South Sudan shutters all schools as it prepares for an extreme heat wave

JUBA, South Sudan — JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s government is closing down all schools starting Monday as the country prepares for a wave of extreme heat expected to last two weeks. The health and education ministries advised parents to keep all children indoors as temperatures are expected to soar to 45 degrees … Read more

Meghan Markle Allegedly Seeking PR Gurus As She Prepares A UK Relaunch

Meghan Markle is reportedly seeking UK PR aid for the Archewell relaunch, eyeing positive British publicity. A senior executive suggests the pair will be turned away by many within the industry due to Meghan and her husband, Prince Harry‘s perceived resistance to advice. However, cultural expert Nick Ede recently highlighted Meghan’s genuine affinity for the … Read more

Christian Bale Debuts Newly Shaved Head as He Prepares to Play Frankenstein in New Movie | Christian Bale | Just Jared: Celebrity News and Gossip

Christian Bale is getting ready for his next movie role! The 50-year-old Oscar-winning actor debuted his newly shaved bald head while stepping out on a coffee run on Wednesday afternoon (February 21) in Brentwood, Calif. PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Christian Bale Christian shaved his head for his next role as Frankenstein in … Read more

Speaker Johnson fires warning shot as Senate prepares to vote on Ukraine aid

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) fired a warning shot at the Senate’s foreign aid package Monday night, criticizing the $95.3 billion supplemental as the upper chamber inches closer to a final vote on the legislation. In a statement, Johnson slammed the package for excluding border security provisions — ”the Senate’s foreign aid bill is silent on the … Read more

Microsoft prepares to take Xbox everywhere

Microsoft’s Xbox business needs to get bigger. The company’s Xbox Series S and X sales still lag behind Sony’s PlayStation 5, and Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has previously admitted its Xbox Game Pass subscriptions were slowing down, too. He admitted that in 2022, a dry year for Xbox games after Microsoft’s big exclusive Bethesda game Starfield was delayed. An … Read more

Taylor Swift prepares for an epic journey to the Super Bowl. Will she make it?

TOKYO — Will she make it? Taylor Swift’s last song will still be ringing in the ears of thousands of fans at the Tokyo Dome on Saturday night when the singer is expected to rush to a private jet at Haneda airport that will take her on a time-zone-spanning journey to see her boyfriend, NFL … Read more

Google Prepares for a Future Where Search Isn’t King

Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai still loves the web. He wakes up every morning and reads Techmeme, a news aggregator resplendent with links, accessible only via the web. The web is dynamic and resilient, he says, and can still—with help from a search engine—provide whatever information a person is looking for. Yet the web and its … Read more

Tesla warns of sales growth slowdown as it prepares for next-gen launch in late 2025

Tesla reported earnings of $7.9 billion in net income on $25.2 billion in revenue during the fourth quarter of 2023. The figures represent an increase in revenue, up from $24.3 billion the same time last year. The company added that its vehicle volume growth rate in 2024 “may be notably lower” than it was in … Read more

As Houthis vow to fight on, U.S. prepares for indefinite campaign

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave The Biden administration is crafting plans for a sustained military campaign targeting the Houthis in Yemen after 10 days of strikes failed to halt the group’s attacks on maritime commerce, stoking concern among some officials that an open-ended operation could derail the war-ravaged country’s fragile peace and … Read more