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Hollywood won't budge for Chinese censors anymore. Here's what ... (CNN International)

All films publicly screened in China need a permit from regulators. Censorship is rife, with authorities increasingly clamping down on what they perceive to be ...

Rance Pow, the firm's founder, also said that talent in the Chinese industry had become stronger. footage alluding to a gay relationship in the Chinese version of its latest "Harry Potter" movie. "I mean, removing the Statue of Liberty is something that could potentially draw negative attention to your film in a highly polarized US political environment." US theaters have bounced back, while China continues to maintain a strict "zero Covid" policy that keeps many of its cinemas in limbo. But they never came out in the country. That puts North America's box office slightly ahead so far in 2022, generating more than $3.6 billion compared with China's roughly $2.7 billion, according to data from Comscore. China's film regulators did not respond to a request for comment. Part of the difficulty is that "there used to be much more transparency on the part of Chinese regulators" about what they would accept, Kokas said. Kokas pointed to titles such as Marvel's "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" and "Eternals," which were not released in mainland China. The movies were expected to be big hits in the Chinese market, given their ethnic Chinese-led casts In a statement at the time, a Warner Bros. spokesperson told CNN Business it was "committed to safeguarding the integrity of every film we release." in the film "Doctor Strange" to avoid the ire of Chinese officials, noted Aynne Kokas, an associate professor of media studies at the University of Virginia and author of the book "Hollywood Made in China." Pictures also found itself in a tight spot late last year, when it was asked by Chinese regulators to cut out or minimize the appearance of the Statue of Liberty in a scene in

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Must-watch videos of the week - CNN (CNN)

A woman attempts to rescue a chipmunk, a man has a garage full of eels, and a futuristic flying hotel concept is unveiled. These are the must-watch videos ...

CNN's Jeanne Moos explains. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.

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'It's getting scary.' How the war in Ukraine plunged this Middle East ... (CNN)

Egyptian households of all income levels are seeing their spending power erode fast. The economic crisis raises prospects of unrest in a country where a ...

Many of his novels depicted characters centered around the Palestinian struggle against Israel such as "Men in the Sun" and "Return to Haifa." Some of his works have also been translated into Hebrew. - Background: "Due to the threats that are facing North and East Syria by the Turkish occupation state, we are declaring a state of public emergency," the statement said. It's offering incentives for local farmers to grow wheat and sell it to the government in order to fill part of the expected gap in grain imports. A referendum to vote on the proposed constitution is due on July 25. The Russian merchant ship Zhibek Zholy had allegedly carried the grain from the occupied port of Berdiansk to the Turkish port of Karasu. Ukraine on Thursday summoned the Turkish ambassador after the ship left port. This left the government reeling under a cash crisis and debts amounting to 85% of the size of its economy. I'm worried [about] a collapse of more people under the poverty line," she says. "I'm not worried [about] a collapse of the Egyptian economy. These people are standing all the time at the exit point of the party, whenever anything shakes or changes, they are the first to leave." It takes him days to sell the same amount of produce he used to sell in one day. "When you have a very profitable rate of return on [government debt], you're inviting people from all over the world to the party. The war in Ukraine has brought uncertainty to global grain markets and driven up prices.

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Superbug crisis: How a woman saved her husband's life - CNN (CNN)

(CNN) In February 2016, infectious disease epidemiologist Steffanie Strathdee was holding her dying husband's hand, watching him lose an exhausting fight ...

We want to be able to go to a walk-in cooler and source phages that are characterized and cataloged and personalize them for patients." "I think it was a historical accident that could have only happened to Steffanie and Tom," Young said. People say, 'Oh, my God, all the planets had to line up for this couple,' and we know how lucky we are," Strathdee said. "And then there is Steffanie's passion and energy -- it's hard to explain until she's focused it on you. "I'm here to tell you that the enemy of my enemy can be my friend. "I started to realize that my husband was a lot sicker than I thought and that modern medicine had run out of antibiotics to treat him." "We didn't see any negative side effects; in fact, Tom seemed to be stabilizing a bit, so we continued the therapy every two hours." But you have to find the right phage to kill the bacterium that is causing the trouble." "I remember the lawyer saying to me, 'Let me see if I get this straight. It's a glowing tribute to the immense kindness of strangers. "And all of a sudden, he squeezed really hard. I don't even know if you can hear me, but if you can hear me and you want to live, please squeeze my hand.'

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FBI Director Wray tells CNN there are 'way, way too many people ... (CNN)

The FBI director traveled to London this week to meet with Ken McCallum, director general of MI5, to highlight close coordination on everything from ...

"Because in this space -- the domestic violent extremism space -- much like the jihadist-inspired extremism, you're talking about largely lone actors who are coming up with attack plans that are fairly crude and simple, but don't leave a lot of footprints or dots to connect." That's what the rule of law is all about." He also expressed concerns about the exponential rise in home-grown extremism in the US and emphasized the need for local law enforcement to patrol their own communities for potential lone actors who have access to guns.

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