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Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux 2018: ‘Friends’ Star Eyeing Johnny Depp as Her Next Beau? Leaving the ‘Leftovers’ Actor was the Right Decision

Nov 22, 2018 08:18 am UTC| Entertainment

Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux were one of those Hollywood couples who unfortunately filed for divorce after few years of being together. But while they have been separated for a long time now, people still try to...

Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner 2018: Couple to Spend Holiday Together but ‘Peppermint’ Star Reportedly Set to Marry New BF

Nov 22, 2018 08:17 am UTC| Entertainment

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner finalized their divorce just last week but it was reported that the former couple has plans of spending the holiday together with their kids - Violet, 12, Seraphina, 9, and Samuel, 6. But...

Gwen Stefani, Blake Shelton 2018: Power Couple Releases Festive 'You Make It Feel Like Christmas' Music Video

Nov 22, 2018 08:17 am UTC| Entertainment

Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton released an early gift for their fans and the response was awesome. The power couple in the field of music dropped their Christmas-themed music video on Nov. 20 and it features the track You...

Jamie Dornan, Dakota Johnson 2018: Will the “Fifty Shades” Co-Stars Work Together Again? ‘Robin Hood’ Actor Refuses to Do Another Erotic Film

Nov 22, 2018 08:06 am UTC| Entertainment

Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson shot to fame after starring together in the Fifty Shades films from 2015 to 2018. The two actors are best known as Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele and fans could not forget them due to...

Sam Heughan, Caitriona Balfe 2018: Actor Invites Sassenach for a Date, Actress Confirms She’s Getting Married Soon

Nov 22, 2018 08:05 am UTC| Entertainment

Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfes Outlander season 4 premiered on Nov. 4 on Starz and it is already heading to episode 4 titled Common Ground which will be out on Nov. 25. While the period drama started airing just early...

'Food Wars' Season 4 Air Date, Spoilers, News & Update: Cooking Themes in Next Installment Revealed

Nov 22, 2018 06:03 am UTC| Entertainment

Food Wars Season 4 is touted to come out next year but little known about the upcoming installment apart from this fact. However, rumors would have it that the anime will be departing from focusing its attention to Soma...

‘High School Musical 4’ Release Date, Spoilers, News & Update: Fourth Movie in Development?

Nov 22, 2018 06:03 am UTC| Entertainment

Through the years, High School Musical 4 has been heavily requested by its fan-base but so far Disney seems uninterested in producing a fourth film. Right now, theres not even a confirmation from the company whether or not...

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Economy

What should you do if you can’t pay your rent or mortgage?

The cost of living crisis is making it difficult for many people to pay their bills, including housing costs. Private sector rents have increased by an average 9% over the year to February 2024, and rising interest rates...

Reducing energy demand and improving efficiency will help prevent the next gas crisis

Gas prices have relaxed, Europe has come out of the winter with record gas storage levels and a surfeit of liquefied natural gas is set to reach the shores of Europe over the coming years. Many commentators are hopeful...

Minimum wage for South African farm workers: study shows 2013 hike helped reduce poverty even though compliance was poor

Minimum wage policies are typically aimed at reducing poverty. Yet there is little direct evidence of this effect, especially in developing countries. And none for South Africa. In a recent paper, we consider the...

Gas is good until 2050 and beyond, under Albanese gas strategy

The Albanese government is talking up the crucial role of gas as a transition fuel through to 2050 and beyond. In a gas strategy to be released on Thursday, the government envisages the fuels uses would change over...

South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed

The South African governments Just Energy Transition Implementation Plan was launched in November 2023. It is a roadmap guiding the country away from reliance on coal-fired power towards renewable energy alternatives by...

Politics

Donald Trump Allegedly Offers Oil Execs a Deal to Scrap EV Incentives for $1B Donation

Former President Donald Trump reportedly proposed a $1 billion deal to oil executives, offering to end electric vehicle (EV) subsidies in return for campaign funding, according to The Washington Post. This move underscores...

US Supreme Court upended decades of precedent in 2022 by allowing voters to vote with gerrymandered maps instead of fixing the congressional districts first

For the 2022 midterm elections, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to use congressional districts that violated the law and diluted the voting power of Black citizens. A 5-4 vote by the Supreme Court in February...

Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections

Ahead of the European parliament elections in June, Germany has lowered the age limit on participation to 16. This makes it the largest of just a handful of states in the EU to allow people under the age of 18 to vote....

South Africa will be president of the G20 in 2025: two much-needed reforms it should drive

South Africa will play an important international role in 2025 as president of the G20. The G20 is a group of 19 countries as well as the African Union and the European Union. Between them they represent 85% of global...

What early 2024 polls are revealing about voters of color and the GOP

By the end of winter 2024, the return of Donald Trump to the top of the GOP presidential ticket has revealed a surprising trend in the former presidents base of support: his increasing popularity among Black and Latino...

Science

Is dark matter’s main rival theory dead? There’s bad news from the Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests

One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is that the forces in galaxies do not seem to add up. Galaxies rotate much faster than predicted by applying Newtons law of gravity to their visible matter, despite those...

Why are algorithms called algorithms? A brief history of the Persian polymath you’ve likely never heard of

Algorithms have become integral to our lives. From social media apps to Netflix, algorithms learn your preferences and prioritise the content you are shown. Google Maps and artificial intelligence are nothing without...

IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects

About a trillion tiny particles called neutrinos pass through you every second. Created during the Big Bang, these relic neutrinos exist throughout the entire universe, but they cant harm you. In fact, only one of them is...

The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for backup

A critical NASA mission in the search for life beyond Earth, Mars Sample Return, is in trouble. Its budget has ballooned from US$5 billion to over $11 billion, and the sample return date may slip from the end of this...

Dark matter: our new experiment aims to turn the ghostly substance into actual light

A ghost is haunting our universe. This has been known in astronomy and cosmology for decades. Observations suggest that about 85% of all the matter in the universe is mysterious and invisible. These two qualities are...

Technology

Altcoins Expected to Yield 2x-5x Gains by May End: Fetch.AI, Floki, AAVE, ENA

The latest climb in Bitcoins price beyond $65,000 on Wednesday sparked a new relief rally in the cryptocurrency market. Top altcoins are also profiting from the upward momentum, recovering from recent downturn tendencies....

US Orthodontic Leader Accepts Shiba Inu, Embracing Cryptocurrency for Payments

Shiba Inu, the popular meme coin, is experiencing a period of growth and increased utility. Amoré Orthodontic Aligners, a company that specializes in orthodontic care, recently announced that it will now accept SHIB...

Crypto Lender Genesis to Return $3 Billion in Bankruptcy Wind-Down Amid Rising Creditor Haircuts

Crypto lender Genesis Global received court approval to return nearly $3 billion to customers, while a report highlights a significant increase in creditor haircuts in bankruptcy cases to 73% in FY24. Judge Approves...

Binance Enhances SHIB, USTC, AGIX Trading and Liquidity for Better Market Dynamics

Binance has announced efforts to enhance liquidity and trading for Shiba Inu (SHIB), USTC, and SingularityNET (AGIX), including tick size adjustments aimed at improving market dynamics and trading experience. Binances...

OpenAI Disbands Team Tackling AI Risks Amid Leadership Changes and GPT-4o Launch

OpenAI has dismantled its Superalignment team, initially formed to address AI risks, following the resignations of key leaders Ilya Sutskever and Jan Leike. OpenAI Disbands Superalignment Team Days After Leaders Resign,...