Michael Madsen, ‘Reservoir Dogs’ and ‘Kill Bill’ star, dead at 67

Former president of the Spanish football federation Luis Rubiales, accused of sexual assault and coercion over forcible kiss, reacts to media as he leaves after taking the stand during his trial at the court of San Fernando de Henares, east of Madrid, on February 11, 2025. OSCAR DEL POZO /… Read Details ⇢

A Libyan-born Irish singer has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her love for music, and how primarily she makes music for herself, this as she prepares for a concert here in Paris. Farah Elle’s music is defined by her Libyan roots as she performs songs for piano as well as… Read Details ⇢

The Senate votes late this morning to break a filibuster on the nomination of Kash Patel to run the FBI.  Senators will vote to confirm him around 1:45 p.m. ET, with the final result due after 2 p.m ET. He will be confirmed along party lines.  Then the Senate returns… Read Details ⇢

Pakistan’s Champions Trophy hopes hit by news that injured batter Fakhar Zaman will miss remainder of the tournament. Hosts Pakistan have suffered a serious blow to their Champions Trophy hopes with opener Fakhar Zaman being ruled out of the remainder of the tournament with an injury before their crunch clash… Read Details ⇢

Nvidia’s RTX 5050 GPU has been spotted in gaming laptops alongside the RTX 5060 Incoming HP Victus 15 notebooks will feature these Blackwell GPUs The RTX 5050 is likely to be a laptop-only graphics card, as with the previous Lovelace generation Away from the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080, and… Read Details ⇢

Lipstick assembly line, Ormes (Loiret), November 17, 2022. GUILLAUME SOUVANT/AFP Just a month ago, following revelations about the exorbitant cost of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkylated substances) pollution, environmental and health organizations across Europe wrote to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to take action. In a joint letter, they… Read Details ⇢

More than two years have gone by since mass “Woman, Life, Freedom” demonstrations erupted in Iran following the death of Kurdish student Mahsa Amini. She was killed by the Iranian morality police for a few strands of hair escaping from her veil. Recently, the death of a 19-year-old University of… Read Details ⇢

Russian military aircraft were spotted flying in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Tuesday and Wednesday, activity that North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said “occurs regularly and is not seen as a threat.” In both instances, NORAD said the Russian aircraft were detected and tracked. The Russian… Read Details ⇢

On February 10, Sudan’s largest antiwar coalition, Taqaddum, finally splintered. The disagreement was over whether to participate in a new parallel government being set up by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), one of the belligerent parties in Sudan’s nearly two-year war. Formed in October 2023, the Taqaddum coalition included… Read Details ⇢