‘REALITY’: One documentary feature shines light on one victim of Israel’s war on Gaza, while a film by Gazan exile twins tells a story of life in the territory
Israel might ban international media from entering Gaza, but the war in the Palestinian territory is to feature at the Cannes film festival this year, including in a documentary whose protagonist was killed in an Israeli strike.Fatima Hassouna, a 25-year-old Gazan photojournalist, is the main charac
A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus.Its uncontrolled entry was confirmed by both the Russian Space Agency and EU Space Surveillance and Tracking. The Russians indicated it came down over the Indian Ocean, but some experts we
South Korea’s embattled conservative party canceled then reinstated the presidential candidacy of Kim Moon-soo within hours as internal turmoil escalated ahead of the June 3 election.Saturday’s chaotic U-turn, after a failed attempt to replace Kim with former South Korean prime minister Han Duck-soo
An overcrowded bus carrying dozens of Buddhist pilgrims plummeted into a precipice in Sri Lanka yesterday, killing at least 21 and injuring 24, a senior transport official said.The nation’s winding roads are among the most dangerous in the world, and the crash off a cliffside road was among the dead
Business is booming at Japanese discount chain Don Quijote, which sells everything from nostril-hair wax to compact gadgets and colorful party costumes, thanks to its cult status among tourists but also inflation at home.At a large Don Quijote store in Tokyo’s bustling Shibuya district, hundreds of
A fire dancer makes a heart shape at the Bealtaine fire festival, marking the beginning of summer at the Hill of Uisneach in Rathnew, Ireland, on Saturday. The ancient Celtic festival celebrates the arrival of summer in May each year.
THEIR BALL: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that it was now only up to Moscow if it wanted to enable peace by accepting Ukraine’s 30-day ceasefire offer
The leaders of the UK, France, Germany and Poland arrived in Kyiv yesterday for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a show of unity a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted his allies in a Victory Day parade on Red Square in Moscow.The summit is to discuss a US and Europ
PARTY TURMOIL: The move came as the two aspirants failed to agree to unify their candidacies, and it would still have to be confirmed by the party committee
South Korea’s embattled conservative party has taken the unprecedented step of nullifying its primary and replacing presidential candidate Kim Moon-soo with former South Korean prime minister Han Duck-soo just one week after Kim’s selection, deepening internal turmoil ahead of the June 3 presidentia
Myanmar’s junta chief met Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) for the first time since seizing power, state media reported yesterday, the highest-level meeting with a key ally for the internationally sanctioned military leader.Senior General Min Aung Hlaing led a military coup in 2021, overthrowing M
A senior White House official said on Friday that US President Donald Trump, as part of his sweeping immigration crackdown, is looking at suspending habeas corpus, the right of a person to challenge their detention in court.“The Constitution is clear, and that, of course, is the supreme law of the l
Journalists are facing raids and terrorism charges in Ethiopia as the media denounces a renewed “climate of fear” ahead of elections next year. There had been hopes for greater press freedom after Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed took power in 2018, with exiled journalists encouraged to return.Ho
The idyllic campus of Villanova University is ecstatic since the election of American Robert Prevost to the highest seat of the Catholic Church.It is where “Father Bob” studied math decades ago, before climbing the steps of the Vatican.In the verdant suburb of Philadelphia, locals, professors and st
A Buddhist monk prays before a statue inside a stupa at Borobudur Temple, the world’s largest Buddhist monument and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia, ahead of Waisak, or Vesak Day, yesterday. Vesak is the most sacred day for Buddhists, commemorating the birth, enlig
‘MODERATE’: With roots in the US and Latin America, Pope Leo XIV steps into the papacy with a message of peace and continuity, following in the footsteps of Francis
Robert Francis Prevost — who has chosen the papal name Leo XIV — might not be the Latin American Jesuit wildcard that his predecessor, Pope Francis, was, but his election is similarly historic.In the figure of the 69-year-old former head of the Augustinian order, the Roman Catholic church has its ve
Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad is giving US President Donald Trump three months before his fellow Americans force him to rethink his stringent global tariff strategy, accusing the US leader of “living in an old world.”In an interview two months ahead of his 100th birthday, the plai
POWER: World War II is a rare event in the nation’s communist-era history that is revered across society. The Soviet Union lost 27 million people in the war
Russia marked the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II with a massive military parade on Red Square yesterday attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin and a slew of foreign leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da
China and Russia pledged to further deepen their already “no limits” partnership in a joint statement published ahead of Russia’s military parade yesterday, as the two sides stressed the importance of maintaining the “correct view” of World War II history.In a lengthy statement published during Chin
An Australian woman accused of triple murder with a toxic mushroom-laced beef Wellington had rarely invited her four guests to eat at her home before, a court heard yesterday.Erin Patterson, 50, is charged with murdering the parents and aunt of her estranged husband in July 2023 by serving them the
CONFLICTING REPORTS: Beijing said it was ‘not familiar with the matter’ when asked if Chinese jets were used in the conflict, after Pakistan’s foreign minister said they were
The Pakistan Army yesterday said it shot down 25 Indian drones, a day after the worst violence between the nuclear-armed rivals in two decades.Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif vowed to retaliate after India launched deadly missile strikes on Wednesday morning, escalating days of gunfire along
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