ISTANBUL — ISTANBUL (AP) — Istanbul, the city nestled along the Bosphorus strait for more than 2,500 years, takes another small step on its journey through history this week as voters decide who will lead the metropolis for the next five years. Local elections will be held across Turkey on Sunday but, as always, the … Read more
BEIJING — Passersby in Beijing during winter or early spring might happen upon groups of residents playing fetch with birds. The players blow plastic beads into the air through carbon tubes for the birds — often from the migratory wutong species — to catch and return, in exchange for a treat. It’s a Beijing tradition … Read more
Play video content TMZ.com TMZ has obtained new video showing the full extent of the raid at Diddy’s home in Miami Monday — not to mention the moment federal agents stopped his crew at the airport. Check out this video we got that was taken just as Homeland Security officials descended on Diddy’s properties on … Read more
You’ve gone home with a Tinder date, and things are escalating. You don’t really know or trust this guy, and you don’t want to contract an STI, so… what now? A company called Calmara wants you to snap a photo of the guy’s penis, then use its AI to tell you if your partner is … Read more
We have our first professional photos of the leads of the Wicked movie, including Ariana Grande as Glinda, Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, Michelle Yeoh as Madame Morrible, and Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard (all courtesy of Vanity Fair!) The cast and director, Jon M. Chu, also sat down for a brief interview. We learned some … Read more
Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson’s youngest daughter is growing up! On Tuesday, the 43-year-old actress and her 44-year-old former football player husband celebrated the birthday of Birdie Mae Johnson, who turned 5 on Mar. 19. In sweet photos shared on Instagram, the proud mom and dad can be seen celebrating Birdie with a day at … Read more
After playing a young Willy Wonka, Timothée Chalamet is once again portraying the youthful, pre-fame iteration of a world famous pop culture icon: Bob Dylan. The actor has been tasked with bringing the music legend’s life story to the screen in the new biopic A Complete Unknown, and the first photos from set have surfaced, giving … Read more
How many unread emails do you have right now? Sixty? Six thousand? Well, all of those messages and attachments take up space, whether they’re unread, old, or archived. And if you’re on Gmail and aren’t one of those weird inbox zero people who stays on top of things, you might be running out of space. … Read more
From the hush of isolated Siberian villages to the clamor of big cities to war battered towns in occupied parts of Ukraine, Russians voted in a presidential election overwhelmingly dominated by Vladimir Putin. With ballots counted from about 30% of precincts on Sunday evening, Putin was clearly headed for victory, notching more than 85% of … Read more
This story contains a graphic image of dead bodies. Gangs have long wielded power in Haiti. But since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, they’ve filled a power vacuum, taking control of roughly 80 percent of the capital and displacing more than 300,000 people with a campaign of kidnappings for ransom, rapes and … Read more