Expert: Rhinos extinct in Mozambique Mozambique's rhinoceros population was wiped out more than a century ago by big game hunters. Reconstituted several years ago, it has again been driven to extinction, or to the brink of extinction, by poachers seeking their horns for sale in Asia.... More
South Africa: Elephant overturns vehicle South African officials say an elephant has overturned a vehicle carrying two tourists, injuring one of them. A statement from Kruger National Park says the tourists are of "Chinese origin." The statement says an elephant in the park attacked the vehicle on a road at 6:30 a.m. More
Man tries to take photo of beaver; it kills him A fisherman in Belarus was bitten to death by a beaver, and all he was doing was trying to take its picture, Sky News reports. The man spotted the beaver while fishing with friends at Lake Shestakov, but as he approached to take a photograph, the beaver bit him on the thigh. More
Flood of dead pigs, trickle of answers in China Pig carcasses — about 14,000 of them — have been floating down rivers that feed into Shanghai for nearly two weeks. The city’s residents have been told not to worry, and not much else. Where the pigs came from, how they died and why they suddenly showed up in the river system that supplies drinking water to a city of 23 million has not been explained. More
East Bay therapy dog Dayo among 5 finalists for Hero Dog Awards 2024 for work with kids Dayo was selected along with Penny, Bo, Nikki and Sampson as finalists for the American Humane Hero Dog Awards 2024. 10/23/2024 - 1:27 pm | View Link
American Humane recognizes canine bravery in the Hero Dog Awards. Here are this year’s finalists American Humane has narrowed down its finalists for the 14th Hero Dog Awards. Each year, the organization honors dogs in five categories based on their heroic actions: service and guide, emerging hero ... 10/23/2024 - 7:24 am | View Link
America’s favourite dog breed has changed – and not everyone is happy about it America’s most popular dog breed has been revealed ... Nevertheless, after lapping Labrador retrievers to take the top spot in 2022, the bat-eared, scaled-down bulldogs held on in the new standings, ... 03/20/2024 - 2:22 am | View Link
These are America’s Top 10 favorite dog breeds America’s second least-favored dog breed was the German shorthaired pointer followed by the Welsh corgi. The top reason why respondents selected a breed as their favorite was because they currently ... 12/20/2023 - 12:15 am | View Link
Film Bazaar, the film market that runs alongside the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Goa, is partnering with Film Independent’s Global Media Makers program to launch a television writing workshop led by “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Army Wives” writer-producer Marlana Hope and Indian filmmaker Bikas Mishra, director of upcoming feature “Bayaan.” The four-day Episodic Storytelling […]
MEGASTAR, MAESTRO Veteran Indian actor Kamal Haasan‘s 234th film “Thug Life,” directed by Mani Ratnam, has locked a worldwide theatrical release for June 5, 2025. The announcement came on Haasan’s birthday alongside a first-look teaser featuring the actor as his character Rangaraya Sakthivel Nayakar. The pair previously teamed on gangster epic “Nayakan” (1987).
Recent Asian feature films including Makbul Mubarak’s “Autobiography,” Lan Pham Ngoc’s “Cu Li Never Cries,” Nelson Yeo’s “Dreaming & Dying,” Jeremias Nyangoen’s “The Women of Rote Island” and Lyda Leak’s “The Night Curse of Reatrei” adorn the non-competitive lineup of the 2024 edition of the Blue Chair film festival in Luang Prabang, Laos.
Oscar-winning film editor William Goldenberg–who recently made his feature directorial debut with “Unstoppable”–will be honored with the Camerimage Award for an Editor, during the 32nd EnergaCamerimage international cinematography film festival, which will be held Nov, 16-23 in Toruń, Poland. Goldenberg won an Academy Award for Ben Affleck’s historical thriller “Argo,” which traced the rescue of […]
Seth Meyers is worried about more than just Donald Trump’s second term. “Well, Donald Trump has won the 2024 election and he’ll be president again for four more years, or eight, or 12, or whatever,” he said with a worried laugh while opening his first “Closer Look” segment after Election Day.