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East Africa: Deputy PM Temesgen Calls for Regional Ownership of Security in East Africa

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Grab 900 of your closest internet strangers and hit the road, online.

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Billy Howle to Star in WWII Survival Drama ‘Turret’ Alongside Sawyer Spielberg, Moonrise Launching Sales (EXCLUSIVE)

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Samuel L. Jackson, Eva Green and Maria Pedraza Team for Thriller ‘Just Play Dead,’ Highland Film Group Selling in Cannes

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Energy savings and lower bills for EU consumers with new electrical appliances standards

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Viola Davis’ Ashé Ventures Boards Maria Farinha Filmes’ Biopic of Trailblazing Black Gymnast Daiane dos Santos (EXCLUSIVE)

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Robin Campillo on Losing Friend Laurent Cantet and Finishing His Coming of Age Drama ‘Enzo’: ‘It Was About Joyfully Continuing What He Started’

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Ukraine’s Sergei Loznitsa on Cannes Competitor ‘Two Prosecutors’ and Budding Trump-Putin Alliance: Totalitarian Threat ‘Looming on the Horizon’

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For Trump and Saudi Arabia, securing an Iran nuclear deal comes before Gaza

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Cannes Rising Star: Meet Harris Dickinson’s French ‘Urchin’ Gem, Megan Northam

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Film Factory Nabs Barcelona Attacks Thriller (EXCLUSIVE)

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India’s little war hands Pakistan wins on multiple fronts

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Ghost in the machine? Rogue communication devices found in Chinese inverters

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Inside the European centres favoured for cross-border tax planning

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Ukraine’s Film.UA Scores Deals on Slate Led by Live-Action Fantasy Feature ‘Mavka. The True Myth,’ Horror Film ‘The Witch. Revenge’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Buzzy Sentient AI Thriller ‘Hot Spot’ From Agnieszka Smoczynska Finds French Distribution With The Jokers (EXCLUSIVE)

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Thai Musical ‘Dream!’ Lands Distribution Deal as the Thailand Creative Cultural Agency Readies Its Cannes Debut (EXCLUSIVE)

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Human Rights Watch warns of migrant worker deaths in 2034 World Cup host Saudi Arabia

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Latest news bulletin | May 14th – Morning

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'Go back to Ukraine': War refugees complain of abuse in Poland

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‘Tinsel Town,’ Starring Kiefer Sutherland and Rebel Wilson, Closes First Deals, Debuts First-Look Image (EXCLUSIVE)

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Fatih Akin’s ‘Amrum’ Sells to First Territories Ahead of World Premiere in Cannes (EXCLUSIVE)

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Commission disbursed the third payment of €293 million to Latvia under the Recovery and Resilience Facility

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Africa: UN80 Initiative - Equipping the Organization in an Era of Extraordinary Uncertainty

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Africa: Staff Union Demands Full and Active Participation in Ongoing Negotiations On UN Reforms

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Africa: Novalima Leads the Dance With Ramón Perez Prieto

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Africa: Protecting and Promoting Whistleblowers in South Africa - Reflections From Year One

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Africa: Number of Internally Displaced Breaks New Record With No Let-Up in Conflicts, Disasters

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Africa: As Funding Cuts Bite, UN Chief Announces New Dawn for Peacekeeping

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East Africa: UNHCR and Comesa Forge Strategic Partnership to Enhance Support to Displaced Populations in Southern and Eastern Africa

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Africa: New Faces New Voices South Africa Joins Regional Movement to Redefine Women's Financial Inclusion

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Africa: AI Can Be a Danger to Students - 3 Things Universities Must Do

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Africa: African Solutions Have Not Solved the Great Lakes Problems

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Cannes: Hong Sangsoo’s ‘What Does That Nature Say to You’ Closes Key Sales

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UK House of Lords backs amendment to AI bill thanks to peer vote that forces companies to reveal copyrighted material used in training AI models

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Prada Foundation Launches Film Fund Managed by Former Directors’ Fortnight Chief Paolo Moretti (EXCLUSIVE)

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Wild chimpanzees filmed using forest 'first aid'

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Cannes: Jackie Chan’s ‘The Shadow’s Edge’ Sells Wide

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Plane crash victims' families file complaint against Jeju Air CEO

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Health experts affirm slight increase in China’s Covid-19 cases reflects normal viral fluctuation

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Cercamon Launches Genre Label Vorteks (EXCLUSIVE)

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Thailand’s edible insect market poised for explosive growth

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Taiwan’s Vie Vision Pictures Boards Cross-Cultural Action Comedy ‘Demon Hunters’ at Cannes Market (EXCLUSIVE)

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Trump expected to meet Syrian leader after announcing he will lift sanctions

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French President Macron returns to national stage with big words but few concrete announcements

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‘Billion Dollar Spy’ First Look: Russell Crowe and Harry Lawtey Share Secrets in Cold War Espionage Thriller (EXCLUSIVE)

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Trump’s Middle East trip coincides with a big week for Turkey’s Erdogan

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Chimpanzees use medicinal leaves to perform first aid, scientists discover

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