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Bulgarian artist Radena Valkanova(third right), as Vladimir Putin and Julian Vergov (second left) as Yevgeny Prigozhin, perform on stage during the play "Haga" at the National Theatre Ivan Vzaov in Sofia.

Satirical Putin play stirs emotions in Bulgaria

A highly acclaimed satirical play about President Vladimir Putin and his allies facing a war crimes tribunal is making waves in Bulgaria, a country historically close to Russia. Titled “The Hague”, the play by Ukrainian author Sasha Denisova rec...

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Opening statements to begin in racketeering trial of rapper Young Thug

Opening statements in the long-awaited US gang conspiracy trial targeting rapper Young Thug are slated for Monday, with the prosecution expected to controversially present lyrics as evidence. The opening statements come nearly 11 months after the pa...

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Young Thug, rap’s offbeat maestro facing racketeering charges

A rap vanguard essential to the Atlanta scene at the genre’s nerve center, Young Thug is one of contemporary hip-hop’s most famous and most idiosyncratic figures. The artist’s arrest in May 2022 on racketeering charges rattled the community th...

Chinese film director Huang Ji (center) and her Japanese husband also film director Otsuka Ryuji display trophies after winning the Best Narrative Feature Award and Taiwanese film editor Ching-sung Liao (left) after winning the Best Film Editing Award in the film ‘Stonewalling’.

Taiwan’s Golden Horse film awards sees return of Chinese stars

Actress Hu Ling on Saturday became the first Chinese film star to walk the red carpet of Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards since 2019, when China boycotted the self-ruled island’s biggest awards show over political tensions. Chinese director Huang Ji...

This photo shows Thai author Pim Wangtechawat holding a copy of her debut novel "The Moon Represents My Heart" in Bangkok. --AFP

Thai authors poised for breakthrough, Hollywood boost

With a spate of critically lauded novels -- one of them picked up by Netflix -- a new wave of young Thai authors looks poised to break through on the world stage. Thailand boasts a rich literary tradition, with the 1920s seen as a golden age when wr...

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CAIRO: Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development, Dr Khaled Mahdi addresses the fifth session of the Arab Council for Population and Development in Cairo.-- KUNA

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