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Cannes Film Festival Winners

Cannes Film Festival Award Winners

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 22, 2016 | Entertainment

The Palme d’Or for Best Picture at the 69th Cannes Film Festival, on Sunday, was won by British director Ken Loach for “I, Daniel Blake”. Noting that Loach had already won the highest distinction in 2006 for “The Wind That Shakes the...

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People walk past the window of a H&M store in Paris, France, August 24, 2015. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo

H&M Says Working to Improve Labor Conditions in India, Cambodia Factories

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 22, 2016 | World

Swedish fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) said it was working with trade unions, government as well as the U.N. to improve workers’ conditions after a study found violations in supplying garment factories in India and Cambodia. Asia Floor Wage...

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In this July 24, 1997, file photo, lead guitarist Marty Friedman, left, and lead singer/guitarist Dave Mustaine, center, field questions while bassist David Ellefson, right, high-fives drummer Nick Menza, back left, during a live chat on the internet held at The Joint inside the Hard Rock hotel-casino in Las Vegas.

Drummer Nick Menza Dies after Collapsing During Los Angeles Gig

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 22, 2016 | Entertainment

Drummer, Nick Menza, former member of the heavy metal band Megadeth, passed away at age 51 after collapsing on stage at a Los Angeles club late on Saturday, said a family spokesman, J. Marshall Craig, who is also Menza’s biographers. The latter also added that...

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U.S. President Barack Obama receives flowers as he arrives at Noibai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam May 22, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

President Barack Obama Arrives in Vietnam to Turn Old Foe into New Partner

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 22, 2016 | World

U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday headed for his first visit to Vietnam, looking forward to transform an old enemy into a new partner to help counter China’s growing assertiveness in the region, following four decades of the Vietnam War. This visit is...

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Turkey’s Transportation Minister Binali Yildirim, accompanied by his wife Semiha Yildirim, greets members of his party as he arrives for the Extraordinary Congress of the ruling AK Party (AKP) to choose the new leader of the party, in Ankara, Turkey May 22, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas

New Turkish PM Backs Constitution to Strengthen Erdogan

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 22, 2016 | Middle East

Turkey’s ruling party has formally appointed a trusted ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as its new chairman, setting the stage for his appointment as the next prime minister. Delegates of the governing Justice and Development Party on Sunday voted to...