Danish WWII drama wins Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival awarded its top prize on Saturday to a Danish-made drama about a woman trying to hide a wartime relationship with a Nazi – the only feature film with a female director in the competition. «Unknown Woman» had been a major talking…
Trump: US president’s comments on a united Ireland may have targeted an audience across the Atlantic
Giving an answer to a question that is asked at a free-flowing press conference is one thing, but Donald Trump repeated his sentiments a short time later when he was delivering a speech to an invited audience at the US Ambassador’s residence. In…
EE UU-Cuba: Dos empresarios texanos compiten por el control de Sherritt en Cuba
Madrid/Las negociaciones de la canadiense Sherritt con inversores estadounidenses han tropezado con las reclamaciones de antiguos propietarios de bienes confiscados por el Gobierno cubano después de 1959. Según un análisis de Bloomberg publicado este…
Inflation is outpacing wage growth again, squeezing Americans’ paychecks
Wage growth for U.S. workers has cooled substantially from the pandemic period while inflation remains elevated, a trend that is adding to economic pressures. Diy13 | Istock | Getty Images Americans face a renewed squeeze on their paychecks as inflation…
Saudi Arabia closes East-West pipeline as Houthis tighten grip on Red Sea
Saudi Arabia has shut down its East-West pipeline, after the vital oil conduit came under aerial attack in the widening Middle East war, threatening to send energy prices even higher. The world’s largest crude oil exporter said it temporarily closed the…
Ukraine tennis player’s apartment destroyed in Russian strike
Ukrainian tennis player Dayana Yastremska has said her family’s flat has been destroyed in a Russian aerial strike on the Black Sea port of Odesa. «This is what the ‘Russian world’ looks like. A direct hit by a Kalibr cruise missile,»…
Energía: Los linieros pagan un alto costo por un sistema eléctrico en crisis
La Habana/La crisis eléctrica cubana también se cobra un precio entre quienes intentan mantener en pie una red cada vez más deteriorada. Un liniero murió y otro resultó gravemente herido en Cienfuegos después de que se partiera el poste en el que…
I worked with Gloria Steinem for 30 years this was her No. 1 antidote to fear
«This is what 50 looks like,» Gloria Steinem said to raucous cheers from the several hundred people, mostly women, gathered at a luncheon event in Phoenix, now 42 years ago. When societal forces so often work to make women feel invisible as they age, her…
Céline Dion makes historic Paris comeback, six years after last tour
Céline Dion on Saturday fulfilled her dream of returning to the stage after years battling a rare neurological disorder with a sell-out concert in an arena west of Paris. The 58-year-old French Canadian singer appeared visibly moved as she opened her…
Fire at nursing home in Chile kills 16 residents
At least 16 elderly residents have died in a fire at a nursing home in Chile, according to authorities. Ten others were evacuated after a blaze broke out at El Edén home in /idt2/d9cfcc9a-2842-463f-a4d8-4dd007ef9547, around 640km (400 miles) south of the…