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Another group of budding young thespians have joined Prime Video‘s YA adaptation of Chloe Walsh‘s BookTok sensation Boys of Tommen. After a widespread search, Prime Video has revealed Amelia May as Claire Biggs, John Hewson as Gerard Gibson, Indy Lewis as Lizzie Young, Alex Dunne as Hugh Biggs, Dixie Egerickx as Katie Wilmot, Daisy Jacob as Bella Wilkinson, Jonathan Heed as Cormac Ryan and Cathal Ó Síocháin as Ronan McGarry. The search for Patrick Feely is still underway.  The new cast join leads Brendan Canty, Nancy Surridge, Conor Sánchez, James O’Donoghue and Sophie McGibbon. The romantic drama from The Summer I Turned Pretty studio wiip and Off Campus maker Temple Hill follows the forbidden love story of Johnny Kavanagh, the star…

Venezuela has declared a state of emergency after powerful back-to-back earthquakes collapsed buildings in cities that included the capital, Caracas, killing at least 164 people and wounding close to 1,000.After the earthquakes on Wednesday, the United States said it was in touch with Venezuelan authorities and was mobilising assistance for the South American nation, which has historically languished under crippling sanctions imposed by Washington.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe economic chokehold was partially lifted after US forces abducted the country’s then-President Nicolas Maduro in a raid in January. The interim government led by Maduro ally Delcy Rodriguez has been…

Despite polls showing that most Britons regret leaving the European Union, many others believe the case for quitting the bloc still holds.“The arguments for Brexit now are largely the same as they were then: sovereignty, democracy and taking back control,” University of Cambridge professor and Brexit supporter Robert Tombs told Al Jazeera.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listControl was a central theme of the “Leave” camp.Brexiters called for more control over migration to protect borders from foreign supranational powers, as well as wresting sovereignty back from the bloc – which they portrayed as an out-of-touch middle-class group of elites…

Stories by Emma Okonji A new global research from the Project Management Institute (PMI) has revealed that project complexity is emerging as a prominent threat to successful project delivery across sub-Saharan Africa. According to PMI’s latest Pulse of the Profession report tagged: ‘Driving Success in Complex Projects: From Navigating Tasks to Navigating Systems’, the report findings showed that projects are increasingly facing missed deadlines, decision bottlenecks, and pressure on teams as organisations race to deliver transformation amid rapid change. The report, based on insights from project professionals and senior leaders across 35 countries, showed that 81 per cent of project…

Following the launch of the SL3 in 2024 and last year’s SL3-S that was optimized for speed and capturing fast moving subjects, Leica announced the new SL3-P today delivering some of the best features from both of its predecessors. Like Leica’s previous “P” variants, the new SL3-P lacks the brand’s iconic and recognizable red dot badge on the front but makes up for it with a larger 44-megapixel sensor than last year’s 24-megapixel SL3-S. That’s still less resolution than the 60-megapixel SL3, but Leica’s new camera matches the original’s 8K video capabilities while introducing a new hybrid autofocus system that…

Backsliding on climate action would drive the Labour party into political obscurity, Zack Polanski has warned, as trade union leaders said more drilling in the North Sea would not help UK workers.The Green party leader, speaking to the Guardian as searing heat swept the country for the second time this year, urged Andy Burnham – widely expected to be the UK’s next prime minister – to be bold on climate justice. He said any move to water down the party’s commitments would have dire consequences at the ballot box.“Half measures or backsliding on climate action would be a moral and…

Nature, Published online: 24 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01803-2A temperature difference of more than 100 kelvin can be created between stacked layers of 2D material by irradiating them with laser light.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has been a ubiquitous sight at the 2026 FIFA World Cup so far, popping up across all three host countries during the opening week of the tournament.Infantino’s original proposal was to attend two games per day as often as possible, clocking up some serious air miles aboard his private jet in the process.As it transpires, the head of world football’s governing body hasn’t quite managed to cover as much ground as he initially intended, though he has still popped up all over Canada, Mexico and the United States during the first week of the World Cup…

20. The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)It’s the Great Depression à la Disney when a tomboy, Natty, rides the rails in search of her lumberjack father. This marked the first time I saw Cusack, impressive as a wise young hobo, though not the first time I saw Natty’s wolf-dog companion: it’s Jed, sled-dog from The Thing!19. Tapeheads (1988)Mike Nesmith of the Monkees produced this goofy 1980s-tastic slapstick comedy with a cult supporting cast and top-notch soundtrack. Cusack (sporting a sleazy tache) and Tim Robbins play losers whose rock video company prospers in the wake of a Skylab-related tragedy.Too cool ……

Shahla Karimi considers herself an unconventional jewelry designer.“I’m your ring designer, therapist and friend,” said Karimi, who moved to New York from Louisville, Ky., in 2004, and created her jewelry brand, Shahla Karimi Jewelry, in 2014. A SoHo showroom followed in 2022. “Rather than sell you a diamond and a setting, I design pieces that reflect a couple’s relationship and emotion,” she said.Karimi, 44, has left a sizable female footprint in New York’s male-dominated diamond industry, and last year, created a self-funded reality series called “Diamond Divas,” 40 one-minute episodes that follow Karimi and the eight women who work in…