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Extraction 2 Review: Chris Hemsworth And Team Crank Up Everything In Next-Level Action Sequel

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Extraction 2 Review: Chris Hemsworth And Team Crank Up Everything In Next-Level Action Sequel

Extraction 2 Review: Chris Hemsworth And Team Crank Up Everything In Next-Level Action Sequel

DTBEATS (TG) – Once again, as if wound up by an enormous key fitted into the space between his shoulder blades, Chris Hemsworth comes lumbering out for Netflix’s burgeoning Extraction franchise, his muppety-handsome features scrunched into an expression of determination with a soupçon of sensitivity. Screenwriter Joe Russo and director Sam Hargrave have reunited to extrude another calorific portion of action content from their creative intestines and Hemsworth again plays Tyler Rake, the tough guy mercenary with a heart of gold whom we kind of assumed was dead at the end of the previous movie but turns out to have been just very very unwell.

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Rake’s quasi-corpse is discovered and given remedial attention in an outrageously perfunctory montage at the beginning of this film, there’s a spell in some luxury-private hospital in Dubai and then Tyler is as good as new, flown in to save his ex-wife’s sister and her kids from her abusive Georgian mob-boss husband.

(That ex-wife must have some serious cash, incidentally, to bankroll this kind of operation.) His handler Nik (Golshifteh Farahani) is back in the frame, this time doing a lot more actual fighting, including some close-quarters martial arts stuff and stabbing bad guys in the thigh with a little serrated knife – although kicking ass isn’t exactly Farahani’s skillset. Our hero also does a fair bit of dangling off the side of very tall sleek glass towers, although it isn’t in the Tom Cruise league.

There are cameos from Idris Elba, cheerfully phoning it in as the guy who recruits Tyler to this new job, and Olga Kurylenko, piteously emoting her way through a couple of short scenes as the ex-wife, who still has issues about the suboptimal way Tyler behaved in the marriage. The first Extraction was entertaining enough but this new one is just cynically about extracting the cash.

  • Extraction 2 is released on 16 June on Netflix.

Based on the 2014 graphic novel Ciudad by Andre Park, screenwriters Joe and Anthony Russo and artist Fernando Leon Gonzalez, the franchise starter was notable for its single-mindedness of purpose, its dedication to delivering action and little else; there’s virtually no small talk, scarcely any moments of quiet or intimacy that would allow for such baggage as intimate conversation, a nice dinner, a warm bath. No, where Tyler Rake goes, guns go with him and he never seems to run out of ammo — nor does the film. But inquiring minds want to know; has anyone ever had that name Rake in real life? True, in the film it’s a surname, but bambinos will likely be named after him nonetheless.

Based on the 2014 graphic novel Ciudad by Andre Park, screenwriters Joe and Anthony Russo and artist Fernando Leon Gonzalez, the franchise starter was notable for its single-mindedness of purpose, its dedication to delivering action and little else; there’s virtually no small talk, scarcely any moments of quiet or intimacy that would allow for such baggage as intimate conversation, a nice dinner, a warm bath. No, where Tyler Rake goes, guns go with him and he never seems to run out of ammo — nor does the film. But inquiring minds want to know; has anyone ever had that name Rake in real life? True, in the film it’s a surname, but bambinos will likely be named after him nonetheless.

It’s hard to think of many films more fundamentally violent to their core than the two Extraction movies; others stop to talk once in a while, but this one mostly foregoes that and just fires away, often madly, extravagantly, gratuitously; for much of the time, it seems like that’s almost all the film is about, which will be just fine with a large portion of its intended audience.

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Perodua launches affordable Axia E model, Cheapest car in Malaysia

Andy Sengiah
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Perodua launches affordable Axia E model, Cheapest car in Malaysia

Perodua launches affordable Axia E model, Cheapest car in Malaysia

PETALING JAYA (Paultan) – The Perodua Axia E is back, just as the carmaker promised when it launched the second-generation Axia in February this year. To be clear, the Axia E being introduced (or reintroduced depending on how you see it) today is of the first-generation model, albeit with some updates which we’ll get to shortly.

