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Toronto festival market selects Palmer, Mehta and Irons projects
The Toronto International Film Festival has revealed the full line-up for TIFF: The Market, its first-ever formal international financing and project market, which will run alongside the festival from 10-16 September. The launch marks a shift from years of informal dealmaking in Toronto to a dedicated industry marketplace, with market head Charles Tremblay saying the…
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Trump says he’s ‘low keying it’ on Iran: ‘It will work out’
President Trump said in a new interview he is “low-keying it” when it comes to the war with Iran as it nears its sixth month “We are only semi-negotiating with them. We are just watching Iran with its huge inflation and the fact they have no money,” Trump told Axios on Sunday. The president also…
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Proportion of voters who think migration ‘mostly bad’ for UK jumps nearly a third over ten years amid ministers’ failure to stop the boats – with more Remainers even agreeing
A new poll finding shows that the proportion of British voters who believe migration has been “mostly bad” for the UK has risen by almost a third over the past decade, according to the Daily Mail. The shift is attributed largely to the continued failure of successive governments to curb Channel crossings by small boats,…
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Decades of abuse revealed at Michigan art school. And, the Iran war’s impact on midterms
A new report has revealed decades of alleged abuse at an elite art school. NPR spoke with one of the victims. And, Iran is playing the long game with negotiations, which could impact midterms.
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Dem rep, in first video since hit-and-run crash, opens up about wreck
Democratic Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur of Ohio has released her first video message since being injured in a hit-and-run car accident in Toledo, giving constituents an update on her recovery. The 80-year-old, who is the longest-serving woman in the history of the US House of Representatives, said she was making “very rapid” progress and is now…
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The first rival Android app store just arrived in the US Play Store
Google’s US Play Store has begun listing a third-party app store within its own app, marking the first time this has been possible without pre-installation or sideloading. Aptoide, a store that specialises in mobile games, is the first to appear, a significant shift given that rival storefronts on Android have previously only been reachable through…
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‘But Biden’ excuses are just admissions Trump has failed
An opinion piece argues that Donald Trump has failed to deliver on his promises during his second term and criticizes supporters who continue to blame previous administrations like Joe Biden and Barack Obama.
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‘Not possible’ to block early release of PC Andrew Harper’s killers, No 10 says
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Wildfires burn across western US and Canada as residents are evacuated
ildfires burning across the western U.S. and Canada on Sunday left some residents keeping a wary eye out for possible evacuation orders while others already forced to flee their homes waited to see what would be left on their return.
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Norway joins calls for Infantino to resign at FIFA
Pressure on FIFA president Gianni Infantino to resign has escalated into a sustained global backlash, even though he abandoned the controversial deal that triggered it and FIFA enjoyed record World Cup revenues just a month earlier. The furore centres on Infantino’s now-scrapped plan to sell a 21% stake in a new commercial arm, FIFA Forward…