JC Chandor’u 2011 yapımı ‘Margin Call’la tanımıştık. Film, 2008’de merkez üssü Wall Street olan ve ‘tsunamik’ etkileri açısından tüm dünyayı sarıp sarmalayan muşhur finans krizinin nasıl çıktığını dair kendince birtakım tezleri önü sürüyor ve bir anlamda, karmaşanın fotoğrafını ‘içeriden’ çekiyordu.
#FestivalISTANBUL - Istanbul tenth grader Sid Shekhar wraps up a global leadership week at Harvard University where he is taking a yearlong project to the next level: He hopes to contribute to a movement to abolish the caste system in India. If world citizenship is revealed through one's plans to help people who benefit the least from the globalization, then Shekhar is surely a leader among citizens.
ISTANBUL -Celebrating Labor Day in Turkey began in 1909 but not especially among the Turks. The first workers to demonstrate were predominately Bulgarians and Serbs and a few Turks in Skopje. The first demonstration in Istanbul took place in 1912 and these first meetings served as a means of handing out pamphlets rather than demonstrations for labor movement solidarity
BAGHDAD - At least 87,215 Iraqis have been killed since 2005 in violence ranging from catastrophic bombings to execution-style slayings, a previously undisclosed Iraqi government tally shows. The numbers continue to rise with deadly bombings killing more than 140 people in two days of violence
ISTANBUL - Chasing the top spot in the Turkcell Super League, Beşiktaş will play one of its most difficult games this weekend. Bursaspor, coached by former Beşiktaş boss Ertuğrul Sağlam, comes to İnönü Stadium in stunning form, and will try to win points in its bid for a spot in the European cups. Leader Sivasspor plays at relegation-battling Konyaspor
NEW DELHI - India starts its monthlong election that will see hundreds of millions of people cast their ballots in the world’s biggest democracy exercise and one likely to end in stalemate. As the insurgents launch attacks, the vote marks a pivotal time, with a once red-hot economy feeling the strain of the crisis and ties with Pakistan at a new low.
JERUSALEM - A continued impasse over a prisoner swap between Israel and Hamas may have far-reaching consequences for the war-battered Gaza Strip and a possible deal could shore up efforts to clinch a sustained truce. Further developments may also give a boost to Palestinian reconciliation talks, which are vital to Gaza reconstruction