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United News of India
3 days ago
- Business
- United News of India
Chinese delegation visits Tajikistan for international conference on Glacier's Preservation
Beijing/Dushanbe, June 1 (UNI) A Chinese delegation visited Tajikistan from Friday to Saturday and attended the High-Level International Conference on Glaciers' Preservation. The delegation was headed by Shen Yueyue, vice chairperson of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chairperson of the Good-Neighbourliness, Friendship and Cooperation Commission of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), who met Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, held talks with Faizali Idizoda, speaker of the lower house of the parliament, and attended the unveiling ceremony of the Health Express China-Tajikstan Blindness Prevention Center. Conveying Chinese President Xi Jinping's greetings to Rahmon, Shen said that under the strategic guidance of the two heads of state, the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Tajikistan in the new era has maintained good momentum for growth. China is willing to work with Tajikistan to follow through on the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, and push for solid progress in building a China-Tajikistan community with a shared future, she said. Depicting China as a proactive participant and contributor in global ecological governance and glaciers' preservation, Shen voiced China's readiness to work with all parties to fulfill common but differentiated responsibilities, so as to build a clean and beautiful world. Asking Shen to extend his sincere greetings to Xi, Rahmon reiterated that Tajikistan actively participates in high-quality Belt and Road cooperation and firmly supports the three major global initiatives proposed by Xi, and pledged joint efforts to build the China-Central Asia mechanism. He also voiced willingness to work with China to deepen cooperation in various fields and international collaboration on issues including addressing climate change. UNI/XINHUA ANV SSP
Sunday World
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Sunday World
The Murder Capital can't wait for big moment at the Iveagh Gardens
While BIMM was their third level education, The Murder Capital earned their Masters touring with the legendary Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. The Murder Capital singer and songwriter James McGovern tells how Joe Wall of The Stunning played a role in encouraging him to become a frontman in the band. As the group gets set to play Dublin's Iveagh Gardens in July, James also tells Shuffle that he's totally at home in his role as the singer in the band. 'I feel being on stage is a very natural place for me to be,' James says. 'There's never a nervousness…I enjoy it in the way I enjoy eating food. One of the things we never want to do is go through the motions.' It was while in Dublin's BIMM music college, where The Murder Capital originated, that lecturer Joe Wall suggested that James had frontman potential. 'We were doing a cover of Chris Isaack's Wicked Games and I was playing the rhythm guitar and singing,' James recalls. 'I don't know what he saw that day, but he pulled me aside and said, 'I think there's a frontman in you and just consider that.' It wasn't like some moment of revelation for the two of us. So I did and here I am now.' Back with a new album, Blindness, The Murder Capital tell how the benefited from their college days in BIMM. 'I would definitely recommend BIMM to anyone going into music as a career,' bassist Gabriel Blake says. 'The education we got in those four years to focus on being a musician is invaluable, including the business side of being in a band. The lecturers are the lifeblood of that college." The Murder Captial. 'And if it wasn't for BIMM we would have had to rely on fate bringing the five of us together. I guess the reason we got off the ground so quickly is because when the five of us were in the room together there was a collective decision made to rehearse more because there were so many bands around us further down the road and we wanted to get up to that level. 'In the early days of the band we rehearsed from 10am to 5pm every day. We gave up our jobs to just focus on it and really hope that it was going to work out. And that determination and that focus that we had collectively paid off.' While BIMM was their third level education, The Murder Capital earned their Masters touring with the legendary Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. James says: 'Nick was unbelievable…what an unbelievable performer and a very generous spirit who took the time to invite us in for dinner, listened to our record (Blindness) and told us what he thought about the record. Nick is a very open book kind of person and truly born to do it as a performer. The whole band was so sweet and kind. The education we got was invaluable.' The band are forward to their concert at The Iveagh Gardens on Saturday, July 19, with pent up excitement. 'With this album we had to do something special in Ireland,' Gabriel says. 'The birthplace of the band was Dublin when we were in college together and the Iveagh Gardens always felt like a moment for a band, even if it was a band coming from overseas. So we're very excited.' James, who watched Fontaines DC in action at the Iveragh Gardens, adds: 'It contains some amount of energy in it. I couldn't believe the energy for an outdoor space because it's hard to always capture that kind of energy. I love theatres and arenas for the way that they contain energy, but it kind of does the same thing. I can't wait to find out what it's like to play it.'
