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The Dublin International Film Festival, forced online last year, opened Wednesday with stars of the feted Irish-language “An Cailin Ciuin” (“The Quiet Girl”) taking to the red carpet in the centre of the Irish capital.

Cambodia and Malaysia have reaffirmed close diplomatic and economic ties forged over six decades, while also jointly reiterating their intentions to uphold the ASEAN five-point consensus (5PC) and encourage Myanmar to implement them promptly in order to restore peace and stability to the country.

On a 420sqm plot of land on Oum Khun St to the west of Shinta Mani Angkor in Siem Reap sits the authentic and green Made in Cambodia Market (MCM), which offers a shopping experience that is both friendly to the customers and to the environment with 20 stalls

The past two years of pandemic-induced economic hardships have taken a heavy toll on some of Cambodia’s poorest and most vulnerable citizens.

Cavalier King Charles Spaniels are known for their tiny heads, English bulldogs for their smushed wrinkled muzzles – traits their owners love. But in an unprecedented move, Norway has banned the breeding of these dogs because being cute is causing them suffering.

Far from Dubai’s gleaming skyscrapers and renowned camel races, a bullfight is under way in the emirate of Fujairah, where the tradition continues unbeknown to most in the UAE.

On a 420sqm plot of land on Oum Khun St to the west of Shinta Mani Angkor in Siem Reap sits the authentic and green Made in Cambodia Market (MCM), which offers a shopping experience that is both friendly to the customers and to the environment with 20 stalls carrying high-quality goods set up near each other to create a new community market experience.

It is admired the world over as an exquisite depiction of maternal grief. But Michelangelo’s “Pieta” has overshadowed two other moving sculptures on the same subject by the Renaissance giant. That is why Florence’s Opera del Duomo museum in Italy is putting on display together for the first time all three versions of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of her son Jesus Christ.

An award-winning Ugandan author who fled the country after being charged with insulting President Yoweri Museveni and his son has arrived in Germany to seek medical treatment after being “tortured” in jail, his lawyer said Wednesday. “He arrived in Germany this morning,” Eron Kiiza, the lawyer for Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, said, describing the news as “a big relief”.

Matadors in the Mexican capital, home to the largest bullring on the planet, are fighting to prevent a ban on a practice brought by the Spanish conquistadors five centuries ago. Although the debate is not new, in December, an animal welfare commission in Mexico City’s legislature approved a proposal to prohibit the tradition in the city of around nine million people.