• 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.
La Colombie a accueilli près de 60 pays à un moment charnière sur la scène internationale pour la lutte en faveur d'une transition vers un avenir énergétique propre. En regardant vers la mer depuis les plages de sable gris de Santa Marta, sur la côte caraïbe de la Colombie, il n'est jamais difficile de repérer les signes du commerce florissant d'exportation de combustibles fossiles du pays. Des pétroliers sont au mouillage à l'horizon et parfois, selon les locaux, des morceaux de charbon s'échouent sur le rivage, emportés par le vent depuis les navires charbonniers transportant les cargaisons des mines voisines. C'est ici, mercredi soir, que le gouvernement colombien a pris une mesure audacieuse pour éloigner son économie – et celle du reste du monde – de la dépendance au charbon, au gaz et au pétrole, et entrer dans une nouvelle ère d'énergie propre. Avec la toute première conférence sur la « transition hors des combustibles fossiles », l'hôte s'est joint à près de 60 pays déterminés à desserrer l'emprise des pétro-États sur l'avenir du monde. Continuer la lecture...
Près de 60 pays soutiennent des feuilles de route volontaires pour sevrer le monde du charbon, du pétrole et du gaz
Les gouvernements ont été invités à élaborer des « feuilles de route » nationales définissant la manière dont ils mettront fin à la production et à l'utilisation des combustibles fossiles, après une réunion historique sur le climat impliquant près de 60 pays.
Ces plans volontaires constitueront le socle d'une nouvelle initiative visant à affranchir le monde du charbon, du pétrole et du gaz, au cœur de deux jours de discussions intensives en Colombie cette semaine. Lire la suite...
• Un démocrate ambitieux du Connecticut a abandonné les négociations bipartites sur le financement du gouvernement sous la pression de son parti pour obtenir une représentation.
• Ce retrait exacerbe les tensions concernant les priorités budgétaires fédérales et les réductions de dépenses.
• Cela pourrait retarder les projets de loi de financement cruciaux pour les prochaines échéances 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...
