The United Kingdom led all territories in nominations at this year’s International Emmys, landing 14 nods total — including Disney+’s “A Thousand Blows” in drama and Netflix’s “Man vs. Baby” in comedy. Brazil followed, with nine nominations, then Spain with five. Meanwhile, not making the cut was Bell Media/Crave’s “Heated Rivalry,” although a Bell Media […]
بغداد اليوم - نيويورك حذر وزير الخارجية الامريكية ماركو روبيو اليوم "الأربعاء 23 أيلول"، من تحول العراق الى "بلقان جديدة"، مشددا على ضرورة "نزع سلاح" الفصائل خلال فترة عاجلة. وقال روبيو امام المراسلين في نيويورك بحسب ما ترجمت "بغداد اليوم"، ان استمرار نشاط الفصائل المسلحة داخل العراق على شكله الحالي سيؤدي الى تحول العراق الى "بلقان جديدة"، محذرا من تقسيم العراق الى جهات متصارعة مسلحة على أسس طائفية وعرقية كما حصل في دول البلقان. وشدد روبيو، على ان الحكومة الامريكية تشدد على ضرورة "حصر الأسلحة بيد الدولة العراقي وممارسة سيادتها الكاملة على أراضيها". يأتي ذلك بعد اصدار الخارجية الامريكية لبيان رسمي، اكدت خلاله ان روبيو اجتمع مع رئيس الوزراء علي فالح الزيدي حيث اتفق الطرفان على أهمية نزع سلاح الفصائل المسلحة ومنع الهجمات من الأراضي العراقية على دول الجوار".
Pete Byrne, vocalist for the British new wave band Naked Eyes, died in Los Angeles on Sept. 14 after a brief illness. He was 74. Byrne founded Naked Eyes in 1982 with his college friend Rob Fisher. Their debut album “Burning Bridges” reached No. 32 on the Billboard 200, and the duo achieved four top […]
Common Vector Robotics, a Detroit-based manufacturer of rugged ground robots, has won $425,000 in funding after taking the top prize in the defense and aerospace semifinal of Michigan University’s PitchMI Startup Competition. The company received $375,000 through the main PitchMI competition and an additional $50,000 from 20Fathoms. Common Vector Robotics, or CVR, develops ground-based robotic […]
Einride, an autonomous truck technology company, has announced a collaboration with Nvidia to further accelerate the transition of the company’s extensive freight network to autonomous operations. Einride develops and integrates the technologies required to create cost-efficient autonomous and electric freight networks for its global shipping customers. Einride currently operates hundreds of electric trucks for major […]
As the Senate looks to pass the landmark bill, we sort the truths from the myths about the Protect College Sports Act.
The Vikings' offensive backfield is in flux this week as starter Aaron Jones Sr. works through a knee injury and backup Jordan Mason remains on injured reserve.
The Los Angeles Lakers are putting nearly eight decades of basketball history on the coffee table. The franchise has teamed with luxury art-book publisher Taschen for “Lakers: An Official History of the Purple & Gold,” a 528-page authorized history spanning the team’s beginnings in Minneapolis through the Showtime era, its turn-of-the-millennium three-peat and its most […]
Nobody sings in the latest adaptation of Victor Hugo’s 1462-page cinder-block classic, but the absence of rousing musical numbers does not mean that Fred Cavayé’s “Les Misérables” is going for gritty realism. The 179-minute film, enjoying a reported $37m budget and a host of Big French Stars trapped in starchily archetypal Big French Roles, spackles […]
Hayley Williams has spoken out about the death of her former husband, New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert, who died Sunday. In a social media tribute post, the Paramore singer admitted she put a pause on commenting for a few days because she “had not known what to say or if it’s appropriate,” given their […]
