When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican in early May, he took with him, by way of gift for the new Catholic Church head, a painting by Ngarrindjeri artist Amanda Westley. “I wonder if the Pope knew that we’re 36 per cent of the prison population when he received that […]
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Less than a week after the San Antonio Police Department insisted there was “no evidence whatsoever” of homophobia in the June 1 shooting death of a former King of the Hill actor Jonathan Joss, the city’s top cop walked back that claim as “way, way, way premature.” “We shouldn’t have done it,” SAPD Chief William
Scientists have revealed that there is now more carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere than ever before in human history. For the first time on record, monthly average CO2 levels exceeded 430 parts per million (ppm), according to experts at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego. The monthly average for May 2025 reached 430.2ppm
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The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia has been passed over as a main exhibition venue for next year’s edition of Australia’s largest arts festival amid a fresh push by the Biennale of Sydney to reach new audiences in Sydney’s west. Instead of the MCA – an exhibition venue since 1998 – the 25th Biennale of
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Good things really do come to those who wait? Not in the world of modern television, where waiting has become the default mode of engagement and what does eventually show up on screen can seldom be described as good. Nowadays, it’s common for audiences to wait years between seasons of TV – more than three
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The use of artificial intelligence in movie making is exploding. And a young film festival, now in its second year, is showcasing what this technology can do on screen today. The annual AI Film Festival organized by Runway, a company that specializes in AI-generated video, kicked off in New York Thursday night with ten short
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After 26 years away from video games, hip-hop’s most notorious and influential supergroup Wu-Tang Clan returns with “Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver,” developed in close consultation with the group. It’s also the debut game from Brass Lion Entertainment, Founded by veterans of big-budget studios in 2019 as a home for developers of diverse backgrounds, the
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To be authentic to the history it depicts, The Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, Michigan at times needs people with distinct and even rare skills. In a job posting, In late April, the museum wrote: “Now hiring: We are seeking qualified applicants to fill the one-of-a-kind role of antique vehicle mechanic at The Henry Ford!
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Travel deep into the dense forest and rolling hills of central India and you will find the ancient town of Amarkantak — the birthplace of the great Narmada river. The river runs west, all the way to the Arabian Sea. By the water’s edge, eagles and hornbills flit across the immense jungle canopy comprising countless
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BEIJING — The music blared and the crowd whooped as Alexis Lee strutted across the stage toward the ring. At just 5 feet tall, the wispy professional wrestler was dwarfed by heftier contenders, so to make her point, she pushed a spectator over in his chair and growled through her skeleton face paint. The crowd