Affordability has always been a key selling point of the Axia E, which is why it was popular with driving schools and car buyers who just wanted a basic runabout with four wheels and a boot. However, the second-generation Axia did not arrive with an E variant, with the G being the base option that is priced at RM38,600 on-the-road (OTR) without insurance.

By comparison, the E variant of the previous Axia last sold at RM24,090, making it the cheapest car you could buy new in Malaysia. As such, Perodua saw fit to ensure the “driving school spec” Axia E lives on to fulfil its role as the most affordable car in Malaysia as well as ensuring driving schools are catered to.

The good news is the Axia E is even cheaper than before, retailing at RM22,000 OTR without insurance (includes a five-year warranty), or RM2,090 less than the previous one. This price is applicable in both East and West Malaysia, a first for a Perodua model, and the company is aiming to sell up to 1,500 units of the Axia monthly (includes individual owners and fleet sales).

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“While we do not dictate who our customers are, we believe that having this model would be a welcome option by majority of Malaysians. The Perodua Axia E has been market tested and proven over years and we believe that this variant would serve its current role of giving motorcycle owners an opportunity to own a new car,” said Datuk Seri Zainal Abidin Ahmad, president and CEO of Perodua.

Perodua boss Dato’ Seri Zainal Abidin Ahmad said this is in line with Perodua’s commitment to bring reliable, dependable, and affordable mobility to the masses.

“This is because Axia E has an existing stock of 3,000 units and is ready to be delivered immediately after ordering,” he said after the ceremony to introduce Axia E here today.

Also present were the Chairman of PERODUA, Tan Sri Asmat Kamaludin and the President of Perodua Auto Corporation Sdn Bhd, Masaki Ogita.

Their sales target is 1.5k units a month. And they’ve got a little over a months stock ready.

Commenting further, Zainal Abidin said, Axia E has been tested and proven in the market for many years and the group believes that the variant will fulfill its current role in giving motorcycle owners the opportunity to own a new car.

“Based on discussions with financial institutions, we found that only RM300 is needed to pay the hire purchase cost every month to own the Axia E.

“This is the same cost that needs to be paid to buy a new motorcycle on hire purchase,” he said.

The difference implemented by PERODUA for the Axia E model is also to introduce the same selling price for the whole of Malaysia compared to the previous practice where the selling price of Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak is different.

He said, since its launch in 2014 until May 31, 2023, PERODUA has recorded the registration of 606,756 Axia model units, including the brand new Axia that was launched last February.

Zainal Abidin said, the Axia E is based on the Perodua Axia model that was introduced in 2017 and it was certified with a four-star ASEAN NCAP rating by the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS).

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European Central Bank hikes rates again to battle inflation after US Fed hits pause

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European Central Bank hikes rates again to battle inflation after US Fed hits pause

European Central Bank hikes rates again to battle inflation after US Fed hits pause

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank pressed ahead with another interest rate hike Thursday and pledged more are on the way, aiming to crush inflation that is driving up the cost of groceries, utility bills and summer vacations even after the U.S. Federal Reserve took a break from its own string of increases.

The boost of a quarter-percentage point, to 3.5%, is the eighth straight increase since July 2022 for the 20 countries that use the euro currency. That is an unprecedentedly swift campaign to tighten the flow of credit to the economy as the bank seeks to return inflation to its target of 2% from 6.1%.

ECB President Christine Lagarde said more hikes, including at the bank’s next meeting on July 27, are in the cards.

“Are we done? Have we finished the journey? No, we’re not at destination. Do we still have ground to cover? Yes, we have ground to cover,” she said at a news conference.

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Lagarde said the bank “will continue to hike at our next meeting. So we are not thinking about pausing, as you can tell.”

