Spanish director Oliver Laxe in Paris, Nov. 8, 2025. With the existential action thriller “Sirat,” set in the rave culture of Morocco, Laxe says that he was not out to shock, but that he is still haunted by one scene. (Maxime La/The New York Times) By BEN KENIGSBERG Psychoanalysis, Sufism, Andrei Tarkovsky, the Rolling Stones: These are some of the influences that informed the creation of “Sirat,” perhaps the year’s least describable and most terrifying film. Since its premie

POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – La Autoridad de Carreteras y Transportación, en colaboración con el Departamento de Transportación y Obras Públicas y agencias de seguridad pública, inició la Semana de Seguridad del Personal de Respuesta a Choques del 17 al 21 de noviembre en San Juan. La jornada educativa orienta a los conductores sobre la importancia de reducir la velocidad, moverse al carril opuesto cuando sea posible y tomar medidas responsables al acercarse a un choque o vehícul

POR CYBERNEWS BARCELONETA (CyberNews) – Agentes de la División de Inteligencia y Arrestos del área policiaca de Arecibo detuvieron el lunes a un hombre señalado como sospechoso de un carjacking y secuestro ocurrido el domingo en los predios de una farmacia Walgreens en Barceloneta. Según la investigación de la Policía, la víctima, una mujer de 42 años residente en Virginia, se disponía a abordar un Nissan Versa blanco del 2024 cuando un individuo armado con un objeto cortante

POR EL STAR STAFF CULEBRA – El director ejecutivo de la Autoridad de Edificios Públicos (AEP), Félix Lasselle Toro y el superintendente de la Policía, Joseph González realizaron, junto a la gobernadora Jenniffer González Colón una inspección a los trabajos de construcción del edificio que albergará el nuevo dormitorio para agentes de la Policía Estatal destacados en la isla municipio de Culebra. “Cuando entramos a dirigir la Autoridad de Edificios Públicos, nuestra gobernad

President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela at a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Sept. 15, 2025. President Donald Trump has yet to make a decision, but his advisers are pressing a range of objectives — from attacking drug cartels to seizing oil fields — to try to justify ousting Maduro. (Adriana Loureiro Fernández/The New York Times) By BRET STEPHENS Donald Trump said Friday that he had “sort of” made up his mind about his plan for Venezuela, but he “can’t tell you what it w

Sky Roberts, brother of Virginia Roberts Giuffre, a victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring, speaks as his wife, Amanda Roberts, holds a photo of Virginia at a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act outside the Capitol in Washington, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. The House was expected to vote overwhelmingly on Tuesday to demand that the Justice Department release all files related to its investigation into the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, an a

A great egret flies over the marsh on Johns Island, S.C., July 25, 2025. The Trump administration proposed on Monday, Nov. 17, to significantly limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to limit pollution in wetlands, rivers and other bodies of water across the country. (Madeline Gray/The New York Times) By MAXINE JOSELOW The Trump administration proposed earlier this week to significantly limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to limit pollution in

By THE STAR STAFF The Popular Democratic Party (PDP) delegation in the Senate recently held a press conference to address what it regards as several pressing issues as the second ordinary session came to a close. “Once again, the country has been left waiting for unfulfilled promises from Governor Jenniffer González Colón,” Luis Javier Hernández Ortiz, the PDP minority leader in the upper chamber, said at the start of the conference. “We are witnessing how the leadership cris