February 2020

Jeremy Irons Backpedals On Past Abortion, LGBTQ Rights Remarks At Berlin Film Festival

BERLIN, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Actor Jeremy Irons said on Thursday he fully supported same-sex marriage and the women’s rights movement as he sought to dispel criticism over his role as president of the Berlinale film festival prize jury. The choice of the British actor as head of the panel was criticized in German newspapers

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In Trump’s India rally, Modi bets on bolstering his image

AHMEDABAD, India — A festive mood has enveloped Ahmedabad in India’s northwestern state of Gujarat ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting there on Monday with President Donald Trump, whom he’s promised millions of adoring fans. The rally in Modi’s home state may help displace his association with deadly anti-Muslim riots in 2002 that landed

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Coronavirus: Pregnant nurse ‘propaganda’ sparks backlash

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Some have accused media outlets of using female medical workers as a “propaganda tool” A video featuring a pregnant nurse treating patients in a hospital in the virus epicentre of Wuhan has sparked a backlash across China. The video by state media outlet CCTV was meant to portray nine-month

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Daniel Radcliffe: ‘My Entire Life And Career Is Built On Luck And Privilege’

The Boy Who Lived wouldn’t have done so without a bit of luck, and Daniel Radcliffe knows that playing him required some too. The actor’s new film, “Escape from Pretoria,” is based on the real-life story of Tim Jenkin, a white South African political activist who, after being arrested for distributing anti-apartheid pamphlets alongside fellow activist Stephen

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Michael O’Leary: Ryanair boss criticised for Muslim profiling comments

Image copyright Getty Images Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has been criticised for saying Muslim men should be profiled at airports because “that is where the threat is coming from”. He made his comments in the Times. The chief executive also said families with young children should be waved through airport security because there was virtually

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