Los Angeles, Feb 24 (IANS) The Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks is set to portray the former President Abraham Lincoln in the upcoming film adaptation of ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ from Starburns Industries. The actor will also produce the project, based on George Saunders’ bestselling novel, through his Playtone label with partner Gary Goetzman, reports ‘Variety’.George Saunders is adapting the novel with Oscar-nominated filmmaker Duke Johnson set to direct and produce.As per ‘Variety’, …
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New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) ‘Modi Archive’, a popular social media handle on X, on Thursday shared an old video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauding Abraham Lincoln, his legacy, and also remembering the US politician as a man who never gave up in times of adversity and kept soldiering on, staying firm on his beliefs and principles. Thursday marks the birth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th United States president, whose life is celebrated for his steadfast espousal of human values…
Seoul, Feb 2 (IANS) The office of Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has released a list naming 2,986 people killed during recent unrest in the country.In a statement posted on its website on Sunday (local time), the president’s office said the list, which includes both civilians and security personnel, was compiled from data provided by the Iranian Legal Medicine Organisation at Pezeshkian’s order.The office said the total death toll stands at 3,117, meaning 131 victims remain unidentified. It …
Washington, Feb 1 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said that Iran is negotiating with the United States.”The plan is that (Iran is) talking to us, and we’ll see if we can do something. Otherwise, we’ll see what happens,” Trump told a Fox News correspondent.He added that “the last time they negotiated, we had to take out their nuclear. It didn’t work, you know. Then we took it out a different way, and we’ll see what happens.””We have a big fleet heading out there, bigger than we had — and still …
Cairo, Feb 1 (IANS) A senior Iranian security official said that a structure for talks with the United States is being set up.”The formation of a structure for negotiations is progressing,” Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani wrote on social media platform X, without elaborating.Larijani’s remarks followed his meeting on Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, which focused on economic cooperation and significant regional and international issues, X…
Washington, Jan 28 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked Iran to move quickly toward negotiations as a large American naval force advanced to the region, raising pressure on Tehran amid heightened Middle East tensions. In a radio interview with WABC host Sid Rosenberg, Trump said, “We have a big armada going over there right now,” describing it as “very powerful” and larger than a recent US deployment tied to Venezuela. He said Washington hoped military force would not be r…