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    Asghar Farhadi, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Kore-eda Hirokazu and Cristian Mungiu in Competition as Sydney Film Festival Reveals Full Program With 19 Cannes Films

    The Sydney Film Festival has unveiled its complete program for the 73rd edition, spanning 248 films from 81 countries, with 19 titles arriving directly from the Cannes Film Festival as part of an event running June 3-14 at the State Theatre, Sydney Opera House and cinemas across the city. The festival will open June 3…

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    How the Iran war has stoked competition between India and China for Russian oil

    TIANJIN, CHINA – SEPTEMBER 01: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin(L) and Chinese President Xi jinping ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025 at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Centre on September 1, 2025 in Tianjin, China. (Photo by Suo Takekuma – Pool/Getty Images) Pool | Getty Images…

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    Int’l piano competition honoring Uzeyir Hajibayli’s 140th anniversary wraps up in Vienna (PHOTO)

    Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 10.​ The second international piano competition “Sounds of the Land of Fire”, dedicated to the 140th anniversary of Uzeyir Hajibeyli, the founder of Azerbaijani classical music and the author of the first opera in the East, has concluded in Austria’s Vienna, the State Committee on Work with Diaspora told Trend….

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