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From nail-biting quick-fire challenges to high-stakes elimination rounds like the show’s signature Restaurant Wars, the judges of Top Chef eat well during filming. (Well, most of the time. Lesson learned: serving ceviche on a 90 degree day isn’t the move.) But they’re not on set all day, every day during the seven-week production schedule. Although Top Chef previously filmed in another Carolina city—Charleston back in 2014—this is the first time the globe-trotting culinary reality competition has landed in Charlotte, North Carolina. And the arrival has energized the crew, including longtime judge and food writer Gail Simmons. “I’ve never been to…

President Trump speaks to the press from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 26. Allison Robbert/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Allison Robbert/AFP via Getty Images The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to continue to withhold over $4 billion in foreign aid already approved by Congress. Earlier this month, a federal judge in Washington, D.C. ordered the administration to release billions in foreign aid funds by the end of September — which the administration later appealed. On Friday, the justices voted 6-3 along ideological lines to…

The effectiveness of trade deals with the US has come under fresh scrutiny as US President Donald Trump on Friday expanded the tariff net to multiple products, including patented drugs and heavy trucks that were previously exempted from reciprocal tariffs. Trump’s move assumes significance as India is in the middle of negotiations with the US, and the elimination of reciprocal tariffs is a key ask from the Indian side, though sectoral tariffs are not part of the talks. While the tariffs on pharma drugs may not affect India in the short term, experts said that the use of Section 232…

Tamil film Madharaasi, starring Sivakarthikeyan in the lead role, is finally set to stream on OTT after a successful theatrical run. The film will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on October 1. The official X account of Prime Video announced the release with a video featuring Sivakarthikeyan revealing the streaming date through cue cards. Brace yourself for a mad ride with yours truly Madharaasi ❤️🔫#MadharaasiOnPrime, Oct 1@SriLakshmiMovie @Siva_Kartikeyan @ARMurugadoss @anirudhofficial @VidyutJammwal #BijuMenon @rukminitweets @actorshabeer @vikranth_offl @SudeepElamon pic.twitter.com/McLGlMBEN4 — prime video IN (@PrimeVideoIN) September 26, 2025 Madharaasi, which will stream in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada, and Malayalam, follows a man battling…

Three health care workers rode motorbikes into the Indonesian city of Sumenep, carrying doses of measles vaccine and a list of children who needed them. With blue medical boxes in hand, they went from house to house administering the life-saving shots.The health workers on wheels are part of the regional government’s latest efforts to curb a deadly measles outbreak on Madura Island that has persisted for the past nine months. More than 2,600 children have already been infected this year and 20 have died.But efforts to stop the outbreak from spreading through the predominately Muslim population are being hindered in…

Fatima Sana’s Pakistan have made improvements in recent times, but they’d not be starting the ICC Women’s World Cup as one of the favourites for one the semifinal spots. They do have a good mix of experienced players and young talents coming through but positive results in ODIs against the top teams have been few and far between. How is Pakistan’s form coming into the World Cup? Pakistan came through a six-team ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025 Qualifier that they hosted in April. The bottom four teams from the Women’s Championship, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Ireland and West Indies were joined by…

On Location peels back the curtain on some of your favorite films, television shows, and more.One Battle After Another, Leonardo DiCaprio’s latest movie, is a rare instance of success for the “Anytown, USA” setting. Where most pictures flounder with this anonymous approach to the United States—in attempting to present a slice of it that everyone can relate to, they necessarily make up something non-specific and false—One Battle After Another makes it work with a mélange of settings that coalesce into an insane and beautiful American collage. This is an action movie loaded with chase sequences—by car on the open road,…

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro points at a map of the Americas during a new conference in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro offered to help US President Donald Trump’s administration hunt down leaders of the Tren de Aragua drug cartel after the US deployed the military to carry out anti-narcotics strikes in the Caribbean, Bloomberg reported on Friday. Maduro made the proposal to US envoy Richard Grenell earlier in September, alongside a letter to Trump urging direct dialogue to ease tensions, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. 

Updated on: Sept 26, 2025 04:55 pm IST Sahibzada Farhan performed a ‘gunfire’ celebration after he got a half-century against India in their Super Four match fixture. Sahibzada Farhan and Haris Rauf attended their ICC hearing, on Friday. The hearing took place due to BCCI’s complaint against both Pakistan cricketers for provocative gestures during their 2025 Asia Cup Super 4 stage showdown. The Indian cricket board had also submitted video evidence in their complaint. Sahibzada Farhan reportedly used Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni’s examples for his ‘gunfire’ celebration. Rauf made multiple gestures to fans in response to the constant ‘Kohli,…

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has committed to being a bipartisan bridgebuilder. But he’s also under pressure to redistrict the state’s one GOP congressman out of his House seat.