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NewsFeedWatch the moment “The Voice of Hind Rajab” won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize, one of the highest honours at the Venice Film Festival. The docudrama, which tells the story of a five-year-old Palestinian girl killed during Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza, received a 23-minute standing ovation at its Wednesday premiere.Published On 7 Sep 20257 Sep 2025

Aziz Ansari’s feature directorial debut Good Fortune stars Keanu Reeves as a fictional angel watching over a struggling gig worker, but judging by his emotional speech at the film’s world premiere, the Parks and Recreation alum might’ve found his own angel on Earth in his wife, Serena Skov Campbell. The writer-director-star and Reeves introduced the Seth Rogen-starring film Saturday night at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. Ansari then broke down in tears while telling the audience about his wife’s support as he worked to bring the comedy to the big screen. (See video above.) “I also want to thank…

A small municipality in southern Finland recently installed the world’s largest “sand battery” to supply the town’s heating.The new sand battery, designed by Polar Night Energy, is effectively a giant sandpit encased in a roughly 100 by 40 foot (30 by 12 meter) steel container.The sand is heated using closed-loop heat transfer pipes and this heat is trapped by two layers of steel sandwiching an insulation layer. The energy is then extracted by blowing cool air through the pipes, capturing the heat to generate hot water, steam or hot air. You may like What Is a Sand Battery? Polar Night…

Hurtigruten’s fall voyages up Norway’s Arctic coast offer one of the most unique cruise experiences around—and fall is the sweet spot for northern lights sightings. Aboard the smaller MS Trollfjord, guests embark on a 15-night journey that hug the coastline, stopping in fishing hamlets, Viking settlements, and fjord-cut ports. Excursions include dog sledding, Sami cultural visits, and stargazing on deck. The ship itself is cozy and Scandinavian-casual, with local cuisine, a hot tub deck, and panoramic lounges. Educational programming is a highlight, making this perfect for adventurers and learners at heart.Courtesy Seabourn Cruise LineSeabournDestination: JapanDeparting from Kobe as autumn’s palette…

South West Water is being taken to court over a parasite that infected the water supply in parts of Devon last summer and left dozens sick.More than 140 people were confirmed to have the diarrhoea-type disease, which also causes stomach pains and vomiting, typically lasting for about two weeks. Four people were hospitalised at the time.About 16,000 households and businesses in the Brixham area were told by the water company not to use their tap water for drinking without boiling it first.A water tank at Hillhead reservoir had been found to contain the parasite, the company said at the time.…

How Layoffs Affect Those Who Stay: The Impact In The Modern Workplacegetty In 2011 I wrote an article for Investopedia about the challenges people who were not laid off faced in the aftermath of layoffs. At the time, the focus was on heavier workloads, frozen raises, and the anxiety that came from seeing colleagues leave. That article was meant to be evergreen. The message was that even if you kept your job, layoffs had a way of reshaping your life. But the culture of work has changed since then, largely driven by technology. Today, the impact of layoffs is no…

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles.Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is tough. That purple category makes you play with words in a way that you’ll either love or hate. If you’re struggling but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times. It doesn’t show up in the NYT Games app but appears in The Athletic’s own app.…

The Duke of Sussex will announce a substantial donation to Children in Need on Tuesday when he attends a charity event in Nottingham.The donation is intended to help support work tackling violence and its effect on young people.It is one of several engagements for Prince Harry during a visit to the UK, which has also prompted speculation on whether he might meet his father, King Charles.The duke, who lives in the US with his wife Meghan and their children, was last in the UK in April for a court hearing over the level of security protection he receives from the…

You’ve waited a long time to hear this, and the day has finally arrived: The NFL is back! Week 1 is already underway after the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys got us started on Thursday night, and we now have an entire Sunday slate in front of us. What a time to be alive! As we’ll do every week throughout the season, we’ve collected all of the best picks and gambling content from CBS Sports and SportsLine and put them in one place, so you can get picks against the spread from our CBS Sports experts as well as additional feature…

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. An oceanic rainbow surrounds visitors stepping up to the top floor of the Adventure Aquarium in Camden, New Jersey. The sun steaks in through tinted windows of Kaleidoscope Cove, a new exhibit where color is everything. Fish grouped in separate tanks by their respective colors put the rainbow hues of marine life in full glory. Like a colorful quilt, household favorites like blue tangs (Paracanthurus hepatus) and orange and white clownfish (Amphiprioninae) glisten alongside some lesser known fish like striped harlequin sweetlips (Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides) and blazing…