S&P cuts Egypt's credit ratings Ratings agency Standard & Poor's has pushed Egypt's sovereign credit ratings deeper into junk status, citing "continued pressure" on foreign reserves. More
Ghana impounds 'faulty condoms' More than 110 million Chinese-made condoms are seized in Ghana after laboratory tests revealed they had holes and burst easily. More
Nigeria tycoon 'plans $8bn refinery' Africa's wealthiest man, Aliko Dangote, says he aims to invest up to $8bn in a major new oil refinery that would double Nigeria's current oil output. More
Mubarak ordered back to prison Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has been ordered back to prison from military hospital. Mr Mubarak's retrial will open on 11 May, a Cairo appeals court says. More
What’s on TV tonight: Blue Lights, Jamie’s Air Fryer Meals and more Blue Lights BBC One, 9pm It takes only minutes of this second run to be reminded why the BBC has renewed the Northern Ireland-set Blue Lights for not one but three more series: rookie police officers ... 04/14/2024 - 8:28 pm | View Link
‘Civil War’ Takes Box Office Spoils With $25.7M Opening, Best Ever For A24 – Sunday AM Update FRIDAY PM: “Great number,” heralds one rival distributor about the weekend results for A24’s Civil War which will easily become the studio’s biggest opening of all-time at $23M-$25M after $10M ... 04/14/2024 - 3:19 am | View Link
How this open-world puzzle game classic helped us come to terms with human extinction by tapping into our thirst for storytelling "Rice and chicken porridge. Grab some rice, cook it with cheap chicken parts, and boil it all until it turns into porridge. Add salt and pepper, remove chicken bones, and stir it so the rice and ... 04/14/2024 - 2:00 am | View Link
The top 100 superhero movies — ranked by Tom’s Guide Ranking the top 100 superhero movies was no small feat. While this genre of storytelling used to be niche, largely reserved for the occasional blockbuster, it’s now become one of the most dominant ... 04/13/2024 - 6:30 pm | View Link
The 32 greatest Arnold Schwarzenegger movie moments Although Arnold Scwharzenegger made his acting debut at age 22 in the 1970 film Hercules in New York, he achieved more notoriety through his appearance in the documentary Pumping ... 04/12/2024 - 9:37 am | View Link
The exact moment Taylor Swift came gliding into my life was when she released “The Man” music video. I remember it all too well. I was leading projects in a predominantly male organization. Colleagues had been quick to criticize my violations of unwritten rules regarding how women should lead—rules dictating niceties, get-in-line supportiveness, and instruction with subtlety.
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“The Man,” written from an ambitious women’s perspective, tells the story of living in a world built for someone else.
“The Gray House,” the Kevin Costner-produced limited series about a female spy ring during the Civil War, will open Monaco’s 63rd annual Monte-Carlo Television Festival in June. The six-episode limited series tells the hidden-history tale of four Southern women — a Virginia socialite and her mother, a formerly enslaved Black woman and a high-end prostitute […]
James Warburton, MD and CEO of Seven West Media, one of Australia’s largest media conglomerates, has resigned following a series of scandals. He was scheduled to depart the company in December, but now exits with immediate effect following a board meeting on Thursday. In a filing to the Australian Stock Exchange, Seven West said that […]
Leading distribution company Beta Film has come on board four-part Norwegian drama “A Better Man,” created by Thomas Seeberg Torjussen. The show, which was commissioned by Norwegian broadcaster NRK and German broadcaster ZDF’s platform ZDFneo, is produced by Synnøve Hørsdal and Christian Fredrik Martin at Norway’s Maipo Film. “A Better Man” centers on Tom, Norway’s […]
Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa ordered businesses and government offices to shut down Thursday and Friday amid a crippling lack of electrical power ahead of a key national referendum scheduled for Sunday.
Noboa blamed the unprecedented measure on drought, but also sabotage, without offering evidence. The energy crisis comes on the heels of a security crisis and a fiscal crisis that’s sent it seeking help from the International Monetary Fund.