Central banks around the world are trying to wrestle down price spikes that have been squeezing households and businesses with higher bills for basics like food and rent but some are starting diverge in their decisions to avoid plunging their economies into further trouble.

The U.S. Federal Reserve suspended its series of rate hikes Wednesday as it assesses the impact of higher rates on economic growth and jobs. It takes months for rate hikes to work their way through to the economy, and a pause can be a chance to see if the medicine is working.

Nonetheless, Fed projections indicate two more rate hikes are possible this year. Central banks in Australia and Canada resumed rate increases last week after a pause — one sign of how widespread high inflation has become ingrained in the global economy.

Carsten Brzeski, global head of macro for ING bank, said the ECB is “increasingly taking the risk of worsening the economic outlook.”

“Still, despite good arguments against further rate hikes, the ECB simply cannot afford to be wrong on inflation,” he said in a research note. “The Bank wants and has to be sure that it has slayed the inflation dragon before considering a policy change.”

Higher rates fight inflation by raising the cost of borrowing for auto loans, mortgages and credit cards, reducing demand for goods that drives prices higher. But they also can weaken the economy and raise the risk of throwing the economy into recession.

That is a concern in Europe, where the economy contracted slightly in the last months of 2022 and the first three months of this year. Two straight quarters of falling output is one definition of recession.

But the job market is strong, with unemployment at its lowest since the euro currency was introduced in 1999 — at 6.5% — and hardly consistent with a real recession. It also signals more wage increases that could worsen inflation as employers compete for scarce workers.

The Euro Area Business Cycle Dating Committee, which uses employment as well as economic growth data in determining when a recession has occurred, found no recession at its last assessment March 27 and will revisit the question in November.

Consumer prices started rising as the global economy bounced back from the COVID-19 pandemic and created supply chain bottlenecks. Oil and natural gas prices also spiked due to Russia’s threats against Ukraine and after its February 2022 invasion. That also sent food and fertilizer prices soaring amid disruption to supplies from the warring countries, both major agricultural exporters.

Those pressures are starting to ease, but the initial burst of inflation is being reflected in higher wage demands and prices for services, even as energy prices have fallen in Europe in recent months.

Home prices in Europe started to fall in the last months of 2022, the first dip since 2015, one sign that the ECB’s policies are feeding through to the economy as mortgage costs deter homebuyers.

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Greece searches for hundreds feared missing after migrant boat sank, leaving 78 dead

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Greece searches for hundreds feared missing after migrant boat sank, leaving 78 dead

Greece searches for hundreds feared missing after migrant boat sank, leaving 78 dead

KALAMATA, Greece (AP) — Rescue workers transferred the bodies of dead migrants to refrigerated trucks as a major search continued Thursday for possible survivors of a sea disaster in southern Greece. Hundreds of people are still feared missing.

At least 78 bodies have been recovered after a fishing boat crammed with migrants seeking to make it from Libya to Italy capsized and sank a day earlier in deep waters off the Greek coast.

Rescuers saved 104 passengers — including Egyptians, Syrians, Pakistanis, Afghans and Palestinians, mostly men and including eight minors — but authorities fear that hundreds of others may have been trapped below deck. If confirmed, that would make the tragedy one of the worst ever recorded in the central Mediterranean.

Authorities revised the confirmed death toll from 79 following an overnight count of the bodies.

“The survivors are in a very difficult situation. Right now they are in shock,” Erasmia Roumana, head of a United Nations Refugee Agency delegation, told The Associated Press after meeting the rescued migrants in a storage hangar in the southern port of Kalamata.

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“They want to get in touch with their families to tell them they are OK, and they keep asking about the missing. Many have friends and relatives unaccounted for.”

Greece declared three days of mourning and politicians suspended campaigning for a general election on June 25. A Supreme Court prosecutor ordered an investigation into the circumstances of the deaths.

Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, said she was “deeply saddened” by the tragedy and promised to strengthen cooperation between the European Union and nearby countries to try to further crack down on migrant smugglers.

But human rights groups argue that the crackdown means migrants and refugees are being forced to take longer and more dangerous routes to reach safe countries.

The search operation south of Greece’s Peloponnese region failed to locate any more bodies or survivors overnight or early Thursday.

“The chances of finding (more survivors) are minimal,” retired Greek coast guard admiral Nikos Spanos told state-run ERT television.

“We have seen old fishing boats like this before from Libya: They are about 30 meters (100 feet) long and can carry 600-700 people when crammed full. But they are not at all seaworthy. To put it simply, they are floating coffins.”

Coast guard experts believe the boat may have sunk after running out of fuel or suffering engine trouble, with movement of passengers inside the vessel causing it to list and ultimately capsize.

An aerial photograph of the vessel before it sank released by Greek authorities showed people crammed on the deck. Most were not wearing life jackets.

“We are witnessing one of the biggest tragedies in the Mediterranean, and the numbers announced by the authorities are devastating,” said Gianluca Rocco, head of the Greek section of IOM, the U.N. migration agency.

The IOM has recorded more than 21,000 deaths and disappearances in the central Mediterranean since 2014.

Greece’s coast guard said it was notified by Italian authorities of the trawler’s presence in international waters. It said efforts by its own ships and merchant vessels to assist the boat were repeatedly rejected, with people on board insisting they wanted to continue to Italy.

Twenty-nine of the survivors in southern Greece remain hospitalized, mostly with symptoms of hypothermia, while eight have been questioned by coast guard investigators. Government officials said the survivors would be moved to a migrant shelter near Athens later Thursday or Friday.

The bodies of the dead migrants were moved to a morgue outside Athens, where DNA samples and facial photographs will be taken to start the identification process. The embassies of the countries involved will assist, health officials said.

The spot is close to the deepest part of the Mediterranean Sea, where depths of up to 17,000 feet (5,200 meters) could hamper any effort to locate a sunken vessel.

The IOM said initial reports suggested up to 400 people were aboard. A network of activists said it received a distress call from a boat in the same area whose passengers said it carried 750 people.

The Mediterranean’s deadliest shipwreck in living memory occurred on April 18, 2015, when an overcrowded fishing boat carrying migrants collided off Libya with a freighter trying to come to its rescue. Only 28 people survived. Forensic experts concluded that there were originally 1,100 people on board.

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Israeli parliament vote deals setback to Netanyahu and judicial overhaul plan

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Israeli parliament vote deals setback to Netanyahu and judicial overhaul plan

Israeli parliament vote deals setback to Netanyahu and judicial overhaul plan

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s parliament on Wednesday appointed an opposition lawmaker to the powerful committee that picks the country’s judges, defying Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a vote that exposed divisions within the ruling coalition and raised questions about his control over his political allies.

The vote appeared to temporarily avert a crisis that had threatened to unleash renewed political turmoil over Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul plan.

The opposition had threatened to withdraw from negotiations with Netanyahu over the overhaul if its candidate, Karine Elharrar, was not named to the committee. Despite Elharrar’s appointment on Wednesday, the opposition said it would nonetheless suspend talks with Netanyahu until the second vacancy on the committee is filled and it can resume work.

“No committee, no talks,” opposition leader Yair Lapid said.

Netanyahu accused his opponents of trying “to blow up the dialogue.”

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Netanyahu’s government unveiled the judicial overhaul days after taking office last December, saying the plan was needed to rein in an interventionist judiciary. Netanyahu’s opponents say the plan is a way for the far-right coalition — a collection of ultranationalist and ultra-Orthodox parties — to gain control over the judicial system, threatening the country’s system of checks and balances.

The proposal has prompted hundreds of thousands of Israelis to take part in mass demonstrations each week against the proposed overhaul. The demonstration prompted Netanyahu to freeze the plan in March and open negotiations, brokered by the country’s figurehead president, aimed at reaching a compromise with his opponents.

