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☆ 'Why is there no sex in movies anymore?' asks Yorgos Lanthimos
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] The 80th Venice Film Festival - Premiere for the film "Poor Things" in competition - Red Carpet - Venice, Italy, September 1, 2023 - Director Yorgos Lanthimos poses. The picture was made by Yorgos Lanthimos and stars Emma Stone as Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life after committing suicide in Victorian London. So you can understand that there is a shorthand," Lanthimos said, adding this meant the actor understood why the myriad sex scenes were needed. Stone also produced "Poor Things", which meant she was involved in the decision-making from the word go. "Poor Things" is one of 23 movies competing for the prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival, which runs until Sept. 9.

Persons: Yorgos Lanthimos, Yara, Emma Stone, Bella Baxter, Mark Ruffalo, Stone, Lanthimos, Emma, Alasdair Gray, Elle McAlpine, it's Bella, Mike Davidson, Crispian Balmer, Alison Williams Organizations: REUTERS, Hollywood, Golden Lion, Venice Film, Thomson Locations: Venice, Italy, Victorian London, Paris

☆ The incredible life of Titanic's youngest survivor, who lived to 97 and refused to see James Cameron's movie
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Gabbi Shaw | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Millvina Dean was only 9 weeks old when her family boarded the Titanic in 1912. She never publicly spoke about the Titanic until September 1, 1985, when the wreck was found. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Among those passengers was Millvina Dean, who was just 2 months old when the ship went down.

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☆ Agnetha Fältskog: ABBA legend releases new single
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Agnetha Fältskog of legendary Swedish pop group ABBA has relaunched her solo career with a new single. Speaking with BBC Radio 2 host Zoe Ball before the track was played on Thursday, Fältskog said the single was made with “a good feeling.”Benny Andersson (left), Agnetha Fältskog (center-left), Anni-Frid Lyngstad (center-right) and Bjorn Ulvaeus (right) of ABBA. Benny Andersson (left), Anni-Frid Lyngstad (center-left), Agnetha Fältskog (center-right) and Bjorn Ulvaeus (right) in 1974. I live and I sleep with music,” Fältskog said. Asked how it felt to hear the single on the radio, Fältskog said: “It feels good.

Persons: ”, Zoe Ball, Fältskog, “, ” Benny Andersson, Agnetha, Anni, Frid, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Dave J Hogan, ” Fältskog, Jörgen Elofsson, Benny Andersson, Olle Lindeborg, It’s, I’m, Ball, Mamma Mia, Frida ” Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus – Organizations: CNN, BBC Radio, ABBA, BBC, Getty Locations: Swedish, AFP, Sweden

☆ US attorney's office files legal motion to block planned Titanic expedition
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Sabrina Shulman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The US government has filed a motion to stop a Titanic expedition planned for 2024, citing a law that protects and preserves the shipwreck as a gravesite. The expedition has been organized by RMS Titanic Inc., a company that owns the exclusive salvage rights to the remains of the Titanic. RMS Titanic Inc. had said they wanted to recover the ship’s radio – a request that was granted in May 2020 by a US district judge. RMS Titanic Inc. said in a periodic report filed this June that the company is planning for a 2024 expedition but does “not intend to seek a permit,” according to the motion filed by the US government. More than 1,500 people lost their lives in the accident, and the Titanic became the most famous shipwreck in history.

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This was Day 1 of an eight-day voyage that Mr. Rivera and his brother Craig Rivera had embarked on to bring Geraldo’s boat from Hampton Bays, where he had spent an extended vacation with his wife and youngest daughter, to the suburbs of Cleveland, where they live. Mr. Rivera, who turned 80 on the Fourth of July, had found himself out of work for nearly the first time since the early 1970s when he emerged onto the journalism scene as a swashbuckling muckraker. In June, after 22 years at Fox News, he was demoted by the network (“humiliated” is how he put it), and so he quit. Mr. Rivera had enjoyed political relevance late into his career, thanks in part to a longstanding friendship with Donald Trump, dating back to the 1970s. As Mr. Rivera considered what his future might be, he wanted and maybe even needed an adventure.

