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Movies by cinema heavyweights dominate Cannes Film Festival lineup
New York Times, Published on 10/04/2026
» NEW YORK — Movies by some of cinema’s most revered directors are among the 21 titles that will compete for the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the event’s organisers announced Thursday, revealing a lineup that leans heavily toward auteur filmmakers.
Cuttlefish dazzle mates with light patterns invisible to humans
New York Times, Published on 27/01/2026
» NEW YORK - Many of the snazziest decorations in the animal kingdom are charm offensives, put on by creatures trying to mate. While some of these adornments, like a peacock’s tail feathers or a moose’s antlers, are obvious even to humans, others can be perceived only with sensory capabilities that we do not have.
A vintage Kabul cinema finally falls to Taliban bulldozers
New York Times, Published on 24/12/2025
» KABUL — A movie theatre that bore witness to Afghanistan’s modern history — from the cosmopolitan vibrancy of the 1960s to the silencing and repression that followed not one but two Taliban takeovers — has been razed to make way for a shopping mall.
Why Thailand’s politics are in constant crisis
New York Times, Published on 29/08/2025
» It is the enduring paradox of politics in Thailand.
SpaceX Starship launch ends with dramatic water landing
New York Times, Published on 20/11/2024
» BROWNSVILLE — The late-afternoon launch brought United States President-elect Donald Trump to the company's South Texas launch site along the Gulf of Mexico for a show of solidarity with Elon Musk, SpaceX's founder and the world's richest man, who helped catapult the former president back to the White House.
Power outage plunges all of Cuba into darkness
New York Times, Published on 19/10/2024
» HAVANA - Cuba's power grid failed, and the entire nation plunged into darkness Friday, less than a day after the government stressed the need to paralyse the economy to save electricity in the face of major gasoline shortages and large-scale, regular outages.
Qantas apologises for showing R-rated film with nudity to entire flight
New York Times, Published on 09/10/2024
» Sit back, relax and enjoy the … nudity and sexting?
New 'Lord of the Rings' movie will put Gollum centre stage
New York Times, Published on 11/05/2024
» NEW YORK - The next movie in the "Lord of the Rings" franchise will focus on Gollum, one of the series' most recognisable characters, Warner Bros Pictures announced on Thursday.
Vatican says gender change, surrogacy are threats to human dignity
New York Times, Published on 09/04/2024
» ROME — The Vatican on Monday issued a new document approved by Pope Francis stating that the church believes that gender-fluidity and transition surgery, as well as surrogacy, amount to affronts to human dignity.
'Oppenheimer' sweeps the BAFTAs with 7 awards including best film
New York Times, Published on 20/02/2024
» LONDON - "Oppenheimer", Christopher Nolan's blockbuster movie about the development of the atomic bomb, swept the board at the EE British Academy Film Awards in London on Sunday.