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UK: Conservatives crushed by ‘worst local election result’ in years (www.theguardian.com)
Spread of Tory losses leads former minister to say there’s ‘no such thing as a safe seat any more’. The Conservatives are facing one of their worst local election results in 40 years, with striking Labour gains across England and Wales in key battlegrounds they need to secure victory at the general election....
Northern Gaza in 'full-blown' famine: Senior UN official (www.euronews.com)
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) director said the comprehensive famine in northern Gaza might spread south. Northern Gaza is experiencing "full-blown" famine, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) Director Cindy McCain. ...
ICC demands end to threats against court amid Gaza war probe (www.aljazeera.com)
While the prosecutor’s statement did not mention Israel, it was issued after Israeli and US officials have warned of consequences against the ICC if it issues arrest warrants over Israel’s war on Gaza.
Paris rubbish collectors threaten Olympics strike over 'excessive workload' (www.france24.com)
Paris rubbish collectors could strike over the summer, a major French union said Thursday, raising the spectre of piles of stinking trash on the streets during the Olympic Games. Walkouts could start in May and continue from July 1 to September 8, the CGT union branch representing binmen warned, a period that includes the Games,...
People eating ‘grass and peanut shells’ in Darfur, UN says, as hunger crisis engulfs war-ravaged Sudan (edition.cnn.com)
Time is running out to prevent starvation in Darfur, in western Sudan, a UN agency has warned, as escalating violence devastates the African nation. People have been forced to consume “grass and peanut shells,” the regional director for Eastern Africa of the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. “If assistance...
Rising Star Nicholas Galitzine on Navigating Stardom, Creative Aspirations, and Future Roles (bdnut.com)
In a recent interview, actor Nicholas Galitzine opens up about his burgeoning career, his creative process, and his aspirations for the future. With a string
“The Idea of You”: Deconstructing the Modern Romance Through a Cinematic Lens (articleshubspot.com)
Premiering on Amazon Prime Video, "The Idea of You" offers a captivating exploration of contemporary relationships and societal expectations.
Masked Israel Supporters Attack UCLA's Palestine Solidarity Encampment With Weapons - UNICORN RIOT (unicornriot.ninja)
TIL: The Phrase “Death To America” Didn’t exist Before the CIA Overthrew the Iranian Government for Nationalizing their Oil in 1953 (medium.com)
Roman Emperor tier list time!
Why is coloring your face considered racist? (lemmy.world)
People in comments of this post pointed out coloring your face black is racist....
What Killed The Movie Trailer? (www.youtube.com)
Movie Trailers may have started out as a tool to sell films, but over time they have evolved into their own spectacle. Before a film is released there are a multitude of Theatrical Trailers, TV Spots, Web Shorts, and even Trailers before the Trailer starts. How did Hollywood turn from a simple marketing tool, to a an ever...
Short film What do You Want Now of This Metaphysical Love? (dir. Luc DeHaan 2024) - Trailer (m.youtube.com)
Found this Arthouse film trailer via @lookluc who is the film's director. I really like the oversaturation, it's lush....
Netanyahu vows to raid Rafah ‘with or without’ hostage deal (www.theguardian.com)
Mediators renew efforts to secure a truce ahead of invasion of city, where more than 1 million people are sheltering. Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Israel will proceed with an offensive on the southern Gaza city of Rafah even if renewed efforts at internationally brokered talks with Hamas result in the release of hostages...
Some 540 Peguis First Nation residents still displaced after 2022 flooding (winnipeg.citynews.ca)
A Manitoba First Nations has declared a state of emergency in response to the ongoing health crisis impacting the community. The chief of Peguis First Nation, in Manitoba’s Interlake area, says the crisis is directly linked to devastating floods, the worst of which came in 2022....
Argentina lawmakers boost Milei, markets with reform bill backing (www.reuters.com)
BUENOS AIRES, April 30 (Reuters) - Argentina's lower house of Congress gave President Javier Milei a boost on Tuesday by approving his sweeping reform bill ahead of a final Senate vote and backing articles related to privatizing state bodies and labour reform....
BFI: Where to begin with Mike Leigh (www.bfi.org.uk)
This BFI recommendations page offers "a beginner’s path through the hilarious and heart-wrenching tragicomic dramas of British director Mike Leigh".
Every two hours, a child dies in Sudan. Our global silence is deafening. (www.usatoday.com)
The suffering of the Sudanese may be off camera now, but it won't be in a few months when babies are starving en masse.
The Weeknd donates further $2 million towards famine in Gaza (tribune.com.pk)
Multi-platinum global recording artist Abel Tesfaye, better known as The Weeknd, has pledged another $2 million to the Gaza Strip from his XO Humanitarian Fund. The latest donation aims to supply 18 million loaves of bread to families trapped in the ongoing war....
What’s the perfect movie length? Only a lightweight needs toilet or food breaks (www.theguardian.com)
US research suggests that 92 minutes is the optimum length for a film. But I have sat through long films that felt short and short films that felt buttock-annihilatingly long....
The ‘man who repairs women’ on rape as a weapon and how the world forgot the Democratic Republic of Congo (www.theguardian.com)
For the Nobel laureate Denis Mukwege, who has treated more than 80,000 survivors of sexual violence by armed groups, the west displays double standards over the ‘stain on our humanity’. Walking around a camp for displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo this year, the Nobel peace laureate Dr Denis Mukwege...
US warns of impending 'large-scale massacre' in capital of Sudan's North Darfur (www.france24.com)
The US ambassador to the United Nations on Monday warned of an impending "large-scale massacre" in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher, a humanitarian hub in the Darfur region.
Sleep (dir. Jason Yu) Trailer: Parasite’s Lee Sun-Kyun Creates Night Terror In Korean Horror – Exclusive [Trailer] (www.empireonline.com)
A newlywed husband causes chaos whenever he falls asleep, to the distress of his pregnant wife, in Jason Yu's Korean horror film. Watch the trailer at Empire.
Japan to trial AI scheme for spotting bears as attacks on humans rise (mainichi.jp)
The Japanese government is planning to trial an artificial intelligence system for spotting wild bears to better deal with an increasing number of attacks by the animals on humans, a government source said Monday. Under the system, AI will use security camera footage to instantly detect bears and share the information with the...
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