Persons: Rivera, Craig Rivera, ”, Donald Trump, “ Organizations: Fox News, Fox Locations: Hampton Bays, Cleveland

☆ All That Glitters: A Fresh Look at the California Gold Rush
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( W. M. Akers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

FORTUNE’S FRENZY: A California Gold Rush Odyssey, by Eilene LyonHow do we remember the forty-niners? The hundreds of thousands of gold miners who flooded California, displaced Indigenous people, remade the landscape and laid the ground for statehood? Perhaps we picture a grizzled prospector panning for gold, broke and desperate, praying for the mother lode. Whatever we imagine, according to a new book by Eilene Lyon, the reality was much worse. “Fortune’s Frenzy” traces the path of Henry Jenkins, an Indiana farmer who left for California in 1851.

Persons: Eilene Lyon, Henry Jenkins, Jenkins, Lyon, “, Susannah, ”, merriment ” Organizations: California, Rush Locations: California, Indiana, New Orleans, Panama, San Francisco

☆ ABBA's Agnetha to release new single 'Where Do We Go From Here?'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Agnetha Faltskog of the Swedish music band ABBA arrives for the opening performance of the "ABBA Voyage" concert in London, Britain May 26, 2022. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSTOCKHOLM, Aug 30 (Reuters) - ABBA star Agnetha Faltskog said she will release a new single on Thursday, relaunching her solo career at the age of 73. Faltskog, lead singer alongside Anni-Frid Lyngstad of the hugely successful Swedish pop band which formed in 1972, released her last solo album a decade ago. on @bbcradio2 with @zoetheball - tune in on Thursday 31st August from 8:30am (BST)," she said on the social media platform late on Tuesday. ABBA won legions of fans around the world with enduring hits such as "Dancing Queen" and "Fernando" and triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with their performance of "Waterloo".

Persons: Agnetha Faltskog, ABBA, Henry Nicholls, relaunching, Faltskog, Anni, Frid, Fernando, Anna Ringstrom, Andrew Heavens Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Thomson Locations: Swedish, London, Britain, Rights STOCKHOLM, Waterloo

☆ He’s Worked a Lot of Odd Jobs, and Has the Poems to Prove It
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Jeff Gordinier | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

You can pick up the echo in “Fixer," the haunting second collection of poems from Edgar Kunz. The narrator of these poems bounces from one side hustle to another, each more absurd than the last. In “Model,” he’s paid to pose in jeans at a gas station. In “Shoulder Season,” he’s paid to slice window panes out of massive sheets of glass. I am notany of those things, but I amnot comfortedNo one will accuse Edgar Kunz of being out of step with the zeitgeist.

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☆ Container ships are waiting at Asian ports as retailers struggle to shift excess stock
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Lucy Handley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

As firms making goods from apparel to electronics hold excess stock, there's less of a demand to ship products. This means some vessels are waiting in ports because of sailings being "blanked," or canceled. "We are arranging a contingency plan with alternative services," MSC added. "If you fly to Singapore, you'll see all these ships outside the port … A lot of ships are parked there waiting till there are better yields," he added. Excess stockFlexport, which is at 10th place in CNBC's Disruptor 50 list, regularly surveys customers on how much stock they're holding.

Persons: Andrew Merry, It's, Sanne Manders, there's, Manders, Bernstein, Niels Rasmussen, Rasmussen, it's, Simon Heaney, Heaney Organizations: MSC, CNBC, CMA CGM, Maersk, Baltic and International Maritime Council, Shanghai Shipping Exchange, Blank, Drewry Locations: Singapore Strait, Asia, Europe, —, Singapore, East, North Europe, CNBC's

☆ Why the first European paintings of Australian animals look so alien to our eyes
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Janelle Evans | University Of Melbourne | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

To our modern eyes, the paintings lack the vitality and strength of the animals we are familiar with in Australia. So why did his paintings of the dingo and kangaroo — some of the earliest European representations of Australian animals — look so strange? "Pumpkin with a Stable-lad," a 1774 George Stubbs painting of the racehorse Pumpkin. But Stubbs’ kangaroo more closely resembles the rat-like Gerbua of Banks’ description than the creature we know today. My paintings of unfamiliar landscapes in Scotland and Ireland always seem to depict trees that look like eucalypts.

