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After nearly three decades as one of Asia’s most recognizable screen performers, Shu Qi has stepped behind the camera for “Girl,” her directorial debut that world premieres in competition at the 82nd Venice Film Festival, followed by a Centrepiece slot at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival. Set in Taiwan in 1988, the deeply personal drama follows Hsiao-lee, a withdrawn girl who finds hope through friendship with the spirited Li-li, even as her mother’s past echoes her own pain. The film stars Roy Chiu, jazz singer 9m88 and newcomer Bai Xiao-Ying. The project began over a decade ago when director Hou…

Khanyisile NgcoboBBC News in JohannesburgMedia 24 / Gallo ImagesThe death of a much-loved star is normally followed by an outpouring of grief, but in South Africa last week’s loss of 75-year-old actress Nandi Nyembe also came with an outpouring of anger.People were distressed that in the last months of her life an obviously sick woman was reduced to appearing on videos appealing for financial help.Sitting in a wheelchair, with thin, grey hair, wearing a loose T-shirt and fleece pyjama trousers, she said she did not like people feeling pity for her, but she needed money to cover the basics. Her…

Bradford DoolittleAug 29, 2025, 07:00 AM ETCloseMLB writer and analyst for ESPN.com Former NBA writer and analyst for ESPN.com Been with ESPN since 2013KANSAS CITY — Kauffman Stadium remains a gorgeous place to watch a ballgame.Sunk into a sea of asphalt in Jackson County, Missouri, some things at The K have changed since it opened in 1973: the name, the color of the seats, the spaces beyond the outfield walls. Essential parts remain: the fountains, the crown-shaped scoreboard, the upsloping green of the hills that give the home of the Kansas City Royals the most pastoral feel of any Major…

Moscow and Beijing said Japan must rethink its decision to allow even a temporary deployment of a US intermediate-range missile system.Published On 30 Aug 202530 Aug 2025Russia and China have separately warned Japan over its decision to allow the United States to deploy “Typhon” intermediate-range missiles during joint military exercises in Japan next month, calling the move a threat to regional stability.“We view this as another destabilising step as part of Washington’s course toward ramping up the potential of ground-based shorter and intermediate-range missiles,” Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday.Deploying Typhon missiles “in regions near…

About guns, grief, and the global dilemma, what Minneapolis and Israel reveal about firearm policy. Two places, the armed man, one protects, one harms, why the difference? Minneapolis, Minnesota School Shooting, August 27, 2025 On August 27, 2025, the quiet sanctity of Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was shattered when a shooter opened fire during the morning of the first day of school year Mass. Two children—8 and 10 years old—were killed, and 17 others were injured, most of them children. The shooter, armed with a rifle, shotgun, and pistol—all legally purchased—fired dozens of rounds through the stained glass…

Guardian writers’ predicted position: 12th (NB: this is not necessarily Sophie Downey’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips)Last season’s position: 10thProspectsLeicester’s rather muted pre-season got turned upside down with the announcement that the club had parted ways with the manager Amandine Miquel 11 days before the start of their campaign.On the face of it, the decision appears to be harsh on a manager who will feel she was building something after a rollercoaster of a first year. As injury after injury rolled in during the first four months of last season, Miquel cut an increasingly baffled figure at…

Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it.This week, from June: he’s spent 24 hours immersed in slime, two days buried alive – and showered vast amounts of cash on lucky participants. But are MrBeast’s videos simply very savvy clickbait – or acts of avant garde genius?Written and read by Mark O’Connell

All SkyWest Airlines flights were grounded for 21 minutes on Friday night at the request of the airline, according to the US Federal Aviation Administration.A ground stop advisory was issued at 0149 GMT and canceled at 0210 GMT, according to the FAA.More details were not available. SkyWest did not immediately respond to a request for comment.SkyWest is the largest US regional airline, operating flights for United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, American Airlines and Alaska Airlines.

Luca Guadagnino misfires with this bafflingly overlong, overwrought #MeToo campus accusation drama from screenwriter Nora Garrett, broadly in the tradition of David Mamet’s Oleanna or Neil LaBute’s The Shape of Things. It is worryingly muddled and contrived, perhaps in need of further script drafts to excavate a clearer and more satisfying drama inside.Julia Roberts and Ayo Edebiri star, with Andrew Garfield and Michael Stuhlbarg in supporting roles; they are all doing their considerable best, each frankly hampered by the unfocused and uncertain characterisation in the material itself, which, by the time it finally reaches its coda-finale of confrontation, is almost…

190 The Ogun State Commissioner for Housing, Jagumolu Akande Omoniyi, has commended LG Electronics for investing in projects that provide access to clean and safe water in Nigerian communities. Omoniyi, who was represented by the Senior Special Adviser to Governor Dapo Abiodun on Housing, Kolawole Agemo, gave the commendation on Wednesday during the official commissioning of a solar-powered borehole donated by LG Electronics to residents of Ikija, a community in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The Commissioner said the gesture was a good example of how corporate social responsibility could make a meaningful impact on the lives of ordinary citizens.…