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“I’m Still Here” — the Oscar best picture nominee about the murder of a Brazilian congressman by the country’s military dictatorship — concludes with a single sentence that delivers a gut punch of historical reality: The five soldiers charged in the killing were never punished because of laws granting them amnesty.Now the film could help change that.This month, Brazil’s Supreme Court unanimously decided to review whether it should revoke the amnesty of the army officers accused of killing the congressman, Rubens Paiva, and two others. That followed a December decision by one justice to recommend the removal of amnesty protections…

Harrison Ford will no longer be presenting at the Academy Awards this Sunday after he was diagnosed with shingles, according to several reports. The 82-year-old actor is doing well and resting following the diagnosis on Friday, Entertainment Weekly reported. Shingles is a painful rash illness that happens when the virus that causes chickenpox reactivates in a person’s body after they’ve had chickenpox, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About one in three Americans will get shingles in their lifetime, and it can sometimes lead to complications like long-term nerve pain or even vision loss.HARRISON FORD DISMISSES AI’S POWER TO…

Matthew Stafford will remain in a Los Angeles Rams uniform. The two-time Pro Bowler and the Rams reached an agreement on a restructured contract earlier this week.Stafford inked a contract extension with the Rams in 2022, shortly after he led the franchise to the Super Bowl LVI title. The star quarterback had two seasons remaining on that deal, but he guaranteed money ran out after the 2025 season.The adjusted deal comes shortly after the Rams gave Stafford’s agent the green light to have discussions with other teams as the quarterback explored the market. Stafford’s wife, Kelly, took to social media…

The moon will be a busy place this year. There are three robotic spacecraft in space right now that are aiming to set down on the moon’s surface.The first of those to arrive — the Blue Ghost lunar lander, built by Firefly Aerospace of Cedar Park, Texas — will attempt to land early Sunday.When is the landing and how can I watch it?The landing is scheduled for 3:45 a.m. Eastern time on March 2. Firefly will begin live coverage of the landing at 2:20 a.m. from its YouTube channel.What is Blue Ghost’s destination?This mission is headed to Mare Crisium, a…

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The ice at the Hockey for All Centre was charged with emotion as the Flames U18 team took on its final match against its local rivals, Balmoral High. In November 2024, the St. Mary’s Academy hockey team was told the all-girls private Catholic school was cutting the program.“There’s going to be a lot of tears from those girls in the room today and we’re very proud of them,” parent Shawna Kartusch said.St. Mary’s Academy says the decision to shutter the program was driven by operational and resource requirements and was made too late in the season for the team to…

The Coalition has decried a planned production tax credit to get the nascent critical minerals processing sector off the ground as an example of the Government’s “undisciplined and unnecessary spending” that it would dump.Shadow finance minister Jane Hume said the proposal would give miners tax breaks for work they were already doing.The Government included a $13.7 billion production tax credit as the centrepiece of its future made in Australia policy in May’s budget.The credit would apply to output from critical minerals processing after July 2027, for up to 10 years.It was strongly backed by the Association of Mining and Exploration…

The junta’s previous death toll was 33, with more than 235,000 people displaced, according to figures released on Friday. Swathes of farmland have been inundated in central regions, including around the sprawling, low-lying capital Naypyidaw. There have been reports of landslides in hilly areas but with roads and bridges damaged and phone and internet lines down, compiling information has been difficult. The floods have heaped more misery on the country where war has raged since the military seized power in 2021. More than 2.7 million people were already displaced in Myanmar by the conflict. Myanmar’s junta chief made a rare…

September 14, Nairobi, Kenya-South Sudan’s government has announced it is postponing long-delayed general elections until December 2026, citing a lack of preparedness.In a statement accessed by Dissimilar Media, “The presidency, under the chairmanship of President Salva Kiir Mayardit, has announced an extension of the country’s transitional period by two years as well as postponing elections, which were initially scheduled for December 2024 to December 22nd, 2026,” Kiir’s office said on Friday.Elections are a cornerstone of democracy, offering citizens the opportunity to choose their leaders. However, in Africa, numerous countries have faced political, logistical, or security challenges that have led to…