
-
Top-ranked Scheffler wins PGA Championship for third major title
-
Thunder storm past Nuggets to set up Wolves clash
-
Israel to allow food into Gaza after two month blockade
-
Paris airport chaos to enter second day after air traffic breakdown
-
Pro-EU mayor, nationalist historian set for Polish presidential runoff
-
Rome champion Alcaraz expects French Open threat from 'insane' Sinner
-
France to unveil €37 bn in foreign investment at Versailles summit: presidency
-
Napoli close in on Serie A title despite Parma stalemate
-
Israel to allow food into round operations' after two month blockade
-
Joe Biden diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer
-
No.1 Scheffler and Rahm deadlocked in back-nine PGA fight
-
Joe Biden: Democratic fighter, now battling cancer
-
WNBA probing 'hateful' comments in Clark-Reese game
-
Pro-EU centrist wins tense Romania presidential vote rerun
-
Wes Anderson and his A-list cast dazzle at Cannes
-
Sinner says Rome final loss 'good lesson' for French Open
-
Global chip giants converge on Taiwan for Computex
-
Pro-EU mayor narrowly ahead in Polish election: exit poll
-
Israel announces 'extensive ground operations' in ramped-up Gaza campaign
-
Brazilian Ribeiro strikes twice as Sundowns finish with victory
-
Villarreal beat Barca to secure Champions League place
-
Nuno dedicates Forest win to Awoniyi after horror injury
-
Arteta vows to end Arsenal trophy drought
-
IPL action resumes with Gujarat, Punjab and Bengaluru into playoffs
-
Chelsea coach glad of Williams and Ohanian's support after Women's FA Cup triumph
-
FBI identifies California bomb suspect as 'nihilistic' 25-year-old
-
No.1 Scheffler leads by three as PGA final-round drama begins
-
Iran says to keep enriching uranium, even with a deal
-
Phillies reliever Alvarado suspended for positive test
-
Sudharsan and Gill power Gujarat into IPL playoffs
-
Austria's Eurovision winner receives hero's welcome
-
New 'Final Destination' film slays N.America box office
-
Control tower breakdown brings flight chaos to Paris airport
-
Kenyan presidential candidate and lawyer deported from Tanzania
-
Care 'incredibly blessed' as Harlequins edge Exeter in his final home game
-
Arsenal secure Champions League place, Everton win on Goodison farewell
-
Hungarians protest 'authoritarian' bill against NGOs, media
-
McLaren's Norris blames poor qualifying after Imola second
-
Wes Anderson and his A-list army dazzle at Cannes
-
Arsenal sink Newcastle to seal Champions League berth
-
Alcaraz downs Sinner to win Italian Open in Roland Garros warning
-
Israel army announces 'extensive ground operations' in ramped-up Gaza campaign
-
Vardy signs off in style with 200th Leicester goal
-
Hamilton revels in Ferrari's 'sea of red' tifosi
-
At least 17 killed in India building fire
-
Portugal holds snap election with centre-right leading polls
-
Everton win on Goodison farewell, Vardy makes it 200 in Leicester swansong
-
US probes Mexican ship's deadly New York bridge collision
-
Van Aert wins at last as Del Toro charges to Giro lead
-
Verstappen 'incredibly proud' after Imola masterclass

Wes Anderson and his A-list cast dazzle at Cannes
US director Wes Anderson brought his latest A-list cast led by Benicio del Toro to the Cannes film festival on Sunday, ramping up the star power as the competition reaches the halfway mark.
Anderson's typically whimsical "The Phoenician Scheme", which also finds roles for Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson and Kate Winslet's daughter, Mia Threapleton, is in the running for the top prize at Cannes.
It tells the story of risk-taking and accident-prone European tycoon Zsa-zsa Korda, played by del Toro, who looks to bequeath his fictional business empire to his estranged God-fearing daughter.
Del Toro's character is loosely based on Anderson's Lebanese father-in-law.
"He was a completely different sort of person, but he was an engineer and quite alpha," the director told AFP.
"His relationship with my wife is probably the DNA of the movie. He told her one day, 'I need to tell you about how my business works because I won't live forever.'
But "the way he told her about his business was he opened a closet and started taking out shoeboxes and said, 'This is the project that we are doing in Saudi. This is the project we are doing in Gibraltar," Anderson added.
"She came home and she said, 'This is crazy.' So all of that went in the movie," said the maker of such quirky hits as "Asteroid City", "The Grand Budapest Hotel" and "The Darjeeling Limited".
With Anderson's film always thick with stars, the film's red-carpet premiere was packed with celebrities, with Edward Norton, Julianne Moore, Benedict Cumberbatch and Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro also in town.
- Russian frontrunner -
Fellow A-listers Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson were also on the Croisette promenade on Sunday, a day after the premiere of their in-competition film "Die, My Love" by Scottish director Lynne Ramsay.
Australia's Nicole Kidman picked up a Kering Women In Motion award, meanwhile, where she lamented the still "incredibly low" number of women directors in the movie business.
Anderson's "The Phoenician Scheme" is one of 22 films competing for best film in the official Cannes competition which will conclude on Saturday.
Critics' favourites from the first week include German-language drama "The Sound of Falling" about inter-generational trauma, and experimental rave road-trip thriller "Sirat".
According to an analysis of ratings by film magazine Screen, the frontrunner is a contemplative drama about justice and cruelty in the Soviet Union called "Two Prosecutors" by Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa.
"Russian society today is different from Soviet society in the 20th century but the essence is the same," the 60-year-old director told AFP earlier this week.
"The Phoenician Scheme" was praised by The Hollywood Reporter as a "poignant narrative jigsaw puzzle" while Variety called it "dense but undeniably enjoyable".
Scarlett Johansson was not on the red carpet on Sunday, but she will present her directorial debut -- "Eleanor the Great" -- to audiences on Monday.
- Nigerian debut -
Sunday also saw the premiere of Nigeria's first film in an official slot at Cannes.
"My Father's Shadow", the debut feature of newcomer Akinola Davies is set during a 1993 coup, a pivotal moment in Nigeria's recent history, when the military annulled the election and General Sani Abacha eventually took power.
Culture Minister Hannatu Musawa led the large and stylish Nigerian presence on the red carpet for the premiere.
P.Mathewson--AMWN