Media & TelecomHuman-octopus love story up for best documentary Oscar
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Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed, Craig Foster receive Documentary BAFTA award for My Octopus Teacher , during the 74th British Academy Film Awards in London, Britain, April 11, 2021. BAFTA/Handout via REUTERS
Pets can easily bond with humans, but when a wild octopus befriends a diver and becomes his life coach, that true story scores a best documentary nomination for this Sunday s Oscars.
Ten years in the making, My Octopus Teacher began as a personal video project by South African filmmaker Craig Foster to rekindle his connection with nature by observing an inquisitive female mollusc while free-diving near Cape Town.
Middle EastSay cheese! Cyprus s halloumi gets EU protected status
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Grilled halloumi is seen in a restaurant in Nicosia, Cyprus, April 2, 2021. Picture taken April 2, 2021. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou
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Cyprus is getting protected status for its prized halloumi, giving its producers the sole right to sell the rubbery cheese in the European Union.
Later this month, the European Union is set to formally give halloumi, or hellim in Turkish, the protected designation of origin (PDO) status, which will come into effect from October, according to Cyprus agriculture ministry.
The move reaffirms what the industry and state have said for years, said cheesemaker George Petrou, general manager of Petrou Bros. Dairy Products which has about 25% of Cyprus export market: that halloumi is Cypriot, with historical accounts suggesting production as early as around 1500.
16 April 2021 | 08:29am
StockMarketWire.com - Saint-Gobain said it had agreed to sell 67% of its pipe business in China to a consortium led by local management in a deal worth around €100 million.
The sale of PAM China, expected to close during summer 2021, formed part of the Saint-Gobain s continued portfolio optimization strategy to enhance the group s growth and profitability profile.
PAM China comprises a production facility in Ma anshan, in the country s eastern region, employs almost 1,100 people, and generated €170 million in sales and €9 million in operating income in 2020.
At 8:29am: [LON:COD] Compagnie De StGobain share price was 0p at 39.54p
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Hollywood superstar Robert Downey Jr and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani landed on the list of nominees this weekend for the 2021 Razzie Awards, an annual shaming of what voters consider the year s worst films and performances.
Downey Jr was in the running for worst actor for playing the title role in
Dolittle, a movie remake about a doctor who can talk to animals.
Dolittle, released by Comcast Corp s Universal Pictures, tied for the most Razzie nominations with six overall, including worst picture. It will compete with Netflix s Polish drama
365 Days, which also received six Razzie nods. Robert Downey Jr poses at a special screening of Dolittle in London. Reuters