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Disclosure Day Heading to Solid Opening, Obsession No. 2

Disclosure Day Heading to Solid Opening, Obsession No. 2

Published by Daniella Wilson

The original summer movie filmmaker meets the new generation of directors this weekend, with Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day entering the fray amid a summer dominated by Gen Z hits Obsession and Backrooms. Spielberg’s $115 million budgeted UFO feature is looking to bring in $44 million this weekend after grossing $19 million on Friday, including Thursday previews, a solid start for the filmmaker’s first popcorn movie in eight years, since he released Ready Player One to $53.7 million on its way to $583.5 million globally. Worldwide, Disclosure Day is expected to end the weekend with a global haul of $93.9 million. If estimates hold, this would be Spielberg’s top grossing opening weekend domestically for an original feature. He conceived of the story, and then handed it off to his Jurassic Park screenwriter David Koepp to pen the sci-fi thriller about the race to reveal that extraterrestrial life is among us. Emily Blunt and Josh O’Connor are among the cast, with critics granting it strong reviews and audiences giving it a B CinemaScore. Curry Barker’s word-of-mouth hit, …

Students in Anti-Prabowo Protests Say Indonesia ‘Heading’ for Bankruptcy

Students in Anti-Prabowo Protests Say Indonesia ‘Heading’ for Bankruptcy

Published by Sam Flores

By Heru Asprihanto and Ananda Teresia JAKARTA, June 12 (Reuters) – Hundreds of Indonesian ⁠students ⁠rallied in Jakarta on Friday to protest ⁠the spending priorities of President Prabowo Subianto’s government, and to protest against this week’s ​decision to raise gasoline prices. Calling the protest “Heading to Bankrupt Indonesia”, university students marched towards central Jakarta’s iconic Bundaran HI landmark. Organisers said some ‌of the protesters were blocked from reaching ‌the designated site by police and military personnel.  The government has used subsidies to keep gasoline prices unchanged in Southeast Asia’s largest ⁠economy, despite a ⁠spike in global oil prices caused by the Iran war. But fiscal pressures on ​the budget from Prabowo’s ambitious spending plans have been rising, prompting a substantial price rise earlier this week.    Clad in yellow and blue alma mater jackets, the students carried posters with slogans such as “Cancel the fuel price hike”, and used the phrase “Wall of Shame” to describe Prabowo’s cabinet. The ​students also called on incoming cars to honk to show support.  By Friday evening, dozens of students had left …

Where the House redistricting battle stands heading into 2026 midterms

Where the House redistricting battle stands heading into 2026 midterms

Published by Sam Flores

It’s been a long six weeks for Democrats in the redistricting wars. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. By the end of April, the party had drawn enough Democratic-leaning seats to turn the back-and-forth over new congressional maps for the midterms that President Donald Trump had started a year earlier into roughly a wash. Then the courts acted: The U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, opening the door to Republican-led states in the South to eliminating majority-Black districts held by Democrats. A week later, the Virginia Supreme Court blocked the state from implementing a new map favoring Democrats that voters had approved in a special election. Now, with the general election five months away, the 2026 redistricting dust is beginning to settle. In total, 10 states have implemented new congressional boundaries over the past year, with Alabama, Louisiana and Tennessee most recently taking action following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling. Litigation is still ongoing in several states, but under the new maps, Republicans are …

Lucian Freud Spent Years Denying This Painting Was His. Now It’s Heading to a Museum

Lucian Freud Spent Years Denying This Painting Was His. Now It’s Heading to a Museum

Published by Jenni Sidey

A portrait Lucian Freud spent years insisting was not his will go on public display for the first time this summer after researchers uncovered evidence that appears to prove he painted it after all. The work, Man in a Black Scarf, will be shown in “Benton End: A Paradise of Pollen and Paint” at London’s Garden Museum, according to The Guardian. Freud painted the portrait in 1939 while studying at the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing in Hadleigh, Suffolk. The sitter is believed to be John Jameson, heir to the Jameson whiskey family.  Related Articles The painting’s journey to a museum wall has taken nearly four decades. In 1985, Christie’s cataloged the work as a Freud. Then Freud said it wasn’t, and the auction house changed its mind. He continued to deny the painting throughout his life.  Part of the dispute appears to have had less to do with paint and canvas than old grudges. According to Jon Lys Turner, who inherited the work, Freud had a falling out with Denis Wirth-Miller and Richard Chopping, fellow students at …

