The way to an audience’s hearts is through their stomachs… ADVERTISEMENT If you thought that Babette’s Feast, Tampopo or Ratatouille were cinematic food porn to get you salivating, Trần Anh Hùng’s new film is about to awaken your taste buds good and proper. Adapted from 1924’s “La vie et la passion de Dodin-Bouffant, Gourmet” (“The Life and Passion of Dodin-Bouffant,…
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Ivo Daalder, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is CEO of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and host of the weekly podcast “World Review with Ivo Daalder.” United States President Joe Biden starts 2024 in circumstances that any incumbent…
Read MoreMexican actress Ana Ofelia Murguía, who voiced Mama Coco in Pixar’s Oscar-winning ‘Coco’, dies at 90
Murguía left “an indelible mark” on Maexican film and theatre, and gained international recognition late in life with the Oscar-winning Pixar film ‘Coco’. ADVERTISEMENT Mexican actor Ana Ofelia Murguía, who gave voice to the character of Mama Coco in the popular Pixar film Coco, has died at the age of…
Read MoreThe REO Rafting and Yoga Resort was nearly wiped off the map when the Kookipi Creek wildfire tore through more than 17,000 hectares of forest around the Fraser Canyon last August. Nearly everything on the resort’s property, from buildings to busses and infrastructure, was reduced to ash. “There was a…
Read MoreIsrael’s top court rejects law limiting judiciary In a momentous 8-to-7 ruling that could ignite a constitutional crisis, Israel’s Supreme Court struck down a law passed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government in July to limit the court’s own powers. The law would have barred judges from overruling decisions…
Read MorePress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. CAMBRIDGE, England — This city wears many crowns: the fastest growing in Britain, the world’s most intensive research cluster and the university with the highest number of tech founders. It also has Britain’s second highest level of inequality and…
Read More“At Sauvage, we are not limited to one idea. We can also innovate. We try, we experiment. It’s an everlasting quest to improve the quality of what we do.” ADVERTISEMENT SCENES shines a spotlight on youth around the world that are breaking down barriers and creating change. The character-driven short…
Read MoreLocals and tourists who have been near the seawall in Vancouver’s Coal Harbour recently may have seen or heard some of the new marine neighbours. A raft of California sea lions have made themselves at home over the past few weeks and they’re attracting a lot of social media attention.…
Read MoreLee Jae-myung, the leader of South Korea’s main opposition party, was stabbed in the neck on Tuesday, according to the police and live-streamed TV footage. Mr. Lee, the leader of the Democratic Party, was visiting the southern port city of Busan when an unidentified man stabbed him in the neck…
Read MoreIsrael will allow ships from several European countries to deliver aid directly to war-torn Gaza, the country’s top diplomat said Sunday, as the Israeli military ramped up large-scale air attacks across central Gaza. Ships from countries including France, Greece, the Netherlands and the U.K. can “immediately” start shipping aid packages…
Read MoreSerbia has announced that drivers with Kosovo licence plates can enter Serbian territory from 1 January, seemingly ending a years-long dispute that at times has turned violent. ADVERTISEMENT Following Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia, car number plates became a point of contention over their display of national symbols that…
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