Absurdist sci-fi comedy "Everything Everywhere All At Once" continued its dominance of this year's Hollywood award shows by earning top honors from the Screen Actors Guild on Sunday.. In the television sections, "The White Lotus" won the top drama prize, and "Abbott Elementary" was named best comedy ensemble. amz/st
Chinese billionaire Bao Fan is "cooperating in an investigation" by authorities, his company said, almost two weeks after his disappearance sparked fears of a renewed crackdown on the nation's financial services industry. . His Hong Kong-listed firm said in a filing dated Sunday that it was now "aware that Mr. Bao is currently cooperating in an investigation being carried out by certain authorities" in mainland China.
Only a bold and ambitious UN treaty with sweeping reforms of the entire plastic life cycle can stem the world's waste crisis, experts said Monday.. "The findings highlight the level of ambition and the sense of urgency needed at the negotiation table," co-author Gillian Parker told AFP. - 'Not an impossible problem' - The report modelled the three policy approaches -- all under discussion at the UN talks -- covering the entire life cycle of plastic, from production to disposal.
Two Israelis living in a West Bank settlement were killed Sunday in a "Palestinian terror attack", officials said, sparking violence with a Palestinian man killed later while settlers torched homes in revenge.. The West Bank is home to about 2.9 million Palestinians as well as an estimated 475,000 Jewish settlers who live in state-approved settlements considered illegal under international law.
Nigeria announced initial results on Sunday after a tight election for the presidency of Africa's most populous nation, marked by widespread voting delays and early accusations of attempts to manipulate ballot counts.. But slow uploading of results to INEC's online website on Sunday provoked worries of electoral malpractice in a country with a history of ballot rigging and vote buying.
Two Israelis living in a West Bank settlement were killed on Sunday in a "Palestinian terror attack", officials said, amid talks in Jordan to discuss worsening violence in the occupied territory.. - Jordan talks - The shooting came as Israeli-Palestinian talks were held in Jordan, aimed at quelling a surge in West Bank violence.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is to blast off early Monday for the International Space Station carrying two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and the second Emirati to voyage to space.. Fedyaev is the second Russian cosmonaut to fly to the ISS aboard a SpaceX rocket.
At least 59 migrants, including 11 children and a newborn baby, died after their overloaded boat sank early on Sunday in stormy seas off Italy's southern Calabria region, officials said.. Crotone's rescue centre said 12 of the 59 victims were children, including a newborn, and 33 were women, according to AGI news agency.
US First Lady Jill Biden on Sunday visited drought-affected communities in Kenya and appealed for wealthy nations to give more as the Horn of Africa suffers its driest conditions in decades.. Biden concluded her two-nation tour of Africa by calling for a greater spotlight on the record-breaking drought which threatens 22 million people in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia with starvation.
Nigerians of all ages were determined to ensure a credible election outcome, monitoring polling centres as initial results from a presidential election trickled in on Sunday.. - 'Brighter future' - As of Sunday morning, only 20 percent of results for the presidential election were available on the website of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
