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‘Fantastic Four’ scores Marvel’s first $100 million box office opening of 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Marvel’s first family has finally found box office gold. “The Fantastic Four: First Steps,” the first film about the superheroes made under the guidance of Kevin Feige and the Walt ...
George Lucas, Guillermo del Toro give first look at narrative art museum at Comic-Con
George Lucas made his first-ever appearance at San Diego Comic-Con, alongside Guillermo del Toro and Doug Chiang, to preview the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, which is set to open in 2026.
The Latest: Trump meets Starmer and disagrees with Netanyahu’s claim of no starvation in Gaza
Israeli strikes killed at least 34 Palestinians before U.S. President Donald Trump met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday in Scotland, where they confirmed plans to discuss Gaza. A ...
Two Israeli rights groups say their country is committing genocide in Gaza
Two prominent Israeli rights groups on Monday said their country is committing genocide in Gaza, the first time that local Jewish-led organizations have made such ...
Darren Walker’s new book is still hopeful despite growing inequality as he leaves Ford Foundation
Darren Walker needed to be convinced of his new book’s relevance. The outgoing Ford Foundation president feared that “The Idea of America,” set to publish in September ...
US and China officials meet in Stockholm to discuss how to ease trade tensions
Top trade officials from China and the United States arrived for a new round of talks in Stockholm on Monday in a bid to ease tensions over trade between the world’s two ...
All 3 people aboard a small plane that crashed in the ocean off California died, officials say
All three people aboard a small twin-engine plane that crashed into the Pacific Ocean off California’s central coast perished, law enforcement officials said. The ...
An attack on a Congolese church killed nearly 40 worshippers. Here’s what to know
Nearly 40 people were killed Sunday in eastern Congo’s Ituri province when rebels stormed a Catholic church during a vigil ...
Temu accused by EU regulators of failing to prevent sale of illegal products
Chinese online retailer Temu was accused by European Union watchdogs on Monday of failing to prevent the sale of illegal products on its platform. The preliminary findings follow an ...
Lionesses’ triumph: England to celebrate back-to-back European titles with open-top parade
The Lionesses are heading back home to celebrate. England successfully defended its Women’s European Championship title by beating world champion Spain in a shootout in the final in ...
Israeli strikes kill at least 34 people in Gaza, officials say, as some aid restrictions are eased
Israeli strikes killed at least 34 Palestinians in multiple locations across Gaza on Monday, local health officials said, a ...
Yemen’s Houthis threaten to escalate attacks on ships linked to companies dealing with Israel
The rebel Houthi group in Yemen has said it will target merchant ships belonging to any company that does business with Israeli ports, regardless of nationality, as part of ...