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‘We are preserving a tradition’: how Ghana’s sensationalist film posters became collectible art

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-18T04:00:47+00:00

Hand-painted works are often wildly unfaithful to the movies they portray – reinterpretations that sometimes resulted in threats, insults and even physical attacks from viewers who felt dupedSitting on his porch in Teshie near Accra, Heavy J dipped a brush into red oil paint and dabbed it carefully on to his canvas – a flour sack – adding blood to a knife being wielded by a man. Higher on the canvas, he had started on an outline of a skull.Heavy J was creating a poster, but not as you might have expected for a horror film. Instead, it was for the animated fairytale The Little Mermaid. The man

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Le philosophe Herbert Marcuse a-t-il aidé la CIA ? Aux Etats-Unis, la gauche intellectuelle marxiste se déchire

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-18T04:00:31+00:00

Un livre relance la polémique sur les liens de l’icône de Mai 68 avec le renseignement américain. Si le philosophe révolutionnaire a bien travaillé pour le gouvernement des Etats-Unis pendant la guerre, sa radicalisation a fini par le faire considérer comme une menace par le FBI.

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Frontex continue sa mission en Grèce, malgré de graves violations des droits des migrants

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-18T04:00:14+00:00

Combien de temps Frontex tolérera-t-elle les violations croissantes des droits des migrants en Grèce ? Une enquête du « Monde » documente les multiples alertes adressées par le Bureau des droits fondamentaux de l’agence européenne, qui jusqu’ici n’ont pas déclenché de réaction significative.

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Una ventana submarina a la I Guerra Mundial

Source: El País - Internacional · Published: 2026-07-18T03:40:00+00:00

Turquía busca preservar los pecios de la batalla de Galípoli, mientras buceadores e investigadores documentan sus hallazgos en las aguas profundas circundantes

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Apple overtakes Nvidia to become world’s most valuable company

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-18T03:17:32+00:00

Investors are increasingly favouring companies that can monetise AI through services, ecosystems and devices, rather than AI infrastructure alone

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EN DIRECT, guerre en Iran : le Koweït annonce qu’une deuxième centrale électrique et de dessalement a été attaquée ; Téhéran menace tous les pays accueillant des forces américaines de représailles

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-18T03:13:36+00:00

L’Iran a fait état jeudi soir de trois morts lors de bombardements américains dans le sud du pays et a répliqué ; l’armée jordanienne affirme avoir intercepté dix missiles ; Bahreïn et le Koweït ont aussi été ciblés par Téhéran.

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Entre la Chine et les Etats-Unis, une nouvelle diplomatie des détenus

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-18T03:00:31+00:00

En parallèle des sujets de fond discutés entre les deux premières puissances mondiales, le cas de ressortissants américains emprisonnés pour espionnage en Chine constitue également un outil de négociation.

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Memphis rallies for progressive Democrat after four fatal shootings by taskforce: ‘Fight of our lives’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-18T02:18:08+00:00

Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and Ayanna Pressley join rally to support Justin Pearson’s bid for a seat in CongressMore than a thousand people rallied for Justin Pearson, a Democratic state representative running for Congress, in the wake of four fatal shootings by members of the Memphis Safe Task Force over the last two months.Crowds packed New Direction Christian Church in the city’s Hickory Hill neighborhood in support of Pearson, who is running in the now-fractured ninth congressional district’s Democratic primary. Continue reading...

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Experts cast doubt on Trump and DHS chief’s claim 250,000 noncitizens are registered to vote in four US states – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-18T01:57:52+00:00

This blog is now closed.DHS secretary doubles down on Trump’s baseless 2020 election claimsTrump makes unverified claims of China ‘election meddling’Sign up for US News Breaking emailTrump also took to Truth Social today to claim that there were “great reviews” of his address to the nation on Thursday – where he repeated baseless claims undermining the electoral integrity of the 2020 election, and the safety of the election process at large in the US. During his speech, Trump also tried to unveil new information – with scant evidence – that China’s interfered in the race that he lost to J

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Iran War Updates: Bridges and Water Plants Hit as Strikes Stretch to 7th Straight Day

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-07-18T01:41:43+00:00

Overnight and into Friday, Iran reported U.S. strikes on infrastructure that can serve civilian purposes and has targeted similar sites in Gulf countries that host American bases. In the afternoon, the U.S. military announced a new round of attacks on Iran.

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US strikes hit Iran for seventh consecutive night

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-07-18T01:16:11+00:00

The US command says it is conducting more strikes to degrade Iran's armed forces, as Iran reports explosions near the Strait of Hormuz.

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San Francisco police find wreckage of boat that sank as body identified

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-18T00:39:46+00:00

Tondra Madruga named as second victim in deadly capsizing as police continue search for two missing peoplePolice on Friday discovered the wreckage of a boat that sank this week in the San Francisco Bay after recovering the body of a missing person the day before.The body was identified as Tondra Madruga, 58, also known as Tondra Miller, the San Francisco medical examiner said. She was one of three people missing after the Volare, a 49ft (15m) cabin cruiser, sank on Wednesday afternoon with 20 people onboard after being hit by a wave and capsizing. The group was on the boat to scatter the ashes

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