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Putin Will Visit Xi, Testing a ‘No Limits’ Partnership
Moscow seeks more support for its war in Ukraine. But Beijing risks alienating Europe, a key trading partner needed to help revive China’s economy.
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The Other Busing Program: Mexico Is Pushing Migrants Back South
In response to pressure from the Biden administration to curb migration flows, Mexico has quietly bused thousands of migrants away from the U.S. border to sites deep in the country’s south.
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Russia Detains Senior General, Widening Military Purge
Lt. Gen. Yuri Kuznetsov became the second senior defense official to be detained on an accusation of corruption in the past month.
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Roman Polanski Did Not Defame British Actress, French Court Rules
Charlotte Lewis, who says the director raped her in the 1980s, brought the lawsuit against him over an interview in which he called the accusations an “odious lie.”
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Cannes 2024: The Second Act, Abel Gance’s Napoleon
The first two screenings of the 77th Cannes Film Festival were of a silent classic so gargantuan that the festival screened only the first half, which itself ran longer than last year’s “Killers of the Flower Moon,” and of a meta farce that negates itself so thoroughly that it’s tempting to ask whether it counts…
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Meanwhile in France…Cannes to Be Specific
Back on April 11th, when Cannes Film Festival artistic director Thierry Fremaux and Festival president Iris Knobloch announced most of the films in the Official Selection of the 77th Festival, then a little over a month away (May 14 – 26), there were a number of developments ahead they could not have known about. On…
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Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar Wastes Its Lavish Potential
Director Sanjay Leela Bhansali is one of Hindi cinema’s best directors. His name is synonymous with sumptuous costumes, opulent production design, vivid female lead characters, expertly directed songs that function like short films, and soaring music. Actresses over the years have spoken with great admiration for the director’s stewardship over their most nuanced and multidimensional…
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Nocturnal Suburban Teen Angst Fantasia: Jane Schoenbrun on I Saw the TV Glow
With their surreal and shimmering “I Saw the TV Glow,” Jane Schoenbrun has made one of the year’s defining films—an eerie and overwhelmingly potent meditation on teenage dysphoria, repression, and representation, in which two high school classmates obsess over a late-night TV series, only for one to disappear completely after its distressing finale. Growing up…
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The role of law enforcement in remediating ransomware attacks
While 97% of organizations hit by ransomware report the attack, the level of involvement of law enforcement and/or official bodies varies considerably by country.
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Sophos Incident Response achieves NCSC Certified Incident Response (CIR) Level 2 status
I am delighted to announce that the Sophos Incident Response service has been awarded U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Cyber Incident Response (CIR) Level 2 status by CREST. This assurance confirms that amid the sophisticated cybersecurity threat landscape, Sophos has the experience and capabilities to deal with incidents caused by financially motivated criminals, such…