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The Americas hub covers political, diplomatic and security developments across North, Central and South America, alongside events that affect the region’s links with the rest of the world. It also follows stories in sport, technology and everyday life.

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Decisions made by governments and major institutions can shape international relations, travel and economic conditions. This topic brings together those developments and their consequences for people across the region.

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Béla Tarr’s Legacy to Be Celebrated at Sarajevo Film Festival

  • Sarajevo launches a Béla Tarr tribute programme.
  • It showcases four films by Film Factory alumni.
  • The tribute highlights Tarr’s international educational legacy.

The Sarajevo Film Festival has introduced a tribute programme honouring Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr, who died this year. It highlights films by former students of Film Factory, the Sarajevo-based educational initiative Tarr founded in 2013, underlining his influence on an international generation of filmmakers. The programme includes Kaori…

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Ravyn Lenae Breaks Down Boundaries on ‘Blue Island’

  • Blue Island explores love alongside stronger emotional boundaries.
  • Lenae connects new ambition with her Chicago family roots.
  • The album follows her Number Five hit “Love Me Not”.

Ravyn Lenae’s third album, Blue Island, is presented as a thoughtful expansion of the Chicago singer’s sound and perspective, using romance, independence and self-protection to explore life beyond her roots. The review argues that Lenae approaches love with curiosity and compassion, while increasingly choosing emotional clarity and boundaries…

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Judge rules Meta caused “public nuisance” and must fund mental health treatment

  • Meta must fund $567 million in youth mental-health measures in New Mexico.
  • The judge found Meta significantly contributed to a public nuisance.
  • The order is separate from $375 million in earlier civil penalties.

A New Mexico judge has ruled that Meta substantially contributed to a public nuisance by worsening a youth mental health crisis, and ordered it to fund $567 million in treatment and prevention measures. The ruling follows a separate jury award of $375 million in civil penalties, making this…

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Katseye’s Sophia Laforteza takes health hiatus from promotions

  • Sophia Laforteza is taking a mental-health break from Katseye.
  • She will miss the Head in the Clouds festival.
  • Her condition will be reassessed in September.

Katseye singer Sophia Laforteza has begun a temporary break from the group’s promotional activities to prioritise her mental health and wellbeing. The decision means she will not perform at Pasadena’s Head in the Clouds festival, and affects the group shortly before the release of its new EP, Wild.…

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The Eternal Life of Goldman Still Stuns in Latest Trailer, But Where’s the Release Date?

  • New trailer showcases Goldman's detailed handcrafted art.
  • No release date was announced.
  • A PS5 demo is available now.

THQ Nordic has released a new trailer for The Eternal Life of Goldman, highlighting the handcrafted process behind its animated visual style through comparisons between early drawings and finished in-game assets. The game continues to attract attention for its distinctive appearance, but the trailer did not provide a…

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THQ Nordic Showcase 2026: All The News, Trailers, And Reveals

  • THQ Nordic showcased a broad line-up of upcoming games.
  • Let’s Sing 2027 launches on 3 November.
  • Expeditions: Samurai entered early access.

THQ Nordic’s 2026 digital showcase delivered trailers, release information and updates across its catalogue, spanning racing, role-playing, strategy, hunting, horror and music games. - Let’s Sing 2027 was announced for 3 November 2026 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, with 35 songs and local co-op for…

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Beachgoers warned after deadly ‘flesh-eating’ bacteria kills 5 in southern state

  • Five Louisiana deaths have been linked to Vibrio vulnificus this year.
  • The bacteria can infect open wounds exposed to warm seawater.
  • Beachgoers are being urged to take extra precautions.

Louisiana health officials have warned beachgoers after five people died this year from infections linked to Vibrio vulnificus, often described as “flesh-eating” bacteria. The deaths represent a sharp increase on the state’s usual toll and highlight the risk posed when warm coastal water enters open cuts or wounds.…

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Meta paying price for ‘cavalier approach’ to online safety, say UK campaigners

  • Meta faces nearly $1 billion in New Mexico penalties.
  • Campaigners say the ruling strengthens online-safety efforts.
  • Meta says it will appeal.

UK online-safety campaigners have welcomed a New Mexico court order requiring Meta to pay a further $567 million (£421 million), saying it shows the company’s approach to protecting children has consequences. The ruling follows a case in which jurors found Meta knowingly harmed children’s mental health and concealed…

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Gillian Anderson Makes Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma a Delicious Mindfuck: Review

  • Schoenbrun’s new horror film is praised as emotionally resonant but intentionally cryptic.
  • Einbinder’s filmmaker meets Anderson’s reclusive former slasher star at a remote camp.
  • The review awards the film an A-.

Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is reviewed as an ambitious, deliberately elusive film that combines horror, sexuality and personal identity. The review argues that Gillian Anderson and Hannah Einbinder’s committed performances give emotional coherence to a story whose allegory and relationships remain intentionally ambiguous.…

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Inside secret life of seductive murderess Pamela Smart’s teen lover: New photos show killer living the American dream… as he reacts to ‘black widow’ ex’s new ploy

  • William Flynn, Pamela Smart's teen accomplice, pictured living quietly in Maine
  • He served 25 years for the 1990 murder of Gregg Smart
  • Pamela Smart, still jailed for life, is seeking a new trial

Exclusive Daily Mail photographs show William Flynn, the teenage lover who murdered Gregg Smart in 1990 at the urging of Pamela Smart, now living a comfortable middle-class life in coastal Maine. The images, the first of Flynn since his tearful 2008 courtroom apology, emerge weeks after Pamela Smart,…

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