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Wildfires ravage Borneo, Trump’s new hair colour sparks buzz, OpenAI faces newspaper copyright suit
Volunteer firefighters battle Borneo’s wildfires while Trump’s hair colour and a Portland Thorns transphobia row grab US headlines; plus OpenAI/Microsoft face a newspaper lawsuit, stately homes turned cannabis farms, HBO Max’s 25th and a wildcat’s press-up marathon.
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Huawei copies Samsung’s privacy display in its latest trifold
Huawei has launched the Mate XT 2, its third trifold smartphone, in China, becoming the first foldable to feature a privacy-enhancing display similar to the one Samsung introduced on the Galaxy S26 Ultra. The device also abandons the accordion-style folding mechanism of earlier Mate XT models, which left parts of the flexible screen permanently exposed,…
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Screen Industries Adopt Five Thematic Declarations at Lumiere Summit, Setting Terms on AI, Piracy, Gender, Education and the Environment
Screen industry bodies, national governments and rights organisations adopted five thematic declarations at the Lumière Summit, held on Monday at the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France. The declarations establish shared frameworks covering artificial intelligence, piracy, gender equality, image education and environmental sustainability, aiming to shape future legislation and cross-border industry cooperation. Signatories include France, the…
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France and Korea Launch $1.16 Billion Screen Industry Financing Partnership at Lumiere Summit
France and Korea have formally launched the Lumière Partnership, a €1 billion ($1.16 billion) joint fund to strengthen their screen industries, unveiled at the Lumière Summit in Saint-Paul-de-Vence and co-chaired by Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Lee Jae-myung. Each country is contributing €500 million, with the first funding instruments deploying between 2027 and 2031, and the…
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Okurimono review – a heartbreaking dispatch from survivors of the Nagasaki bomb
Laurence Lévesque’s documentary Okurimono follows Noriko, a woman in her 60s, as she uncovers her late mother’s hidden past as a hibakusha, a survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945. Clearing out her family’s home after her parents’ deaths, she finds letters revealing not only her mother’s private trauma but also a wider…
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Radiohead announce long run of 2027 residency shows in Australia and Japan
Radiohead have confirmed 21 residency-style shows across Australia and Japan for spring 2027, their first announced live dates outside the UK and Europe since reuniting. The run follows guitarist Ed O’Brien’s earlier pledge that the band would tour a different continent each year, capped at 20 shows, after their 2025 reunion run saw them play…
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China to pump $54bn into state banks and insurers to boost economy
China is injecting 360 billion yuan ($53.6bn; £39.7bn) into eight state-owned banks and insurers, a move led by the finance ministry to strengthen the financial system as economic growth slows. The package comes as Beijing grapples with weak domestic demand, a shrinking workforce, a prolonged property market downturn, and trade and technology tensions with the…
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Finecut secures Japanese film distribution for Korean festival titles
Korean sales agency Finecut has finalised Japanese distribution deals for two of its festival titles, with Geek Pictures acquiring 3D animated feature “Long Long Night” and July Jung’s Cannes-selected drama “Dora”. The agreements reflect sustained international appetite for Korean cinema during the autumn festival circuit, with both films already carrying strong pedigree from earlier premieres…
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Tokyo festival revives Asian cinema initiative with new Japanese and women’s awards
The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) has confirmed three new initiatives for its 39th edition, running 26 October to 4 November: a competitive Nippon Cinema Now section for Japanese filmmakers, an expanded Southeast Asia strand called Crosscut Asia+, and the Kawakita Kashiko Award recognising women’s contributions to cinema. Festival director Hisamatsu Takeo said the changes…
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Moment Brit racing driver’s Ferrari bursts into flames after smash… before ‘superhero’ rival rushes towards fireball and saves his life
British racing driver Ollie Millroy, 36, was pulled from his blazing Ferrari by rival Dutch driver Loek Hartog, 23, after a horror crash during a China GT event at the Shanghai International Circuit. Millroy’s car was struck by two other vehicles while cornering, sending it spinning off track and bursting into flames, with Hartog abandoning…