The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences apologised on Friday after hundreds of its members criticised it for not supporting Oscar-winner Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian who was recently detained by Israeli settlers.
The academy apologised…
Category: 2. World
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The amateur photographers fixing Wikipedia’s ‘terrible’ pictures
Graham FraserTechnology Reporter
Wikipedia/Georges Biard/Frank SunThe actress Laetitia Dosch is one of those to benefit from an improved picture. Wikipedia is one of the most visited websites in the world but, by the admission of some of its own…
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A UN rescue mission, a shoot-out and the injured helicopter pilot
Anne Soy & Lucy FlemingBBC News, Nairobi & London
Ukrainian HelicoptersCaptain Serhiy Muzyka, who started his career in the Soviet army, never dreamt that his final deployment before heading into retirement after 43 years piloting helicopters…
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Polish presidential candidate ridiculed for donning disguise to promote book
They say writers are their own worst critics – but for the man who could become the next President of Poland, nothing could be further from the truth.
Karol Nawrocki has been widely ridiculed after it emerged that several years ago, he donned a…
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American car buyers against Trump’s auto tariff deadline
Ana Faguy & Brandon DrennonBBC News, Washington DC
Watch: US drivers react to Trump’s new auto tariff For two years, Jeannie Dillard has saved what she can on her fixed income to replace the vehicle that was stolen from her home and found totalled…
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Alex Warren was homeless and sleeping in friends’ cars
Jimmy FontaineAlex Warren has kept Chappell Roan off the top of the UK singles chart for the last two weeks Alex Warren is on top of the world.
Ordinary, a song he wrote for his wife Kouvr after their wedding last year, is at number one in six…
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A rediscovered painting which just rewrote Indian art history
A forgotten oil-on-canvas masterpiece by Indian painter MF Husain, rediscovered decades later, has rewritten the record books for Indian art.
Husain’s Untitled (Gram Yatra), a sprawling 14-foot-wide mural, sold for an unprecedented $13.8m…
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Vance scolds Denmark during Greenland trip
US Vice-President JD Vance has accused Denmark of leaving Greenland vulnerable to alleged incursions by China and Russia, as he urged its people to “partner” with the US.
Speaking during a visit to the Arctic island, Vance said he…
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Voices of Resistance echo on International Quds Day in Isfahan
Farzaneh Ashoorioun
Press TV, IsfahanOn the International Quds Day, protesters in the Iranian central city of Isfahan have taken to the streets to express their unwavering…
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Millions mark International Quds Day worldwide
Crowds in millions were on the streets in Iran and around the world to mark the International Quds Day.
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