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Quentin Tarantino Thought He Was ‘Letting Down’ Brad Pitt by Not Directing Cliff Booth Sequel: ‘I Felt Bad About That’
Quentin Tarantino acknowledged feeling he let down Brad Pitt by declining to direct a Cliff Booth sequel, which David Fincher will helm for Netflix instead.
Milcho Manchevski’s ‘Sister Brother Manhole Cover’ Wins Top Prize at Tokyo Film Festival
Milcho Manchevski’s ‘Sister Brother Manhole Cover,’ a Macedonian comedy about scrap metal thieves, won the Tokyo Grand Prix at the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival on Wednesday, receiving JPY3 million.
Gas Network Retirement Is Becoming A Real Utility Planning Tool
Gas utilities are adopting geographic retirement strategies as electrification spreads, moving beyond demand forecasts to determine which infrastructure sections should be decommissioned when customer switching makes maintenance economically inefficient.
Sierra Club Iowa Responds: Local Officials Reject Re-zoning Request for Alliant’s Morgan Valley Gas Plant
The Linn County Board of Supervisors unanimously rejected a rezoning request for a proposed gas-fired power plant that Interstate Power and Light Company sought to build in the region.
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Women’s pain normalised in NHS, Cardiff health summit told
A health summit in Wales addressed how women’s pain is frequently dismissed as normal within the NHS, with speakers calling for strengthened women’s voices in healthcare design and service delivery.
Multiple sclerosis: First drug to help patients walk now on NHS in England
Fampridine, the first drug to help multiple sclerosis patients walk, is now available on the NHS in England. Up to 5,000 people annually could benefit from the signal-boosting medication.
Poorest children in England 40% more likely to be hospitalised for lung infections
Children in England’s poorest areas are 40% more likely to be hospitalized for respiratory infections than those in wealthier regions, with air pollution identified as a significant contributing factor.
‘It was like something was crawling over me’ – the worrying rise of shingles among millennial women
Medical professionals report a concerning rise in shingles cases among millennials, particularly women in their 30s and 40s, driven by stress, lifestyle factors, and weakened immunity rather than age-related causes.
England’s north-south life expectancy gap grows despite record longevity
England’s north-south life expectancy gap has widened despite reaching record longevity levels, with northern regions experiencing little improvement over the past decade due to higher rates of disease and deprivation.
RFK Jr urges Alzheimer’s screening but blunts key panel that could drive research
Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has called for better Alzheimer’s screening, but the federal panel responsible for assessing preventive health services has been blocked from meeting for over a year.
New Jersey governor signs law banning surveillance pricing to protect shoppers
New Jersey’s governor signed legislation banning surveillance pricing, making the state the third to prohibit retailers from charging different prices based on shoppers’ personal data.
US appeals court upholds injunction that blocks Trump’s order to create a federal voter list
A federal appeals court upheld an injunction blocking President Trump’s executive order to create a federal voter list and restrict mail-in ballots, affecting 23 states ahead of November midterm elections.
Netanyahu accuses Mamdani of ‘fomenting hate’ and calls ICC war-crimes charges ‘bogus’
Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu rejected ICC war crimes charges as ‘bogus’ and accused New York Mayor Mamdani of fomenting hate after the mayor suggested he should be arrested if visiting for the UN General Assembly in September.
Trump ‘border czar’ says ICE officer in Maine killing should not have cleared vetting
Trump’s border czar Tom Homan said an ICE officer involved in a fatal Maine shooting should not have passed vetting after reports of abuse allegations from ex-wives.
Aussie gov’t tells volunteers to throw out thousands of functioning test routers
Australia’s government disabled thousands of functioning test routers after completing a broadband measurement program, despite volunteers noting the devices could be reflashed and reused, raising e-waste concerns.
Google pays $250K for Linux vulnerability allowing guest VM escapes
Google awarded $250,000 for disclosure of a Linux KVM vulnerability enabling guest virtual machines to escape and gain root access to host systems, one of two high-severity flaws discovered this week.