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Russia's claimed Bakhmut win is anything but: experts
AFP, Published on 21/05/2023
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Whether Bakhmut has fallen or not, Moscow is being pulled deeper into an ever more costly fight for the frontline city as Kyiv readies a major offensive, experts said.
Scorsese on why he kept out of Cannes competition
AFP, Published on 21/05/2023
» CANNES (FRANCE) - Martin Scorsese told AFP on Sunday that he had kept his film out of the main competition at Cannes because it was "time for others" to shine.
Macron makes first French presidential visit to Mongolia
AFP, Published on 21/05/2023
» ULAANBAATAR - Emmanuel Macron on Sunday made a brief but symbolic visit to Mongolia, the first by a French president to the country nestled between China and Russia that is of growing strategic interest in the West.
German police say probing suspected poisoning of Russian exiles
AFP, Published on 21/05/2023
» German police are investigating the possible poisoning of exiled Russians after a journalist and an activist reported health problems following a Berlin meeting of dissidents, a spokesman for the force said on Sunday.
Battles rage hours after Sudan rivals agree to ceasefire
AFP, Published on 21/05/2023
» KHARTOUM - Residents of Sudan's capital again awoke to heavy clashes Sunday morning just hours after rival generals agreed to an upcoming one-week ceasefire amid ongoing talks in Saudi Arabia.
DiCaprio and Scorsese score raves at star-packed Cannes
AFP, Published on 21/05/2023
» CANNES (FRANCE) - Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese were set for a victory lap at Cannes on Sunday after their Native American crime epic, "Killers of the Flower Moon" scored rave reviews, while the festival prepared to bow down before Jude Law as King Henry VIII.
55% of mainland Chinese back full-scale war to take control of Taiwan: poll
South China Morning Post, Published on 21/05/2023
» Just over half of mainland Chinese support a full-scale war to take control of Taiwan, according to a new survey that offers a rare insight into public opinion as Beijing takes an increasingly assertive stance towards the island.
Rally against senators planned for May 23
Post Reporters, Published on 21/05/2023
» A rally has been planned for May 23 in front of Parliament in Bangkok's Kiak Kai area to apply pressure on the 250 members of the Senate not to vote against the people's resolve for the Move Forward Party to form a government with Pita Limjaroenrat as prime minister.
Women don't always have to be the good guys: Natalie Portman
AFP, Published on 21/05/2023
» CANNES (FRANCE) - A darker side of female sexuality was on display in Cannes in a film portraying a woman who seduced a schoolboy and built a picture-perfect life with him after a tabloid scandal.
New govt coalition parties yet to agree terms
Post Reporters, Published on 21/05/2023
» Potential governing coalition parties have yet to agree on the terms of a memorandum of understanding expected to be announced on Monday, according to a senior Move Forward Party (MFP) official.