Persons: Joseph Banks, George Stubbs, Stubbs, ’ Stubbs, Banks, King George III, James Cook, “, King, ”, Sydney Parkinson, Kharbine, Captain James Cook, it’s, Janelle Evans Organizations: CNN, England, Endeavour, Royal, Society of Artists, Victorian College of the Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, The University of Melbourne, Creative Locations: England, Australia, Tahiti, Great Britain, London, Nations, Banks, Scotland, Ireland

The mayor’s return to New York City from overseas was plagued by mishap. The chair of his “reception committee” was late; his aides violated the health code by boarding the mayor’s ship, the Vulcania, before the ship could be screened for contagion. And reporters — barred from asking questions on political or administrative matters — had the nerve to question the length of the mayor’s journey, which, in an apparent first for a New York City mayor, included a three-day visit to the new nation of Israel. In the 72 years since Mayor Vincent R. Impellitteri’s voyage in 1951, every single New York City mayor would follow his lead, in recognition of a faith-based political reality: New York City is home to the largest population of Jews outside of Israel. Mayor Eric Adams upheld that rite of passage this week, visiting Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in a three-day tour highlighted by meetings with Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and its president, Isaac Herzog.

Persons: ”, —, Vincent R, Eric Adams, Benjamin Netanyahu, Isaac Herzog Organizations: New, New York City, York Locations: New York City, New York, Israel, York City, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv

☆ Exclusive: Insurers raise premiums for Black Sea tankers as tensions mount - traders
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A general view shows the Novorossiysk Fuel Oil Terminal (NMT) in the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, Russia May 30, 2018. Military actions in the Black Sea area of Russian and Ukrainian Black Sea ports have escalated since the grain export deal fell apart in mid-July. Most recently Russia reported several attacks at its Black Sea ports. So far, oil loadings from Russia's Black Sea ports have not been affected by the attacks, but risks are mounting, traders said. Oil product exports from Russia's Black Sea ports is about 4 million tonnes per year.

Persons: Natalya Chumakova, David Evans Organizations: Oil, REUTERS, Rights, Insurance, Traders, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Black, Novorossiisk, Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, Russian, Ukrainian, India

☆ Opinion: India’s moon landing shines an uncomfortable light on Russia’s failures
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Opinion Leroy Chiao | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The milestone marks a huge accomplishment for its nascent space program, which has made steady progress over the years. China also boasts a human spaceflight program with an operational space station, including crew and cargo transport spacecraft. Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty ImagesIn the International Space Station (ISS) partnership, the US, Europe, Japan and Canada also continue to move forward with space exploration. Instead of expanding, its space program has been in decline for several years. The lamentable state of Moscow’s space program is just the latest confirmation of that.

Persons: Leroy Chiao, Yuri Gagarin, John F, Vladimir Putin, Putin, —, Luna, Indranil Mukherjee, Artemis, Jeff Bezos, Sergei Krikalev, Dmitry Rogozin, Nick Hague, ” Organizations: NASA, Russian Soyuz, International, CNN, Leroy Chiao CNN, Sputnik, Republicans, Russian Luna, Getty, Space, SpaceX, Soviet Union, ISS, Expedition, Space Shuttle, Twitter, Facebook, Progress, Soyuz, Luna Locations: Russian, what’s, India, Delhi, Soviet Union, United States, Moscow, Russia, America, Ukraine, Asia, China, Mumbai, US, Europe, Japan, Canada, West, Soviet, Columbia

☆ Wind-powered cargo ship sets sail in a move to make shipping greener
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Nell Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A large red cargo ship named Pyxis Ocean set out on its maiden voyage this month. The ship, chartered by US shipping firm Cargill, has been retrofitted with two WindWings – large steel sails 37.5 meters (123 foot) tall, designed by UK company BAR Technologies and produced by industrialization partner Yara Marine Technologies. Huge kites and rotor technologies have been tried on cargo ships in attempts to reduce their dependence on diesel. John Cooper, CEO of BAR Technologies, tells CNN that having the company on board has been essential in building momentum for WindWings. “We look forward to supporting the global shipping industry as it transitions to greener, cleaner propulsion and design,” he says.

