"Heat" and "The Last of the Mohicans" director Mann was speaking at the 25th anniversary opening night of COLCOA, which celebrates French movies in Los Angeles, but was canceled last year due to Covid-19. This year's edition is somewhat scaled back...

Currently, coal powers 70 percent of the nation's electricity generation, but Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged that by 2030, India will produce more energy through solar and other renewables than its entire grid now. "First, India w...

Jiangsu FC folded in February, barely 100 days after winning the Chinese Super League, and now top-tier Hebei appear to be in grave danger of going the same way -- more evidence that China's football boom under President Xi Jinping is over. Doubts ...

Lee, the daughter of martial arts legend Bruce Lee, said such training could be a matter of life or death for those working in the film industry. "I think that mandatory gun safety training (should be required) for the actor so that they can check...

Mack, 25, was released from a Bali prison last week, nearly three years early for good behaviour, and was set to be flown to the United States later Tuesday. "Yes, it's true. (She's) got the ticket already," Bali justice ministry spokesman I Putu ...

Critics say an atmosphere of growing religious intolerance and fear since Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014 is behind the rise in social media vitriol and physical attacks on minority groups. Clothes and furnitur...

But making the method work at scale poses major challenges and the technique may not be the 'silver bullet' everyone is hoping for. Critics argue it may just push emissions elsewhere. Finding ways to decarbonise steel, an indispensable component of...

But are these companies making a genuine attempt to fight global warming, or simply "greenwashing" their brands to try to divert criticism while still reaping huge profits from their carbon-based industries? With the COP26 summit in Glasgow coming ...

A cloud of dust swirls around the heaving scrum of three dozen horses competing in the final contest on a vast plain in the northern province of Samangan, where buzkashi riders known an "chapandazan" are revered as heroes. About 3,000 spectators --...

Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan at the end of August the persecution of the country’s LGBT+ community has ramped up, forcing many to live in hiding, fearing for their lives. “We now know for sure the Taliban has a ‘kill list’,...

Jackson, 80, was injured in a fall while helping student protesters at Howard University on Monday but is "doing well", Santita Jackson wrote on Twitter alongside a news article. "Family, he's resting comfortably & doing well: we thank u 4 ur praye...

The album "30", her first in six years, will be released on November 19. The 12-song tracklist the singer revealed online opens with "Strangers By Nature" and closes with "Love is a Game". Other tracks include "Woman Like Me", "Hold On" and "To Be...

With James McDonald in the saddle, the six-year-old mare came from behind in a thrilling finish to the gruelling 3,200-metre (two mile) handicap at Flemington, considered the ultimate test of stamina and staying power. Incentivise, the shortest-pri...

A harbinger of the parties' prospects in next year's midterm elections, the race between Democratic former governor Terry McAuliffe and Republican tycoon Glenn Youngkin has narrowed in recent weeks and is squarely in toss-up territory. "At this po...

Beijing has embarked on a wide-ranging regulatory clampdown on a number of industries as part of a drive to tighten its control of the economy, with tech firms taking the brunt of the pain. In September, officials said they wanted to curb addiction...