Oscar hopeful “Anatomy of a Fall” was narrowly bested by a beastly sci-fi thriller in the nominations race for France’s answer to the Academy Awards… Read More »Sci-fi thriller ‘The Animal Kingdom’ tops nominations for France’s Cesar awards
A curfew is imposed after a row over cattle leaves eight dead during ethnic and religious clashes.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi flew to Turkey on Wednesday for twice-delayed talks aimed at ironing out past differences between the two neighbours and trying to… Read More »Iran’s Raisi set to meet Erdogan in Turkey in push to halt spread of Israel-Hamas war
Ukrainian war correspondent Mstyslav Chernov has been described as one of the best documentary filmmakers of our time. He risked his life to film the lives… Read More »Journalist Mstyslav Chernov on ‘bittersweet’ Oscar nod for ’20 days in Mariupol’
A fertility breakthrough offers hope for saving the northern white rhino from extinction.
Russia said Wednesday that an IL-76 military transport plane carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war had crashed in the western Belgorod region, bordering Ukraine.
Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday cleared reformist political leader Pita Limjaroenrat in a case that could have seen him banned from parliament, and reinstated him… Read More »Thai court clears, reinstates reformist ex-PM candidate Pita as lawmaker
Ghana sack boss Chris Hughton after the Black Stars suffered a group-stage exit from the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
German train drivers began on Wednesday their longest-ever strike, piling on travel misery for thousands of passengers in an escalating industrial dispute that economic experts… Read More »Fears over economy grow as German train strike could cost up to a billion euros
Argentine President Javier Milei faces the first major challenge to his budget-slashing policies Wednesday as workers are expected to down tools in their thousands and… Read More »Thousands of workers in Argentina to protest against Milei’s budget cuts
