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Novelist Kundera mixed philosophy, irony to explore human nature
By Michael Kahn PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech-born novelist Milan Kundera, who satirized totalitarian regimes and mixed dark irony with philosophical musings to explore the human condition, has died, a lib...
Jul 12, 2023
Hollywood studios racing to avoid actors’ strike at midnight
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood's major film and television studios and the union representing 160,000 actors were engaged in last-ditch talks on Wednesday ahead of a midnight deadl...
Jul 12, 2023
Milan Kundera, author of ‘The Unbearable Lightness of Being’, dies aged 94 – Czech TV
PRAGUE (Reuters) -Czech-born writer Milan Kundera, author of the novel "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" has died, public broadcaster Czech Television reported on Wednesday. He was 94. Kundera won a...
Jul 12, 2023
Malaysian art studio behind The Last of Us, Spider-Man games plans IPO – sources
By Yantoultra Ngui SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Lemon Sky Studios, the Malaysian art and animation company involved in videogames such as Square Enix's "Final Fantasy XVI" and Marvel's Spider-Man game titles...
Jul 12, 2023
A century on, Hemingway’s prose lures revellers to Spain’s Pamplona
By Susana Vera and David Latona PAMPLONA, Spain (Reuters) - The bell tolls - eight chimes. A fuse is lit and a rocket takes off. The pen doors open and out burst 12 behemoths - six bulls and six steer...
Jul 12, 2023
Hollywood studios, actors union call in mediator to try and avoid strike
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Negotiators for the SAG-AFTRA actors union agreed to a request from Hollywood studios to call in a mediator to try and forge a last-minute labor agreement and a...
Jul 11, 2023
Ice cream inspired by Thai temple tiles cools admiring tourists
By Artorn Pookasook and Juarawee Kittisilpa BANGKOK (Reuters) - Under a scorching sun, visitors to Thailand's renowned Temple of Dawn cool down by tasting an elaborately-shaped ice cream depicting int...
Jul 11, 2023
Canadian lake sediments reveal start of Earth’s Anthropocene age, scientists say
By David Stanway (Reuters) - Sediment deposited at Crawford Lake, a small but deep body of water in Canada's Ontario province, provides unmistakable evidence that Earth entered a new human-driven geol...
Jul 11, 2023
Portugal bans tourist boats from approaching orcas after incidents
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal on Tuesday banned tourist boats from approaching pods of orcas and issued instructions on what to do when approached by the so-called killer whales after a series of incide...
Jul 11, 2023
Sibling around-the-world aviators set another youth record
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Siblings and solo around-the-world aviators Mack and Zara Rutherford set more records on Tuesday as they collected a trophy whose previous winners include Lewis Hami...
Jul 11, 2023
