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  • Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy issues a warning that the Strait of Hormuz is "closed," citing five tankers that have been hit since Friday.
  • Four drones were intercepted and destroyed over the provinces of Riyadh, Eastern, and Southern, according to the coalition led by Saudi Arabia.
  • The Saudi-led military coalition in Yemen claims to have intercepted three drones in the southern and Riyadh regions, two cruise missiles over the Red Sea, and a ballistic missile headed for the Saudi city of Yanbu. In the
  • Police and pritesters clashed during Saturday's large-scale protests across France over social injustice, exorbitant prices, and the condition of the educational system.
  • Just two days before the new sanctions and tariffs on Russia mandated by the law named for the late Senator Lindsey Graham were scheduled to go into effect, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday waiving them.
  • On Saturday afternoon, a car drove through a soccer match in Wichita, Kansas, killing a child and an adult and injuring numerous others.

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June 2, 2024

Netflix Series Spotlights Pakistan’s Red-Light District

The spotlight is currently on a historic red-light district in Pakistan thanks to a new Netflix series made in India.Set in the eastern city of Lahore, “Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar” is one of the most popular non-English series on the streaming platform. But as VOA’s Pakistan bureau chief Sarah Zaman reports, not everyone is happy with the attention.

April 7, 2024

Netflix’s Take on ‘Three-Body Problem’ Gets...

A Netflix adaptation of Chinese sci-fi author Liu Cixin’s “The Three-Body Problem” has sparked mixed reactions in China, with some complaining of a lack of nuance, that much of the action takes place outside of China and that key characters are played by non-Chinese actors.

October 25, 2021

Why Is Netflix’s Squid Game Such...

Squid Game, a South Korean television show, has surpassed 111 million viewers internationally, making it Netflix’s most watched series launch ever. Squid

June 24, 2021

For Africa, a Streaming Battle

Straight Talk Africa Observes The Competition For Online Streaming Business In Africa, As Well As The Rising Demand For Films Made By Africans, For Africans

December 26, 2020

Netflix Hit ‘Queen’s Gambit’ Spurs Interest...

Even before the Netflix hit “The Queens Gambit” aired on television COVID had sparked more interest in the game of Chess.  In this piece narrated by Anna Rice, Elena Wolf talks about the game with Russian grandmaster Garry Kasparov

November 4, 2019

Albuquerque’s Community College, Seedbed of Local...

Recently, a film studio in Albuquerque, New Mexico, signed a billion dollar contract with entertainment giant Netflix and a $500 million deal with NBC Universal Studios

February 25, 2019

‘Roma’ Wins Foreign Language Film Oscar

Mexico’s “Roma” is the winner of the best foreign language film at the Oscars.

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