Proceedings in a trial over a 2009 massacre in Guinea were adjourned for a week on Monday after former dictator Moussa Dadis Camara said he was too ill to give testimony.. "You have a week, Mr. Camara," he said, adjourning the trial until December 12.
Spinning once again, the sign above France's biggest cinema, the Grand Rex, is testament to how well Paris venues have weathered the twin threats of streaming and the pandemic.. To coax viewers off their sofas, the Grand Rex has been offering "event" screenings such as manga previews and film marathons that cater to the biggest fans.
The head of Sky News will step down after 17 years, having steered the broadcaster through a tumultuous period in British political history and journalism's digital revolution.. "Nonetheless, after almost 40 years in the news business, 28 of which have been at Sky including 17 lucky years at the helm, I have decided, as of next year, to stop and leave Sky News behind."
From Queen Elizabeth II to the Soviet Union's last leader Mikhail Gorbachev, here are some of 2022's most notable deaths.. - 8: JOSE EDUARDO DOS SANTOS, 79, Angola's long-time ruler - 25: DAVID TRIMBLE, 77, politician, Nobel laureate, for helping to broker 1998 peace deal in Northern Ireland - 27: JAMES LOVELOCK, 103, famed UK scientist behind Gaia theory, who predicted climate change - 30: NICHELLE NICHOLS, 89, groundbreaking black actress who starred in cult sci-fi series "Star Trek" - 31: BILL RUSSELL, 88, American NBA basketball player and civil rights activist - August - - 5: ISSEY MIYAKE, 84, Japanese fashion designer who pioneered high-tech, comfortable fashion - 8: OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN, 73, star of hit musical "Grease" alongside John Travolta - 12: JEAN-JACQUES SEMPE, 89, French cartoonist, illustrator of "Le petit Nicolas" - 12: ANNE HECHE, 53, US actress of "Donnie Brasco" - 30: MIKHAIL GORBACHEV, 91, last Soviet leader, whose reforms and outreach to the West set in motion the collapse of the USSR - September - - 8: QUEEN ELIZABETH II, 96, Britain's longest-serving monarch who reigned for 70 years - 10: WILLIAM KLEIN, 96, American fashion and street life photographer - 13: JEAN-LUC GODARD, 91, by assisted suicide.
From Florida governor Ron DeSantis to Tunisian tennis star Ons Jabeur and Britain's Prince Harry, here are 10 people who are expected to make headlines in 2023.. - Prince Harry - Britain's royal family is bracing for more potentially damaging revelations as Prince Harry prepares to release his highly anticipated memoir "Spare", just four months after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Harry has promised an "unflinching" account of life inside The Firm in the book, which will hit the shelves on January 10.
Egypt is using the ancient grandeur of its pyramids as a backdrop for modern pop concerts and fashion shows, hoping to boost its image, tourism and the luxury brand sector beloved by its moneyed elite.. At this year's Paris Fashion Week, Cairo-based luxury brand Okhtein showed a resin-made bustier that evoked Egyptian alabaster at French fashion house Balmain's show.
Dominique Lapierre, a French author with a passion for India and whose novels sold tens of millions of copies, has died, his wife announced. . "At 91, he died of old age," Dominique Conchon-Lapierre told the French newspaper Var-Matin on Sunday.
Film icon George Clooney and soul legend Gladys Knight are among an elite circle of stars receiving honors at Washington's Kennedy Center Sunday in the presence of President Joe Biden.. She is the first contemporary Christian star the Kennedy Center has ever inducted, and said "never in my wildest dreams" did she envision receiving the honor.
"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" saw weekend ticket sales drop to an estimated $17.6 million but still extended its rule of the North American box office for a fourth week, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Sunday.. Still, its domestic total has now reached an impressive $393.7 million on top of $339 million in international ticket sales.
Fans of football superstar Pele congregated Sunday outside the Sao Paulo hospital where the 82-year-old Brazilian icon is being treated for a respiratory infection.. On Sunday, his fans stood mostly in silence outside the clinic in the Morumbi neighborhood of western Sao Paulo, holding a banner bearing an image of a youthful Pele and marked "Torcida Joven" ("Young Fans").
