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UN report says 282 million people faced acute hunger in 2023, with the worst famine in Gaza
A new report says nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023, with war-torn Gaza hosting the largest number of people facing famine.

Powerful earthquake in Taiwan kills 9 and injures over 1,000. The magnitude-7.4 quake, Taiwan’s strongest in 25 years, was followed by more than 200 aftershocks. Dozens of people were trapped.

Texas’ plan to arrest migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally is on hold while the Supreme Court considers a challenge to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s latest move over immigration. The nation’s highest court put the law on pause over a lawsuit led by the Justice Department, which argues that Texas is overstepping the federal gover…[Leggi tutto]

Are they really banning TikTok? The House voted overwhelmingly to approve a measure that would ban TikTok from operating in the United States or force a sale.

There were many movies and performances that were tragically overlooked at Sunday night’s Academy Awards ceremony and awards season as a whole.
“Barbie,” despite receiving eight nominations, was not nominated for best actress or director.
“May December” is based on the true story that took over popular culture in the 1990s of a middle school…[Leggi tutto]

Super Tuesday’s winners

Do you love Wim Wenders? His last movie ‘Perfect Days’ is sublime
Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days” is set among the crowded skyscrapers of Tokyo and the quiet urban parks that Hirayama (Kôji Yakusho) traverses daily in his job cleaning public toilets. But where the movie resides, really, is Yakusho’s face.
In this gently sublime film, Hirayama ste…[Leggi tutto]