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Cannes Film Festival 2024: What can we expect?
Reuters, Published on 07/05/2024
» BERLIN - The Cannes Film Festival will bring together the industry's biggest luminaries in southern France next week to celebrate cinema, with Hollywood stars including George Lucas, Meryl Streep and Demi Moore expected to grace the red carpet.
Divers take on 'ghost gear' threatening marine life
Reuters, Published on 20/04/2024
» PHUKET - Beneath the surface of the turquoise waters off a beach on this southern resort island, divers laboriously collect abandoned fishing gear, much of it made from plastic, that is tangled on coral and trapping sea life.
Japan starts ammonia co-firing trial at coal power station
Reuters, Published on 01/04/2024
» TOKYO - Japan's top power generator, JERA, said on Monday it has begun a demonstration of co-firing 20% of ammonia with coal at its Hekinan thermal power station in central Japan, in what it said is the world's first trial using a large amount of the gas at a major commercial plant.
Alec Baldwin asks judge to dismiss charges in 'Rust' shooting
Reuters, Published on 15/03/2024
» NEW MEXICO - Actor Alec Baldwin's lawyers on Thursday asked a judge to dismiss manslaughter charges against him for the 2021 fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during filming of a Western movie, alleging prosecutorial misconduct.
Tech activists write code to save migrants
Reuters, Published on 27/02/2024
» LONDON - When a migrant rescue non-profit asked Nik Zemke if he could design an app to pinpoint ships in distress in the Mediterranean, the German web developer headed to a hackers' convention to look for like-minded volunteers.
Timeline: Ousted PM Thaksin Shinawatra's life in politics
Reuters, Published on 18/02/2024
» Thailand's controversial billionaire former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole on Sunday after serving six months in detention.
Israel bombards Gaza, with biggest functioning hospital under siege
Reuters, Published on 17/02/2024
» CAIRO - Gaza's largest functioning hospital was under siege on Friday in Israel's war with Islamist group Hamas, leaving patients and doctors helpless in the chaos as warplanes struck Rafah, the last refuge for Palestinians in the enclave, officials said.
Blackpink's Lisa to join 'White Lotus' cast
Reuters, Published on 13/02/2024
» BOSTON - Blackpink singer Lisa will appear in season 3 of the popular United States television series "The White Lotus", making her acting debut and becoming the second member of the popular South Korean K-pop girl group to appear on HBO.
King Charles diagnosed with cancer just 18 months into reign
Reuters, Published on 06/02/2024
» LONDON - After spending more than seven decades waiting to become sovereign, Britain's King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer less than 18 months since he ascended to the throne.
Beijing court gives Australian writer Yang suspended death sentence
Reuters, Published on 05/02/2024
» SYDNEY - A Beijing court on Monday handed Australian writer Yang Hengjun a suspended death sentence, a family friend said, five years after he was first detained in China and three years after a closed-door trial on espionage charges.