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WorldNov 1When Colin Farrell almost self-sabotaged his prospects of starring in his iconic roleLos Angeles, Nov 1 (IANS) Hollywood actor Colin Farrell’s trajectory changed for the good after he starred in ‘In Bruges’. However, the actor almost self-sabotaged his chances at the role. A clip from ‘The Graham Norton Show’ has resurfaced on the Internet, and it shows the actor walking down the memory lane, as he spoke about how he turned down the role, and tried talking director Martin McDonagh out of casting him for the part. During the show, Graham Norton asked him, “Directors can make stars, but also they can kind of change the trajectory of established stars. I'm thinking like Martin McDonagh when he came to you with ‘In Bruges’. is this a way that you thought you weren't right for the film?”. The actor said, “No, I thought I was right for it, but I thought it was terrible casting. I had just got out of rehab and so I had burned a good few bridges, and the phone wasn't ringing the way it did in the first few years of my career and it was ringing. I had a little interesting journey, and took a side trip to rehab and then I came out of rehab. Martin wanted to meet me and I knew Martin from back in the day from hanging out with him in London”. Custom Ad: Multiplex He further mentioned, “He was doing his theater here, and we had some good nights on the tiles, all in the distant past. But we met and he said, ‘You read the script’, and I had read it he had sent it. He said, ‘What do you think?’. I said, I just think it's one of the most brilliant things I've ever read. It's so beautiful. It's so moving, it's such a love story between these two characters and it's just an anarchy as well in moments and it's hilarious’”. “He said, ‘Great, so you'll do it’, and I said, ‘No, I think you can do better’, and he went, ‘What are you talking about?’. I said, ‘To be honest with you, I come with a lot of baggage, and I might not be known for the right stuff right now. So I think you should get somebody that the audience doesn't come in with any kind of prejudice at the beginning, the writing is that good’. He went, ‘Okay, great but you're not the casting director’”, the actor said as he burst out laughing. --IANS aa/thehawk_in · india
WorldNov 1Relatives from family separated by Korean War meet for first time in third countrySeoul, Nov 1 (IANS) Two relatives from a family separated by the 1950-53 Korean War met for the first time in a third country in September, marking a rare reunion amid frozen inter-Korean relations. Tensions remain high on the divided Korean Peninsula as North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ruled out talks with South Korea and defined inter-Korean ties as those between "two states hostile to each other." The meeting came five months after South Korea's Unification Ministry received a request from a North Korean member of a separated family seeking help to find a maternal uncle in South Korea. The request was relayed to the ministry by a North Korean defector living in the South, Yonhap News Agency reported. The ministry, which handles inter-Korean affairs, located the uncle in its database of separated families, only to learn that he had died 30 years earlier. After trying to contact the uncle's adult children using information in the database, a ministry official made contact with a 65-year-old cousin living in Gyeonggi Province near Seoul. Custom Ad: Multiplex The South Korean cousin readily agreed to contact the North Korean relative, saying the cousin's late parents had hoped until their final days to meet family members left behind in the North, according to the ministry. The two first made contact through a mobile messaging app before eventually meeting face-to-face in a third country in September, bringing together two second-generation members of the separated family. It was not immediately clear how the North Korean relative traveled to the third country. It marked the first privately arranged family reunion reported to the South Korean government in about two years amid a prolonged halt in inter-Korean exchanges, according to the ministry. Unlike most privately arranged reunions, in which relatives in South Korea look for family members in the North with the help of brokers, the latest case began with the North Korean relative trying to locate family in the South and culminated in a reunion with help from the South Korean government. The two countries technically remain at war as the Korean War ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty. The inter-Korean border is sealed and there is no mail, phone or other direct means of communication between ordinary people of the two Koreas. South and North Korea have previously held government-arranged temporary reunions for separated families, often around major holidays, such as Chuseok, a major holiday celebrated in both countries. The Koreas last held such reunions at Mount Kumgang, a scenic resort on the North's east coast, in August 2018, amid a brief thaw in inter-Korean relations. Earlier that year, in February, North Korea sent athletes to compete in the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in South Korea and dispatched a high-level delegation, including Kim Jong-un's sister Kim Yo-jong, to the opening ceremony. The issue of separated families remains a pressing humanitarian concern on the divided peninsula, as about two-thirds of surviving registered family members are 80 or older and many hope to see their long-lost relatives before they die. In September, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said resolving the issue of families separated by the Korean War should be the first priority for South and North Korea. "Eight years have passed since the last reunion, and we can no longer afford to delay this," Lee said in a statement marking the fourth Separated Families Day. "Families should be able to reach and see one another, no matter where in the world they live." As of late August, a total of 134,848 South Koreans had registered as having separated family members in the North, but only 32,948 were still alive, according to ministry data submitted to Rep. Woo Won-shik of the ruling Democratic Party. Some people have turned to private channels to locate and meet their family members in the North. Privately arranged reunions peaked in 2003, when 283 cases were reported, before falling to seven in 2010 and to one case each in 2017, 2018 and 2019. No such reunions were reported from 2020 through 2023 amid severed inter-Korean ties and North Korea's border closure during the COVID-19 pandemic. The last privately arranged reunion took place in October 2024, when an octogenarian South Korean living overseas visited North Korea to meet a nephew with help from an overseas pro-North Korean organisation. --IANS akl/thehawk_in · india
