• Sivakarthikeyan and director Venkat Prabhu's sci-fi epic 'SK 26' has been revived after previous delays, with the project moving forward with major script changes.
• AR Rahman is reportedly in talks to compose music for the film, marking a potential collaboration between the acclaimed music director and the project.
• Multiple actresses are being considered for key roles in the film as production gears up.
Colombia fue anfitriona de casi 60 países en un momento crucial en el escenario mundial para la lucha por la transición hacia un futuro de energía limpia. Mirando hacia el mar desde las grises playas de arena de Santa Marta, en la costa caribeña de Colombia, nunca es difícil detectar evidencias del próspero comercio de exportación de combustibles fósiles del país. Los petroleros están fondeados en el horizonte y, a veces, dicen los lugareños, trozos de carbón llegan a la orilla, arrastrados por el viento desde los buques carboneros que transportan cargamentos de las minas cercanas. Fue aquí, el miércoles por la noche, donde el gobierno colombiano dio un paso audaz para cambiar su economía – y la del resto del mundo – alejándose de la dependencia del carbón, el gas y el petróleo hacia una nueva era de energía limpia. Con la primera conferencia sobre "la transición para abandonar los combustibles fósiles", el anfitrión se unió a casi 60 países decididos a aflojar el control de los petroestados sobre el futuro del mundo. Seguir leyendo...
Casi 60 países respaldan hojas de ruta voluntarias para desvincular al mundo del carbón, el petróleo y el gas. Se ha pedido a los gobiernos que desarrollen “hojas de ruta” nacionales que establezcan cómo pondrán fin a la producción y el uso de combustibles fósiles, tras una reunión climática histórica en la que participaron casi 60 países. Los planes voluntarios formarán la base de una nueva iniciativa para alejar al mundo del carbón, el petróleo y el gas, el foco de dos días de intensas conversaciones en Colombia esta semana. Continuar leyendo...
• Un demócrata de Connecticut con ambiciones políticas abandonó las negociaciones bipartidistas sobre la financiación gubernamental ante la presión de su partido para ser incluido.
• El abandono intensifica las tensiones sobre las prioridades del presupuesto federal y los recortes de gastos.
• Esto podría retrasar los proyectos de ley de financiación críticos para los próximos plazos fiscales.
• U.S. stock futures were slightly down or mixed on Monday morning as investors reacted to stalled peace talks between the United States and Iran.
• The geopolitical tension created uncertainty in markets, with traders reassessing risk positions amid the diplomatic impasse.
• Energy and defense sectors showed particular sensitivity to the developments, reflecting concerns about potential escalation.
Vice-president faces challenges as he assumes potential role of point man in endeavor to end a war he opposedAs a man who wears his Christian beliefs on his sleeve, JD Vance is no doubt acutely conscious of Jesus Christ’s dictum from his sermon on the mount declaring that “blessed are the peacemakers”.Yet the US vice-president, a Catholic convert who recently found himself at odds with Pope Leo, is discovering the difficulties of living up to that standard while serving a mercurial political master who is waging a war Vance once cautioned against. Continue reading...
Pakistan officials dismiss Afghan media reports and official statements about strikes on university in Kunar province as ‘blatant lie’Mortars and missiles fired from Pakistan on Monday struck a university and civilian homes in north-eastern Afghanistan, killing seven people and wounding at least 85, Afghan officials said.Pakistan denied the accusation of targeting a university. Continue reading...
• Turkey and Greece opened negotiations on Monday in Athens to address longstanding maritime boundary disputes and resource rights in the Eastern Mediterranean, marking the first high-level talks in eighteen months.
• Both countries appointed senior diplomats to address competing claims over exclusive economic zones and the status of disputed islands, with the EU facilitating discussions.
• U.S. State Department officials welcomed the resumption of dialogue, calling it essential for regional stability and noting that resolution could improve NATO cohesion in Southeast Europe.
• The United States announced Friday a temporary suspension of certain oil-sector sanctions against Venezuela pending the outcome of renewed diplomatic negotiations scheduled to begin Monday in Mexico City, marking the first high-level talks in 18 months.
• State Department officials stated the measure aimed to create "negotiating space" for discussions on political prisoners, election transparency, and humanitarian access, with hopes of establishing a pathway toward normalized relations.
• Venezuela's government welcomed the development but demanded complete lifting of financial sanctions, which have contributed to severe shortages of food and medicine affecting 28 million citizens, according to UN estimates.
Abbas Araghchi to visit Pakistan, Oman and Russia to see if talks can be reopened, with both sides still in stalemateMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, is planning a tour of Pakistan, Russia and Oman in an effort to see if there is a basis to reopen peace talks that can end with a permanent US-Israeli commitment to cease its attacks on Iran, now one of Tehran’s key demands.Araghchi is also likely to discuss a potential permanent new arrangement on governing the strait of Hormuz with Oman, which oversees the south of the strait. Continue reading...
