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Russia-Ukraine War: Kremlin Denies Involvement in Crash Presumed to Have Killed Mercenary Leader
U.S. officials appeared increasingly certain that Yevgeny V. Prigozhin was dead, and some European leaders have speculated that the Kremlin had orchestrated his killing. The Kremlin has previously denied actions it was later shown to have carried out.
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Yevgeny Prigozhin, Renegade Mercenary Chief Who Rattled Kremlin
A tycoon and a Putin ally, he built a paramilitary force that fought by Russia’s side even as he castigated its military leaders. He is believed to have died at 62 in a plane crash.
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With BRICS Invite, Iran Shrugs Off Outcast Status in the West
The invitation came after a tumultuous year of domestic unrest and economic gloom, and follows a pivot by the country toward Russia and China.
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Spanish Soccer Chief Rubiales Refuses to Resign Over World Cup Kiss
The players demanded change after Luis Rubiales declined to quit over kissing Jennifer Hermoso, a member of the World Cup-winning team.
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Nicolas Sarkozy to Face Trial in France on Charges of Campaign Financing by Libya
Nicolas Sarkozy of France is accused of receiving illegal funding for his 2007 election from the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.
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Retribution
For the last decade or so, Liam Neeson has been cranking out largely generic programmers that have no real reason to exist other than the hope that one might turn out to be another “Taken,” the 2008 thriller that became a massive worldwide hit and unexpectedly reinvented him as an action hero. I doubt I…
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Scrapper
The facts of the matter are grim in “Scrapper.” A woman dies and leaves behind her 12-year-old daughter, Georgie (Lola Campbell). The father is not in the picture. Georgie doesn’t want to be put into the foster care system, so she sets up an elaborate lie system, telling the school and social services she is living…
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Our Father, the Devil
The eloquently composed “Our Father, the Devil,” a bleak, slow-burn character study, begins, quite literally, upon reflection. Against a window, the reserved Marie (Babetida Sadjo) smokes and sits by her favorite haunt, a bar serviced by the winsome Arnaud (Franck Saurel). In the window frame, her visage takes a blurred, ghostly appearance. Reflections that grant the…
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Fremont
Filmed in stunning black and white, Babak Jalali’s “Fremont” is visually captivating as it renders California’s East Bay as a character of its own. However, it never outshines the film’s focus: Donya (Anaita Wali Zada). Donya works at a fortune cookie factory, writing the sentiments inside. But as she doles out fortunes for those around her, she…
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Golda
Helen Mirren gets lost beneath layers of heavy prosthetics and a swirl of incessant cigarette smoke in “Golda.” Given that she’s one of the greatest actresses of her time, Mirren naturally finds ways to reveal glimmers of humanity in her portrayal of former Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. But the artifice of her physical transformation…