THE ZEALOT
The Zealot: Everything we know about release date, plot, director, cast and production
Djimon Hounsou and Kodi Smit-McPhee will star in "The Zealot," a thriller adapting Bennett Fisher's play, Damascus. Directed by Vadim Perelman, the film follows Hassan, a Somali-American driver, and Lloyd, a mysterious traveler. The project promises intense performances, exploring themes of survival and prejudice. The release date is pending.
UK plans to implement carbon tax on imported goods like steel from 2027, a year after EU's proposals
Announcing its plan, Britain's Treasury said the proposed new tax will level the playing field, helping greener domestic producers compete against higher carbon, but cheaper, foreign rivals. For years, fears have been expressed that efforts to cut greenhouse gases in the UK are not being matched overseas, meaning that emissions are just being displaced to other countries without ambitious net-zero targets, leading to little global benefit.
Yen hands back gains, dollar waits on CPI
The dollar rose about 0.9% on the yen overnight. At 145.96 yen it is about 3% above a low touched last week after remarks on the challenging outlook from Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda were taken as a hint that a policy shift was imminent.
Here are the richest cats in the world in 2023
As per Pet Zealot, Nala cat from California, United States is the world's richest cat as of January 2023 with a whopping net worth of $100 million. With more than four million followers on Instagram, Nala holds the Guinness World Record for the most followed cat on the platform.
As Chandrayaan-3 braces to land on moon, here's why Pakistan lagged behind
Qaisar Rashid in his piece in the Daily Times said that while India ticked one after the other boxes right from ISRO, focusing on IT to opting for a modern education system, Pakistan kept on struggling with its internal conflicts and orthodox education system.
Stop giving coverage to ex-PM Imran Khan: Pak govt tells media houses
There has been a crackdown on the PTI leaders and workers after their alleged involvement in attacking army installations in the country following the arrest of Khan. Violence erupted across Pakistan on May 9 when cricketer-turned-politician Khan was arrested from the premises of the Islamabad High Court in a corruption case. Khan was released on bail two days later.
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Is 2023 going to be worse globally than 2022? IMF's Gita Gopinath tells it like it is
“The reason we think next year is going to be worse than this year is because that is when we really see the consequences of all the monetary policy tightening that has happened around the world. There is still a lot of uncertainty. India is doing relatively well and it has had a few quarters of 4-6% growth and that helps in terms of again closing the gap from the sharp contraction that happened in 2020.”
‘Harvey Weinstein thought he was God’s gift, Don Juan.’ Ken Auletta’s new book reveals stark reality of unhinged movie mogul
Harvey the Ripper, as Auletta calls him, created a culture of fear at Miramax.
Dan Stevens says Watergate drama 'Gaslit' shifts focus from Nixon, zooms into the lives of those impacted by the scandal
Led by Julia Roberts and Sean Penn, the show focuses on several untold stories related to the scandal.
How Civil War history explains meme stocks
Over the past century and a half, finance in the United States has been characterized by an ebb and flow of who feels Wall Street is for them, who feels (or is) excluded.
View: Not acting one’s age holds a strange fascination for most of us chained to the dogma of ‘timeliness’
Though I suppose both would pale into insignificance next to Sumiko Iwamura, who was all of 77 years old when she first started going to DJ school. She is now DJ Sumirock, an 87-year-old restaurant-owner in Tokyo by day and the world's oldest DJ by night.
No tolerance for crime in faith's name
Democracy seeks justice, not vengeance. It is vital to drive this point home to zealots of all religions, bar none.
Downfall of tech star Elizabeth Holmes: If convicted at trial, entrepreneur whose wealth once was at $4.5 bn, could face 20 years in prison
Holmes' saga throws light on the "fake it until you make it" strategy used by other startups.
Could China’s crackdown be a second cultural revolution?
The message could hardly be clearer: the Chinese Party-state wants to mold young minds with correct ideology, not distract them with online fantasies.
View: The Taliban offer multiple, vital lessons in democracy, if only by negative example
Not just domestic zealots but India’s external enemies wait to feed religious bigotry and radicalism on the part of the majority and the minority.
US abandoning Kabul to bombers of kids
This time around, the US must ensure a better outcome. More so as the US has given the Taliban official space by negotiating a peace deal with them without involving the democratically elected government in Kabul.
As meme stock mania fizzles, Wall Street sees ‘big reckoning’
An index that tracks 37 of the most popular meme stocks is essentially unchanged over the past two months after soaring nearly 150% in January.
US Senate panel splits along party lines on Justice Dept nominee Vanita Gupta
The tie vote in committee was not seen as a setback for Gupta, because her nomination can proceed to the floor of the full Senate, which Democrats control. However, it will face an additional procedural hurdle before the Senate can formally vote to confirm her.
Julia Roberts, Sean Penn to lead anthology series 'Gaslit' based on award-winning podcast 'Slow Burn'
The first season of the show will focus on the Watergate scandal.
Dogecoin founder is baffled by meteoric rise to $9 billion
Dogecoin creator Billy Markus just wishes people would realise he’s no longer part of the project and can’t limit the coin’s supply to help make them rich.
The Senate Business: Joe Biden's 50-50 challenge
Republicans remain poised to block most of Biden's proposals, just as they thwarted much of President Barack Obama's efforts on Capitol Hill. But 50-50 control permits action on special legislation that can’t be filibustered, and momentum for the popular parts of Covid-19 relief could easily propel an early aid bill into law.
What Joe Biden can and can't get from an evenly divided Senate
The unexpected new balance of power giving Democrats only the barest control of Congress has big consequences for the president-elect — easy confirmation of his Cabinet most importantly — but the road ahead for his ambitious legislative agenda remains complicated and murky.
Bitcoin faces regulatory scrutiny after record-breaking rally
With Bitcoin capturing greater attention, it could also garner further scrutiny from regulators, says Guy Hirsch, managing director for the U.S. at online-trading platform eToro.
View: Tragic killing of an elephant in Kerala becomes grist to communal propaganda
A former minister has suggested that the location where the elephant died, a minor river on the Malappuram side of the border between Palakkad and Malappuram districts, meant that the Muslim-majority nature of Malappuram was responsible for the event, ignoring the forest-field frontier in Palakkad.
Narayana Murthy writes same message on first page of every book that he gifts wife Sudha
Murty thanks her husband for augmenting her inclination towards reading.
Kamal Haasan has arrived on political scene as fringe player: BJP
BJP spokesperson GVL Narasimha Rao said opportunistic politicians who have taken such a cynical route have bitten dust in politics for hurting Indian sentiments.
Mamata Banerjee accuses BJP of distorting her views using fake accounts
I strongly condemn such scandalous activities by the so-called Hindu zealots. These type of communal forces, with their political vendetta, are maligning people, said Mamata Banerjee.
Migration fears as Bangla zealots go after Hindus
Bangladesh is caught in a spiral of violence targeted at religious minorities, following attacks on atheist bloggers, secular activists and intellectuals.
Congress must attack Muslim zealots too: Digvijaya Singh
"We do not speak against Muslim fundamentalism as strongly as we should. We have to attack Hindu and Muslim fundamentalism in the same manner,"
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