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LONDON: Feeling a deep connection with a celebrity or influencer you’ve never met? That is the essence of “parasocial,” which Cambridge Dictionary has crowned its 2025 Word of the Year, reflecting a growing cultural fascination with one-sided relationships. The adjective, dating back to the 1950s, describes the bond someone feels with public figures they do … Read more
. The long-anticipated live-action adaptation of Nintendo’s celebrated franchise moved further into the spotlight this week, after leaked footage from a New Zealand set appeared to reveal new casting details for the film titled ‘Legend of Zelda’, sparking intense speculation among fans. The video, shared online by content creator Tony Olsen, shows actor Dichen Lachman … Read more
With the government reopened, the space agency at last released pictures captured by a fleet of government spacecraft of an object that came from beyond our solar system.
Gianfranco Rosi. Photo: AFP PARIS: In an era defined by viral videos and nonstop content, Italian filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi has built a career on the opposite: slow, immersive, and meticulously observational cinema that won him Europe’s top prizes, including the Golden Lion at Venice and the Golden Bear in Berlin. The 61-year-old director’s latest documentary, … Read more
‘Eternity’ and ‘Rental Family’ explore romance, mortality and unconventional life paths Brendan Fraser. Photo: Reuters LOS ANGELES: Two upcoming Hollywood films opening next week turn to unconventional journeys of self-discovery, with one imagining the afterlife as a place of emotional reckoning and the other diving into Japan’s unusual practice of hiring temporary relatives to fill … Read more
Anna Kepner, 18, was found dead on the Carnival Horizon on Nov. 8. Her stepbrother, 16, is under an investigation related to her death, his mother wrote this week in a legal filing.
Dr. LeCun’s departure follows a shake-up in Meta’s artificial intelligence efforts, as Mark Zuckerberg pushes his company to keep up in the tech race.
Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic athlete said to be a major cocaine trafficker, is accused of ordering the murder of a witness who was set to testify against him.
[After nearly a decade of expensive, hit-and-miss investments, Mohammed bin Salman is overseeing a behind-the-scenes restructuring of the kingdom’s all-important wealth fund.
A copy of the traffic violation ticket (challan) delivered to a citizen’s house through the Traffic Violation Evidence System. PHOTO: EXPRESS KARACHI: The automated, faceless e-challan system recently introduced by the traffic police has triggered confusion after a technical mix-up sent a traffic violation notice to an unexpected recipient — a hotel in Karachi- for an … Read more