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Wide open race for Venice film fest prizes
The race was wide open ahead of awards night in Venice on Saturday, after a festival featuring a dark Marilyn Monroe biopic, an imprisoned Iranian director and a morbidly obese Brendan Fraser. Venice is seen as a launchpad for Academy Award campaigns, eight of the last 10 Best Director Oscars having gone to films that premiered at the festival.
Was Queen Elizabeth II a media-savvy monarch?
Queen Elizabeth II's coronation -- broadcast live for eight straight hours by the BBC in 1953 -- was the first major event of the television age. - 'Innate reticence' - But the queen was less than enthusiastic about letting the cameras behind the curtain to peek at the Windsors' private lives.
'Nobody knows where their village is': New inland sea swamps Pakistan
From a hastily erected embankment protecting Mehar city, mosque minarets and the price board of a gas station poke above a vast lake that has emerged, growing to tens of kilometres wide. - 'Immense need' - A new 10-kilometre mud embankment has so far held back the flood from Mehar city, with a population of hundreds of thousands.
Musk's latest reason to drop Twitter deal - whistleblower payment
Elon Musk on Friday added a severance payment made by Twitter to a whistleblower to the list of reasons he feels entitled to walk away from his $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform.
Princess of Wales: from commoner to future queen
The Princess of Wales has proved a model royal since joining Britain's most famous family, making poised public appearances while avoiding the harsh criticism doled out to her sister-in-law Meghan. Kate has since given little away about her experiences in joining the royal family, unlike her sister-in-law Meghan, who married William's younger brother, Prince Harry, in 2018.
Crown Jewels: The royal family's precious gems
The Crown Jewels form the centrepiece of the royal coronation, and symbolise the pomp and history of the British monarchy over the centuries. - St Edward's Crown - Crown jeweller Robert Viner made it in 1661 for the coronation of king Charles II, after the previous medieval crown was melted down by parliamentarian rebels in 1649 during the English Civil War.
Charles III to be proclaimed king after vowing 'lifelong service'
Charles III to be proclaimed king after vowing 'lifelong service'
Royal funerals: pomp, pageantry and sometimes privacy
Funerals for senior royals since World War II have tended to be very public affairs, with pomp, pageantry and popular fervour. She was much loved as a symbol of resistance to the Nazi enemy during World War II. Over four days, more than 200,000 people filed past her coffin paying their respects.
Pentagon combines sea drones, AI to police Gulf region
Iran's recent seizure of unmanned US Navy boats shined a light on a pioneering Pentagon program to develop networks of air, surface and underwater drones for patrolling large regions, meshing their surveillance with artificial intelligence.
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