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Widespread tributes have been shared for Bahram Beyzai, a giant of Iranian cinema and theatre, who has died aged 87 in the US.The front pages of Iranian newspapers mourn his loss, with opposition voices and those who look back...

More than 40 million people are on alert as the next winter storm is forecast to bring snow, strong winds and rain from the Dakotas through the Great Lakes and into northern New England over the coming days.As of...

The number of executions in Iran in 2025 is set to more than double compared to the amount which took place across the country in 2024. Norwegian-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) group told the BBC it had verified at...

On Jan. 4, 2023, GE HealthCare Technologies (No. 219 on the Fortune 500) debuted as a standalone public company on the Nasdaq exchange. Since then, its stock is up almost 50%. It was the first of three businesses to be spun off in the breakup of General Electric, the conglomerate founded on the inventions of Thomas Edison that went public...

Brigitte Bardot, the French model and actress, has died at the age of 91.After enchanting Paris as a teenage model she took French cinema by storm in the 1950s.She then became a global icon who directors competed to work...

Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesIn the 1960s, Brigitte Bardot was chosen as the official face of Marianne, the emblem of French liberty.Then she herself became an icon: a beautiful, liberated, modern woman who refused to conform to outdated stereotypes.After three failed...

Sam Levin/Kobal/ShutterstockFrench actress Brigitte Bardot, who has died aged 91, arguably redefined cinematic allure, captivating the world as a 1950s screen icon. From her breakout appearance in And God Created Woman to her provocative roles in The Truth, Contempt,...

Getty ImagesTwo people have died in Sweden after a powerful winter storm swept across Nordic countries, causing travel disruption and power outages.The Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute issued alerts for strong winds for large parts of the northern half...

LONDON -- Russia launched dozens of drones into Ukraine overnight, the air force in Kyiv said, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepared for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Florida.Ukraine's air force reported 48 Russian drones fired...

It hasn’t been the easiest year to land a job, and in 2026, the employment landscape will likely remain just as volatile. Managers will be grappling with how to deploy AI in their businesses and what skills they really...