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Month: November 2023

‘Napoleon’ saddles up Joaquin Phoenix to lead the charge in Ridley Scott’s chilly epic

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — Ridley Scott’s storied career has included directing great (“Gladiator”) and not-so-great (“Kingdom of Heaven,” “The Last Duel”) period epics. “Napoleon” lands somewhere in between, a solid and sweeping version of the French leader’s war-torn life that proves too flat between the action sequences – a shiny bauble with

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Sweden appeals the acquittal of a Russian-born businessman who was accused of spying for Moscow

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s prosecution authority has appealed a ruling that acquitted a Russian-born Swedish businessman who had been accused of collecting information for Russia’s military intelligence service for almost a decade. The Stockholm District Court said advanced technology had been acquired and delivered to Russia but that Sergey Skvortsov’s activities were “not aimed at

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Nuevo gobierno se acerca a UABC

¿Qué apoyos ha logrado Pedro Sánchez para su investidura y qué se acordó con cada partido?

Aleja Páez (CNN Español) — Pedro Sánchez (del Partido Socialista Obrero Español, PSOE) está ante la gran posibilidad de volver a ser elegido presidente del Gobierno de España. Luego de que fallara el intento de investidura de Alberto Núñez Feijóo (Partido Popular), Sánchez parece haber alcanzado los votos necesarios para lograr el respaldo del Parlamento.

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Albania proposes a draft law on a contentious deal with Italy to jointly process asylum applications

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The Albanian government has put forth a draft law on a contentious deal with Italy to jointly process some asylum applications of migrants arriving in Italy by sea. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Edi Rama and Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni announced a five-year deal in which

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