The son of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas won a seat on Fatah's top decision-making body on Sunday, as initial results emerged from the Palestinian movement's first congress in a decade. The congress came as Fatah faces existential challenges in the wake of the Gaza war.
The Adventures of Sir Kicksalot is out now
The Tashkent International Jazz Festival brought together artists from Europe, the Americas and Central Asia through a series of free open-air performances. Organisers say audience numbers and international interest are increasingly growing.
The products lacked quarantine certificates and did not meet veterinary hygiene standards.
Director Raya Martin is set to make his feature filmmaking comeback with “Obosen,” a folkloric horror thriller being developed at Philippines-based independent studio Rein Entertainment and headed to Cannes Film Festival’s Producer’s Network. “Obosen” follows a policewoman
“Fall” and “Shazam!” star Grace Caroline Currey is set to lead the cast of upcoming elevated crime thriller “Dead Miles,” being launched in the Cannes market by VMI Worldwide. The film — from Minds Eye Entertainment — is being directed and written by Tom Levesque (“Shut Eye”)
Chad Michael Murray will star in the upcoming drama feature “Disconnecting Peter.” The film centers on a fractured family grappling with unresolved trauma stemming from a past tragedy. Peter Ruck (Murray), a troubled husband and father, finds himself trapped by his own
While Germany’s automotive sector is coming under growing pressure, defence companies are increasingly eyeing its factories, skilled workers and industrial expertise.
Javier Bardem thinks the tide is turning in terms of speaking up for Palestine in Hollywood, telling a Cannes Film Festival press conference on Sunday that “everyone is beginning to realize … this is unacceptable.” The Oscar-winning Spanish actor, who is at Cannes with his
The 2022 World Cup failed to deliver on its environmental promises. From air travel emissions to heat-related dangers, the 2026 edition will be even worse Soccer fans are increasingly watching preparations for the 2026 World Cup through their fingers. The most popular sporting
Boruto's bumpy 10-year legacy is tempered by the promising pivot made by Part II.
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President Trump’s ironclad grip on Congress is beginning to show signs of strain, as Republicans increasingly break from him in major legislative fights and seek to push their own priorities instead. While Trump still commands significant influence within the party, a growing
Black Democrats on Capitol Hill are up in arms over the GOP effort to purge Congress of minority districts, accusing Republicans of silencing Black voters and, in the process, undermining decades of civil rights advancements. Many are framing the debate in existential terms,
"Dried apricots 12 months ago were £35 for a 12kg box, now they're £100 a box," says cheesemonger.
The attack, the largest and most deadly on Russia's capital region since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, showed Kyiv’s increasing ability to carry out long-range strikes.
For more than three centuries, Les Invalides in Paris has been a hospice for wounded soldiers, Holocaust survivors and more recently victims of the Bataclan bombings. Its mission was initiated by Louis XIV in the 17th century. Now, its ageing facilities are undergoing a major
Eleven years after stunning Cannes with the searing Holocaust drama “Son of Saul,” which won the Grand Prix and went on to earn the Oscar for best international feature, Hungarian filmmaker Laszlo Nemes returns to the Croisette with another harrowing journey into WWII in
KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 - Two prominent former Malaysian ministers announced on Sunday they would vacate their parliamentary seats and resign from Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s ruling party to join a new party that they have taken over.
Keanu Reeves is getting into samurai mode. The actor is set to voice the lead in “Hidari,” the stop-motion feature from Masashi Kawamura that he’s expanded from his viral proof-of-concept short film. The action-packed feature takes inspiration from accounts of the life of
The feature expands the director's 2023 viral proof-of-concept short, which has drawn nearly 5 million views on YouTube.
He was charged with negligence causing death and serious injury.
Cesar-winning French producer Sylvie Pialat is in Cannes with one of the most eclectic slates on the Croisette, ranging from an alpine revenge thriller from Argentine auteur Pablo Fendrik, a geopolitical drama about Augusto Pinochet starring Sebastian Stan and Ana de Armas, and
Industry experts say the incidents are unlikely to dent demand – and cruise lines are still forecasting record passenger numbers worldwide this year.
Northumberland journalist Kate Pasola says there is a need to break down socioeconomic barriers.
Kino Lorber has acquired North American distribution rights to Mark Cousins’ “The Story of Documentary Film,” a 16-volume history of the medium that examines over a century of global nonfiction cinema. In addition to the North American deal, the film has sold internationally to
We can search for the perfect option or settle for something better than we have right now. The search for perfect never ends, and it’s a great place to hide. Would you rather wait for the perfect job, or take this new one, which is better than the one you have? The perfect
Twickenham Film Studios has launched Twickenham Investment Services, a new FCA-regulated introducer business that connects film and television producers with specialist insurance brokers, beginning with a partnership with Miller Insurance Services. The initiative was unveiled
There were no big breakthroughs but also no blunders, and the summit positioned Xi Jinping as a leader at the height of his power seeking global stability.
MANILA, May 17 - Philippine government lawyers have urged the Supreme Court to reject the bid of fugitive Senator Ronald dela Rosa, who is wanted for alleged crimes against humanity linked to his role in a bloody \"war on drugs\", to block his arrest and surrender.
The free River Beaches app maps more than 130 inland swimming spots across Portugal, as travellers increasingly swap crowded coastal resorts for quieter freshwater escapes in mountains and forests.
President Lai Ching-te said only the Taiwanese people can decide their future.
TAIPEI, May 17 - The expression \"Taiwan independence\" means the island neither belongs to nor is subordinate to Beijing and that only the Taiwanese people can decide their future, President Lai Ching-te said on Sunday.
Despite the ban on disposables, waste professionals say the mountain of discarded devices is a £1bn-a-year issue It is 2pm and Ana, 47, has just started the afternoon shift at the Suez recycling plant near Birmingham city centre, standing beneath a sign reading “Non-ferrous
Rome Kanda (“Maniac,” “The Informant!”) and Kuroki Hitomi (“Tokyo Tower,” “Dark Water”) star in “Ohenro,” a Japanese-language drama written and directed by Joshua Woodcock (“One Night in Tokyo”). Produced by Sean Patrick Burke of 222 Pictures and Andrew Cantella of Kitsune
[allAfrica] The death of former Botswana president Festus Mogae should force Africa into an uncomfortable but necessary conversation: why does staying too long in power so often end badly on our continent?
Datuk Seri Rafizi was formerly economy minister and deputy president of PM Anwar’s PKR.
The former Beatle also plays a surprise encore to close out the season finale
Students complained of dizziness, nausea and vomiting, though most only required light medical examinations.
Ukraine's president says the strikes are a "justified" response to deadly Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities.
Emotion Pictures, the newly launched English-language commercial film banner from Vendôme Group, Pathé and Merit France, will produce the feature film “Muppets in Moscow” in partnership with Riley Keough and Gina Gammell’s Felix Culpa. Charles Randolph, the Oscar-winning
The pay-one window is gone, the presale market has dried up and dealmaking at Cannes is at a standstill. But the audience for independent film hasn’t gone anywhere — it’s just waiting to be reached in new ways.
The BBC Politics London show asks three bodies which policies could improve Londoners' lives.
The agency added that the outbreak, with around 246 cases and 80 deaths, does not meet the criteria of pandemic emergency.
