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Don’t Let Them Shoot the Kite review – Turkish kid-in-prison tale is touching and urgent
This gentle but energised piece of work has a rather amazing performance from its five-year-old star at its emotional core. This 1989 movie from Turkish director Tunç Basaran is a gentle and ...World - The Guardian - 6 hours ago -
Collapse of construction group ISG halts urgent work on UK prisons
Crucial improvements at 48 sites to tackle issues such as drug use and overcrowding now in doubtBusiness - Financial Times - October 20 -
Redacted Review - Prison Break
You wouldn't know just from looking at it--with its vivid, comic book-esque art style and irreverent punk-rock tone--but Redacted (officially styled as [REDACTED]) actually takes place in the same ...Tech - GameSpot - October 28 -
"Everything as it was": Explore the bedrooms of kids killed in school shootings
The families of eight school shooting victims opened their doors to Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp, allowing them to document their children's bedrooms.Top stories - CBS News - 23 hours ago -
Tales of 19th-Century A.I.: Don’t Fall in Love With a Singing Robot
Now we fret about chatbots. An earlier age worried about automatons, the uncanny humanoid contraptions whose voices could trigger love or mania.Top stories - The New York Times - 5 hours ago -
Don’t let Trump drag America ‘back to before’
Some might be excused for being fooled by Trump in 2016, but they will not be fooled again.Politics - The Hill - November 5 -
Don’t Let Trump Make America Into an Image of Himself
We cannot become what he wants us to be.Top stories - The New York Times - November 5 -
Former Turkish soccer club president sentenced to prison for attacking referee
A Turkish court has sentenced a former top-flight soccer club executive to more than three and a half years in prison for attacking a referee on the field at the end of a league game match last seasonSports - ABC News - November 11 -
Former Turkish club president given prison term for attacking referee on field
Faruk Koca punched the referee Halil Umut Meler Court in Ankara sentences him to three-and-a-half years A Turkish court has sentenced a former top-flight football club executive to more than ...World - The Guardian - November 11 -
Steph Houghton: ‘That human touch wasn’t there with England. I felt let down’
The former England captain on the quest for parity, struggling under Sarina Wiegman, and her husband’s battle with MND. “There were times when I thought: ‘I don’t want to do this any more,’” Steph ...World - The Guardian - November 4 -
Book Review: Richard Chizmar tells a creepy occult tale in ‘Memorials'
Richard Chizmar, who co-wrote a couple of books with a certain Maine resident, has written his longest novel yet, and as Associated Press review Rob Merrill writes, it’s “like something from the ...Entertainment - ABC News - October 21 -
Ex-Tory Gauke to lead review of prison sentences
Sir Keir Starmer is to appoint former Tory justice secretary to lead a review of prison sentencing.Top stories - BBC News - October 21 -
Don’t let the stock’s selloff fool you. Nvidia had a great week.
Big cloud companies aren’t backing down from their AI spending, which bodes well for Nvidia.Business - MarketWatch - November 1 -
Don’t sue or ban social media companies. Force them to change.
A design-based approach to harm reduction can hold every social media app — regardless of ownership — responsible for the well-being of its users.Politics - The Hill - October 20 -
What tariffs do and why economists don't like them
“The most beautiful word in the dictionary is tariff,” former President Donald Trump told the Economic Club of Chicago last week.Top stories - NBC News - October 21 -
The Lost Children review – extraordinary story of missing kids in the Colombian rainforest
Account of the search for the young siblings after their plane crashed and how the eldest, Lesly – just 13 years old and injured – kept them alive for 40 days. In the fairytale, Hansel and Gretel ...World - The Guardian - 5 days ago -
Is the system letting down people who were harmed by Covid vaccines?
People affected by rare blood clots say they feel they have been airbrushed out of the pandemic.Top stories - BBC News - October 23 -
Movie Review: In Andrea Arnold's 'Bird,' a gritty fairy tale doesn't take flight
British filmmaker Andrea Arnold specializes in capturing souls, human and otherwise, in soulless environmentsEntertainment - ABC News - November 6 -
House arrest considered as alternative to jail in bid to ease prisons crisis
Major review of sentencing announced as 1,100 inmates are freed in latest phase of early release schemeWorld - Financial Times - October 22 -
This Halloween, I’m not buying candy for trick or treaters. I have better things to spend my money on. Am I a bad person?
