Author: Vidya Saras
The blockbuster based on the brick-building video game came top at the US box office – and, with their “chicken-jockey” chaos, its colourful screenings pointed to the future of cinema.Oppenheimer is a cerebral drama with Cillian Murphy as the scientist who invents the atom bomb. A Minecraft Movie is a zany video game adaptation with Jack Black belting out a song about “lava chicken”. But the two films have a lot in common. The obvious thing is that they each made almost $1bn at the global box office: A Minecraft Movie is currently the highest grossing film of 2025 in…
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Leading finance super app GCash is bringing its financial technology expertise as the sole Philippine founding partner in the Mastercard Global Financial Health Coalition, an international network of industry innovators focused on advancing financial health and resilience. Represented by GCash lending arm Fuse Financing, Inc., its president and CEO, Tony Isidro, is sharing his knowledge on how to further financial inclusion on a larger scale through technology. This perspective sets the stage for the participation of GCash in the Coalition, which aims to strengthen financial resilience in emerging markets by connecting people to the right tools — harnessing technology for protection and empowering long-term…
An image of the brain shows that as stimulants increase arousal, they calm (darker colors) various parts of the brain. Benjamin Kay/Washington University in St. Louis hide caption toggle caption Benjamin Kay/Washington University in St. Louis Scientists are updating their view of how drugs like Adderall and Ritalin help children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder stay on task. The latest evidence is a study of thousands of brain scans of adolescents that confirms earlier hints that stimulant drugs have little direct impact on brain networks that control attention. Instead, the drugs appear to activate networks involved in alertness and the…
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26 ■ This evening the Moon has its monthly conjunction with Saturn, but an unusually close one. They’re only 3° apart for evening viewers in the Americas, as shown below. On the evening of December 26th, Boxing Day, you’ll find the Moon and Saturn close enough together to fit in a box 3° square. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27 ■ First-quarter Moon (exactly so at 2:10 p.m. EST). At dusk the Moon shines one fist or a little more to the upper left of Saturn, as shown above. Spot Fomalhaut nearly three fists below Saturn; they’re almost exactly equal in…
On Saturday, December 27, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officially announced the India U19 squad for the ICC Men’s Under-19 World Cup 2026.Chennai Super Kings (CSK) star Ayush Mhatre has been named as captain of India U19 for the ICC Men’s Under-19 World Cup and Vihaan Malhotra will be serving as his deputy.Vaibhav Suryavanshi features in the India U19 World Cup squadThe Boys In Blue will be heading into the ICC Men’s Under-19 World Cup as one of the red-hot favorites. They are placed in Group B for the World Cup along with New Zealand, USA…
Jaroslav LukivandMakuochi OkaforBBCOne strike hit a field near a village in Sokoto stateThe US has launched “powerful and deadly” strikes against militants linked to the Islamic State group (IS) in north-western Nigeria, where militants have sought to establish a foothold, President Donald Trump said. Trump told Politico he ordered the 25 December strikes as “a Christmas present” – contradicting a statement by Nigerian officials.Camps run by the group in Sokoto state were hit near the border with Niger, the US military said. Casualty numbers are unclear, but both US and Nigerian officials say militants were killed.Nigerian Foreign Minister Yusuf Maitama…
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Christmas is over, but there’s one more gift to unwrap for all the Wicked fans out there. Wicked: For Good is hitting digital December 30 ahead of a physical release January 20, and there are enough extras to fill a bubble—or maybe even that creepy old castle your family owns but is just sitting there empty, in case you know a witch who needs a hideout. Wicked: For Good‘s home release includes two versions of the movie—one of which is the sing-along version, so you can belt out the tunes in your own living room—plus over an hour of bonus…