Category: Entertainment

A Chinese humanoid robot outpaced thousands of human runners to win the Beijing E-Town half-marathon on Sunday, smashing the current world record. The event featured around 12,000 participants and more than 100 robots. The bright‑red bipedal android named Lightning, developed by Chinese smartphone maker Honor, dominated the race, crossing the finish line ahead of all…

A Chinese humanoid robot outpaced thousands of human runners to win the Beijing E-Town half-marathon on Sunday, smashing the current world record. The event featured around 12,000 participants and more than 100 robots. The bright‑red bipedal android named Lightning, developed by Chinese smartphone maker Honor, dominated the race, crossing the finish line ahead of all…

More than 1,100 musicians and cultural workers have signed an open letter urging fans, performers, broadcasters, and crew to boycott the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, accusing the event of “whitewashing” and normalizing Israel’s “genocide” in Gaza and Lebanon. Eurovision is an annual televised song contest run by the European Broadcasting Union. The event has long…

Finnish racing driver Juha Miettinen was killed and six others injured in a seven-car crash during the early stages of the Nurburgring qualifiers in Germany on Saturday. “Despite the immediate arrival of emergency services, the emergency medics were unable to save the driver involved, Juha Miettinen, after he had been extracted from the vehicle,” the…

Chuck Norris, the martial arts champion and action film star who became a pop culture phenomenon through his roles in numerous Hollywood classics and a wave of internet memes celebrating his legendary toughness, has died at 86. The actor passed away Thursday morning following a medical emergency on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, his family…

The news sounds absurd, but it cannot be ignored: Chuck Norris has died. “To the world, he was a martial arts master, an actor, and a symbol of strength. To us, he was a devoted husband, a loving father and grandfather, an incredible brother, and the heart of our family,” his relatives said in a…

The Oscar-winning documentary ‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’, about day-to-day life inside a Russian school, violated privacy laws concerning minors, Russian human rights officials said on Wednesday. The Russian Human Rights Council, a presidential advisory body, said parents alleged that Pavel Talankin, a former videographer at a school in the small town of Karabash in Russia’s…

Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has condemned the exclusion of celebrated Russian ballerina Svetlana Zakharova from an upcoming dance festival in Rome. The cancellation came just days ahead of the Bolshoi Theater star’s appearance at the Les Etoiles gala, which brings together leading dancers from the world’s biggest ballet companies. Venice Biennale, the organizer…

The real name of the mysterious street artist, who has been hiding under the alias ‘Banksy’ for years, is David Jones, Reuters has claimed, citing the results of its own investigation. Banksy’s identity has fueled speculation since his first graffiti appeared in 1999. He has become one of the world’s most famous artists, with his…

The head of the sports division of Italian state broadcaster RAI has stepped down after a gaffe-filled commentary during the Olympics opening ceremony, the company announced on Thursday. Paulo Petrecca has faced anger from the network’s journalists even before the latest embarrassment due to his reported close ties with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who…