Cannes gets rolling with strong day for women on screen
The Cannes Film Festival got rolling on Wednesday with a strong day for female representation, including the new "Mad Max", a Meryl Streep masterclass and the leading figure of France's #MeToo movement.
Read moreRenault to pursue autonomous minibuses but not cars
French automaker Renault said Wednesday it will pursue developing autonomous minibuses for public transit but would stick to driving assistance features for personal cars for the time being.
Read moreKnicks bounce back to crush Pacers, Jokic and Nuggets on a roll
Jalen Brunson was back to his best on Tuesday as the New York Knicks dominated the Indiana Pacers 121-91 to take a 3-2 lead in their Eastern Conference semi-final Game 5.
Read moreClark struggles in WNBA debut defeat
Women's basketball sensation Caitlin Clark scored 20 points but gave up 10 turnovers on a tough WNBA debut as her Indiana Fever team fell to a 92-71 loss to the Connecticut Sun on Tuesday.
Read moreS. African communities terrorised by gold mining gangs
Walking between the corrugated iron shacks of the informal settlement west of Johannesburg she calls home, Lutho Makheyi points out trenches filled by dirty rainwater holing the unpaved streets.
Read morePalestinians mark 'Nakba' anniversary as thousands flee Gaza's Rafah
Tens of thousands of civilians fled the southern Gaza city of Rafah ahead of a threatened Israeli ground offensive, as Palestinians on Wednesday mark the anniversary of their "Nakba" or "catastrophe" of 1948.
Read more'We will never register': Georgia NGOs vow to defy repressive law
Baia Pataraia, the head of a leading women's rights group in Georgia, woke up last weekend to find her apartment building in the capital Tbilisi plastered with posters of her face and the words "foreign agent".
Read moreA-list stars, menstruating superheroes in Cannes VR competition
From a voyage through the human body with Cate Blanchett, to a feminist superhero satire featuring giant tampons and octopus demons, the Cannes Film Festival launches its first competition for virtual reality films on Wednesday.
Read moreFrance's Godreche says #MeToo allegations should not be theatre
French actor and director Judith Godreche, a key figure in France's #MeToo movement, told AFP she does not believe in trial-by-media as she premieres a short film about sexual abuse at Cannes on Wednesday.
Read moreBrunson and Knicks bounce back to crush Pacers
Jalen Brunson was back to his best on Tuesday as the New York Knicks dominated the Indiana Pacers 121-91 to take a 3-2 lead in their Eastern Conference semi-final Game 5.
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