Greece has inked a weapons deal with Israel that will see a $3.5bn multi-layered air defence system delivered to Athens in what is the largest defence agreement ever between the two countries.
Wheat prices have risen sharply amid disruptions to Black Sea exports as the Russia-Ukraine war continues and as changing weather patterns cause droughts that have sharply reduced production.
Over the past month, Russia and Ukraine have stepped up attacks on each other’s grain terminals on the Black Sea. With Russia the world’s largest wheat exporter, and Ukraine among the top 10 grain-producing countries, these attacks have taken their toll on global wheat and grain supply.
Strand Releasing has acquired North American rights to Ulrike Ottinger’s “The Blood Countess,” the baroque black comedy starring Isabelle Huppert as the legendary Countess Elizabeth Báthory.
The film, which world premiered in the Berlinale Special Gala section earlier this year, will make its North American premiere at Fantastic Fest on Sept. 17. Strand is planning a theatrical release in spring 2027.
Some things look way better on a screen than they do in person.
As an interior designer for more than a decade who's also worked as a television art director, I know this better than most.
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Conventional wisdom says cars are too expensive and should cost less. Which is true. I can't afford to spend $65,000 on a car, but if the price of a Hyundai Ioniq 5 N magically dropped to $15,000, I could afford that no problem. Our bosses could always pay us more money, but corporate profits are the highest they've ever been, and it's not like workers need money. Only customers.
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The German government is imminently expected to announce who it believes was behind a suspected drone attack on a Ukrainian cargo plane earlier this month and to outline its response to the incident in coordination with its European and Nato partners.
The legacy of EC Comics is alive and well at Oni Press. Oni has been publishing new anthology series modeled after the classic EC horror and sci-fi books, and one of them is about to get a sequel. Are you ready for Cruel Kingdom 2?
Greece signs $3.5bn deal with Israel to acquire its first multi-layered air defence network by 2029.
Greece has signed a $3.5bn defence deal with Israel to provide its first integrated “multi-layered” air defence network.
A simple measurement around the waist could reveal important health risks that weight alone may miss, according to new research from Rutgers Health.
The study, published in JAMA Network Open, found that measuring waist circumference, either by itself or together with body mass index (BMI), was about as effective as a more complicated new approach that relies on several different body measurements.