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Chris Kraus regards the late success of her first book, I Love Dick, with ambivalence. A work of autofiction, first published in 1997, it chronicles Kraus’s infatuation with a cultural theorist named Dick, a doomed, one-sided love affair that nonetheless pulls Kraus, a depressed, 39-year-old failing film-maker languishing in a sexless marriage, out of her personal and artistic rut. After a slow start, the book became a cult classic and in 2016 it was made into an Amazon Prime Video TV series, with Kraus played by Kathryn Hahn. “To me, success would have been like a long review in the…

Former president ‘currently undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment’, Biden aide Kelly Scully says.Published On 11 Oct 202511 Oct 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareFormer United States President Joe Biden is undergoing radiation treatment and hormone therapy to fight prostate cancer that was diagnosed in May, his spokesperson said.“As part of a treatment plan for prostate cancer, President Biden is currently undergoing radiation therapy and hormone treatment,” Biden aide Kelly Scully said on Saturday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe ex-president’s office announced in May that Biden had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer that…

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Israel moves prisoners ahead of Gaza deal exchangeIsrael has begun transferring prisoners to two jails ahead of their release as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal, designed to lead to the release of hostages held by Hamas, the prison service said on Saturday.Thousands of staff, including prison officers, “operated throughout the night in order to implement the government’s decision: ‘The framework for the release of all Israeli hostages’,” a statement said, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).About 2,000 Palestinian prisoners are to be freed from Israeli jails, including 250 serving long sentences for serious security offences. In exchange, Hamas has until Monday…

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The Kenyan Catholic Church has introduced a new brand of altar wine for Holy Mass after the previous one became widely available in local bars.Simply labelled Mass Wine, the new sacramental drink bears the coat of arms of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) and an official signature to certify its authenticity. “The newly approved wine is not for sale at any business outlet, but is imported and owned by the KCCB, and only distributed to the dioceses,” Archbishop of Nyeri Anthony Muheria told the BBC. The move has been welcomed by the Catholic faithful, who believe that the…

Good morning, wrestling fans! It early in the U.S., but in Australia, it’s prime time for WWE action. The Crown Jewel event at RAC Center in Perth features two Crown Jewel Championship matches, the last international stop on the John Cena retirement tour, a tag team match filled with mixed feelings, and something called an Australian Street Fight.Newly crowned Women’s World Champion Stephanie Vaquer defeated Women’s WWE Champion Tiffany Stratton in just the seventh match between two current women’s champions. The card also featured an Australian Street Fight that involved a cricket bat, a rugby ball and Aussie Bronson Reed…

Using a swearword in your Google search can stop that annoying AI overview from popping up. Some apps let you switch off their artificial intelligence.You can choose not to use ChatGPT, to avoid AI-enabled software, to refuse to talk to a chatbot. You can ignore Donald Trump posting deepfakes, and dodge anything with Tilly the AI actor in it.As the use of AI spreads, so do concerns about its dangers, and resistance to its ubiquitousness.Dr Kobi Leins – an AI management and governance expert – chooses to opt out when medical practitioners want to use AI.She told a specialist she…

At least 60 people have been killed in a drone strike at a displacement shelter in el-Fasher, a besieged Sudanese city on the brink of collapse. The resistance committee for el-Fasher, made up of local citizens and activists, said the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) hit Dar al-Arqam camp, located within a university, with two drone strikes and eight artillery shells. “Children, women and the elderly were killed in cold blood, and many were completely burned,” a statement from the group said. Eyewitnesses described scenes of panic as rescuers pulled bodies from the rubble.Hospitals already struggling under months of siege…

Yorgos Lanthimos might be on board with AI, after all. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker, director of movies The Favourite, Poor Things and Kinds of Kindness, jokingly told BFI London Film Festival attendees on Saturday that he’s willing to send out a computer-generated avatar of himself if it helps him get out of promotional duties. Lanthimos spoke with Succession creator Jesse Armstrong the day after the U.K. premiere of his latest thriller, Bugonia, starring Emma Stone as a powerful CEO who is kidnapped by two conspiracy-obsessed men, played by Jesse Plemons and Aidan Delbis, convinced she is an alien about to destroy…