Posts Tagged East Asia

Iran’s Farhadi and China’s Jia make Cannes splash

From left, producer Alexandre Mallet-Guy, actress Berenice Bejo, actress Pauline Burlet, actress Jeanne Jestin, director Asghar Farhadi, actor Elyes Aguis, actor Tahar Rahim, actor Ali Mosaffa and actress Sabrina Ouazani pose for photographers as they arrive for the screening of the film The Past at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 17, 2013. (AP Photo/David Azia, Pool)

CANNES, France (AP) — Two directors from countries with tough film censorship brought bold and probing movies to the Cannes Film Festival on Friday — one exploring China’s social problems, the other delving into the mysteries of the human heart.

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AP source: Amateur boxing head eyes IOC presidency

In this Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006 file photo Ching-Kuo Wu, of Taiwan, is congratulated by well-wishers after he was elected new president of the International Boxing Association in a election during the XVI AIBA Congres in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. C.K. Wu of Taiwan has notified IOC President Jacques Rogge, Friday May 17, 2013, he will be a candidate to succeed him as head of the Olympic body. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

LONDON (AP) — Amateur boxing association chief C.K. Wu of Taiwan is entering the race for president of the International Olympic Committee.

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Beckham’s role after retirement to remain global

This is a Sunday, Jan. 15, 2006 file photo of Real Madrid's David Beckham, left, as he congratulates  goalscorer Zinedine Zidane  during their Spanish league soccer match against Sevilla  at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in Madrid, Spain.  David Beckham is retiring from soccer after the season, ending a career in which he become a global superstar since starting his career at Manchester United. The 38-year-old Englishman recently won a league title in a fourth country with Paris Saint-Germain. He said in a statement Thursday May 16, 2013  he is "thankful to PSG for giving me the opportunity to continue but I feel now is the right time to finish my career, playing at the highest level." (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)

PARIS (AP) — After David Beckham’s long and distinguished soccer career ends on an artificial turf field in northwestern France, his life promises to be perhaps even more glamorous than it already has been.

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Slower Chinese growth adds to pressure on leaders

In this Tuesday, May 14, 2013 photo, workers are silhouetted at a construction site of a residential project in Rizhao city in east China's Shandong province. President Xi Jinping and other leaders have pledged to make the economy more productive but have yet to make clear how far they will go in curbing the dominance of state industry and making other changes reform advocates say are required. It is a politically thorny challenge but reform might be driven by slowing growth and concern about tensions due to a lack of new jobs. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT

BEIJING (AP) — Global economic malaise has knocked the stuffing out of Luo Yan’s business making toy animals.

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Honda to return to F1 as engine supplier

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese car manufacturer Honda is returning to Formula One in 2015 as an engine supplier to the automaker’s former partner McLaren of Britain.

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