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“Saturday Night Live” is gearing up for its 51st season with some major cast changes you need to know about. Five new featured players are joining the iconic NBC sketch comedy show. Ben Marshall, part of the comedy trio Please Don’t Destroy, is stepping into a featured role after four seasons with the group. This…
Dwayne Johnson has built his career on being unbreakable. Whether it was in the wrestling ring as The Rock or on screen as a blockbuster hero, he’s always played the guy who takes a beating and walks away grinning. But in The Smashing Machine, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival, Johnson finally cracks and…
Russia’s Vladimir Putin, China’s Xi Jinping and India’s Narendra Modi met on Monday in Tianjin for a rare show of unity. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit gave Putin the chance to sit down with his two biggest oil customers and to push back against U.S. pressure. India and China began buying more Russian crude…
Australia is preparing to ban anyone under 16 from using social media in December, but a new government-commissioned report shows the technology meant to enforce it may not work equally well for everyone. The study, released Monday, looked at selfie-based software that estimates a user’s age from their photo. It found the tools are generally…
Costco’s latest policy officially kicked in on September 1, and it’s already stirring debate among shoppers. Back in June, the wholesale giant rolled out a new perk for Executive Members: early-morning shopping before the crowds. After a short grace period, the rule is now permanent. Starting this month, only Executive Members will be allowed inside…
Rep. Jerry Nadler, one of the most prominent Democrats in New York and the longest-serving member of the state’s congressional delegation, announced he will not run for re-election. Nadler, 77, has represented much of Manhattan for decades and played a central role on the House Judiciary Committee, where he oversaw three presidential impeachments. But in…
The U.S. Congress is back in session Tuesday with less than a month to do one of its most basic jobs: keep the government funded and avoid a shutdown. That task has become increasingly difficult in recent years, and the stakes are once again high. Partisan tensions have only deepened during President Donald Trump’s first…
World leaders opposed to the West are converging in Beijing this week for a grand military parade marking 80 years since Japan’s defeat in World War II. The event, staged by President Xi Jinping, is meant to showcase China’s military strength and growing role as a counterweight to the U.S.-led global order. The parade, set…
A powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake has killed at least 800 people and injured more than 1,300 in eastern Afghanistan, Taliban officials said Monday. The quake struck just after midnight local time, about 17 miles from Jalalabad near the Pakistan border, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Because it hit a remote mountainous area, officials warned the…
Russian President Vladimir Putin called his relationship with Chinese leader Xi Jinping “unprecedented” during talks in Beijing on Tuesday, just hours before China stages its biggest military parade in history. Putin praised Xi as a “dear friend,” while Chinese state media described their partnership as “exemplary.” The two leaders announced new agreements: Russia will boost…
