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More than 20 people have been killed in a Russian air strike on a village in eastern Ukraine, President Volodymr Zelensky has said, citing initial reports.The victims were ordinary people collecting their pensions in the Donetsk settlement of Yarova, he said.Yarova, to the north of Sloviansk, is one of the big cities in the region and not far from the front line as Russian forces advance slowly in the east.If confirmed, the death toll would be among the heaviest attacks on Ukrainian civilians in recent weeks, 42 months into Russia’s full-scale invasion.At least 23 people were killed in overnight air…

Serielizados, the fast-expanding series festival due to unfold in Barcelona over Nov. 3-12 and on the streaming platform Filmin Nov. 10-23, has upped its international stakes for its 12th edition, as seen in its international competition, unveiled this Tuesday. Bafta Award-winning showrunner Sally Wainwright (“Happy Valley”,”Gentleman Jack”) will hold a masterclass and introduce her latest TV show “Riot Women,” one of six international series set to have their Spanish premiere at the festival, with two-episode sneak-peeks. A female empowering comedy drama “Riot Women” – created, written, and executive produced by Wainwright – turns on five menopausal women who form a punk…

Kathmandu, Nepal – Pabit Tandukar was shouting slogans against Nepal’s government outside the country’s parliament building in the capital Kathmandu when he felt sharp pain cutting through his leg.The 22-year-old university student was taken to the trauma centre of Kathamandu’s Bir Hospital on Monday, where doctors confirmed he had been hit by a live copper bullet.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“We were there for a peaceful protest. They were initially firing tear gas at us and we were pushing back. Suddenly, I was shot,” Tandukar told Al Jazeera.At least 19 protesters were killed, and hundreds – like Tandukar…

Kevin SeifertSep 9, 2025, 02:16 AM ETCloseKevin Seifert is a staff writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN. Kevin has covered the NFL for over 20 years, joining ESPN in 2008. He was previously a beat reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Washington Times. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia.CHICAGO — Everyone in the Minnesota Vikings locker room had their own favorite J.J. McCarthy moment of the night. And in the end, they all added up to a thrilling 27-24 victory over the Chicago Bears on Monday night.Defensive tackle Javon Hargrave recalled…

Ten people were killed and 61 injured on Monday when a cargo train crashed into a double-decker passenger bus in central Mexico.

Published On 9 Sep 20259 Sep 2025United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told US Marines on board a warship stationed in Puerto Rico that their deployment to the Caribbean was “not training” in the latest sign that Washington intends to escalate its aggressive posture in the region.Hegseth visited troops on the USS Iwo Jima warship on Monday, where, in reference to the administration’s push to curtail drug trade into the US, he said: “What you’re doing right now is not training; this is a real-world exercise on behalf of the vital national interests of the United States of America…

New league tables rating the performance of NHS trusts in England have been published for the first time, with specialist hospitals taking the top slots.Number one is Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, followed by the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust and cancer centre the Christie NHS Foundation Trust.At the bottom is Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn, which has had major problems with its buildings because of structural weaknesses and the need for props to hold up ceilings. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the tables would help inform the public and allow them to exercise choice – but…

Roam the wide-open halls and cavernous showrooms of the Colorado Convention Center during Psychedelic Science, the world’s largest psychedelics conference, and you’ll see exhibitors hawking everything from mushroom jewelry, to chewable gummies containing extracts of the psychoactive succulent plant kanna, to broad flat-brim baseball caps emblazoned with “MDMA” and “IBOGA.” Booths publicize organizations such as the Ketamine Taskforce and the Psychedelic Parenthood Community, and even The Faerie Rings, a live-action feature film looking to attract investors.It’s a motley, multifarious symposium where indigenous-plant-medicine healers mingle with lanyard-clad pharma-bros, legendary underground LSD chemists, and workaday stoners tottering around in massive red and…

“They used us in human wave attacks, treating men as cannon fodder. So many of the people I trained with in Rostov-on-Don were lying dead on the ground in Donetsk.” Late last year, the world was alerted to the disturbing news that Russia was recruiting hundreds of young African women, aged 18-22, to go and manufacture drones in a military-industrial compound a thousand km east of Moscow called Alabuga. The reports also stated that the recruits–from at least 15 African countries–were promised good salaries and skills training but, once there, were often trapped, facing tax deductions, dangerous working conditions, strict…

It was easy to understand why Edward Berger’s name was being bandied around in relation to the reinvention of 007, the director having shown himself to be more than capable of both extravagantly staged action (his Oscar-winning breakout All Quiet on the Western Front) and knife-edge intrigue (his Oscar-winning follow-up Conclave). He dismissed speculation at the time (with some mild annoyance) and the job has since landed at the feet of Denis Villeneuve – but his latest, China-set gambling drama Ballad of a Small Player, adds flashy bombast to his résumé and helps to explain why even though he might…