Posts by Nathan Pine
Netanyahu rejects Trump’s 15-point Gaza plan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a 15-point plan for Gaza, put forward by U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, saying that Israeli forces will not withdraw from the territory until Hamas is “genuinely” disarmed. Speaking at the start of a Cabinet meeting Sunday, Netanyahu said Israel would not accept what he characterized…
Read MoreBox Office: ‘Odyssey’ Now Christopher Nolan’s Highest Grossing All-Time
We told you on Friday that The Odyssey cracked the $1 billion mark at the global box office, and Universal is making it known that as of today the feature take of Homer’s epic is now director Christopher Nolan‘s highest grossing movie ever, ahead of 2012’s Dark Knight Rises ($1.085B). The current cume for The…
Read More‘Ozempic butt’ isn’t always muscle loss—what experts want patients to know
As GLP-1 medications continue to transform obesity treatment, a new concern has emerged alongside stories of dramatic weight loss: muscle loss. A July 2026 Gallup survey found that 11 percent of U.S. adults are now taking GLP-1 drugs for weight loss, nearly four times the share recorded in 2024. Since then, terms such as “Ozempic…
Read MoreRepublican senator issues eulogy for vacuum: ‘I will miss you’
Republican Senator Chuck Grassley has bid farewell to a longtime member of his household: a vacuum cleaner named Beth that served his family for nearly half a century. The Iowa senator said in an X post on Saturday that the aging Hoover was being retired after its electrical cord began sparking, sharing a photograph of…
Read MoreApple tests China’s CXMT memory chips for iPhones and MacBooks, WSJ reports
Published Sun, Aug 9, 2026 · 08:41 PM [BEIJING] Apple has been testing memory chips from China’s CXMT across product lines including iPhones and MacBooks, to mitigate a component shortage fuelled by the artificial intelligence boom, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday (Aug 9). Apple held early talks with CXMT, which is China’s largest…
Read MoreJames Gray Talks Dream Quality Of Cinema Ahead of Locarno Honor
James Gray continued his festival tour with Paper Tiger this weekend setting down in the Locarno Film Festival to receive an honorary award ahead of the film’s Swiss premiere on its landmark Piazza Grande. Meeting the press ahead of the screening on Sunday evening, Gray gave an insight into his vision for cinema and how…
Read MoreMap shows five threats brewing in Pacific, Atlantic as hurricane risk rises
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is monitoring five areas of potential tropical development across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, including two tropical waves in the Atlantic basin that could become tropical depressions later this week as the 2026 hurricane season ramps up. Although no tropical cyclones are currently active in either basin, forecasters are closely…
Read MoreDBS, OCBC surge on strong H1 results but don’t overlook the potential of underdog UOB
[SINGAPORE] There was a lot riding on DBS, OCBC and UOB’s financial results last week – with some analysts calculating that the three stocks had accounted for nearly 89 per cent of the Straits Times Index’s gain since the beginning of the year, up to Jul 30. Fortunately, the three banks delivered sufficiently strong numbers…
Read MoreDonald Trump’s approval rating shifts among Christians
President Donald Trump’s approval rating has moved in opposite directions among two major Christian groups this year, rising steadily among born-again Protestants while declining among Roman Catholics, Newsweek analysis shows. Trump’s approval among born-again Protestants increased from 56 percent in January to 61 percent in July, according to five national Marquette Law School polls. Over…
Read MoreI’m an Alzheimer’s expert—these are the 6 things I never do
With dementia cases expected to surge in the coming decades, interest in brain health has never been higher. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 55 million people worldwide are currently living with dementia, a figure expected to reach 139 million by 2050. So as fears around Alzheimer’s disease grow, many people wonder…
Read MoreMetaOptics defers US dual listing on geopolitical uncertainty, market volatility
The semiconductor optics firm may revisit an international dual listing when market conditions are supportive [SINGAPORE] Catalist-listed MetaOptics is withdrawing its application to list on Nasdaq and deferring its plans to dual list in the US. This comes amid a backdrop of geopolitical uncertainty, recent whiplash in technological stocks’ price performances and ongoing technological disruption,…
Read MoreMan complains about earache, then doctors realize what organ is failing
A cardiologist has warned about unusual symptoms that could relate to a serious heart issue. Cardiologist Kaustubh Dabhadkar, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, is an expert in preventive cardiology. He told Newsweek his patients often ask “about symptoms to watch out for.” “We typically respond with the typical textbook symptoms—chest pressure with exertion that radiates…
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