Even streaming services fall short on diversity: Viola Davis
Streaming services have cracked open a door for communities long shut out of Hollywood, Oscar winner Viola Davis told the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday, but more imagination is still needed around black roles.
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Namibia comes to Europe to sell its sunshine
As Europe struggles to decarbonise its economy and wean itself off Russian oil and gas, one of the world’s sunniest and most arid nations is pitching itself to the continent as an answer to its problems.
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Biden rallies behind NATO bids as Finland, Sweden say to address Turkey
US President Joe Biden on Thursday strongly backed NATO membership bids by Finland and Sweden in the face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine as the two leaders promised to address concerns raised by Turkey.
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Ukrainians at Cannes call for total Russian ban
Ukrainians at the Cannes Film Festival said Thursday that all Russians should have been banned from the event -- even those who have spoken out against the war.
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Italy's Oldani sprints to Giro 12th stage win, Lopez still in pink
Italy's Stefano Oldani made it two stage wins in a row for the hosts as he sprinted to victory on stage 12 of the Giro d'Italia in Genoa on Thursday.
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Ukrainian evacuees fear they might never return home
"If we come and there is only a hill of rocks, where will we go back with family?" worries Galina Chistyakova, whose village of Ruska Lozova, north of Kharkiv, is now on the frontline, trapped between Russian and Ukrainian artillery fire.
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Ukraine film-makers horrified by Top Gun jet display at Cannes
The roar of fighter jets over Cannes to welcome "Top Gun: Maverick" was far from welcome by the team behind a documentary about the Ukraine war, they said Thursday.
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Rising prices, interest rates cool US home sales in April
Rising prices and higher mortgage rates slowed US existing home sales for the third consecutive month in April, according to an industry survey released Thursday.
Read moreUkraine steelworks troops surrender as Russian soldier says sorry
Russia said Thursday that 1,730 Ukrainian soldiers had surrendered this week at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, showing some emerging on crutches after a desperate battle that has become emblematic of the nearly three-month-old war.
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Pakistan bans import of luxury items to boost economy
Pakistan’s new government on Thursday said it would ban the import of over 30 luxury items including cars and fruit jams in an austerity move to help boost the country's faltering economy.
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