Passengers ‘thrown out of their seats’ on speeding train heading to Nottingham

Passengers ‘thrown out of their seats’ on speeding train heading to Nottingham

Published by Sam Flores

Passengers on a train to Nottingham were ‘thrown out of their seats’, resulting in injuries, during an over-speeding rail incident. The train, operated by Northern, reached speeds as high as 70mph in a 30mph zone, also causing some passengers to fall to the floor. The incident happened at 1.47pm on May 4, as the 12.09pm service from Leeds to Nottingham was passing through the Trowell North and South junctions in Nottinghamshire. At the junctions, the train was routed over five sets of points for a diverging route which had a permitted speed of 30mph (48km/h). The train traversed the first set of points at 70mph (112km/h) and was still travelling at 45mph (72km/h) when it reached the last set of points. Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said the signals on approach to the junctions were displaying the correct indications for the diverging route. Due to the high speed, the train lurched sideways, causing some passengers to be thrown from their seats and others to fall to the floor. This resulted in a number of minor …

Russian ship that sank near Spain ‘was likely heading to North Korea with nuclear reactor parts’

Russian ship that sank near Spain ‘was likely heading to North Korea with nuclear reactor parts’

Published by Sam Flores

A Russian cargo ship that sank after a series of explosions 17 months ago was likely headed to North Korea carrying nuclear submarine reactors, according to a report. The Ursa Major sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Spain on 23 December 2024, shortly before midnight. The explosions and sinking of the vessel sparked concerns and curiosity due to its long voyage and Russia taking over operations as soon as another warship arrived. The 142-metre-long vessel, also known as Sparta 3 and owned by the Russian state-linked Oboronlogistics, departed from St Petersburg and was bound for Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East, carrying two large manhole covers, 129 empty shipping containers, and two large Liebherr cranes. Two crew members were killed, and 14 were evacuated on a lifeboat. They later said that three explosions had occurred near the ship’s engine room. Ursa Major departed from St Petersburg and was bound for Vladivostok (Reuters) Spanish authorities immediately launched an operation to assist the vessel after it sent a distress call at 12.53pm, dispatching a helicopter, …

NASA’s first nuclear-powered spacecraft is heading to Mars, and its bringing helicopters

NASA’s first nuclear-powered spacecraft is heading to Mars, and its bringing helicopters

Published by Jenni Sidey

For years, nuclear propulsion sat in the same category as so many ambitious space ideas, impressive on paper, always a few steps away from reality. Now NASA says that changes in 2028. The agency plans to launch Space Reactor-1 Freedom, or SR-1 Freedom, before the end of that year on a mission to Mars called Skyfall. NASA describes it as the first nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft. The mission will carry three small helicopters meant to explore a possible human landing site on the Martian surface. Yet the most important payload may be the machine pushing the spacecraft there. At the center of the mission is a fission reactor tied to a propulsion system called nuclear electric propulsion, or NEP. Instead of relying on sunlight, the reactor generates heat, that heat becomes electricity, and the electricity powers highly efficient electric thrusters. In practical terms, that gives a spacecraft a steady way to move through deep space without depending on large solar arrays. Space Reactor-1 Freedom key systems at a glance (notional concept). (CREDIT: NASA) That matters because …

Why iPhone Prices Are Heading Toward a Record High

Why iPhone Prices Are Heading Toward a Record High

Published by skeptic

The cost of future iPhone models is expected to increase, influenced by rising global demand for key components such as storage and RAM. This trend is largely driven by the growing need for AI servers, which are reshaping the tech industry. As a consumer, understanding these changes is essential, as they will likely impact Apple’s pricing strategies and your next iPhone purchase. Below is a detailed exploration of the factors behind these shifts and their implications for you. Why Component Costs Are Rising The surge in demand for AI servers has created a ripple effect across the tech supply chain, significantly increasing the cost of critical components like NAND flash storage and DRAM. AI servers require vast amounts of memory and storage to process complex algorithms, and suppliers are prioritizing these high-demand components. This prioritization has led to higher production costs for companies like Apple, Samsun,g and Google, which depend on these components for their premium devices. For Apple, the rising costs of NAND flash and DRAM directly impact iPhone manufacturing. The company relies heavily …