Joker: Folie à Deux and a selection of local Chinese titles powered the global IMAX network to a $19 million box office weekend. Warner Bros/DC’s sequel to 2019’s billion-dollar hit, filmed specifically for IMAX using IMAX Certified Cameras and featuring IMAX 1570 celluloid film screenings in select locations, made its debut, earning $10 million at the global IMAX box office. …
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This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available. Despite having debuted a week before The Wild Robot, Transformers One is being roundly out-performed by that Dreamworks hit. But only just. Transformers One is on the verge of passing its first major global box office milestone …
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The horrific attack by Gaza-based militants also saw more than 250 abducted, including many women and children. “It is time for the release of the hostages. Time to silence the guns. Time to stop the suffering that has engulfed the region,” said António Guterres, calling for peace, the restoration of international law and justice for all victims and survivors. ‘Scarred …
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Opinion by Yasmine Sherif (new york) Saturday, October 05, 2024 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Oct 05 (IPS) – We must build a new social contract for education – a contract based on equality, equity, and universal human rights. At the center of our global efforts to ensure education for all, we must put teachers first in everything we do. They …
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Credit: CIVICUS Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Friday, October 04, 2024 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct 04 (IPS) – The UN Office on Drugs and Crime hailed the recently agreed Cybercrime Convention as a ‘landmark step’ in cooperating to tackle online dangers. But human rights organisations aren’t so sure. Ominously, the resolution that started the process, passed by …
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Opinion by Anna Kornyliuk (kyiv, ukraine) Friday, October 04, 2024 Inter Press Service KYIV, Ukraine, Oct 04 (IPS) – Over the coming month, the United States has a window of opportunity to lift a multi-billion-dollar burden from Ukraine, and other countries in financial distress, without costing the US taxpayer a dime. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is currently considering ending its …
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Opinion by Khalid Saifullah (new york) Friday, October 04, 2024 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Oct 04 (IPS) – Khalid Saifullah, Fellow, Save Bangladesh USA Inc.The commonly used Bangla phrase for siphoning off money out of the country – “taka pachar” – is rather misleading. Because taka, the Bangladeshi currency, is never taken out of Bangladesh. It’s not useful anywhere else. …
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Farmers, traders and consumers at the Mbare Musika Territorial Market in Harare, Zimbabwe. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS by Isaiah Esipisu (harare) Friday, October 04, 2024 Inter Press Service HARARE, Oct 04 (IPS) – African policymakers, local leaders and the private sector have been asked to create an enabling environment that will help African traders and farmer folks build reliable systems for food …
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by Oritro Karim (united nations) Friday, October 04, 2024 Inter Press Service UNITED NATIONS, Oct 04 (IPS) – Over the past few months, the escalation of gang violence and mass displacement in Haiti have been of great concern for humanitarian organizations. Severe levels of armed violence have resulted in significant instability, with food insecurity, sexual violence, civilian casualities, and restricted freedom …
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Prince Harry, Meghan Markle. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Ms. Foundation for Women Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Global Press Secretary and Head of Communications, Ashley Hansen, is making a big career change — but the royals will remain a top priority. Hansen began working with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in May 2022, representing them globally and leading their Archewell …
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