Persons: Cargill, it’s, Cargill –, John Cooper, “, ”, Cooper Organizations: CNN, BAR Technologies, Yara Marine Technologies, International Windship Association, European Union, BAR, Vale Locations: China, Brazil, Shanghai, Singapore

[1/2] Monrovia NSU CHALLENGER bulk carrier transits the expanded canal through Cocoli Locks at the Panama Canal, on the outskirts of Panama City, Panama April 19, 2023. The Panama Canal Authority has reduced maximum ship weights and daily ship crossings in a bid to conserve water. Container ships are the most common users of the Panama Canal and transport more than 40% of consumer goods traded between Northeast Asia and the U.S. East Coast. Some shipping executives are bracing for more reductions later this year, noting that in 2020 a less severe drought prompted canal operators to reduce crossings to 27 per day. "The Panama Canal is just the latest example."

Persons: Aris Martinez, Max, Drew Lerner, Peter Sand, Steve Ferreira, STRI's Steven Paton, Paton, Brian Bourke, Lisa Baertlein, Marianna Parraga, Elida Moreno, Louise Breusch Rasmussen, Deepa Babington Organizations: Monrovia NSU CHALLENGER, REUTERS, ANGELES, Evergreen Marine, Pacific, Panama Canal Authority, Northeast, U.S ., Smithsonian Tropical Research, El Nino, Central American, Canal Authority, SEKO Logistics, Thomson Locations: Cocoli, Panama, Panama City, HOUSTON, China, U.S, Northeast Asia, U.S . East Coast . U.S, United States, Chile, Brazil, Suez, Gatun Lake, El, U.S . East Coast, Los Angeles, Houston, Copenhagen

☆ Cargill chartered ship sets sail to test wind power at sea
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Jonathan Saul | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Pyxis Ocean retrofitted with WindWings sets sail during its maiden voyage, in this undated handout picture, Mid-Sea, August 2023. Cargill, one of the world’s biggest ship charterers, has been exploring wind assisted propulsion as one cleaner energy option. Pyxis Ocean will sail from Singapore and head to Brazil and is likely to transport a cargo of grain to Denmark, Dieleman said. The vessel is then likely to remain in the north Atlantic area to maximise wind usage, he added. BAR Technologies, which has designed boats for the America's Cup, developed the sails, which were built by Norway's Yara Marine Technologies.

Persons: Jan Dieleman, Dieleman, Cargill, Norway's, Jonathan Saul, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: Cargill, Handout, REUTERS Acquire, Reuters, BAR Technologies, Norway's Yara Marine Technologies, Thomson Locations: U.S, Singapore, Brazil, Denmark

☆ How Y Combinator-backed Seabound is using carbon-capture tech to tackle the shipping industry's problematic emissions
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The Y Combinator-backed Seabound believes its on board carbon-capture tech can play a key role. Fredriksson is the cofounder and CEO of Seabound, a climate-tech startup that aims to lower the greenhouse-gas emissions produced by the shipping industry. Seabound, backed by the famed accelerator Y Combinator, has built a carbon-capture machine that can be retrofitted onto ships. Having tested it on land, Seabound is now using a commercial container ship as its lab in a pilot project with the London-based shipping company Lomar Shipping. Fredriksson added that Seabound's reaction was exothermic, meaning it needed an injection of heat to get started but then was self-sustaining.

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☆ U.S. approves shipments of F-16s to Ukraine in major gain for Kiev
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Even so, Air Force Gen. James Hecker, commander of U.S. air forces in Europe and Africa, told reporters in Washington he did not expect the F-16s to be a game-changer for Ukraine. Ukrainian air forces supporting infantry are using decades-old Soviet-era planes, which are vulnerable to air-to-air missile attacks from Russian fighter jets, Capt. Danish Defense Minister Jakob Ellemann-Jensen said Friday that the training of Ukrainian pilots is starting this month. A coalition of 11 Western countries — the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden and the United Kingdom — pledged in July to train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16s. In other developments:— Russian air defenses stopped drone attacks on central Moscow and on the country's ships in the Black Sea, officials said Friday, blaming the attempted strikes on Ukraine.

