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The film is inspired by dissident director Jafar Panahi’s own experience in jail.An Iranian thriller film that explores corruption and state violence in the country has won the the Palme d’Or, the coveted top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. It Was Just an Accident, directed by dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, was crowned at the world-famous festival on Saturday, hours after a power outage briefly threw the event off course. The festival’s crowd burst into a roaring standing ovation for Panahi, who has endured years of travel bans and prison terms in Iran due to his provocative cinema, often…

Earlier this year, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) uncovered $4.7 trillion in untraceable Treasury Department payments. Prior to the discovery, Treasury Account Symbol (TAS) identification codes were optional for $4.7 trillion in Treasury Department payments, so they were often left blank and were untraceable. The field is now required to increase “insight into where the money is actually going,” the Treasury Department and DOGE announced in February. “Of the 1.5 billion payments that we send out every year, they are required to have a TAS, a Treasury Account Symbol. We discovered that more than one third of those payments did…

Canada Post says it is still waiting for a response from the postal workers’ union on its latest contract offer ahead of expected talks this weekend, as a nationwide strike looms. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), meanwhile, said Saturday it was still reviewing the Crown corporation’s latest offer, while continuing with an overtime ban that marked an initial step in job action late this week.“CUPW negotiators are working hard to carefully evaluate the offers and prepare a response,” the union told Global News in a statement.“The union is expecting to meet with the employer and the mediators this…

Brayden Maynard is the latest Collingwood veteran hobbled by injury after their depleted AFL lineup blew away North Melbourne.While Magpies coach Craig McRae expects to welcome back some players for Friday night’s match against Hawthorn, he said Maynard will need scans after a planta fascia problem flared early in Saturday night’s win.Maynard was subbed out of the game in the first quarter at Marvel Stadium, with McRae calling it an “actual incident”.It left the Magpies in early trouble after Scott Pendlebury (illness) and Bobby Hill (personal reasons) were late withdrawals on Saturday afternoon.Maynard was also rested from the away match…

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim government, which took over after a mass uprising last year, warned on Saturday (May 24) that unity was needed to “prevent the return of authoritarianism”. “Broader unity is essential to maintain national stability, organise free and fair elections, justice, and reform, and permanently prevent the return of authoritarianism in the country,” it said in a statement after a week of escalation during which rival parties protested on the streets of the capital Dhaka. The South Asian nation of around 170 million people has been in political turmoil since ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted by student-led protests in…

The US president has threatened to impose a 50-percent tariff on all goods from the EU starting June 1.US President Donald Trump is once again taking aim at trading partners of the United States. This time it’s the European Union. The US president is now threatening to impose a 50-percent tariff on all goods from the EU starting June 1. If he follows through, that will mean much higher import taxes on the EU’s hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of exported goods. So is Europe about to pay a high price for not settling with Trump sooner? Or will…

A federal judge ruled Friday that President Trump’s executive order targeting the law firm Jenner & Block is unconstitutional and permanently blocked the administration from enforcing it — a second setback in Mr. Trump’s push to punish certain law firms.U.S. District Judge John Bates, who was appointed by President George W. Bush and is based in Washington, D.C., said the executive order is “violative of the Constitution” and found that the order infringes on the First, Fifth and Sixth amendments.”This order, like the others, seeks to chill legal representation the administration doesn’t like, thereby insulating the Executive Branch from the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! One of Bill Belichick’s stops among his book tour was on an episode of “The Pivot” podcast with Ryan Clark and Channing Crowder.Belichick’s first interview promoting the book garnered tons of media attention, when Jordon Hudson was caught on camera butting into the conversation when Belichick was asked how they met.Belichick has credited Hudson, 24, for being the business brainiac to his brand, but he has remained mum on getting any further than that in public interviews. Jordon Hudson the girlfriend of Bill Belichick in attendance at Loudermilk Center for Excellence on…

Officials released bodycam footage showing the chaotic moments leading up to a deadly officer-involved shooting in Fairfax, Virginia, in April. In a press release accompanying the footage, the Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) called the incident an “attempted murder.”On April 23, an officer pulled over 36-year-old Jamal Wali for speeding. Wali also had an expired safety inspection sticker. When he was pulled over, Wali slammed on the brakes, something the officer who initially approached Wali’s vehicle noted. Wali then informed the officer he was armed and asked why he was being pulled over. From there, the situation took a chaotic turn…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A man accused of fatally shooting an Ontario Provincial Police officer and wounding two others while they conducted a wellness check was found guilty of murder and other charges Saturday. Alain Bellefeuille was convicted on one count of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder in connection with a May 11, 2023, shooting that left OPP Sgt. Eric Mueller dead.The verdict was delivered by a jury in Superior Court in L’Orignal, Ont.Bellefeuille was automatically sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 25 years for the first-degree murder…