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Saudi Arabia Supports Film Sector with $234.4 Million

The Saudi Cultural Development Fund (CDF) launched a $234.4 million program to finance the film sector in the Kingdom. The program aims to support the film industry, provide financing solutions that facilitate the work of local and foreign film companies and creative entrepreneurs, sustainably stimulate the sector’s growth, and transform…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI: Former pontiff once dubbed ‘God’s rottweiler’ whose resignation was historic

The man born Joseph Ratzinger spent many decades as a key figure in Catholicism, writes Paul Vallely, but his choice to end his eight years as head of the Church and become Pope Emeritus will live longest in the memory

The Independent UK

Factbox-Former Pope Benedict, his papacy and resignation

Following are some facts about former Pope Benedict, who died on Saturday:

Reuters

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Who is former pope Benedict XVI

The former pope was once known as ‘God’s Rottweiler’ for his hardline conservative views

The Independent UK

Factbox-Former pope Benedict, his papacy and resignation

Former pope Benedict, who Pope Francis said on Wednesday was "very sick", resigned in 2013, the first pontiff in 600 years to take such a step rather than rule for life.

Reuters

Myanmar’s anti-coup fighters say injuries harden resolve

Citizens fighting for democracy are facing an uneven fight against a ruthless military with modern weaponry.

Al Jazeera

'Deliberate untruth': anger mounts for Vince Ryan abuse survivors over diocese's silence

"I've met people who I've witnessed being abused and who've said 'nothing happened to me' but their lives are falling apart."

Newcastle Herald

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Uganda to withdraw soldiers fighting ADF in DR Congo this month

The ADF, which began as an uprising in Uganda but is based in Congo, pledged allegiance to ISIL (ISIS) in 2019.

Al Jazeera

The particle that could break physics

A new measurement of the W boson suggests the Standard Model is wrong. Yet there still isn't a "smoking gun"

Salon

Exclusive-Myanmar army defector recounts heavy losses inflicted by Chin rebels

A Myanmar army officer who defected and fled the country has detailed battlefield losses to rebels in the southern part of Chin state, with at least 50 soldiers killed and 200 badly wounded in 2021 by opposition fighters with homemade weapons.

Reuters

Resistance to the Myanmar regime in Chin state – a photo essay

The photojournalist Alex McBride has been embedded with rebel forces in Chin state, Myanmar, during a critical moment for the country, as the regime assaults the area in a worrying echo of the Rohingya genocide

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