Month: May 2021

MPs on the House of Commons International Development Committee are to scrutinise racism in the foreign aid sector.  The committee said it would be taking evidence on the subject as part of its wider inquiry into the philosophy and culture of aid. It will hear from experts on the subject via a virtual evidence session
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Dexter season 9 actress Jamie Chung suggests that old cast members will return for the upcoming limited series. Showtime ended their hit show in 2013, with Dexter faking his death and laying low in Oregon as a lumberjack. The final season of Dexter was panned for a number of reasons, but many complained about how unsatisfying the story arcs for the main characters ended.
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(CNN) — The Maldives: turquoise waters, luminous white sands, gorgeous technicolor sunsets and, of course, luxury. But believe it or not there was a time when the Maldives wasn’t one of the most glamorous getaways in the world. When Mohamed Umar “MU” Maniku and three friends opened Kurumba, the country’s first tourist resort, in 1972,
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The government has been accused of trying to avoid public scrutiny after it refused to publish the legal advice it received regarding its cuts to overseas development aid. Preet Kaur Gill, the shadow international development minister and MP for Birmingham Edgbaston, criticised the government after it rejected a request by Third Sector under the Freedom
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The domestic box office isn’t going to get interesting until next weekend when Paramount’s A Quiet Place Part II and Disney’s Cruella launch the summer season. From that point on, we largely won’t have any weekends where the major studios are taking a break from releasing wide entries, which is the case this weekend as Lionsgate’s Spiral: From the Book
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Image Credit: Courtesy of Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, Niney et Marca Architectes, agence Pierre-Antoine Gatier It was announced on 18th May, coincidentally World Museum Day, that the renovated Bourse de Commerce would be opening its doors to visitors this Saturday, 22nd May 2021, as Paris gears up to reopen its cultural venues after a
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The fantasy of manners has been a sub-genre of SFF (mostly in the F part of it, though you do see it in space opera as well) since the publishing of Ellen Kushner’s Swordspoint and Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer’s Sorcery and Cecilia: Or, the Enchanted Chocolate Pot. Normally it involves highly regimented social
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May 22, 2021 | 10:41pm ET Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood presented their new band, The Smile, during a surprise appearance at Glastonbury’s Live at Worthy Farm webcast on Saturday. Also featuring jazz drummer Tom Skinner (Sons of Kemet, Matthew Herbert), The Smile only revealed their existence hours before the livestream officially kicked off. The group’s name is derived from a Ted Hughes
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The National Trust has received its biggest donation to date in the form of a £4m gift from HSBC UK. The bank’s multimillion-pound gift will enable the charity to plant two million trees as part of a plan to tackle climate change, attract more wildlife and protect landscapes prone to flooding. The charity said the
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CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links. Walking wrestling encyclopedia and passionate Dungeons and Dragons fan Joe Manganiello has carved out a remarkable career for himself over the years, appearing in dozens of movies and TV shows. During that time,
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