Calvin Duncan started learning the law as a matter of necessity, he said. He was serving a life sentence for murder and wanted to prove his innocence. He not only regained his freedom, but helped many other incarcerated people do the same. He graduated from law school at age 60. And last November, he was…
Film producer Fauzan Zidni has been elected chair of the Indonesian Film Agency (BPI) for a four-year term, with the government-backed body set to make its first international delegation appearance at the Cannes Film Festival in May. Zidni, a producer at Cinesurya who previously led original production at The Walt Disney Company Indonesia, has appointed…
Shorouk Express Musk was reacting to von der Leyen’s unveiling of the European Democracy Shield, a new strategy to step up the fight against foreign interference online, including in elections. “Democracy is the foundation of our freedom. Democracy is the foundation of our prosperity. Democracy is the foundation of our security,” von der Leyen wrote…
Shorouk Express On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Robert Prevost has become the first US leader of the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church – taking the name Pope Leo XIV and telling the world: “Peace be…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 20. Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe was elected today as the 10th President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and the first female President in IOC history, following 1 round of voting at the 144th IOC Session in Costa Navarino, Greece, Trend reports. Coventry was chosen over fellow presidential candidates HRH…
Shorouk Express The election was originally scheduled for summer but Alexander Lukashenka’s government decided to bring it forward to January. Political scientists and commentators suggest two explanations. The first is that the winter weather will reduce the likelihood of protests. After the violent repression of the protests that followed the 2020 presidential election, which Lukashenka…
