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The UN Secretary-General will deliver one of his sharpest speeches to date today, attacking “myths, illusions and falsehoods” about international progress on equality. In an unusually worded speech, António Guterres called for a major overhaul of the UN security council, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, to address …

Christopher Nolan’s film arrives at two and a half hours; To prevent virus transmission in theaters, China said that all films should last two hours or less. As if there weren’t enough problems complicating theatrical releases, China has announced a new barrier. While it allows theaters to reopen starting July …

For weeks, the Trump administration has hinted that it can ban TikTok, the popular Chinese social video app among Generation Z, touting concerns that the data it collects could go directly to China. It’s a concern that, while legitimate, comes with some skepticism from cybersecurity veterans. For years, the U.S. …

Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights icon who helped organize the 1963 March in Washington and served in Congress for decades, died, his family confirmed in a statement. Lewis was 80 years old. “It is with inconsolable pain and abiding sadness that we announce the passing of US Representative John …

Indian actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter were hospitalized for contracting COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, media reported on Saturday. Aishwarya’s father-in-law, Amitabh Bachchan, and her husband Abhishek Bachchan, also great Bollywood celebrities, were admitted to the Nanavati Hospital in Mumbai a few days earlier. The …