Persons: James Hecker, Yevgen, Rakita, Jake Sullivan, State Anthony Blinken, Jakob Ellemann, Jensen, —, Joe Biden's, Abrams, Joseph Schulte Organizations: Air Force, NATO, NATO Air Policing, United, Kyiv, 18th Army Aviation Brigade, Associated Press, State, Danish, Sukhoi Locations: Netherlands, United States, Denmark, Ukraine, Washington, Europe, Ukrainian, U.S, Africa, Russia, Russian, Belgium, Canada, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, United, Moscow, Hong Kong, Istanbul

☆ Global conservation mission sets sail from UK in Darwin's wake
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Ben Makori | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] A general view of the ship 'Oosterschelde', launched by the planetary conservation mission DARWIN200, which is to set sail on August 15, in Plymouth, Britain August 11, 2023. The group will set sail on board a 105-year-old schooner on Tuesday from the southern English port of Plymouth, from where British naturalist Darwin's own expedition began in 1831, leading him to develop the theory of evolution by natural selection. The 40,000 nautical mile "Darwin200" expedition hopes to anchor in 32 ports, including all the major ports visited by Darwin's HMS Beagle. Throughout the journey, 200 selected young environmentalists will temporarily join the ship to be trained on conservation efforts. Patrons of the project include Darwin's great-great-granddaughter - the botanist Sarah Darwin - and British primatologist Jane Goodall.

Persons: Charles Darwin's, Darwin's, Stewart McPherson, McPherson, Sarah Darwin, Jane Goodall, Goodall, Sachin Ravikumar, William James, Nick Macfie Organizations: REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Plymouth, Britain, Handout

☆ A.I. Can’t Build a High-Rise, but It Can Speed Up the Job
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Patrick Sisson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Meant as a sly swipe at the inflated hype around artificial intelligence, a billboard at a construction site in Antwerp, Belgium, in June read “Hey ChatGPT, finish this building.”Artificial intelligence, the technology that powers chatbots like ChatGPT, won’t be assembling apartments or erecting stadiums any time soon, but in construction — an industry stereotypically known for clipboards and Excel spreadsheets — the rapid embrace of the technology may change how quickly projects are finished. Drones, cameras, mobile apps and even some robots are increasingly mapping real-time progress on sprawling job sites, giving builders and contractors the ability to track and improve a project’s performance. “Forget about robots building a skyscraper,” said James Swanston, chief executive of Voyage Control, which makes project management software for construction sites. “It’s a more fundamental thing, getting the data you need and then using it better.”

Persons: ChatGPT, “, ”, James Swanston Organizations: Voyage Locations: Antwerp, Belgium

☆ Ships backed up in Black Sea lanes as Russia warning shots raise tensions
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Jonathan Saul | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

LONDON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Merchant ships remained backed up in lanes around the Black Sea on Monday as ports struggled to clear backlogs amid growing unease among insurers and shipping companies a day after a Russian warship fired warning shots at a cargo vessel. After an inspection, the vessel continued its journey towards the Ukrainian port of Izmail along the Danube river, Russia said. Palau-flagged vessel Sukru Okan transits Bosphorus on its way to the Black Sea in Istanbul, Turkey August 13, 2023 this screen grab from a video. Romania on Monday said that it aimed to double the monthly transit capacity of Ukrainian grain to Constanta to 4 million tonnes in the coming months. Sunday's incident cast a pall over plans announced by Ukraine last week for a "humanitarian corridor" in the Black Sea to release cargo ships trapped in Ukraine's ports since the outbreak of war.

