Tehran, Iran — An Iranian court has sentenced prominent filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof to jail time for "collusion against national security," his lawyer Babak Paknia said Wednesday. Rasoulof's film "The Seed of the Sacred Fig" is to be shown at the main competition at Cannes Film Festival this month. The director, who is in his early 50s, has been sentenced to eight years in prison but will only serve five, Paknia said in a post on social media platform X. According to the lawyer, the appeals... Читать дальше...
A part of Bangkok traffic was paralysed after a truck hit a height clearance bar on Si Ayutthaya Road in front of a flyover at Phaya Thai intersection in Ratchathevi district on Thursday morning.
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Happy Thursday! Ride-hailing platform Uber is strengthening its hyperlocal deliveries from neighbourhood stores. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
After the SRH vs LSG match, KL Rahul and LSG owner Sanjiv Goenka could be seen having an intense chat
Energy efficiency is an obvious way to fix New Zealand’s struggling power system, an energy efficiency expert says.
Matt Gudinski is bringing his record label - which just turned 50 - firmly into the 21st century with a new investment.
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Rays advance to 19-19 after three game series at Tropicana Field
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Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton said police were having daily meetings with security staff, worried by a growing risk of violence.
Happy birthday to you! If you have a 40th birthday coming up, it’s time to celebrate a new chapter of life. You most likely have a wish list of items you’ve meant to treat yourself to but haven’t added to your cart yet. Or maybe you “don’t need anything” for your special day. Well, that’s […]
A pair of 15-year-old boys were stabbed outside a Bronx McDonald's Wednesday afternoon — the latest teens caught up in a troubling spate of youth violence in the Big Apple.
On May 1, by an overwhelming margin of 692-51, United Methodist Church (UMC) delegates repealed the longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy. At the first meeting of the UMC’s General Conference in five years, the delegates removed a rule prohibiting “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being ordained as ministers. Applause greeted the vote, a testament to the […]
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Brad Fittler has whacked Blaize Talagi managers for ‘flogging’ him off to other clubs, after the 19-year-old rejected an extension with the Eels.
Work has begun on a $150-million campus of recreational and educational facilities near LAX, honoring Lulu Kimmelman, a former national champion in women's tennis at USC.
Power shortages are driving the industry to once-unthinkable places
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There has been a "sophisticated" cybersecurity breach detected on B.C. government networks, Premier David Eby confirmed Wednesday evening.
washington — Israel's decision to shut down Al Jazeera in the country puts audiences at risk of missing out on news and may herald a concerning turn for the future of free expression, analysts say. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that his government had unanimously decided to shut down the Qatari-owned news outlet over national security concerns. The channel went off air in Israel shortly after the announcement, and the outlet's websites have also been blocked. "The government headed by me unanimously decided... Читать дальше...
Following a visit to Serbia, Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Budapest on Wednesday in the last leg of his European tour aimed at strengthening already flourishing ties between Beijing and its closest EU ally.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will not allow either the Centre or the West Bengal government to raise any political issue during the arguments on the state's lawsuit which alleged that the...