It started with "All we imagine as light" winning the jury's grand prize at the film festival in Cannes. Then the prizes have poured over the Indian film, which is now getting a Swedish cinema premiere. Everything feels like a dream, says director Payal Kapadia to TT.
TV & filmRescue workers in Myanmar and Thailand are frantically searching for survivors and looking for the dead in the earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7. In total, over 150 deaths have been confirmed, but the fear is that thousands may have perished in the earthquake in already hard-hit Myanmar.
WorldThis fall, Salman Rushdie is releasing his first fiction book since the assassination attempt in 2022.
EntertainmentMuch golf remains, but the week has in any case started well for Marcus Kinhult. He shares the lead in India after 18 holes.
SportsSix Russians have lost their lives after a tourist boat sank in the Red Sea off Egypt's coast, reports BBC. At least one Swede is said to have been on board.
WorldA man does not have the right to divorce because his wife watches porn and masturbates, a court in India rules. The verdict is considered important in the country, where female sexuality is still surrounded by stigma and taboos.
WorldPresident Donald Trump makes it clear that all trade with all countries that buy oil and gas from Venezuela will be subject to 25 percent tariffs in the USA. The American energy giant Chevron must now close its operations in the country.
BusinessChina is threatened by a population crisis, not least due to sharply falling birth rates. In an attempt to counter the crisis, the authorities have now made it slightly easier for Chinese people to get married.
WorldThe former Olympic gold medalist Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe, has as the first woman been elected to the most powerful position in sports. Here are three challenges for the new chairman of the International Olympic Committee (IOC):
SportsMouths were sewn together without anesthesia, nails were pulled out and electric shocks were directed at the genitals. Former prisoners testify about torture in Bangladesh's secret prisons under the previous regime.
WorldSwedish banks and households make record-large withdrawals from US funds – and invest in Sweden like never before. I believe it will be a lasting trend, says Stefan Westerberg, private economist at Länsförsäkringar.
BusinessBangladesh is shaken by protests since an eight-year-old girl died after a rape.
WorldAttack on libraries, banned books and silenced authors – over a decade, the artist Shubigi Rao has tracked cultural destruction worldwide.
EntertainmentOn Wednesday, they are expected to come into force – the US's 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum. At the same time, the EU's trade ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss the EU's competitiveness. Europe must respond, proportionally and well-balanced, says Foreign Trade Minister Benjamin Dousa (The Moderate Party).
BusinessThe export of war material increased last year to the highest value so far. This is shown by figures from the Inspectorate for Strategic Products (ISP).
BusinessToday, women around the world are demanding increased rights. Around the world, people are demonstrating for freedom, education, equal pay, and sexual and reproductive rights.
WorldThe number of nuclear weapons is steadily increasing in the world. Explosive power equivalent to 146,500 bombs of the type used in Hiroshima 1945 is ready to be fired.
WorldThe world's largest call center operator, Teleperformance SE, is launching a new system with artificial intelligence that will eliminate the Indian employees' accent when they speak English.
TechnologyHalf of all adults and a third of all children will be overweight or obese by 2050 – unless the development changes drastically. This prognosis is made by international research groups.
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