2020

Golden Globes: Scottish writer ‘immensely proud’ of film success

Image copyright Universal Image caption Sam Mendes directs the World War One drama 1917 The Scottish screenwriter behind award-winning war drama 1917 has said she is “immensely proud” to have worked on the film. Krysty Wilson-Cairns, 32, from Shawlands in Glasgow wrote the script with director Sam Mendes after landing a staff writer job on

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After Indonesia’s Deadly Floods, Few Hear Climate ‘Wake Up Call’

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Floods that killed 60 people in Indonesia’s capital after the biggest rainfall since records began should be a wake-up call to climate change in one of the world’s biggest carbon emitters, environmental groups said. But, despite the catastrophe in Southeast Asia’s biggest city, authorities see no greater impetus for more cuts to

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Sacha Baron Cohen Burns Mark Zuckerberg At Golden Globes For Spreading ‘Nazi Propaganda’

British stealth comedian Sacha Baron Cohen delivered the biggest burn of the Golden Globes when he called out Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Sunday. “The hero of this next movie is a naive, misguided child who spreads nazi propaganda and only has imaginary friends. His name is Mark Zuckerberg. Sorry this is an old

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John Bass, U.S. Envoy to Afghanistan, Steps Down on Cusp of New Peace Deal

WASHINGTON — The American ambassador to Afghanistan is leaving his post immediately, after two years in Kabul, the State Department announced on Monday. The departure of the ambassador, John R. Bass, comes as the United States is again trying to negotiate a tentative peace agreement with the Taliban that could withdraw American forces from Afghanistan

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Harvey Weinstein trial: What you need to know before it starts

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mr Weinstein is not expected to testify Harvey Weinstein was one of Hollywood’s most successful producers, behind hit films including Shakespeare in Love, The King’s Speech and Pulp Fiction. But in 2017, dozens of sexual assault allegations emerged against the movie mogul. Now he is standing trial and could

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