After a murder of crows kidnaps her little brother, a young girl ventures into an enchanted forest filled with talking animals and other magical beings, where a looming war will decide everyone’s fate. This is the fanciful tale told in “Wildwood,” from the stop-motion animation studio Laika — an ambitious project that took 16 years […]
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Clashes erupted across France on Saturday as protesters took to the streets, a week after marches that degenerated into violence and prompted a firm security backlash from President Emmanuel Macron, who is scrambling to restore order. Police arrested nearly 1,000 people as officers faced “an extremely elevated level of violence” from black-clad “ultra-left” extremists, Interior […]
Read MoreCopacabana beach turned red for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as hundreds of bikers revved their engines for right-winger Flavio Bolsonaro on Saturday, the eve of Brazil’s nail-biter election. Tens of thousands of supporters flooded the streets as the incumbent and his rival wrapped up a bitter campaign that has left Latin America’s biggest […]
Read MoreTwo separate polls published on Saturday gave Flavio Bolsonaro a two-point lead over President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on the eve of Brazilian elections. Bolsonaro, the son of jailed ex-leader Jair Bolsonaro, is the narrow favorite to win Sunday’s runoff after nabbing 47 percent of the vote over Lula’s 45 percent in the first […]
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US-Präsident Donald Trump hat vor den Kongresswahlen vom 3. November vorzeitig seine Stimme abgegeben. Trump ging am Samstag in einem Wahllokal in West Palm Beach im Bundesstaat Florida nahe seiner Privatresidenz Mar-a-Lago wählen. Begleitet wurde der 80-Jährige dabei von seiner Ehefrau Melania. Der US-Präsident, dessen Republikanern bei den sogenannten Midterms eine empfindliche Niederlage droht, trug anschließend […]
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Bei der Großoffensive der israelischen Armee im besetzten Westjordanland sind in der Stadt Hebron rund 2000 Palästinenser aus ihren Häusern vertrieben worden. “Ausgewählte Einheiten der Armee sind jetzt dort im Einsatz”, sagte Verteidigungsminister Israel Katz am Samstag dem israelischen Sender Kan. Die 2000 betroffenen Palästinenser dürften nicht zurückkehren, “bevor wir nicht alle Probleme mit der […]
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Clashes broke out Saturday in Paris and other French cities amid demonstrations held a week after others that degenerated into street violence and prompted a robust security backlash as President Emmanuel Macron seeks to restore order. Police arrested nearly 1,000 people as officers were confronted with “an extremely elevated level of violence” from black-clad “ultra-left” […]
Read MoreThousands rallied in Tirana on Saturday at a fresh anti-government rally after days of violent unrest in the Albanian capital, with police firing tear gas to disperse the crowd. Since mid-October, protesters and police have routinely clashed in Tirana in anti-government demonstrations that morphed from rallies against a development linked to the family of US President […]
Read MoreHundreds of protests were held in France Saturday as nationwide anger grows over the cost of living, with security forces out in force to prevent a repeat of violence that marred last weekend’s demonstrations. Here are the latest developments: – Nearly 1,000 arrested – French police arrested “nearly 1,000” people across the country as officers were confronted […]
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