in 1967 and are a result of a partnership between The Horn Book, Inc. and the Boston Globe. The winners of the awards, which “celebrate excellence in children’s and young adult literature,” are all U.S. editions of books that were published between
Los Angeles County public health officials reported 5,575 new cases of the coronavirus since Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases to 3,076,849 as of Wednesday, June 22. Officials reported eight more deaths linked to the coronavirus since Tuesday for a total of 32,271 deaths since tracking began. There were 15 more hospitalizations reported, bringing
A woman was rescued from a “five-hour hostage situation” after including a note saying “please call the police” with a takeaway order. Staff at a restaurant in New York state say they raised the alarm when they received a worrying request through delivery app Grubhub, NBC reports. In the additional instructions portion of her order,
The SNP’s Westminster leader Ian Blackford is facing fresh calls to step down amid mounting criticism over his reaction to one of his MPs sexually harassing a staff member. The victim, who was inappropriately touched by SNP MP Patrick Grady at a party in 2016, told Sky News: “Ian’s position right now is untenable, and
Brad Pitt holds forth on what he calls “this last semester or trimester” of his career in a thoughtful and somewhat elegiac interview for the cover of GQ’s August issue. “I consider myself on my last leg,” the Academy Award winner says in the piece, “this last semester or trimester. What is this section gonna
A new piece of research from academics at ETH Zurich has identified a number of critical security issues in the MEGA cloud storage service that could be leveraged to break the confidentiality and integrity of user data. In a paper titled “MEGA: Malleable Encryption Goes Awry,” the researchers point out how MEGA’s system does not
When you think of pandas, you typically think about one of two things: One, the adorable, monochromatic animal that was the subject of a 2003 DreamWorks Animation film, or two, that song by Desiigner. The latest conspiracy theory currently making the rounds on TikTok concerns the former — specifically, whether or not panda bears are
I know I’m not the only 30-something country music fan that grew up listening to a little punk rock. I grew up on a steady dose of Alan Jackson, George Strait, Reba, Brooks and Dunn and the rest of the ’90s country greats, but there was a time when I got into bands like Blink
A brand new collection of previously unreleased live recordings from Kris Kristofferson will transport listeners back to an unforgettable night of music at one of the most iconic honky-tonks in history. Kris Kristofferson Live at Gilley’s – Pasadena, TX: September 15th, 1981, set for release on Sept. 2 via New West Records, includes 15 previously unreleased recordings
Taylor Swift and BF Joe Alwyn are clearly having some fun in the sun, getting into the water and sharing some serious smooches on vacation. The two have been down in the Bahamas, and were spotted Sunday on their getaway — packing on some PDA during a dip. After their love-fest, TS and JA got
iQoo has brought its Neo series to India with the launch of the Neo 6 in the super-competitive sub-Rs. 30,000 price segment. In order to give the phone a fighting chance, iQoo has equipped it with powerful hardware such as the Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 SoC, and has bolstered its features by giving it 80W fast charging and
Prices have increased faster over the past 12 months than at any time in the previous 30 years, putting pressure on already stretched household budgets. The latest increases have been driven by rising household energy and fuel costs. But how much has your individual spending gone up in the past five years? Use our new
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The Summer Solstice 2022 on Tuesday, June 21, is the longest day of the year. Temperatures the past few days and looking ahead will continue to be more Summer like than Spring. A young man flips off the parallel bars at Santa Monica’s Muscle Beach on Monday, June 20, 2022. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los
A plane carrying 126 people caught fire after it was forced to crash land at Miami International Airport when its front landing gear failed. The Red Air flight was arriving from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on Tuesday when it skidded along the runway, ripped through a communications tower and came to a stop on the