The city of Gaziantep in Turkiye has been designated a globally recognised Gastronomy City by the UNESCO Creative Cities Network due to its association with the Antep pistachio – the region’s “green gold”. The history of this nut creates not just a cash crop but forms part of the economy and food culture in the…
A 47-year-old Idaho mayor died after collapsing as he was attending a town hall on Wednesday night. Nampa Mayor Rick Hogaboam suffered a “medical emergency” at the regional town hall with neighboring city officials and died shortly after, the city’s government confirmed in a statement late that night. The city asked that people in the…
While the US has concentrated much of its military effort on degrading Iran’s missile and drone capability, sinking its Navy and, in recent days, attacking targets along Iran’s long Gulf shoreline, Israel has gone to great lengths to assassinate Iran’s leaders and attack elements of state control, including paramilitary Basij units responsible for much of…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the BlackRock Infrastructure Summit on March 11, 2026 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images OpenAI on Thursday announced it’s acquiring Astral, a small startup that builds popular open source tools for software developers. Astral’s team will join OpenAI and help build out its artificial intelligence coding assistant…
Yes, you read that right! In her podcast with Oprah, Kristin shared that she came to know about her husband, Andrew, also being at the same Colplay concert through her daughter. “I was walking into the concert and my daughter messaged me and said, ‘Oh it’s so great that you and Andrew are both at…
WASHINGTON — A key Senate committee voted 8-7 on Thursday to advance President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. The vote in the Senate Homeland Security Committee sends Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., to the full Senate for consideration one day after a contentious confirmation hearing. The committee…
President Idris Mahamat Déby orders the military to be on high alert and a “total closure” of the border. Source link
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Cryptocurrency trading platform Crypto.com announced Thursday that it is laying off 12% of its staff as the company integrates artificial intelligence. “We are joining the list of companies integrating enterprise-wide AI. Companies that do not make this pivot immediately will fail,” CEO Kris Marszalek posted on X. “As…
Shayne Coplan, chief executive officer of Polymarket, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Major League Baseball on Thursday announced it was naming Polymarket its official prediction market partner. The association also signed a memorandum of…
Indian cricketer Kuldeep Yadav has been in news since his debut in 2017. The star cricketer from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh got married a few days ago to his childhood friend Vanshika Chadha and hosted a grand wedding reception in Lucknow, which was attended by eminent personalities including the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath,…