WorldNov 1What Shane Beamer told LaNorris Sellers to stop doing in South Carolina win over OklahomaSouth Carolina QB LaNorris Sellers won for the first time in his career while also throwing multiple interceptionsgreenvilleonline · united states of america
MilitaryNov 1Wall Street Journal: Trump and Netanyahu Discuss Resuming Attacks on Iranmedia_8am · afghanistan
WorldNov 1Sohorer Upokotha | Song - Tukro Tukro NuriWatch the song 'Tukro Tukro Nuri' from Bengali film 'Sohorer Upokotha' starring Joy Sengupta, Bidipta Chakraborty, Rahul Banerjee and Basabdatta Chatterjee. The song is sung, composed and written by Soumya Rit. The music video features Rahul Arunoday and Soumya Rit. The film is directed by Bappa and produced by Shree Krishna International Films. 'Sohorer Upokotha' also stars Anindya Banerjee, Lama Halder, Subhasish Mukherjee, Rajat Ganguly and others in pivotal roles. The film was released in theatres on September 17, 2021. To know more about 'Tukro Tukro Nuri' from 'Sohorer Upokotha', watch the 8K video.toi · india
BusinessNov 1MEP dollar today: how much it trades this Sunday, November 1See the quote for buying and selling the MEP dollar today. Quotes, evolution, forecasts and information for currency exchange.Clarín
PoliticsNov 1From railway tragedy to gov’t change: Serbia’s two-year fight for justiceA timeline of events since the deadly train station collapse in Novi Sad, which led to a change of government in Serbia.Al Jazeera [en]
PoliticsNov 1Putin Breaks Down His Isolation, With a Big Assist From TrumpNotching wins from Washington, the Russian leader is talking with foreign leaders and could return to diplomatic center stage with possible summit meetings.NYT World
PoliticsNov 1Where Do Israel’s Arab Parties Stand?Having won a record 19 seats in Israel’s Parliament, the two Arab-led parties say they want to work with opposition factions to take down the Netanyahu government.NYT World
PoliticsNov 1Abbott Campaigns Hard — and Far Away From PaxtonThe Texas governor is locked in a tough re-election fight and, Republican consultants said, having Ken Paxton at the top of the ticket is not helping.NYT US
PoliticsNov 1Did the Peltola Campaign Seal the Fate of Alaska’s Ranked Choice Vote?Beyond hotly contested Senate and governor’s races, Alaskans will decide Tuesday whether to scrap the state’s unique ballot. The campaign of Mary Peltola may have bolstered critics of the system.NYT US
PoliticsNov 1Democrats Want to Prove They Can Win in the Rapidly Changing SouthAn influx of new residents means the party that controls Southern states is likely to gain political power after the next census.NYT US
WorldNov 1What to Know About ‘Take Back the Night’ RalliesThe decades-old organization, which pushes to end sexual violence, plans to marshal students across more than 90 campuses on Sunday.NYT US
PoliticsNov 1On the Ballot in California: The Prospects for a National Wealth TaxThe outcome of the state’s ballot initiative for a billionaires tax could set the tone for the broader Democratic debate about how to raise more revenue.NYT US
PoliticsNov 1A Midterm Campaign Dominated by Concerns Over High Prices Nears Its EndAcross the country, many voters have drawn a straight line between President Trump’s policies and inflation.NYT US
PoliticsNov 1Culture War Tensions Roil Beverly Hills School Board RaceBattles over Israel, antisemitism and race have shaken Beverly Hills in recent years and divided the formerly Democratic enclave.NYT US
PoliticsNov 1This Republican Wants Voters to Consider a Post-Trump WorldJohn E. Sununu, the Republican Senate candidate in New Hampshire, has the president’s endorsement but is keeping him at arm’s length.NYT US
PoliticsNov 1With his constant provocations, the far-right mayor of Carcassonne is over the line. Or is he?The elected official from the southwest grew in politics alongside Marine Le Pen. Ruling his city with a firm hand, he has charmed her far-right party's activists, whilst alienating others with his provocative statements and actions .Le Monde [en]
WorldNov 1Betrayal, 800 stolen pages, and a suspicious death: the story of the biggest espionage case in F1In 2007, a Ferrari team mechanic leaked car design documents to McLaren's chief designer. In an unusual way, those from Maranello found out and a trial began that ended in the worst way for the British team.Clarín
BusinessNov 1Personal loans for retirees and interest rates in November: how to process them and which entities can be accessedRetirees and pensioners can access personal loans of up to $70 million in some banks. Which entities offer credits, what are the interest rates and how to apply for them.Clarín
ConflictNov 1Sokoto must not descend into political violence, ADC warns as Dan’iya survives airport attackThe Sokoto state Chapter of the party called on the Nigeria Police Force, the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Sokoto State Government to investigate the reported attack and ensure that those responsible are brought to justice. The post Sokoto must not descend into political violence, ADC warns as Dan’iya survives airport attack appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
PoliticsNov 1Colombia's 'El Tigre' takes fight to cartels as Trump alliance takes shapeAbelardo de la Espriella claims over 32,000 arrests in 10 weeks as Colombia joins Trump's anti-cartel coalition, pivoting away from predecessor's policies.Fox News World
Sci & TechNov 1DeepSeek unveils AI ‘super agent’ in coding race with OpenAI, AnthropicChinese artificial intelligence start-up DeepSeek has previewed a plan for a more autonomous AI agent that can handle multiple tasks with minimal human intervention, as it steps up competition with US rivals OpenAI and Anthropic in developing coding assistants. The proposed system, dubbed super agent, aimed to reduce the need for humans to coordinate multiple AI agents and monitor their progress, addressing a key bottleneck in managing today’s increasingly complex workflows, according to a...South China Morning Post
WorldNov 1Daylight saving time ended today. Here's what to know.Millions of Americans gained an hour of sleep this weekend when the time change commonly known as daylight saving ended for 2026, meaning clocks "fell back."CBS News
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