The committee for appointing judges — which, among other things, approves the makeup of the Supreme Court — has been a central battleground in the overhaul plan.

Both the governing coalition and the opposition traditionally are represented on the nine-member committee. But proponents of the overhaul had demanded that the coalition control both positions, drawing accusations that Netanyahu and his allies were trying to stack the judiciary with cronies.

The votes, cast anonymously, raised doubts about Netanyahu’s control over his coalition.

Netanyahu ordered his allies to oppose all candidates, including its own members, in a maneuver that he hoped would delay all appointments until another vote a month from now.

But in the secret ballot, several coalition members joined the opposition in supporting Elharrar’s appointment in a 58-56 vote. A second candidate, Tally Gotliv of Netanyahu’s Likud party, mustered just 15 votes and did not clear the threshold. That means parliament will have to fill the post in the coming month.

Lapid said it was “good news” that an opposition member would remain on the judicial selection committee. But he said was problematic that there is still no committee.

“Netanyahu today prevented its establishment, putting an end to the pretense that he was open to negotiations,” he said.

“Netanyahu used to be a liar and powerful. Now he is a liar and weak,” he said. “The committee was not established, the threat to democracy is not removed.”

In a video statement, Netanyahu said his opponents were to blame, noting that they froze the talks even after getting what they wanted.

“Gantz and Lapid don’t want real negotiations,” he said. “I promise the citizens of Israel, unlike them, we will act responsibly for our country.”

Since the overhaul was paused in March, the weekly protests have continued to draw tens of thousands of people. The protesters are set to demonstrate for a 24th week on Saturday.

Anticipating protests over the vote on Wednesday, police set up barriers outside the parliament building and next to Netanyahu’s home in central Jerusalem. But the protests were called off after the opposition lawmaker’s appointment.

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At least 15 people killed and dozens injured in bus crash in Mali

Mark Kenya
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At least 15 people killed and dozens injured in bus crash in Mali

At least 15 people killed and dozens injured in bus crash in Mali

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — At least 15 people were killed and dozens injured when two passenger buses collided with a truck in Mali, the government said.

The accident occurred Tuesday morning between Fana and Konobougou cities in the country’s south, said Mama Djenepo, the secretary general for Mali’s ministry of transport.

“The accident involved two passenger coaches bound for Mopti, which collided with a 10-ton truck carrying livestock traveling in the opposite direction,” he said, adding that the cause is believed to be speeding by tired drivers.

While traffic accidents are common in Mali, especially during the rainy season, this is the worst in the West African nation this year, the government said. More than 680 people were killed last year in road accidents and some 8,200 were injured.

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Russia broke international law by destroying Ukraine dam: Ukrainian Diplomat

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Russia broke international law by destroying Ukraine dam: Ukrainian Diplomat

Russia broke international law by destroying Ukraine dam: Ukrainian Diplomat

TOKYO (NA) – The destruction of a dam in Ukraine was a Russian act and “forbidden by international conventions,” Kyiv’s ambassador to Japan said.

“It is absolutely clear that [it] was done by Russians,” Sergiy Korsunsky told Nikkei on Tuesday. He pointed to intelligence received by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last October indicating that Russia had planted explosives at the dam.

At least 600 sq. kilometers of Ukraine’s Kherson region was flooded after the Nova Kakhovka dam break on June 6, the region’s governor said last week.

Asked whether he considered it a war crime, Korsunsky said, “of course,” adding: “It’s actually like you create artificial tsunami on the river.”

Korsunsky also condemned Russian troops for allegedly shooting at civilians trying to evacuate flooded areas.

“This is genocide,” he said.

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Korsunsky said Russian claims that the dam break was the result of Ukrainian sabotage were “absolute nonsense.”

