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Suspected sabotage causes Cannes Film Festival power cut ‘meltdown’
Cannes faced a citywide power cut on Saturday, disrupting the prestigious film festival and closing restaurants, and businesses.
French police are investigating suspected arson as the cause of the outage, after a a substation in the village of Tanneron, which supplies Cannes, was attacked by…
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Bulgarians pay tribute to ancient founders of Slavic Script in ceremony marking holiday
Hundreds of people gathered to lay flowers at the base of the statue of Cyril and Methodius, creators of the Glagolitic script, which later evolved into the Cyrillic alphabet, in central Sofia, the capital.
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Sabotage suspected as power cut hits Cannes Film Festival
ReutersA cook brings out food from a hotel in the French city of Cannes following a power outage A power cut in southern France caused by suspected sabotage has disrupted screenings on the final day of the Cannes Film Festival.
About 160,000 homes in the city of Cannes and surrounding areas lost…
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Iranian director Jafar Panahi speaks out against regime after Palme d’Or win
Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who has repeatedly been imprisoned and banned from film-making in his home country, spoke out against the restrictions of the regime after winning the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Panahi picked up the prestigious Palme d’Or for It Was Just an Accident,…
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Cannes awards its Palme d'Or trophy to Iranian revenge drama 'It Was Just an Accident'
Iranian dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi’s revenge thriller “IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT” won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, handing the festival’s top prize to a director who had been banned from leaving Iran for more than 15 years. Cate Blanchett presented the award to Pan
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Syrians hopeful for the future after US and EU sanctions relief
US President Donald Trump granted Syria sweeping exemptions from sanctions in a major first step toward fulfilling his pledge to lift a half-century of penalties on a country shattered by 14 years of civil war.
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Council of Europe Rejects Political Pressure on ECHR in Response to Meloni
Council of Europe Secretary Alain Berset defends the independence of the European Court of Human Rights, emphasizing the importance of preserving its impartiality amid ongoing debates on migration.
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