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The shallower an earthquake is, the more destructive its effects on the surface tend to be.Strong aftershocks were felt in the same area, including one with a magnitude of 6.1.Video taken at the port in Maumere showed large chunks of concrete breaking off the terminal building onto passengers waiting to board an inter-island ferry. Some were thrown into the sea when the gangway to a ship collapsed. Emanuel Melkiades Laka Lena, governor of East Nusa Tenggara province, told a news conference that they were killed in their sleep by collapsing rubble. Arnold Welianto, who lives in Talibura, a village near…

There’s an ongoing arms race to protect identities and privacy in the age of facial recognition, biometric scanning and data collection. Now, some of those concerns are coming from the influx of wearables, namely, smart glasses, and how to go about protecting oneself from being filmed in public. Some joke about singing Disney songs, others use software, and some have even resorted to physical tricks.  And the concern is warranted: Meta’s Ray-Ban Meta Glasses, for example, have been coined “pervert glasses” for recording people undressing, and the company is even being sued after a study revealed Meta’s subcontractors are viewing…

Paris Jackson had a fiery response after a social media user claimed that tattoos “make her look dirty.” Jackson, 28, clapped back via the comments section of an Instagram post shared by E! News on Thursday, August 13, responding to a user who wrote, “She is gorgeous, but those tattoos just make her look dirty and takes away from her look.” “Oh no what ever will i do 😰 (i’m dirty even without the tattoos),” the late Michael Jackson’s daughter wrote back. The post in question featured a clip of Paris’ Wednesday, August 12, interview on the “Call Her Daddy”…

Enzo Maresca has dismissed suggestions the Community Shield is a glorified friendly and is targeting silverware in his first game in charge when FA Cup winners Manchester City take on Premier League champions Arsenal on Sunday. Maresca succeeded Pep Guardiola in the City hotseat over the summer and is already planning to follow in the Spaniard’s footsteps by landing a domestic cup. “For me personally it is a trophy,” Maresca explained in his pre-match press conference. “When trophies and a final are there, you always try to win the game. So, no friendly game at all. It’s a trophy that…

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif accused India of illegally suspending the Indus Waters Treaty and called Pakistan’s water resources a “red line.” He also said Pakistan would respond to any future challenge, referencing the May 2025 war with India.Published On 14 Aug 202614 Aug 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s Weekly Round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s Round-up is exclusively supported by BMI, a global leader in performing rights management, dedicated to supporting songwriters, composers and publishers and championing the value of music.This week, Suno announced a global licensing deal with BMG, establishing a strategic framework covering BMG’s recorded music and music publishing repertoire.Meanwhile, after striking deals with Universal Music Group and Merlin, Spotify signed an agreement with Kobalt to power AI-generated, fan-made covers and remixes.Also this week, Suno…

UPDATE 8/13/26 at 9:42 — Roseanne Barr’s son, Jake Pentland, has addressed actor Michael Fishman’s claims that the Roseanne reboot was unjustly canceled. Speaking to TMZ, Pentland agreed that harm was done but alleged his mom was the individual who suffered the most. He claimed that the cast conspired to take the show away from her after her social media post was taken out of context. Still, Pentland has no ill will toward Fishman. “I wish him good luck in finding work one day,” Pentland told the outlet. “Hopefully selling the woman responsible for his career out was worth it…

Romania has shut down its only nuclear power station because of extremely low water levels in the Danube river caused by prolonged hot weather affecting much of Europe.The Cernavodă plant, where two reactors produce about 20% of Romania’s electricity, is not expected to be restarted within the next 10 days.Earlier this week, authorities tried to increase the water flow to the plant – which uses the Danube for cooling – by sinking barges loaded with rocks in the river.Neighbouring Hungary has so far avoided a shutdown of its only nuclear plant in Paks, which also uses the Danube. The waters…

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Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead in their home on December 14, 2025. TMZ reported at the time that the Los Angeles Fire Department had been called to the scene in the afternoon to administer “medical aid.” It was later reported that a 78-year-old man and 70-year-old woman had been killed in Rob and Michele’s Brentwood, California home. A spokesperson for the family subsequently confirmed that Rob and Michele, who wed in 1989, were the deceased. “It is with profound sorrow that we announce the tragic passing of Michele and Rob Reiner,” the statement, shared…