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Month: November 2022

Palm Springs International Film Awards to honor actor Colin Farrell

The Palm Springs International Film Awards announced Wednesday that actor Colin Farrell was the recipient of its Desert Palm Achievement Award, Actor for his role in The Banshees of Inisherin. The announcement marked the festival’s first major award ahead of its January gala. Photo credit: Matt Easton Festival Chairman Harold Matzner said, “Colin Farrell reunites with Brendan Gleeson and director Martin McDonagh

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Egypt Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Egypt, the most populous country in the Arab world. Egypt is located in North Africa and is bisected by the Nile River. It shares a border with Israel, Sudan and Libya. It also borders the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. About Egypt (from the CIA World Fact Book)Area:

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South Sudan Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at South Sudan, a landlocked country in east-central Africa. In 2011, South Sudan gained its independence from Sudan. About South Sudan (from the CIA World Factbook)Area: 644,329 sq km, slightly smaller than Texas Population: 11,544,905 (2022 est.) Median age: 18.6 years Capital: Juba Ethnic Groups: Dinka (Jieng) approximately 35-40%,

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Democrats rip Trump and appeal for campaign cash as former president enters 2024 race

By Gregory Krieg, CNN No one in American politics brings Democrats — and fed-up conservatives — together quite like former President Donald Trump. President Joe Biden, party leaders, allied organizations, rank-and-file elected officials and the campaign of Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock, who faces Republican Herschel Walker in a runoff next month, are responding to Trump’s

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Sustainability group pulls lobster certification over whales

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An international nonprofit organization that sets sustainability standards for commercial fishing management has suspended a certification it awarded Maine’s lobster industry over concerns about harm to whales. Representatives for the London-based Marine Stewardship Council said Wednesday that the suspension of the Gulf of Maine lobster fishery’s

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Semi driver charged in Indiana bus crash that injured 16 Saint Ignatius hockey players over weekend

By Jessica D’Onofrio, Eric Horng and Stephanie Wade Click here for updates on this story     CHICAGO (WLS) — A man is charged with felonies after a semi crashed into the Saint Ignatius College Prep junior varsity hockey team’s bus over the weekend, injuring 16 student players. The crash happened Saturday night in Warsaw, Indiana, about

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Iranian hackers compromise US government network in cryptocurrency generating scheme, officials say

By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Iranian government-sponsored hackers compromised the network of an unnamed US federal government agency starting in February, stealing passwords on the network and installing software to generate cryptocurrency, US officials said Wednesday. Though the hack likely began in February, officials at the Department of Homeland Security responded to the breach in June

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