Persons: Vasily Bykov, Kviv, Izmail, Gard, Tayyip Erdogan, Vladimir Putin, Joseph Schulte, BSM, Jonathan Saul, Conor Humphries Organizations: Merchant, Insurance, REUTERS, UN, Group, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russian, Russia, Palau, Izmail, Musura, Romanian, Constanta, Istanbul, Turkey, Romania, Ukraine, Moscow, Ukrainian, Norwegian, Odesa

☆ Why this viral photo of the world’s largest cruise ship is polarizing opinion
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The world’s largest cruise ship hasn’t welcomed a single passenger aboard yet, but it’s already set the internet on fire. But when an image of its stern section went viral in July, it polarized opinions, eliciting passionate reactions on all sides. The ship will be home to the world's largest water park at sea. “I think the Royal Caribbean enthusiasts are going to look at this and go ‘Wow, something new! “Royal Caribbean is notable for exceeding 100% capacity on their ships.

Persons: hasn’t, —, Hieronymus Bosch, Tom Davis, ” Davis, ”, Adam Cox, Jonathan Abramowitz, Ross Klein, “, Stewart Chiron “, Stewart Chiron Organizations: CNN, Walmart, University of Alabama, Royal Caribbean, University of North, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Royal Locations: Dutch, “, University of North Carolina, Chapel, Royal Caribbean, Miami, “ Royal Caribbean

CNN —Rescue teams have found at least 17 bodies on Myanmar’s shores after a Rohingya boat capsized while on its way to Malaysia on Monday, officials told CNN. Among the dead were 10 women and seven men – all of whom were Rohingya Muslims, said Bya Latt, a spokesperson for the Shwe Yaung Matta Foundation rescue group. A Sittwe police official told CNN that the boat was transporting 58 people, including three boat drivers. “They were met with a storm in the sea and the boat sank under huge waves,” the official said, asking not to be identified. The perilous voyage from Cox’s Bazaar to Malaysia can take weeks, and conditions at sea are challenging, experts have noted.

Persons: –, Bya Latt, Shwe Yaung Matta, Latt Organizations: CNN — Rescue, CNN, Shwe Yaung, Shwe Yaung Matta Foundation Locations: Malaysia, Rakhine, Sittwe, Rathedaung, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Cox’s Bazar

☆ Arts Calendar: Happenings for the Week of August 6
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Wsj Arts In Review Staff | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Uzo Aduba and Matthew Broderick in ‘Painkiller’ Photo: NETFLIXFilm• “The Last Voyage of Demeter” (Aug. 11): If sailors thought scurvy was the scariest threat they’d face at sea they’d be wrong—at least if they had Dracula on board as an unwelcome stowaway. The new film from André Øvredal (“The Autopsy of Jane Doe”), based on a chapter of Bram Stoker ’s classic horror novel, stars Corey Hawkins , Aisling Franciosi, Liam Cunningham , David Dastmalchian and Javier Botet in a tale of nautical haunting.

Persons: Uzo Aduba, Matthew Broderick, ‘ Painkiller, Demeter ”, André, Jane Doe ”, Bram Stoker ’, Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, Liam Cunningham, David Dastmalchian, Javier Botet Organizations: NETFLIX

A group of people shows posters in front of the Parque Tejo stage for the XXXVII World Youth Day, in Lisbon, Portugal August 5, 2023. The Church is no exception, said 29-year-old Braga, who linked the issue to racism rooted in slavery and colonialism. "The Church has great power to turn the tables," said Braga, who at Saturday's evening vigil with Francis wore a T-shirt saying "Jesus was Black". "Our ancestors built these spaces and today we are a minority here," said Vanessa Pitangui, who held a Black Lives Matter sign. Reporting by Catarina Demony; Additional reporting by Michael Francis Gore and Pedro Nunes; Editing by Barbara LewisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Pedro Nunes LISBON, Pope Francis, Francis, Tamara Braga, Braga, Jesus, Vanessa Pitangui, Catarina Demony, Michael Francis Gore, Pedro Nunes, Barbara Lewis Organizations: REUTERS, Catholic Church, Thomson Locations: Lisbon, Portugal, Brazil, American, Rio de, Asia, Africa, Europe, Americas

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