The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Tuesday that 15 films have now been shortlisted for the 2024 Oscar race for Best International Feature Film. Among them is Germany, which presents Mohammed Rasoulof’s latest film, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.” The work was inspired by the massive protests in Iran in 2022 … Read more
Seeking to placate the international community, the leader of the group’s military has promised that Syria will not be used as a launchpad for attacks against its neighbors. As it says it poses no threat, it is calling for Israel to leave territory it has seized near the Golan heights, which Israel has said it … Read more
The man accused of killing United Healthcare’s CEO has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors said Tuesday as they worked to bring him to a New York court from a Pennsylvania jail. NYPD’s police commissioner also warned those who appeared to show solidarity with the killing, which triggered an online wave … Read more
Could harvesting organs from cloned pigs that have been genetically modified with human DNA be the answer to the chronic shortage of organs donated for transplant? At a farm in Virginia, USA, one biotech company is hoping to do just that, and on an industrial scale. Source link
After the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, combat erupted in the north of the country between Kurdish forces, who control vast areas of northeastern Syria, and Pro-Turkish groups. An American-mediated trick that led to the fighting. On Tuesday, Washington announced the extension of this trick “until the end of the week” in Manbij, a predominantly … Read more
Nicolas Sarkozy’s appeal has failed, in the highest French court. Condemning him to a year under ankle bracelet, for graft and influence peddling in what has become known as “the phone tapping scandal” and “the Paul Bismuth affair. But it’s not the end of the road for the former President, who’s going to take his … Read more
In Mayotte, the prefecture has said that water systems are being re-estabished and that by this evening half of the island’s population will have access to water. Two petrol stations are also now partially open. Source link
Ceasefire talks to end the war in Gaza are gaining momentum, according to sources present at the negotiations in Cairo. The deal on the table would create a 6 week break and the release of 30 hostages. For Palestinians, who continue to weather daily Israeli stikes, and how have now been warned to evacuate central … Read more
PassBlue and FRANCE 24 have been awarded a UN Correspondents’ Association (UNCA) prize for three investigative stories on the Gaza war that they co-published over the course of 2024. Source link
