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‘Minotaur,’ about murder and corruption in Putin’s Russia, jolts the Cannes Film Festival
Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev sent shock waves through the Cannes Film Festival with a soberly damning crime film about murder and corruption in Russia, set against ... -
Graduates boo pep talks on AI at college commencements
As artificial intelligence casts a shadow over career prospects, it is becoming an unwelcome subject at this season’s college commencements. At several campuses, graduates ... -
WHO expresses concern over scale and speed of Ebola outbreak
At least 131 deaths and over 500 suspected cases have been reported in the latest Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, the Congolese health ministry ... -
Channel 4 pulls episodes of ‘Married at First Sight UK’ after sexual misconduct claims
Broadcaster Channel 4 has pulled all episodes of “Married at First Sight UK” from its platforms after three contestants claimed they were sexually assaulted ... -
Minister says Modena attack raises integration concerns amid migration debate
Italy’s interior minister said yesterday that a car-ramming and stabbing attack in the northern city of Modena cannot be dismissed as an isolated act, ... -
4 crew members eject safely after two Navy jets crash during air show in Idaho
All four crew members ejected safely after two Navy jets collided and crashed Sunday during an air show at the Mountain Home Air Force ... -
Putin to visit Chinese leader Xi Jinping days after Trump’s trip to Beijing
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a two-day trip to Beijing this week, the Kremlin said Saturday. The ... -
Ukraine conducts large-scale drone strikes on Russia, killing 4 and wounding a dozen others
One of Ukraine’s largest drone strikes on Russia killed at least four people, including three near Moscow, and wounded a dozen others, local authorities ... -
WHO declares global health emergency over Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and neighboring Uganda a public health emergency of international concern yesterday after more than ... -
Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga dies in custody in The Hague at age 91
A Rwandan suspect charged in connection with the 1994 genocide died in a hospital while in custody in The Hague, Netherlands, a U.N. court said Saturday, ... -
BRICS foreign ministers meet in India as Iran war, oil prices and divisions test the bloc’s unity
Foreign ministers from the BRICS nations began a two-day meeting in New Delhi yesterday as the expanding bloc faces divisions over the war in ... -
Ship is reported seized off the coast of the UAE and is heading toward Iran
A ship anchored off the east coast of the United Arab Emirates has been seized and is heading toward Iranian territorial waters, the British ... -
Trump’s talk of 51st US state met with near-silence in Caracas
Twice this week, U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed interest in turning Venezuela into his country’s 51st state. The latest came via a Truth ... -
Doctor on ship who helped care for passengers leaves medical isolation unit
An oncologist traveling on the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak has been cleared to leave a special biocontainment unit in ... -
UK leadership contenders expected to launch bids to unseat prime minister after days of maneuvering
Efforts to unseat British Prime Minister Keir Starmer are likely to break out into open rebellion yesterday, with one potential rival expected to announce his bid ... -
Rare sanctuary looks after baby bonobos away from poaching threat
Micheline Nzonzi cradled a small and sleepy bonobo, an orphan whose life she will try to save over the next three years or so. ... -
Alternative shows counter Eurovision amid larger protest over Israel’s participation
In an ornate Brussels concert hall, Bashar Murad, a Palestinian songwriter, stood before hundreds and delivered a mournful performance of Nina Simone’s “I Wish ... -
Starmer defiant as calls for his resignation grow and a minister quits
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer told members of his Cabinet yesterday that he has no intention of resigning as calls within his Labour Party ... -
New gang violence in Haiti displaces hundreds of people
A new wave of gang violence in Haiti’s capital forced hundreds to flee their homes over the weekend, leaving families scattered along the road ... -
Group of top executives including Musk and Cook invited to join Trump on trip to China
Top executives from major U.S. tech, finance and industrial firms have been invited to join President Donald Trump on this week’s trip to China, ... -
US and Iran are at an impasse ahead of Trump’s China trip
Iran and the United States reached an impasse again yesterday over how to end their war while their ceasefire grew increasingly shaky, with the ... -
Asia braces for a second wave of energy shocks from the Iran war
Asia’s first defenses against energy shocks from the Iran war are running short and a more consequential second wave of impacts is beginning to ... -
Mount Everest season opens late, with climbers undeterred by huge ice block and high travel costs
An unstable ice block dangerously hanging over the key trail on Mount Everest, high travel costs and increased permit fees haven’t deterred hundreds of climbers ... -
Turner’s vision of news as global and continuous changed both the industry and society itself
When the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986, Beth Knobel, a future TV news correspondent, was in graduate school. Emerging from class, she saw ... -
Rubio arrives for audience with Pope Leo XIV to ease tensions
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio opened a fence-mending visit to the Vatican yesterday after President Donald Trump’s broadsides against Pope Leo XIV and ... -
Two-time Macau GP winner declared unfit for NW200
Two-time winner of the Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix (2024 and 2025), Davey Todd has been declared unfit and ruled out of the North West ... -
Norwegian police arrest a Chinese citizen on spying allegations
Authorities in Norway arrested a Chinese citizen on espionage allegations yesterday in connection with a purported effort to set up a receiver to collect ... -
Hantavirus strain capable of human transmission found in cruise ship
The cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak and which is stuck of the coast of Cape Verde with nearly 150 ... -
Foreign visitors return to Jewish pilgrimage under tight security
The annual Jewish pilgrimage to the 26-century-old El-Ghriba Synagogue in Tunisia drew a modest but notable return of international visitors this year, worshipping together ... -
Some iPhone owners could get up to $95 payment after Apple agrees to settle case for $250 million
Owners of some iPhones are in line to get cash payments of up to $95 from Apple after the company this week reached a ... -
Yerevan hosts historic EU summit, charting course away from Russia
Armenia hosts its first bilateral summit with the European Union yesterday, a landmark diplomatic moment for the Caucasus Mountains nation that has formally declared ... -
Suspected outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship kills 3 people
A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean killed three people, including an elderly married couple, ... -
A European lawmaker is sentenced in a fraud case involving Czech populist leader Andrej Babiš
A Czech court on Monday convicted a former associate of populist Prime Minister Andrej Babiš of fraud and handed her a three-year suspended sentence ... -
Royal recruits boost volunteers as country builds up its military reservists
Their faces daubed with camouflage, the troops emerge almost silently from a forest with Colt C7 rifles slung across their chests. They scan their ... -
Downing Street vows to tackle antisemitism as police probe double stabbing attack
The British government yesterday called antisemitism in the U.K. an “emergency,” and said it would spend millions increasing security around Jewish sites after a ...
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