A film shot by a father and his son, together stuck in detention on the Hungarian-Serbian border, has premiered at human rights festivals in Europe. Iranian artist Abouzar Soltani and 10-year-old Armin have been stuck in a Transit Zone in Hungary for almost a year. They entered the country legally to apply for asylum, in […]
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Apple has canceled the premiere of one of the tech company’s first original films, ‘The Banker’ the day before it was to debut at Los Angeles’ AFI Film Festival By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer November 20, 2019, 10:57 PM 1 min read Apple has canceled the premiere of one of the tech company’s first
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The Portland Trail Blazers have waived center Pau Gasol but his career with the team may not be over By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer November 20, 2019, 11:55 PM 2 min read The Portland Trail Blazers have waived center Pau Gasol but his career with the team may not be over. Gasol, who
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The ex-oligarch and former KGB officer Alexander Lebedev has called the suggestion of illicit Russian influence in UK politics “absurd” and “fake news”. Mr Lebedev, whose family owns the Evening Standard and Independent newspapers, said he hadn’t met President Putin for over a decade and says he’s had a formal relationship with British prime ministers.
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Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption‘It was a life changing diagnosis’ The suspended Belfast neurologist Michael Watt carried out hundreds of unnecessary procedures on patients, a BBC Spotlight investigation has revealed. Dr Michael Watt worked at the Royal Victoria Hospital as a neurologist diagnosing conditions like epilepsy and Parkinson’s Disease. He is
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The screenwriter and producer of the new Harriet Tubman biopic, “Harriet,” has revealed how a studio executive once suggested white actor Julia Roberts should play the lead role of the Black activist. Gregory Allen Howard claimed in a Los Angeles Times article published Tuesday that the unnamed president of a studio sublabel was undeterred when “a single
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Image copyright Reuters Image caption Ryanair described the ruling as an isolated case A Spanish court has described budget airline Ryanair’s policy of charging a fee for hand luggage as “abusive” after a passenger was fined for taking a carry-on bag without a special ticket. The passenger was forced to pay a €20 (£17) fine
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Venetian authorities consider any tide above 140 centimeters (4.5 feet) to be “exceptionally high,” and sirens sound around the city to let locals know it’s coming. In recent years exceptionally high tides have become more common, including four this month alone. St. Mark’s Square, the most famous and vulnerable part of Venice, is also one
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GRÜNHEIDE, Germany — The visitors from Palo Alto, Calif., were shown how Berlin, a hive of tech start-ups that likens itself to Silicon Valley, is just a short commute away. They were promised building permits in four weeks rather than the customary 11 months. And they were taken aloft in a 44-year-old Russian biplane for
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A sheriff in South Carolina says one of his former deputies has been arrested for having sexual contact with a 17-year-old high school student By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press November 20, 2019, 10:56 PM 2 min read A former deputy working at a South Carolina high school had sex with a 17-year-old student in his
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