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“East of Eden” amassed 6.5 million views in its first four days of streaming on Netflix. That total took the John Steinbeck adaptation to the No. 1 spot on the streamer’s weekly TV rankings. Created by Zoe Kazan and starring Florence Pugh, the project has given the 1953 Steinbeck novel renewed popularity, with Penguin Classics […]
Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman says capacity restored after major attack last month.
IRGC commander says oil flows through US-supervised route in Hormuz are ‘negligible’.
Gulf crude exports returned to pre-war levels in September, with producers increasingly relying on alternative routes and ship-to-ship transfers to bypass Hormuz. Iranian exports remain below the pre-war average.
Fresh off the heels of the hit Netflix adaptation release, which stars Florence Pugh, John Steinbeck’s “East of Eden” is at the top of Amazon’s Best Sellers List in the No. 1 spot. In addition, the audiobook of the novel is on the retail giant’s “Best of #BookTok” books list too. Regularly priced at $25, […]
SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains major spoilers from “East of Eden,” now streaming on Netflix. Zoe Kazan has spent much of her life thinking about family legacy on and off screen. More than 62 years after her grandfather Elia Kazan famously directed James Dean in an adaptation of the fourth and final part of John […]
A new study highlights persistent structural disparities in wealth and leadership positions between East and West Germany, 36 years after reunification.
Beijing is carrying an older geography of extraction into the AI era, turning Uyghur land, energy and labour into computing power while remaining silent about coercion and surveillance.
Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have less than nine months to prepare for AFCON 2027.
The U.S. and Iran are reportedly talking separately to mediators as part of renewed efforts to end the conflict, with regional mediators pushing for ceasefire negotiations.
Oliver McTernan, Director and co-founder of Foward Thinking in London, is our guest.
To help children process their experiences of war, an art center has been established in the West Bank.
The United States had yet to publicly respond on Saturday after Iran offered a plan to reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz, though reports indicated that President Donald Trump had rejected the proposal. The waterway key to the world's oil supply is central to the conflict between the US and Iran, which is at a stalemate after nearly seven months, though new mediation efforts took place this week.
The number of refugees fleeing across the Red Sea to Djibouti could jump from 3,000 today to 10,000 in coming months because of renewed fighting in Yemen, the United Nations warned Tuesday. UN Refugee Agency Global Spokesman Babar Baloch also told reporters in Geneva that the number of internally displaced people in Yemen could swell to over 230,000. Follow our live blog for the latest developments.
FAA halts East Coast flights due to equipment outage, affecting major US airports like JFK, Newark, and Philadelphia.
The shutdown of Saudi's key East-West pipeline stands to squeeze crude supply for Asian importers, with South Korea appearing the most directly exposed.
101 East meets innovators across East Asia using digital technology to transform how we grieve those we love.
