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Gianfranco Rosi. Photo: AFP PARIS: In an era defined by viral videos and nonstop content, Italian filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi has built a career on the opposite: slow, immersive, and meticulously observational cinema that won him Europe’s top prizes, including the Golden Lion at Venice and the Golden Bear in Berlin. The 61-year-old director’s latest documentary, … Read more
‘Eternity’ and ‘Rental Family’ explore romance, mortality and unconventional life paths Brendan Fraser. Photo: Reuters LOS ANGELES: Two upcoming Hollywood films opening next week turn to unconventional journeys of self-discovery, with one imagining the afterlife as a place of emotional reckoning and the other diving into Japan’s unusual practice of hiring temporary relatives to fill … Read more
Anna Kepner, 18, was found dead on the Carnival Horizon on Nov. 8. Her stepbrother, 16, is under an investigation related to her death, his mother wrote this week in a legal filing.
Dr. LeCun’s departure follows a shake-up in Meta’s artificial intelligence efforts, as Mark Zuckerberg pushes his company to keep up in the tech race.
Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic athlete said to be a major cocaine trafficker, is accused of ordering the murder of a witness who was set to testify against him.
[After nearly a decade of expensive, hit-and-miss investments, Mohammed bin Salman is overseeing a behind-the-scenes restructuring of the kingdom’s all-important wealth fund.
A copy of the traffic violation ticket (challan) delivered to a citizen’s house through the Traffic Violation Evidence System. PHOTO: EXPRESS KARACHI: The automated, faceless e-challan system recently introduced by the traffic police has triggered confusion after a technical mix-up sent a traffic violation notice to an unexpected recipient — a hotel in Karachi- for an … Read more
The 28-point proposal, which comes as the Trump administration tries to restart settlement talks, includes demands long rejected by Kyiv as nonstarters.
A court ruled that the hidden cash, which the police found while searching for an illegal gun in Ontario, did not lawfully belong to the man living on the property.
[For first time in at least 30 years, the United States has exported more to Mexico than Canada, U.S. government data show, in a sign of how much North American trade has consolidated.
