International Olympic Committee urges sporting bodies to let Belarusian athletes compete again without vetting as neutrals. Published On 7 May 20267 May 2026 Athletes from Belarus should once again compete with their full national identity and not be vetted for neutral status, the International Olympic Committee has said. Though the advice to sports governing bodies…
Kimura Taichi’s tender Japanese drama Fujiko took home the Golden Mulberry Audience Award at the 28th edition of the Far East Film Festival (FEFF) that came to a close on Friday night in the northern Italian city of Udine. Fujiko, Kimura’s second feature, is a family dramedy set in 1970s and 1980s Japan and tells…
A special selection of Britain’s celebrities have been announced to return to the Scottish Highlands later this year for a second season of The Celebrity Traitors. The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey, Masters of Sex actor Michael Sheen, Saltburn star and Oscar-nominated Richard E. Grant, Industry actress Myha’la and Love Island host Maya Jama…
Former England international Ashley Young has announced he is retiring from playing at the age of 40. Young started out at Watford before going on to play for Aston Villa, Manchester United, Inter Milan and Everton, starting as a winger before becoming a full-back. He ends his career at Ipswich Town, having joined the Portman…
Netflix has unveiled the new film from Argentine writer-director Damián Szifron (Wild Tales, To Catch a Killer), El sobrino, starring Leonardo Sbaraglia (Elite, Pain and Glory, Wild Tales). Rita Cortese, Luisana Lopilato, Valeria Lois and newcomer Luan Adler Fuks also feature in the cast. Netflix also promises “special appearances by Vincent Macaigne and the legendary…
The world is falling apart in the first look at The Big Bang Theory spinoff series Stuart Fails to Save the Universe. Castmembers Kevin Sussman, Lauren Lapkus, Brian Posehn and John Ross Bowie took the stage at CCXP Mexico City to tease their project that combines comedy with sci-fi and is set to begin streaming…
There are reports of continuing clashes in Mali on Sunday, a day after a series of coordinated attacks across the landlocked African nation against Government forces by extremists and northern separatist rebels. Gunfire and explosions were reported in the capital Bamako on Saturday and around a large military base outside the capital, as well as…
Can progressives push back the rising tide of authoritarianism? Thousands of people gathered in Barcelona this weekend in search of an answer. The occasion was the inaugural Global Progressive Mobilisation – an ambitious initiative backed by the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez – which drew an impressive cast: Brazil’s Lula, Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum, Colombia’s Gustavo…
Canada’s former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at CNBC’s CONVERGE LIVE in Singapore Thursday that international financial institutions were “spectacularly ill-adjusted” to respond to modern-day issues. “You can look to different places around the world to realize that those institutions, whether it was the WTO or the IMF or what have you, aren’t necessarily fit…
Shorouk Express Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced that his government will grant Spanish citizenship to almost 170 descendants of the International Brigades, foreigners who fought for the Republicans side during the Spanish Civil War. Sánchez made this promise during a ceremony in Madrid to commemorate the Day of Remembrance and Tribute to all the…
