Paris (TIP): Ten people, including five children, were killed – according to a provisional death toll – after a fire broke out on December 16o morning at a residential building in Vaulx-en-Velin, near the French city of Lyon, said the local authority. The local authority for the Lyon/Rhone region said the cause of the fire was not known at this stage. Around 170 firefighters were at the site. Reuters
World
We have a lot of censorship requirements in mainland China: Chow Yun-fat at BIFF
BUSAN (TIP): Hong Kong film legend Chow Yun-fat on October 5 lamented China’s “difficult” censorship while conceding the mainland market’s crucial financial importance for filmmakers. Speaking at South Korea’s Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), Chow […]
Sports News
‘No Plan B’: Japan’s sponsors shelve ads as mood sours over Olympics
Tokyo (TIP): Japan’s Olympic sponsors are scaling back advertising campaigns and delaying marketing events for this year’s Summer Games, concerned that public sentiment toward the event is souring amid a fresh wave of COVID-19. Sponsors […]
Europe
HONG KONG PROTESTERS PLAN TO OCCUPY BRITISH CONSULATE
HONG KONG (TIP): Hong Kong students plan to occupy roads surrounding the city’s British consulate in anger at a lack of support from London for their pro-democracy movement, as authorities ramp up pressure on protesters […]
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