Tag: sweeps
Violence Sweeps Coastal Syria, Sowing Chaos: ‘We Have to Get Out of Here’
Syria After Civil War Residents described shootings outside their homes and bodies in the streets in Syria’s worst unrest since Bashar al-Assad’s ouster. More than 1,000 people have been killed since Thursday, a war monitor said. By Christina Goldbaum and Reham Mourshed Reporting from Tartus on the Syrian coast The gunfire began at dawn on…
Do they mean us? Mexicans bemused as Emilia Pérez sweeps film awards
Film largely praised by international critics but Mexicans ridiculed idea that it represents their country A musical about a Mexican cartel boss who fakes their death, transitions and is reborn as a heroine searching for the forcibly disappeared is sweeping international film awards, but prompted amusement and outrage in Mexico. Emilia Pérez, directed by Jacques…