Independent Indian filmmaker Anuparna Roy, whose first film won a top prize at the Venice Film Festival last year, told AFP that it had been blocked by censors and would not be shown in her home country.”Songs of Forgotten Trees” from Roy, just 28, picked up the best director prize in the secondary Horizons section […]
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Donning doll-like dresses with voluminous skirts, young women on stage roar in rage about rape and sexism they experienced in Japan, using theatre and “cute” fashion to denounce male-dominated society. Meet TremendousCircus, Japan’s self-described radical feminist theatre troupe that embraces the flamboyant Gothic Lolita aesthetic as a powerful symbol of womanhood and defence against sexual […]
Read MoreIn the windswept village of Doonbeg on Ireland’s Atlantic coast, Donald Trump is less polarising US president and more golf resort owner credited with bringing jobs and money to a remote corner of the country. Trump arrives in Ireland on Saturday for a two-day visit, stopping for a few hours in Dublin before heading west […]
Read MoreSweden’s party leaders traded barbs on housing, schools, jobs and the climate in one of their final televised debates ahead of Sunday’s general election, which could see a left-wing government come to power. While most countries in Europe are led by right-wing governments, opinion polls have for months suggested the Scandinavian country could oust its […]
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An ancient Biblical prophecy lies at the heart of a Pacific islands push to open embassies on contested ground in Jerusalem, experts and former diplomats told AFP. Israel may seem an unlikely partner for the far-flung nations of the tropical South Pacific, sharing little in common by way of culture, language, food or sport. And […]
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Anthropic said Thursday it shut down multiple cases of state-sponsored surveillance operations that used its artificial intelligence (AI) models, and warned that governments and state-aligned actors are increasingly using AI to spy on ethnic minorities and dissidents. The incidents were found and disrupted between January and July, and they originated in China, Iran and west […]
Read MoreA Hong Kong court is expected to issue sentences on Friday against three activists who organised vigils marking China’s deadly Tiananmen crackdown, after they were found guilty of inciting “subversion”. Lee Cheuk-yan, 69, Chow Hang-tung, 41, and Albert Ho, 74 have been behind bars since they were charged in 2021 and face up to 10 […]
Read MoreTech-Milliardär Elon Musk hat den Machern eines kritischen Dokumentarfilms über ihn Klagen angedroht. In einem jetzt bekannt gewordenen Schreiben wirft Musk-Anwalt Alex Spiro dem Dokumentarfilmer Alex Gibney vor, Falschinformationen zu verbreiten und Musk zu diffamieren. Er droht Gibney und allen in dem Projekt involvierten Unternehmen – darunter Gibneys Produktionsfirma Jigsaw sowie HBO und Universal – deswegen […]
Read MoreDer russische Präsident Wladimir Putin ist vor dem Gipfeltreffen des Schwellenländer-Bündnisses Brics in Indien eingetroffen. Putin kam am Freitag auf einem Luftwaffenstützpunkt in der indischen Hauptstadt Neu Delhi an, wie Bilder der russischen Nachrichtenagentur Ria Nowosti zeigten. Er wurde dort vom indischen Außenstaatssekretär Kirti Vardhan Singh empfangen. Die Staats- und Regierungschefs der Brics-Staaten versammeln sich […]
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