At the International Film Festival of India, Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Abhijat Joshi turned their on-stage conversation into a lively mix of performance, memory and craft, as Chopra sang, enacted scenes from his early struggles and unpacked how each phase of his life shaped films
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A Hamas delegation was in Cairo on Sunday to meet with Gaza war mediators, an Egyptian security source and a Hamas source said, as both Israel and the Palestinian militant group continue to trade accusations of ceasefire violations. The Hamas
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A new strain of the flu called subclade K could make for a particularly nasty flu season across the country, according to public health experts. The strain already caused Japan to declare an influenza epidemic. The United Kingdom's flu season started a month earlier than
You had to go through a metal detector to get to the Children’s Health Defense conference, held in Austin, Texas, on November 7–9, and conversation on the first morning buzzed about it. At the Make America Healthy Again symposium that convened the next week, Health and Human
Nostalgia is rising in Congo for Mobutu Sese Seko — the kleptocratic strongman as a new museum exhibit glorifying him draws crowds in Kinshasa.
Legal experts and White House critics are worried the Justice Department (DOJ) could become a piggy bank for those with grievances as President Trump and a number of his allies pursue million-dollar settlement claims. While Trump’s push for $230 million in compensation for two
Kilauea volcano has been erupting at semiregular intervals since late last year, shooting spectacular lava fountains that remain safely contained within its summit crater.
Kaizad Gustad has returned to filmmaking after more than a decade with “Lala & Poppy,” a pioneering love story centered on two transgender characters, making its world premiere at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa. The film marks a significant departure in
A number of international carriers canceled flights to and from Venezuela Saturday after a warning from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) of a "potentially hazardous situation" in the region.
The New Zealand Film Commission is mounting a push into the Indian market, unveiling enhanced incentive packages while seeking to revitalize a largely dormant co-production treaty that has been utilized just once in 15 years. Speaking to Variety ahead of the WAVES Film Bazaar
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff are leading the United States delegation meeting with Ukraine's senior government officials.
The most useful definition of quality: It meets spec. The hard part isn’t putting in enormous effort to somehow beat the spec. The hard part is setting the spec properly. If you’re not happy with the change you’re making and the customer experience, change the spec. And when
Many countries supported reversing an earlier stringent recommendation.
Tens of thousands of Israelis have left over the past two years, and many are young and well-educated, raising concerns over economic and social consequences.
Ester Souza, the 8-year-old daughter of pastors in rural São Paulo state, has millions of social media followers.
Again and again, teenage Afghan refugee Soraya Akhalaghi refers to herself and her fellow displaced migrants as “playing a game.” Only some way into “A Fox Under a Pink Moon” — a candid and urgent documentary about her years-long struggle to enter Europe — do we learn what she
After more than two years of renovation, Camp Nou welcomed back 45,000 Barcelona fans for an emotional and long-awaited homecoming.
The Houthis accused the defendants of working for foreign intelligence, including the Mossad, 'which led to the targeting of several military, security and civilian sites resulting in the death of dozens and widespread destruction of infrastructure'
HONG KONG - Chinese Premier Li Qiang welcomed increased participation from Italian companies in the Chinese market and expressed hope for a fair and non-discriminatory environment for Chinese investors in Italy, the state-run Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.
JUNO is one of three high-end facilities at the frontier of the detection and study of neutrinos.
This comes as part of the government's plan to improve children’s online safety.
The actress and singer has not commented on the incident, but appeared visibly shaken by it.
Barbara Broccoli’s Eon Productions, the former producer of the James Bond franchise, and Qatar’s newly launched Film Committee are jointly producing a film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “Othello,” directed and starring David Oyelowo, and also featuring Rachel Brosnahan
HONG KONG - Chinese Premier Li Qiang welcomed increased participation from Italian companies in the Chinese market and expressed hope for a fair and non-discriminatory environment for Chinese investors in Italy, the state-run Xinhua news agency said on Sunday.
The White House said that Rubio and Trump envoy Steve Witkoff worked on the widely leaked 28-point US-backed peace proposal for a month, with participation from both Russians and Ukrainians.
Ideas about Vikings and Norse mythology come mostly from much later medieval sources, leaving plenty of room for reinterpretation. Over centuries, writers, politicians, and artists reshaped these stories to reflect their own worldviews, from romantic heroism to dangerous
The authorities in landlocked Ethiopia have ratcheted up rhetoric over access to an Eritrean port.
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Japan was crossing a red line that must not be touched.
The Malaysian government was mobilising efforts to bring back approximately 4,000 Malaysians affected by floods in Hat Yai.
The woman was found with severe bedsores on her lower body and maggots across her body.
From woolly mammoths to giant sloths, via some lesser-known ice-age beasts like 'killer koalas', the visuals in this documentary are simply astounding
Alison Gaffney believes her son’s rare leukaemia was caused by dumped toxic waste from the town’s steelworks Alison Gaffney and Andy Hinde received the devastating news that their 17-month-old son, Fraser, had a rare type of leukaemia in 2018. Two years of gruelling treatment
Cross-party coalition behind proposals hope eco-friendly scheme for million people could begin before end of decade In the next few years, spades could be in the ground for a city made of wood, in the middle of the largest new nature reserve created in England in decades, with
The dispute stems from a viral overcharging scandal that broke out in October.
The five-day operation was carried out on gambling and fraud hub Shwe Kokko.
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan praised a deal reached with Australia on Saturday to host next year's U.N. climate summit, calling the compromise a meaningful achievement for multilateralism. Resolving a lengthy standoff, the two countries agreed that Turkey
Relentless rain has lashed south-central Vietnam since late October and popular holiday destinations have been hit by several rounds of flooding.
“Bilyarista,” a billiards drama starring Venice Film Festival best actor winner John Arcilla and featuring cameo appearances from legendary pool players Efren “Bata” Reyes and Francisco “Django” Bustamante, is making its world premiere at the 56th International Film Festival of
