Venezuela in crisis
And also debates at Davos, Australia’s heatwave and a new electric aircraft
And also debates at Davos, Australia’s heatwave and a new electric aircraft
In a fabulously eccentric Skype press conference held after the movie’s première at the last Cannes Film Festival, Godard remarked that “most of the films in Cannes this year and in preceding years show what is happening, but very few films are designed to show what is not happening.” The Image Book, he hoped, would show precisely that dimension—in its method if not its subject matter. Since taking the digital turn some twenty years ago, Godard’s movies have been gnarly ruminations on Europe’s cataclysmic past century... Читать дальше...
The pursuit of pleasure, in the Ananga Ranga, involves the subjugation of women for the pleasure of men.
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Venetia Williams is in the form of her life. With nearly 40 percent of her string having either won or been placed so far this campaign, it seems there’s little the Herefordshire-based trainer can do wrong. She’s already bearing down on last season’s prize-money total – with three months still left to go. Stable stars […]
Former Trump adviser Roger Stone returned to his Florida home late Friday night, many hours after FBI agents arrested him at his Fort Lauderdale residence in a pre-dawn raid related to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe.
Congo's new president ushers Kabila out; new chief of staff says no time to waste
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Читать дальше...The chief of Central African Republic's soccer federation has appeared for the first time at the International Criminal Court following his arrest in France on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes in his home country.
The dead body a two-year-old boy who had fallen down a well in southern Spain was found on Saturday morning, said Spanish officials. "At 1:25 a.m., the rescue teams reached the area of the well where they were looking for Julen and they found the lifeless body of the little one," said a government spokesperson in Malaga Rescuers had launched a massive drilling operation to look for Julen who fell into the 100-metre deep borehole on January 13 as his family was walking through a private estate in the town of Totalan. Читать дальше...
On Tuesday the European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas was pressed by Irish Times journalist Paddy Smyth to spell out what would happen at the Irish border if there was no deal.
Actor Manoj Bajpayee is feeling ecstatic as his work has been recognised by the "highest office". He says getting a Padma Shri is an honour for "your journey and conviction".
President Donald Trump has said he wants immigrants to come to the US legally and through a system based on merit so that they can enjoy safety and liberty, insisting that Americans cannot surrender operational control over the nation's borders to foreign cartels. Trump's remarks came on Friday as he defended his plan for a wall along the US-Mexico border after reaching a deal with congressional leaders Friday to reopen the government for three weeks despite getting no new funding for the structure. Читать дальше...
San Jose’s SAP Center made a little history Friday night when, for the first time, a woman took part in the NHL Skills competition — and wowed the All-Stars. In the kickoff event, the fastest skater contest, U.S. gold medalist Kendall Coyne Schofield went first and set a good pace, sailing around the rink in 14.346 seconds; she wound up finishing ahead of Arizona’s Clayton Keller in the field of eight. “I was a little nervous, but I knew it was a moment that would break a lot of barriers and a... Читать дальше...
Winter is hardly the high season for Toronto's waterfront. Nevertheless, the annual design competition Ice Breakers aims to draw people back to the outdoors, populating the frozen harborside with installations celebrating the winter. This year's winning designs are currently on show, centering around the theme "Signal Transmission."
CHRIS EUBANK JR believes his upcoming grudge match with James DeGale rivals the vitriolic battle which Carl Froch and George Groves shared in November 2013.
Two pieces of good news concerning this year’s Six Nations Tournament:
Scotland’s Capital attracts millions of visitors every year and in 2018 the number of Airbnb properties across the city rocketed almost 35 per cent to 7,366. With an abundance of cultural and historic attractions, it is easy to see Edinburgh’s appeal.
For Lowland Scots, visitors from the rest of the UK and those travelling from further afield, the Scottish Highlands as a holiday destination wields an almost mystical pull.
It is recommended to all drivers to drive exceptionally on winter tires.