A lost royal city where worshippers prayed to a water goddess 2,000 years ago and whose existence was known only from ancient coins may have been found by scientists. Precious little is known about Natounia, believed to have been part of the Parthian Empire and one of many cities in the Middle East that are
Month: July 2022
Vladimir Putin is “probably too healthy”, the head of the CIA has said, playing down rumours the Russian president is suffering a serious illness such as cancer. William Burns, in a rare public appearance, also said Russia’s leader would be proved wrong in a belief he can win a bloody war of attrition against Ukraine
Kevin Hart and The Rock have history with each other stretching back nearly a decade. They first teamed up together in Central Intelligence, and that was followed by the Jumanji movies and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw. This comedy-action duo has also had a long history of roasting each other all in good
The 28-year-old’s fashion isn’t the only thing worth noting. According to the Nope director, Keke was, in the best way, a scene-stealer in the film. “Very early in the movie, when we meet Emerald, she comes in as this real breath of fresh air, in that she saves the day and injects this energy into this
The final two runners in the race to be the next prime minister will begin a summer of campaigning today in an effort to convince Conservative party members they are the right candidate for the job. Former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss made it onto the ballot paper on Wednesday after their
Sri Lankans rose up in their hundreds of thousands and clamoured for change – instead they have been handed more of the same. President-elect Ranil Wickremesinghe has been prime minister six times, is a veteran of 50 years in the swamps of Sri Lankan politics, and is closely aligned with the elites that have brought
Donald Trump joined other family members as they paid their respects to his ex-wife Ivana Trump at her funeral in New York. Ms Trump, 73, who was the first wife of the former US president, died suddenly last Thursday at her home in Manhattan. Her death was ruled an accident by authorities, with the cause
What is Virgin River without its obstacles? Mel and Jack are somewhat basking in the news of Mel’s pregnancy on Virgin River Season 4 Episode 1. Still, it’s not without some difficulties, and there are some concerning cracks in their relationship that could evolve into something as the season progresses. Everyone communicates too much or
The start of the big summer holiday getaway at Heathrow Airport is no longer facing the imminent threat of disruption from a strike by staff at a plane refuelling company. The Unite union had said its members at Aviation Fuel Services (AFS) would walk out from 5am on Thursday until the same time on Sunday
LimeWire was one of the first big file sharing programs available to the masses, aside from Napster. Though LimeWire came out a year later, Napster was shut down in 2002 and so LimeWire existed for another 8 years before its final release was issued in October 2010. Now, the platform is relaunching as, you guessed
Take even a momentary glance at the news and you will notice a lot of bad energy directed at Elon Musk. It seems he’s become one of the world’s most popular targets for outrage. But the founder of the Space Development Steering Committee and co-founder and co-chair of the Asian Space Technology Summit, Howard Bloom,
Emma is arguably one of Jane Austen’s most beloved works of literature. It has been adapted into several movies, and Book Riot (cough cough *me*) has even put together a list of books that are either very faithful adaptations of the book, or simply great stories that take inspiration from it. I am of the
Back in 2018, the Halloween franchise got a brilliant and surprising rejuvenation. Ignoring most of the established canon, director David Gordon Green established a new timeline in the series, and in doing so reintroduced the epic battle between Jamie Lee Curtis’ Laurie Strode and the mysterious slasher Michael Myers. Four years later, that story is
The New York Times first called it back in 2013, and it’s happened again: dad jeans are officially cool. That’s right, your old man is a bonafide style icon, and he doesn’t even know it. We probably wouldn’t tell him that, though — you’ll likely never live it down. Once a necessity for frantic fathers
Working at the car wash, yeah! North West and Penelope Disick had some fun with suds as they hosted a driveway car wash at one of their homes in Southern California. In an adorable TikTok video, set to Elie Goulding‘s song “Lights,” the 10-year-old daughter of Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick and the 9-year-old daughter of Kim Kardashian and
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss will go head-to-head to become the next leader of the Conservative Party – and prime minister of the UK – after Penny Mordaunt became the latest candidate to be knocked out of the contest. In the fifth and final round of voting by Tory MPs, the leadership contenders received the
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