A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 preparing for takeoff from Dallas Love Field (DAL) was hit by a bullet on November 15, 2024. The aircraft was about to operate Flight 2494 to Indianapolis (IND). The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed the event in a statement, saying: “While taxiing for takeoff at Dallas Love Field Airport, Southwest Airlines […]
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As African cinema is taking centre stage at festivals around the world, filmmakers and curators reflect on the future of the film industry and creativity on the continent. “It is always a pleasure to show my African films around the world,” Mauritanian filmmaker Abderrahmane Sissako told RFI. The Oscar-Nominated director was in London, where his
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Protesters were out on the streets of cities such as Rome and Lisbon to denounce the Russian invasion which the UN estimates has killed or wounded more than 35,000 civilians since February 2022. Italy ADVERTISEMENT Protesters in Rome have gathered in support of Ukraine as the 1,000th day since the Russian invasion in February 2022
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Warning: This post contains spoilers for Episode 1 of Dune: Prophecy. Set 10,000 years before the birth of Paul Atreides and his rise as the prophesied messiah known as Lisan-al-Gaib, HBO’s new Dune: Prophecy series chronicles the early evolution of the Bene Gesserit order from a fledgling school for gifted young women to the superpowered
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SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the premiere of “Dune: Prophecy,” titled “The Hidden Hand,“ now streaming on Max. Eight months after the premiere of the movie “Dune: Part 2,” it’s time to go 10,000 years into the story’s past with HBO’s prequel series “Dune: Prophecy.” Since the show is set in the distant
“The Bibi Files,” directed by Alexis Bloom, is an extraordinary and essential documentary. It follows the corruption scandal that has engulfed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu like a toxic cloud. More than that, though, it’s about how the accusations he’s been trying to squirm out from under since 2019, when he was first indicted on
“Gladiator II” topped the box office in South Korea through its opening sessions. But it did little to transform the recent dismal trend in Korean cinemas. The Ridley Scott-directed sequel earned $2.31 million between Friday and Sunday, according to data from Kobis, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council (Kofic). Over its full
NBAA has hit back at a study on the environmental impact of business aviation it says relies “on a cherry-picked data set, flawed analysis and omission of key facts.” Last week the journal Communications Earth and Environment issued its report that concluded that “regulation is needed to address the sector’s growing climate impact.” The summary
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and many of his Western supporters have been pressing Biden for months to allow Ukraine to strike military targets inside Russia with Western-supplied missiles. ADVERTISEMENT President Joe Biden has reportedly authorised the use of US-supplied long-range missiles by Ukraine to strike inside Russia in a major US policy shift, according to
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President-elect Donald Trump has selected Brendan Carr as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Carr is the senior Republican on the FCC, having served previously as the telecommunication agency’s general counsel. Trump first nominated Carr to the FCC in 2017. “Commissioner Carr is a warrior for Free Speech, and has fought against the regulatory Lawfare
