Posts baselessly claim Indonesian president made death penalty mandatory for graft convictions

Posts baselessly claim Indonesian president made death penalty mandatory for graft convictions

Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto has not declared that those convicted of corruption in the Southeast Asian country will automatically be sentenced to death, contrary to claims shared on social media. The posts also falsely claimed old videos of politicians arguing showed panicked officials who had just heard the purported declaration. Though the country’s anti-graft law…

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Researchers shocked after catching giant creature on camera where it’s never been seen: ‘These things are tanks’

Researchers shocked after catching giant creature on camera where it’s never been seen: ‘These things are tanks’

Researchers were awestruck after a camera captured what could be the first-ever sighting of a shark moseying through Antarctica’s waters. The Associated Press reported on the sleeper shark caught on a camera stationed off the South Shetland Islands, where many experts believed sharks dared not venture. “We went down there not expecting to see sharks…

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IDF foils terror plots in West Bank, destroys Hamas tunnels in Gaza

IDF foils terror plots in West Bank, destroys Hamas tunnels in Gaza

One of the Hamas tunnels was approximately one kilometer long, the IDF said, and it contained several living quarters as well as explosive devices. The IDF destroyed several Hamas tunnels east of theYellow Line in the Beit Hanoun area of the Northern Gaza Strip, according to a Thursday statement. This operation launched in January, the…

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IRGC navy chief: ‘Ready to close Strait of Hormuz’ as Iran expands Gulf drills

IRGC navy chief: ‘Ready to close Strait of Hormuz’ as Iran expands Gulf drills

Iranian Admiral Tangsiri says decision rests with Tehran’s leadership, highlights 24-hour intelligence control over strategic waterway Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy is prepared to shut down the Strait of Hormuz if ordered by the country’s senior leadership, its commander said amid large-scale naval exercises in the Persian Gulf this week, Iranian media reported. Rear…

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Does “Wuthering Heights” Herald the Revival of the Film Romance?

Does “Wuthering Heights” Herald the Revival of the Film Romance?

“Wuthering Heights” extrapolates, too, of course. The many truncations and excisions have been detailed copiously, including by my colleague Justin Chang. What Fennell chiefly adds is something that could hardly have been in a novel published in 1847: sex. The relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff, apparently unconsummated in Brontë, is a hot-blooded affair in the…

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Why Some People Thrive on Four Hours of Sleep

Why Some People Thrive on Four Hours of Sleep

Sleep is orchestrated by two systems. The first is the so-called biological clock, which runs the body on a roughly twenty-four-hour cycle of sleeping and wakefulness. We all have slightly different circadian rhythms, which explains why some people (larks) get up early and others (night owls) stay up late. The second system is the homeostatic…

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Vattenfall boss: Space limited for wind farms in German North Sea

Vattenfall boss: Space limited for wind farms in German North Sea

Anna Borg, CEO of Vattenfall, gives an interview at Vattenfall’s headquarters in Hamburg. Space is increasingly limited for wind farms in parts of the North Sea off Germany, the chief executive of Swedish energy giant Vattenfall told dpa in comments released on Wednesday. Ulrich Perrey/dpa Space is increasingly limited for wind farms in parts of…

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Is China’s Car Market Losing Steam?

Is China’s Car Market Losing Steam?

Photo Courtesy:Chery. China’s auto market, the biggest in the world, opened 2026 with a clear slowdown, and the pullback was not limited to gas-powered models. According to data cited from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, January passenger vehicle sales fell about 19.5% from the same month last year to roughly 1.4 million units, the…

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Why Frederick Wiseman Was the Greatest Documentary Filmmaker Ever

Why Frederick Wiseman Was the Greatest Documentary Filmmaker Ever

His work depended on access. He filmed in hospital rooms where patients and families faced incommensurable agonies with the aid of the medical staff (“Near Death”); he filmed in administrative offices (“At Berkeley,” “Ex Libris”), in businesses (“The Store,” “Model”), in government buildings (“City Hall”). Yet people tended to speak uninhibitedly in his presence. He…

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