“If you listen to them, we kill ourselves… we kill our own children, destroy our own cities, hospitals, schools. Why would we blow up the dam if that is a huge loss of people, of economy?” Korsunsky said.

Zelenskyy has confirmed that Ukrainian forces have launched a long-awaited counteroffensive to recapture Russian-occupied areas.

“We liberated, if I’m not mistaken, around nine small villages already,” Korsunsky said, while acknowledging that the situation is “very complex.”

Russian forces have set up a fortified line of trenches and land mines in anticipation of a Ukrainian attack. Although it has been difficult to break through, Korsunsky said the Ukrainian military was “moving forward” using tanks, armored vehicles and rocket launchers provided by the West.

“We do have losses, unfortunately, in equipment and personnel and that is why we try to move in a very cautious manner,” he said.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday pledged $5 million in humanitarian aid for Ukraine following the collapse of the dam. “We are very grateful,” Korsunsky said.

“We need temporary housing for people, or we need water-cleaning technologies… for hundreds of thousands of people,” he said. “Very few countries did the same,” he said of Japan’s pledge.

There is a plan to hold a conference on the reconstruction of Ukraine in Japan early next year.

“We expect Japan to play the major leader role” in the reconstruction of Ukraine given its experience rebuilding after World War II and major natural disasters, he said.

Japan has accepted more than 2,000 refugees from Ukraine. About 400 are students studying at Japanese universities, and many others are working at hotels, Japanese-style inns, golf courses and restaurants as the country reopens for tourism.

“I never heard one complaint” from any Ukrainian resident of Japan, Korsunsky said.

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Hollywood Actor Treat Williams dies at 71 after motorcycle accident

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Hollywood Actor Treat Williams dies at 71 after motorcycle accident

Hollywood Actor Treat Williams dies at 71 after motorcycle accident

VERMONT (ABC) – Treat Williams, a star of stage, television and film, has died in a motorcycle accident, according to his agent. He was 71.

The accident happened just before 5 p.m. Monday on Vermont Route 30 just north of Morse Hill Road in Dorset, Vermont.

State police say the crash involved a Honda Element and a 1986 Honda motorcycle driven by Williams.

“It is with great sadness that we report that our beloved Treat Williams has passed away tonight in Dorset, Vermont after a fatal motorcycle accident,” his family said in a statement. “As you can imagine, we are shocked and greatly bereaved at this time.”

Vermont State Police said in a statement that Williams was critically injured in Dorset about 4:53 p.m. Monday when a Honda SUV turned in front of him, ending in a collision that threw Williams from his 1986 Honda motorcycle.

He was taken to Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York, where he was pronounced dead, state police said.

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They say the SUV, driven by 35-year-old Ryan Koss, attempted to turn left into a parking lot. The initial investigation indicates the Element stopped, signaled a left turn, and then turned into the path of the motorcycle.

Williams recently guest starred in HBO’s “We Own This City,” a drama about corruption in Baltimore that was aired and streamed this spring. In 2016, he played the title character in the theatrical and streaming release of “The Congressman.”

He developed as an actor’s actor by starting as an understudy for the Broadway hit “Grease” in the 1970s before he took the lead role as Danny Zuko. But his real breakthrough was as director Miloš Forman’s hippie character George Berger in a defining film of the counterculture, “Hair,” in 1979.

That opened the door to roles in countless films, including Steven Spielberg’s “1941,” Sidney Lumet’s “Prince of the City,” Sergio Leone’s “Once Upon a Time in America” and John Erman’s adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ classic “A Streetcar Named Desire.”

In his television career, Williams had roles on “Law & Order,” “Blue Bloods” and other shows, often as a benevolent-seeming patriarch with just a hint of corruption beneath the surface.

More recently he portrayed Dr. Andrew Brown in the WB series “Everwood” and Brian Grabler, a retired Baltimore police detective, in “We Own This City.” In the latter series, he teaches at the police academy and, according to HBO’s news release, “recognizes much of what has gone wrong” with the city’s force.

