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‘Recovered’ Assange promotes documentary at Cannes
AFP, Published on 21/05/2025
» CANNES, France - Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has recovered well after his release from jail last year, his wife told AFP ahead of the premiere of a documentary on Wednesday that includes never-seen-before footage of the whistleblower.
Ranked: 12 best Asian films of 2022, with trailers
South China Morning Post, Published on 22/12/2022
» Tom Cruise and James Cameron may be vying for global box office dominance this year, but there has been no shortage of films emerging from Asia to delight, inspire and provoke audiences around the world.
Hong Kong bans film over one-second scene showing 2014 protest
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/08/2022
» Hong Kong censors have banned an award-winning animation from being shown over a one-second scene depicting the 2014 pro-democracy protests, local media reported, in the latest sign of free speech curbs in the finance hub.
Cybersecurity firm McAfee being sold, $14bn deal
AFP, Published on 09/11/2021
» NEW YORK: US cybersecurity firm McAfee announced on Monday it will be sold to a group of investors for more than $14 billion, just over a year after going public.
Hong Kong protest documentary gets late Cannes slot
AFP, Published on 16/07/2021
» CANNES: The Cannes film festival is set to screen a documentary on the 2019 crackdown on Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement on Friday, potentially risking diplomatic tensions with China.
Carey Mulligan to star in feature film on Weinstein scandal
Life, Reuters, Published on 09/06/2021
» The first Hollywood feature film to focus directly on the Harvey Weinstein scandal is due to start production in the summer, Universal Pictures said on Monday.
From Oscar Wilde to suffragettes, new UK museum tells story of policing London
AFP, Published on 28/05/2021
» LONDON: Old police cells, including a so-called drunk tank, have been restored as historical exhibits in London's newest museum, charting the advent and evolution of policing in the British capital.
Exposing the bad boy tycoons of India
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 23/10/2020
» Despite an earnest effort by Netflix's docuseries Bad Boy Billionaires: India to document the rise and fall of men behind financial deceit such as Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Subrata Roy -- best described as a bunch of "has-beens" whose amoral behaviour eventually led to their fall from grace -- it does little to shed new evidence about their cases.
Chinese tourists skip Hong Kong for Singapore
South China Morning Post, Published on 02/10/2019
» For months, Ye Rongchang and his wife had been planning to travel to Hong Kong for the week-long National Day holiday.
Anger greets Jackie Chan’s Hong Kong comments
South China Morning Post, Published on 16/08/2019
» Martial arts legend Jackie Chan has said he hopes Hong Kong “can return to peace soon” after finally breaking his silence on the protests that have rocked his home city.