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Month: July 2022

Biden says US insists on ‘full and transparent accounting’ of death of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

By Kate Sullivan and Allie Malloy, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday said the US insists on a “full and transparent accounting” of the killing of veteran Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was fatally shot while covering an Israeli military operation in the West Bank. The US determined earlier this month that gunfire

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‘Zombies 3’ makes it hard to get fired up for a sequel that feels dead on arrival

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN Of all Disney’s teen-musical franchises (see “High School Musical” and “Descendants”), “Zombies” overcame its strained cuddly-zombie premise to become the most unexpectedly pleasing, augmenting its themes of bigotry and acceptance with best-in-class songs. Given that, there’s little pleasure in reporting that “Zombies 3” is creatively dead on arrival, reviving the

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Canada’s national football teams call for investigation into Canada Soccer governance

By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Canada’s women’s and men’s national soccer teams have called on Sport Canada, a branch of the country’s federal government, to investigate the sport’s national governing body following serious allegations about the way decisions are made within the organization. In a statement shared by Olympic gold medalist Christine Sinclair on Twitter on

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‘The Gray Man’ puts Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans in spy mode as Netflix flexes its action muscle

Review by Brian Lowry, CNN “The Gray Man’s” biggest muscle flex doesn’t come from Ryan Gosling or Chris Evans (not that they’re slackers), but rather the overall casting, throwing in Ana de Armas after her butt-kicking Bond role as well as Regé-Jean Page post-“Bridgerton,” Jessica Henwick (“The Matrix”) and Indian star Dhanush. The script, alas,

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Nearly 100 visa issues for athletes and officials remain unresolved ahead of World Athletics Championships in US

By Matias Grez and Jill Martin, CNN Nearly 100 visa issues for athletes and officials scheduled to be participating in the World Athletics Championships in Oregon, US, remain unresolved, a World Athletics spokesperson told CNN Thursday. In total, 374 visa cases have been escalated to a joint group comprising of the United States Olympic and

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