Williams was born in Rowayton, Connecticut, to Marian and Richard Norman Williams, according to his IMDb bio. He went from prep school to Pennsylvania’s Franklin and Marshall College, where he dived into the world of stage and screen.

His summers were spent immersed in stage classics at Fulton Theatre in Lancaster, the bio says. Williams’ later success meant free time could be spent flying, and he became a licensed pilot and instructor.

Williams’ versatile screen career included an early role in director Milos Forman’s adaptation of the musical “Hair” in 1979, followed by a starring vehicle with another A-list director, Sidney Lumet, in the gritty undercover crime drama “Prince of the City” two years later.

Later in that decade, Williams enjoyed leading action star status in 1998’s B-movie “Deep Rising,” about a killer sea monster, starring opposite Famke Janssen, Wes Studi and Djimon Hounsou.

The late actor is survived by his wife Pam Van Sant and their two children.

The investigation into this crash is in its early stages.

His last tweet when he was harvesting

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Ezra Miller makes first public appearance since offscreen controversies at The Flash premiere

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Ezra Miller makes first public appearance since offscreen controversies at The Flash premiere

Ezra Miller makes first public appearance since offscreen controversies at The Flash premiere

DTBEATS(EW) – In a bit of life imitating art, Ezra Miller made a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it appearance at the premiere of The Flash on Monday.

It marks the first high profile appearance for the star since a number of offscreen controversies last year. At the premiere, which was held at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood, Miller, who uses they/them pronouns, posed for a number of photos on the red carpet in support of the film.

The film’s director, Andy Muschietti, crew, and cast members such as Ben Affleck and Sasha Calle were also on hand to support the film, which follows Miller’s Barry Allen who uses super speed to change the past and save his family, but instead creates a very bleak world that’s facing annihilation. The film also stars Michael Keaton, reprising his role as Batman, who it was previously reported would not make the premiere due to conflicting filming schedules.

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Though speculation abounded over how Warner Bros. and the filmmaking team would handle the release of the film in the wake of the controversies, Muschietti and his sister, producer Barbara Muschietti, told EW that there was never a threat of the film being shelved, and that they were in support of Miller receiving help.

“We have a lot of empathy in general for people who need help, and especially in mental health issues. That’s why they are taking the necessary steps to deal with their recovery, and we support them in that,” he said. Andy also previously told EW that he would welcome Miller back to the role in the future and that he didn’t “think there’s anyone that can play that character as well as they did.”

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Palestinian President Abbas begins China visit as Beijing seeks larger role in Mideast

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Palestinian President Abbas begins China visit as Beijing seeks larger role in Mideast

Palestinian President Abbas begins China visit as Beijing seeks larger role in Mideast

BEIJING (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas began a visit to China on Tuesday that comes as Beijing is seeking a larger role in Middle East politics and competing for energy resources.

In announcing the visit, China’s Foreign Ministry said China was willing to help broker relations between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government that have deteriorated to the lowest level in recent years. The ministry did not say who Abbas would meet in Beijing or give other details of his four-day visit.

Increased fighting over the last year between Israel and the Palestinians in the West Bank has resulted in the deadliest period of violence between the sides in years in that territory.

The visit also comes after China hosted talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia that resulted in the two restoring diplomatic relations.

That development was seen as representing a diplomatic victory for China as Gulf Arab states perceive the United States slowly withdrawing from the wider region.

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But it remains to be seen how far the reconciliation efforts between Iran and Saudi Arabia will progress. The rivalry dates to the 1979 revolution that toppled Iran’s Western-backed monarchy, and in recent years the two countries have backed rival armed groups and political factions across the region.

State broadcaster CCTV quoted Foreign Minister Qin Gang as saying that “China supports the resumption of peace talks between Palestine and Israel as soon as possible on the basis of the ‘two-state solution,’ and is willing to play an active role in this regard.”

 

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