“Nor am I going to turn off the lights and pretend I’m not home.”Business - MarketWatch - October 31 -
‘After the shoot, we had a party in a slaughterhouse’: horror movies’ creepiest kids reveal all
What’s it like to be the spine-chilling child in a scary film? In a Halloween special, we speak to the girl who played a demonic telepath in Village of the Damned – and the star of homicidal-virus ...World - The Guardian - October 30 -
Don’t let under-18s join pop bands, says leading songwriter after Liam Payne’s death
Guy Chambers among industry figures calling for changes in wake of former One Direction star’s tragic death. Under-18s should not be pushed into pop stardom, one of the UK’s leading songwriters has ...World - The Guardian - October 20 -
Don’t let Arsenal v Liverpool fool you. Elite teams are evolving away from all-out attack
After its harum-scarum years, the game is now about denying the opposition and keeping possession in dangerous areas. Sign up to Soccer with Jonathan Wilson here It finished 2-2 . Twice ...World - The Guardian - October 28 -
Have breakfast for dinner, let kids sleep in their clothes … and 12 other easy tips for better evenings
Feeling frazzled and drained at the end of the day? Try these expert micro-habits. If you’re often tempted to reach for a ready meal at the end of a busy day, it may be a good idea to add some ...World - The Guardian - 3 days ago -
Two men plead guilty to contract killing of Sikh man in Canada but don’t say who hired them
Tanner Fox and Jose Lopez trade blows in court after confessing to shooting Ripudaman Singh Malik. Two men have pleaded guilty to the contract killing of a Sikh man who was acquitted in the 1985 ...World - The Guardian - October 22 -
Can I fix it? Yes you can! Don’t throw away these household items before trying to repair them
From household electrical appliances to timber furniture and a family fairy floss machine – so much can be saved from landfill . Change by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips ...World - The Guardian - November 1 -
Trash talking Grizzlies are back: Ja Morant says 'I don’t like them' about Lakers after Grizzlies win
LeBron had given Morant the 'too small' during the game, J.J. Redick stormed out of press conference after discussing Lakers' effortSports - Yahoo Sports - November 7 -
The Best Smartwatches, Editor Tested and Reviewed (2024): Apple Watch, Wear OS, Hybrid Watches, Kids' Watches
These WIRED-tested wearables reduce your reliance on a phone while keeping you connected.Tech - Wired - 6 days ago -
Of course teenagers want to be pop idols like Liam Payne. Given the perils, should we let them? | Martha Gill
The singer is the latest casualty of an industry that thrusts fame on children too young to cope. Sex, drinking, smoking, gambling, joining the army, being put to work – we now take it as obvious ...World - The Guardian - October 19 -
About 140 Rohingya Muslims on wooden boat off Indonesia's coast as residents refuse to let them land
Indonesian officials say about 140 weak and hungry Rohingya Muslims, mostly women and children, are on a wooden boat anchored about 1 mile off the coast of Indonesia’s northernmost province of ...World - ABC News - October 22 -
In Game 5, Yankees fans lifted their team up -- even as it let them down
The Yankees lost the World Series on Wednesday, but the Bronx cheer was notably absent.Sports - ESPN - October 31 -
Israeli or Palestinian, U.S. Voters in the West Bank Say Biden Let Them Down
Tens of thousands of U.S. citizens live in the Israeli-occupied territory, on opposing sides of an entrenched conflict, where neither Palestinians nor Israelis have much enthusiasm for Kamala Harris.World - The New York Times - November 5 -
DA wants Menendez brothers resentenced, which could free them from prison for parents' murders
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón on Thursday said he will seek resentencing for Lyle and Erik Menendez in their parents' murders.Top stories - NBC News - October 25 -
Book Reviews: Two new books raise big concerns about innocent men in US prisons
Two new books take a deeply troubling look at the wrongly convicted in our prisons, many languishing for decadesEntertainment - ABC News - October 21 -
Review: 'Here' takes the elements of a 'Gump' reunion and flattens them into faux-cosmic tedium
Tom Hanks and Robin Wright rejoin filmmaker Robert Zemeckis for a stunty, pointless drama about the passing of time captured from one fixed vantage point.Entertainment - Los Angeles Times - October 31 -
A colorful kite festival in South Africa raises awareness for mental health
Enthusiasts have flown kites of all kinds at an annual festival in South Africa that raises awareness for mental healthWorld - ABC News - October 27 -
Congressional offices urgently need racial diversity
It's time to take the next step toward making Congress more diverse and inclusive.Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago
