Jon Daker sings along as members from the Blue Man Group perform "That's Amore" backstage after a 2016 show at the Peoria Civic Center. Steven Wendt plays the guitar-like instrument and Anthony Riscica and Chris Reiss also participate. (VIDEO COURTESY OF JACK STEPHENS/BLUE MAN GROUP)
Israel's parliament Thursday passed a law expanding elected officials' power to appoint judges, defying a years-long movement against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contentious judicial reforms that saw massive street protests.The overall judicial reform package had sparked one of the largest protest movements in Israel's history in 2023 before being overtaken by the war in Gaza.
France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot urged Beijing on Thursday to help bring Russia to talks over ending its war in Ukraine as he met Chinese counterpart Wang Yi. France and China have sought to boost ties in recent years, but Paris has also pressed Beijing on its relations with Moscow, which have strengthened since the invasion of Ukraine.Talks on Thursday also focused on economic ties, with Beijing and the European Union both facing down swingeing tariffs by the United States and a trade
South Sudan's opposition said on Thursday the arrest overnight of First Vice President Riek Machar, long-time rival to President Salva Kiir, had invalidated their 2018 peace deal and risked plunging the country back into war. "With the arrest and detention of Dr Riek Machar Teny, the R-ARCSS 2018 has been abrogated," said Oyet Nathaniel Pierino, deputy chairman of Machar's party, using a technical term for the peace deal.
The three women from Massachusetts who were on vacation in Belize died of carbon monoxide poisoning, officials confirmed Wednesday.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday he would call a general election "imminently", with local media reporting the poll would be held on May 3.As speculation mounted on Thursday, Albanese said he was preparing to call the election "soon".
Unlike a lunar eclipse, you'll need to wear safety glasses or take steps to otherwise protect your eyes to safely watch the solar eclipse.
Myanmar's junta will muster its embattled troops for a show of strength on Armed Forces Day on Thursday after a year of seismic defeats and forcibly conscripting civilians to bolster its ranks.The junta has lost the key northern town of Lashio -- including a regional military command -- and swaths of the western Rakhine state since the last Armed Forces Day.
The crypto industry will be listening closely when Paul Atkins, President Donald Trump’s pick to run the SEC, testifies before a Senate committee Thursday during his nomination hearing.
Some weather balloon launches have been suspended because of the Trump administration’s cuts to the National Weather Service. That may hurt forecast accuracy.
China can use domstically developed tools to make advanced semiconductors, countering U.S. curbs on Beijing's access to high-end chipmaking technology, an executive at a major Chinese supplier said on Thursday. Du Lijun, president of chip equipment maker Shenzhen SiCarrier Industry Machines, said China faces export controls on access to lithography systems to make chips, but homemade tools could be employed instead to help it make 5-nanometer chips. "There might be a path where we can use non-optical technologies, that is, using our process equipment to solve some of the lithography issues," Du said on the sidelines of the annual Semicon China industry fair that began on Wednesday.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday was hosting European leaders including President Volodymyr Zelensky for a summit aimed at boosting Ukrainian security ahead of any potential ceasefire with Russia to end the over three-year war.Speaking alongside Zelensky in Paris on Wednesday ahead of the talks, Macron said this was now a "decisive phase to put an end to the war of aggression" waged by Russia against Ukraine.
A plunge in automakers hit Asian and European equities on Thursday after Donald Trump announced painful tariffs on all imported vehicles and parts as he presses hardball trade policies many fear will spark a recession.Key automobile parts will also be hit within the month.
China rebuffed on Thursday a suggestion from US President Donald Trump that he might offer to reduce tariffs on the country to get Beijing's approval for the sale of popular social media platform TikTok.Beijing swiftly rebuffed Trump's suggestion, with its foreign ministry saying that it has "repeatedly stated our position" on TikTok.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva swiped Thursday at U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to raise U.S. tariffs on a wide range of products, saying Trump should consider the potential harm to the American and global economies. Lula made the comments while wrapping up a 4-day visit to Japan, where Trump's decision Wednesday to order 25% tariffs on all car imports came as a severe blow given the country's status as a major auto exporter and American ally.
North Korea appears to have sent at least 3,000 more soldiers to Russia early this year, South Korea’s military said Thursday, demonstrating Pyongyang’s continued support for Moscow’s war on Ukraine as world leaders push for an end to the three-year conflict.
The one certainty for Federal Reserve policymakers at the moment is that there is a high level of uncertainty about the US economic outlook.
South Korea redeployed firefighting helicopters after a fatal crash caused a temporary grounding on Wednesday as authorities struggle to contain “unprecedented” deadly wildfires that have ravaged the country’s southeast, destroying a centuries-old Buddhist temple.
Sudan's gold industry has become the lifeblood of its war, with nearly all of the trade channelled through the United Arab Emirates, enriching both the army and paramilitaries, according to official and NGO sources.But according to Sudanese officials, mining industry sources and Swissaid's research, nearly all of Sudan's gold flows to the UAE, via official trade routes, smuggling and direct Emirati ownership of the government's currently most lucrative mine.
A Turkish court on Thursday freed Agence France-Presse journalist Yasin Akgul, detained this week while covering mass protests over the jailing of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the news agency said. The detention and subsequent arrest on Sunday over graft charges of Imamoglu, President Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival, triggered the largest nationwide anti-government demonstrations in over a decade and led to widespread arrests. On Tuesday, a court jailed seven journalists pending trial, including AFP's Akgul, for attending illegal meetings and marches, and "refusing to disperse despite warning during a demonstration," a court document seen by Reuters showed.
It was a moment that instantly went viral -- a White House reporter asking Volodymyr Zelensky why he wasn't wearing a suit in the Oval Office just before his huge row with Donald Trump.Glenn exclaimed as Trump threw him a red baseball cap marked "Trump was right about everything" during one Oval Office event.
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