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China’s Pingyao Film Festival Sets 10th Edition Dates – Global Bulletin
The Pingyao International Film Festival in China will hold its 10th edition from 24–30 September at the Pingyao Festival Palace in Shanxi Province, according to a Variety global film festival bulletin that also rounds up news from festivals in India and Singapore. Founded in 2017 by director Jia Zhangke, Pingyao has become a notable launchpad…
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North Korea fires a suspected missile toward the sea, Japan says
The suspected launch on Thursday comes a day after North Korea shrugged off a U.S. decision to scale back military drills with South Korea in an apparent bid to resume diplomacy.
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MORNING GLORY: Alaska’s ‘real’ Senator Dan Sullivan stood up over challenger
Alaska’s incumbent Republican US Senator Dan Sullivan advanced to November’s general election after Tuesday’s primary, comfortably outpolling a challenger who shares his exact name. The situation has drawn attention because most observers believe the challenger, a retired federal employee and teacher, is a “confusion candidate” deliberately entered to siphon votes from the sitting senator in…
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Sunbathers look on in shock as packed migrant boat arrives on Spanish beach and dozens of men run ashore and disappear
Beachgoers on the Costa del Sol were left stunned when a small boat crammed with migrants pulled up onto a busy Spanish beach, with dozens of men leaping out and sprinting off before disappearing into nearby streets. The incident, captured on video by shocked sunbathers, is the latest example of migrant boats making landfall directly…
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TalkFuse morning briefing, 20 Aug 2026 04:33
Trump names Dr Heidi Overton for FDA chief as UK debates facial recognition at football and a Barnsley man is jailed for abusing a missing girl; plus Google’s AI study tools, HBO’s Baldur’s Gate, X-Men casting and Weezer’s new album.
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‘Blonde’ at 10: The peroxide has run dry
The tortured genius exposed. The post ‘Blonde’ at 10: The peroxide has run dry first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Chinese national in blue state charged with illegally voting in federal election under another man’s name: DOJ
A Chinese national living in Andover, Massachusetts, has been charged by federal prosecutors with voter fraud after allegedly impersonating another Chinese national to register and vote in the 2024 US presidential election. Yupeng Sun, 33, was arrested on Wednesday, with the Department of Justice saying he then reported his alleged victim to immigration authorities for…
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7 Most Powerful Spider-Man Characters
This Collider feature ranks seven of the most powerful characters in Marvel’s Spider-Man comics, timed to coincide with the release of the film Spider-Man: Brand New Day. It highlights that beyond the familiar street-level villains, the Spider-Man universe contains foes and allies of near-cosmic strength, ranging from dimension-warping supervillains to interdimensional predators who hunt Spider-Totems…
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Forget ‘The Odyssey,’ Matt Damon’s Most Rewatchable Action Movie Is Officially Streaming
Matt Damon’s 2002 spy thriller *The Bourne Identity* is now streaming on Apple TV at no extra cost, as the platform continues adding older films to its catalogue. The move comes during a strong year for Damon, who has already featured in Netflix’s *The Rip* and Christopher Nolan’s *The Odyssey*, and it offers audiences the…
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Trump announces sweeping economic campaign against Iran’s allies
US President Donald Trump has launched what he describes as the “most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country”, issuing a stark warning to any nation considering offering Iran an economic lifeline. In a Wednesday post on Truth Social, he characterised the measures as “Economic Warfare and Isolation on an unprecedented scale” and compared…