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Cannes' green push faces industry's rubbish record

The Cannes Film Festival has vowed to go green, even trimming its red carpet in half-but can it make any difference to an industry built around private jets and rampant consumption? Movie stars from Leonardo DiCaprio to Juliette Binoche have made environmental campaigning a central part of their image in recent years, fronting movies about climate change and using their soap boxes to call for action. Keen to show support, the organizers of...

This photograph shows the Shahi Theatre in Shimla. – AFP photosn

Last picture show looms for British India's summer capital

This photograph shows the Shahi Theatre in Shimla. – AFP photosWith its ancient humming projector and elegant balcony, the Shahi Theatre is the last surviving single-screen cinema in Shimla, the Himalayan hill station that was once the summer retreat of British India. But like many other once-teeming movie houses across the country that were already struggling to stay afloat, the pandemic may be the final death knell for the century-old...

People gather by the grave of The Doors frontman Jim Morrison to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his death at the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris. — AFP photosn

'Not the end': Fans mark 50 years since Jim Morrison's death

People gather by the grave of The Doors frontman Jim Morrison to commemorate the 50th anniversary of his death at the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris. — AFPRockers old and young cried, shared a drink and perhaps even a joint in a stylishly overgrown cemetery in Paris on Saturday, marking 50 years since the death of 1960s icon Jim Morrison. Dozens of fans of the frontman of psychedelic rock band The Doors, who decamped to the French capital in...

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Cannes: The resurrections of Deneuve, Penn and JFK

French icon Catherine DeneuveIf there's an early theme to this year's Cannes Film Festival, it might be resurrections. US stars Sean Penn and Val Kilmer are looking for one and French icon Catherine Deneuve is guaranteed one just by her presence, while director Oliver Stone is hoping to resuscitate some of his tinfoil-hat theories about the assassination of JFK. And, of course, the 74th edition is all about the rebirth of cinema more generally,...

BAKU: Czech Republic's midfielder Tomas Soucek heads the ball as Denmark's defender Andreas Christensen defends during the UEFA Euro 2020 quarterfinal match at the Olympic Stadium yesterday. - AFP n

Denmark hold off Czech rally

BAKU: Czech Republic's midfielder Tomas Soucek heads the ball as Denmark's defender Andreas Christensen defends during the UEFA Euro 2020 quarterfinal match at the Olympic Stadium yesterday. - AFPBAKU: Denmark's fairytale run at Euro 2020 will continue into the semifinals after they beat the Czech Republic 2-1 in Baku yesterday to move into a last-four meeting with England or Ukraine at Wembley. First-half goals from Thomas Delaney and Kasper...

CHENNAI: A municipal worker drives an auto-rickshaw decorated with mock syringes through the streets to boost awareness on the importance of COVID-19 vaccination yesterday. - AFP n

World battles Delta variant, Saudi suspends UAE flights

CHENNAI: A municipal worker drives an auto-rickshaw decorated with mock syringes through the streets to boost awareness on the importance of COVID-19 vaccination yesterday. - AFPRIYADH: Saudi Arabia has suspended flights to three countries, including the neighboring United Arab Emirates, as countries around the world rushed to contain the rapid spread of the highly contagious Delta variant. Flights to and from the UAE, alongside those to...

BAGHDAD: An Iraqi man connects overhead cables providing generator electricity to homes and businesses who can afford it in Sadr City on Friday amid power outages and soaring temperatures. - AFP n

Iraq sizzles as blackouts hit

BAGHDAD: An Iraqi man connects overhead cables providing generator electricity to homes and businesses who can afford it in Sadr City on Friday amid power outages and soaring temperatures. - AFPBAGHDAD: When the mercury soared to 52 degrees Celsius last week in Iraq, Ali Karrar placed his baby for a couple of minutes in the fridge. But when the power went off on Thursday night across oil-rich Iraq, people were left at a loss as to how to escape...

MUMBAI: In this file photo taken on Jan 21, 2019, Indian Bollywood actor Aamir Khan poses for a picture with his wife director Kiran Rao. - AFP n

Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan announces divorce

MUMBAI: In this file photo taken on Jan 21, 2019, Indian Bollywood actor Aamir Khan poses for a picture with his wife director Kiran Rao. - AFPMUMBAI: Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan announced yesterday that he is splitting with his wife of 15 years, filmmaker Kiran Rao. The A-list couple released a statement saying their break-up had been agreed but they would raise their son together and still work on joint projects. "In these 15 beautiful...

KUWAIT: Pigeons take cover under the shade of trees on the seafront of Kuwait City on Friday, as the country recorded extremely high summer temperatures. – Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatn

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KUWAIT: Pigeons take cover under the shade of trees on the seafront of Kuwait City on Friday, as the country recorded extremely high summer temperatures. – Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

WASHINGTON: Kari Johnstone, acting director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, listens as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks on the release of the 2021 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at the State Department in Washington, DC on Thursday. - AFPnn

Kuwait's ranking in Trafficking in Persons Report remains unchanged at Tier 2

WASHINGTON: Kari Johnstone, acting director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, listens as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks on the release of the 2021 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at the State Department in Washington, DC on Thursday. - AFPKUWAIT: The 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report found that Kuwait held to its Tier 2 rankings and continues to make progress. The government demonstrated...

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Delta variant spreading among unvaccinated in Kuwait

KUWAIT: The Delta variant of the novel coronavirus continues to affect unvaccinated people who make up the majority of patients in hospitals and intensive care units in Kuwait, head of the Supreme Committee for COVID-19 Dr Khaled Al-Jarallah said yesterday. Kuwait had listed 26 deaths on Friday and Thursday as the country continues to battle a spike in new cases which have climbed by over 3,700 within the same two-day period.On Friday, Kuwait's...

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ACK's health, safety protocols success story shared with KAS

KUWAIT: The Occupational Health and Safety department at the Australian College of Kuwait (ACK) visited the Kuwait American School (KAS) in order to assist them in preparing their campus and facilities according to the health safety and security protocols for the return of their students.ACK's initiative with KAS was initiated by conducting a safety audit of the school campus and developing a comprehensive guide booklet for them with all needed...

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BELFAST: Protestors attend a "unity over division" protest called to oppose an anti immigration demonstration in Northern Ireland on Aug 9, 2024. - AFP

N Ireland violence shocks Muslims amid sectarianism

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People walk past a poster of slain Palestinian Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran's capital Tehran on August 10, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. - AFP

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VINHEDO, Brazil: An aerial view of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed with 62 people on board on Aug 10, 2024. - AFP

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