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Diop makes history as first black woman to win big at Cannes
Agence France-Presse . Cannes | Updated at 12:00am on May 27, 2019
The first black women director ever to compete for the top prize at Cannes in its 72-year history took its second prize Grand Prix Saturday...
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Banderas wins Cannes ‘best actor’
Agence France-Presse . Cannes | Updated at 12:00am on May 27, 2019
Hollywood actor Antonio Banderas has portrayed Zorro and Pablo Picasso but he is above all the go-to actor of Oscar-winning director Pedro Almodovar, who launched...
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‘Parasite’, South Korean comedy about class rage, wins Cannes gold
Agence France-Presse . Cannes | Updated at 12:00am on May 27, 2019
‘Parasite’, a black comedy about a family of clever scammers from South Korea’s underclass, won the Palme d’Or top prize at Cannes on Saturday, the...
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Four dead in Nepal blasts
Agence France-Presse . Kathmandu | Updated at 09:17pm on May 26, 2019
Three men died and six were injured Sunday in two separate explosions in Kathmandu, Nepali police said.There was no immediate claim of responsibility but police...
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India, Pakistan PMs speak for 1st time since air strikes
Agence France-Presse . New Delhi | Updated at 06:38pm on May 26, 2019
The leaders of India and Pakistan spoke by phone on Sunday, their offices said, in their first conversation since before tit-for-tat air strikes in February,...
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Blast kills Chad soldiers, journalist after Boko Haram attack
Agence France-Presse . N’Djamena | Updated at 04:48pm on May 26, 2019
Four Chadian soldiers and a television reporter were killed when their vehicle hit a mine on a road in eastern Chad, security sources...
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CO2 leakage kills 10, injures 19 in China
Agence France-Presse . Beijing | Updated at 03:07pm on May 26, 2019
At least ten people died and 19 were injured after carbon dioxide leaked...
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Israel eases fishing ban on Gaza Strip
Agence France-Presse . Jerusalem | Updated at 02:44pm on May 26, 2019
Israel on Sunday said that it eased fishing restrictions off the blockaded Gaza Strip...
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Four missing in Japanese cargo ship drowning
Agence France-Presse . Tokyo | Updated at 01:47pm on May 26, 2019
Four crew members were missing on Sunday after their
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Huawei employees confess fear over US ban
Agence France-Presse . Beijing | Updated at 01:39pm on May 26, 2019
While Huawei’s founder brushes aside a United States ban against...
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