By Joshua McElwee ROME, May 14 (Reuters) - Pope Leo on Thursday decried rising European military spending, which grew last year by the highest amount since the end of the Cold War amid pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump, saying it was a betrayal of diplomacy. Leo, who
Some awaited films in the pipeline from Catalonia: The Rift Director: Àlex Lora (Inicia Films, Scope Features) Lora’s follow-up to his 2024 Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner, “The Masterpiece,” tells the story of a young man with a Catalan mother and a Moroccan father who
Disruptive Element Films has secured U.K. Global Screen Fund backing for a four-feature slate to be produced in Thailand, launching with “Nak Muay,” a Muay Thai action drama executive produced by Michelle Yeoh and directed by BAFTA-winning writer-director Tinge Krishnan. The
On what a dying patch of turfgrass can teach us about water scarcity, ecological repair, and the lies we tell ourselves about success.
A birthday party in a British pub erupts into drunken dancing, singing and general rowdiness in the first clip from “I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning,” the latest feature from BAFTA-nominated writer/director Clio Barnard. The film — set to have its world premiere in Cannes
International sales have launched on the romance in Cannes.
The stakes are significant, highlighting how the US-China tech rivalry is now snarling even approved trade, leaving the world's most valuable company and dominant chipmaker caught between dueling national priorities.
NASA has announced preliminary plans for Artemis III, its next Moon mission.
Researchers in the UK have shown how the distributions of two phytoplankton groups—known to produce natural toxins that can halt shellfish harvesting—have changed in the North East Atlantic over the last six decades.
The term was popularised by Harvard political scientist Graham Allison in the early 2010s.
President Trump was welcomed by President Xi Jinping in Beijing for what will be a whirlwind tour.
Chinese President Xi Jinping used US President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing to reassure American business leaders that China remains committed to further opening its economy to foreign investment.
Microsoft is on a mission to fix Windows 11, and part of that involves improving the often-frustrating Windows Update experience. While you'll soon be able to pause updates indefinitely, Microsoft is also adding a new feature that automatically rolls back problematic drivers
Norwegian group Kongsberg said in 2018 it had agreed a contract with the Royal Malaysian Navy to supply missiles.
Blerta Basholli’s second feature film “Dua” has just had its world premiere on May 13 during Cannes’ Critics’ Week. It follows Basholli’s film “Hive,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2021, becoming the festival’s only film to ever win the Grand Jury Prize,
For decades, the path from education into work followed a familiar sequence: theory first, application later. That structure is not disappearing, but it is beginning to shift. Ornella Mkrtchyan, director of the Centre for Youth Initiatives, who works at the intersection of
MOSCOW, May 14 - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit China very soon and preparations for the trip are already complete, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
Thursday's ruling was the third time former South Korean POWs have won damages against Kim and North Korea, according to local reports, although none has yet succeeded in collecting compensation.
[Daba Finance] BGFI Holding Corporation listed on the Bourse des Valeurs Mobilières de l'Afrique Centrale on May 7, becoming the first multinational from the CEMAC region to join the exchange's equities market.
Fundraising has proven difficult, and the WFP has raised only eight per cent of 2026’s target amount for Afghanistan.
MoreThan Films has sold North American digital rights to Ion de Sosa’s “Balearic” to Cineverse, which will release the film on its curated arthouse streaming platform Fandor, marking a key deal for one of the company’s Cannes Marché du Film titles. The Barcelona-Berlin-São
It's the lowest point since 2015, with firms blaming geopolitical disruption, a disorderly market and regulation uncertainty. Hungary and Croatia buck the trend.
The UAE denied Netanyahu's office's claim of a secret wartime visit, as Tehran threatened those "colluding with Israel".
Polish production company Lightcraft is expanding the world of its upcoming animated film “Wonderland” with a new TV series toplining Louis Serkis (“28 Years Later: The Bone Temple,” “The Kid Who Would Be King”) slated to premiere next year. The feature film, which stars Roman
The standoff turned the Senate into a shelter to protect fugitives, said analysts.
COL Group has appointed Timothy Oh as chief marketing officer of FlareFlow, adding to his existing role as general manager for international business, as the Shenzhen-listed digital entertainment company announces a wave of senior international hires tied to its next growth
Several viral deepfake clips have spread online with misleading claims about Italy’s relationship with Israel.
A dog gets fed and thinks his person is an omniscient, benevolent being. A cat gets fed and thinks it is. How we see ourselves in this analogy is actually up to each of us, every day. It also tells us a bit about how we think about customers, vendors, and partners.
MOSCOW, May 14 (Reuters) - Russia is establishing a "full-fledged partnership" with Afghanistan's ruling Taliban and is encouraging other countries in the region to expand cooperation with Kabul, a senior Russian security official was quoted on Thursday as saying. Russia last
The question of who are the fifteen most influential philosophers of all time may not arise at every conversation down at the pub — not outside the circle of Open Culture readers, in any case. But even among non-specialists, it could spark a livelier debate than you might
An international team of scientists has discovered that methane hydrates beneath the northwest Greenland continental shelf became rapidly destabilized by meltwater, releasing large stores of methane during ice-sheet retreat across the continental shelf.
A new type of long-necked plant-eating dinosaur—the largest ever found in Southeast Asia—has been revealed in a study led by researchers at University College London (UCL), Mahasarakham University, Suranaree University of Technology and Sirindhorn Museum in Thailand.
The fallout continues from Donald Trump’s startling rant admitting that he isn’t concerned with how the Iran war is impacting Americans’ finances. On Wednesday, JD Vance , Mike Johnson , and numerous other Republicans struggled to spin away the damage, but they appeared visibly
As Israel and Hezbollah exchange fire, dozens of volunteers eat, sleep and pray at a small hospital, waiting to respond to the next airstrike.
"Virtually synonymous with artistic daring and technical excellence, Rossellini has long fused the technical brilliance of Hollywood with the European spirit of artistic fearlessness."
The Locarno Film Festival will honor Isabella Rossellini with its Excellence Award that pays tribute to film personalities who are making their mark on contemporary cinema. Rossellini — whose most recent credits include Alice Rohrwacher’s “La Chimera” (2023) and Edward Berger’s
Congress lawmakers chose 61-year-old veteran leader V.D. Satheesan.
The Horizon Festival's going to Japan, finally.
The US is Taiwan’s most important international backer despite the absence of formal diplomatic ties.
Chinese officials are using a different transliterated character for the secretary of state's name, perhaps to allow him to visit without lifting a 2020 ban.
Latvian Prime Minister Evika Siliņa announced on Thursday she will resign, triggering the collapse of the country's governing coalition ahead of key October parliamentary elections.
High-minded appeals to good government are out. Ruthless partisan tactics are in.
Donald Trump has landed in Beijing for a summit that feels less like diplomacy and more like a Silicon Valley board meeting. And he hasn’t just brought officials; he has arrived with an "AI Cabinet" to navigate a high-stakes tech cold war.
[UN News] Africa's rising influence is being constrained by outdated global institutions, unfair borrowing costs and cascading global crises, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned in Addis Ababa, as the United Nations and African Union reaffirmed their strategic
[IPS] Cairo -- The word heard most often at a two-day parliamentary forum in Cairo last week was not "commitment"; it was "follow-up." And the difference mattered.
[Premium Times] The Minister warns that Africa remains trapped by a "prejudice premium" in global finance, calling for urgent reforms to unlock affordable capital and drive industrial growth across the continent.
Cuba lost the source for around half its fuel needs when US forces snatched Venezuela’s president in a stunning January raid, with his successor complying with US pressure not to aid the island.