11 films to watch this December
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have always written and directed urgent dramas about social injustice, but Tori and Lokita is "the angriest movie the Dardenne brothers have ever made", says David Ehrlich at IndieWire. The film's teenage heroes, played by Pablo Schils and Joely Mbundu, are African immigrants who live in a shelter in Belgium. They're battling to avoid being deported, and they have to deliver drugs to pay off a gang of people traffickers, but they are sustained by their b...
11 films to watch this December
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne have always written and directed urgent dramas about social injustice, but Tori and Lokita is "the angriest movie the Dardenne brothers have ever made", says David Ehrlich at IndieWire. The film's teenage heroes, played by Pablo Schils and Joely Mbundu, are African immigrants who live in a shelter in Belgium. They're battling to avoid being deported, and they have to deliver drugs to pay off a gang of people traffickers, but they are sustained by their b...
Former Alibaba staff member fired over alleged sexual assault of female employee barred from working at ByteDance
ByteDance has confirmed that the former department manager at Alibaba who was recently fired for sexually assaulting one of his female staff during a business trip has been barred from applying for jobs at the company, according to the Chinese media outlet. In a video posted by Lao Ban Lian Bo on the Chinese micro-blogging site Weibo, it shows a comment posted likely by someone who is involved in the company’s recruiting process that says the alleged predator surnamed Wang, also known as Quyi...
Former Alibaba staff member fired over alleged sexual assault of female employee barred from working at ByteDance
ByteDance has confirmed that the former department manager at Alibaba who was recently fired for sexually assaulting one of his female staff during a business trip has been barred from applying for jobs at the company, according to the Chinese media outlet. In a video posted by Lao Ban Lian Bo on the Chinese micro-blogging site Weibo, it shows a comment posted likely by someone who is involved in the company’s recruiting process that says the alleged predator surnamed Wang, also known as Quyi...
Ukraine war: Russia guilty of war crimes in Kherson, says Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that investigators have uncovered more than 400 war crimes in areas of Kherson abandoned by Russian forces as they retreated. Mr Zelensky said the bodies of civilians and soldiers had been found. The BBC has been unable to verify the allegations. Moscow denies its troops intentionally target civilians. Meanwhile Ukrainian authorities imposed an overnight curfew and restricted travel in and out of Kherson. "In the Kherson region, the Russian army lef...
Ukraine war: Russia guilty of war crimes in Kherson, says Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says that investigators have uncovered more than 400 war crimes in areas of Kherson abandoned by Russian forces as they retreated. Mr Zelensky said the bodies of civilians and soldiers had been found. The BBC has been unable to verify the allegations. Moscow denies its troops intentionally target civilians. Meanwhile Ukrainian authorities imposed an overnight curfew and restricted travel in and out of Kherson. "In the Kherson region, the Russian army lef...
'I'm blind, but loved going on a must-see safari'
Going blind made me worry I would never be able to enjoy a holiday again. What would be the point of sightseeing? And yet, I have just been on one of the most amazing trips of my life. Wearing my lovely new walking boots, I suddenly realise I have stumbled on a "midden" - a pungent pile of rhinoceros poo. With every gust of wind I get a fresh whiff. I am at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy - a 90,000-acre wild animal sanctuary on the equator in Kenya. The keepers there let me reach out and touch the...
'I'm blind, but loved going on a must-see safari'
Going blind made me worry I would never be able to enjoy a holiday again. What would be the point of sightseeing? And yet, I have just been on one of the most amazing trips of my life. Wearing my lovely new walking boots, I suddenly realise I have stumbled on a "midden" - a pungent pile of rhinoceros poo. With every gust of wind I get a fresh whiff. I am at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy - a 90,000-acre wild animal sanctuary on the equator in Kenya. The keepers there let me reach out and touch the...