Irish Daily Mirror
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Daily Mirror
'People need to be able to talk about what's going on in Gaza'
Dublin post punks The Murder Capital are gearing up for their 'biggest headline show to date' this summer at the Iveagh Gardens. The five-piece outfit are currently on tour around Europe after dropping their third album, Blindness, earlier this year. The record was penned throughout Europe and recorded in a three-week stretch in Los Angeles. 'It had been a dream of mine to just go to LA in general in my life', The Murder Capital's bass player Gabriel Paschal Blake told the Irish Mirror. 'When I was a kid watching Illegal Civilization skate videos and wanting to hang out in North Hollywood, and for whatever reason, I was just really taken by witnessing in LA from being a kid. 'But at the same time, it was so amazing to have gotten there, but we still had a job to do. 'That was a big thing. I felt the responsibility almost of the opportunity that was in front of me. I was very aware that I was doing something that I've dreamed about since I was a kid, and that just made me lock on. This is an opportunity, a huge one, and it's to be respected in that way.' Last year, the group played a string of dates supporting Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Gabriel revealed that the legendary Australian songwriter 'completely broke down any sort of barriers or hierarchy' when the group first met him. 'It was funny, the two songs that he pointed out,' Gabriel said. 'I think, on the second or third day we came in, and we just went into the canteen to get some lunch, and he was sitting there all on his own, in a beautiful, powder blue shirt. 'He looked amazing… that was the first time meeting him. 'And obviously, I thought that there was going to be... prior to meeting him, he's quite an enigma, he's almost like a character in a story book rather than somebody in real life, but from the jump, he completely broke down any sort of barriers or hierarchy. We were just talking to each other. 'The first thing that he started speaking about was the album, because he went out of his way to hear it before it was out… which, in and of itself, was a crazy feeling. 'But it was funny, the two songs that he pointed out as his favorites were Love of Country and Swallow, which is mad, because those are the two songs that were almost not put on the album. 'It was really interesting that the two that nearly didn't make it were the ones that he liked." The Murder Capital recently joined over 100 artists, including Fontaines D.C., Lankum and Massive Attack, to sign an open letter in support of Kneecap organised by the trio's record label denouncing what it described as a "clear, concerted attempt to censor and ultimately deplatform" the group. 'People need to be able to talk about what's going on in Palestine,' Gabriel said. 'People need to be able to talk about what's going on in Gaza. 'This is as old as the hills, 'don't speak about the abuse that's happening'... 'Everybody just shut up and go along with it and sweep it under the carpet'. 'The thing that's been going around my head a lot is, and through navigating ourselves as a band, through a time like this is Sinead O'Connor, post her SNL (appearance where she tore up a photograph of Pope John Paul II), where she called out the Catholic Church for its abuses in Ireland. She was bullied and everything that happened to her was, it's just catastrophic and horrific. 'After her performance, Joe Pesci was talking about smacking her like and people were laughing at the idea of somebody hitting a woman, because the industry made it okay for people to bully, be misogynistic towards and just degrade her for speaking out about a truth.' 'She's such an inspiration to us,' he added. 'Not only because of her music, but how she carried herself as an artist, and especially as an Irish artist. 'If people can't speak out about atrocities that are happening, then they're just going to continue to happen.' The Murder Capital's third record, Blindness, is out now. The post-punk outfit will play their biggest headline show to date this summer with Soft Play and Mary in The Junk Yard at the Iveagh Gardens in Dublin, on Saturday, July 19. Tickets cost €39.90 and are available on Ticketmaster.
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Denzel Washington & Robert Pattinson To Lead Netflix Heist Movie
and Robert Pattinson have joined the cast of Here Comes the Flood. Here Comes the Flood is a new Netflix movie written by Simon Kinberg and directed by Fernando Meirelles. Kinberg and Meirelles are also producing the film alongside Audrey Chon. Daisy Edgar-Jones will also star in the movie alongside Washington and Pattinson, per The Hollywood Reporter. The movie is 'being described as an unconventional heist movie about a bank guard, a teller, and a master thief in a deadly game of cons and double crosses. The story is said to unfold in a non-linear fashion.' Further plot details beyond that remain under wraps at this time. Samson Mucke serves as an executive producer on the project. Meirelles is best known for co-directing 2002's City of God alongside Kátia Lund. His filmography also includes 2005's The Constant Gardner, 2008's Blindness, 2011's 360, and 2019's The Two Popes. Washington recently played Macrinus in Ridley Scott's Gladiator II, which was released in 2024. He'll soon be seen starring in Spike Lee's remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1963 movie High and Low, titled Highest 2 Lowest, which will be released in United States theaters this coming August and also stars Ilfenesh Hadera, Jeffrey Wright, Ice Spice, and A$AP Rocky. Pattinson starred in Bong Joon Ho's Mickey 17 earlier this year. His upcoming projects include Lynne Ramsay's Die, My Love, which will premiere at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival and also stars Jennifer Lawrence, and Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, which arrives in 2026. Edgar-Jones, meanwhile, is known for playing Kate Carter in 2024's Twisters. Her filmography also includes 2018's Pond Life, 2022's Fresh, 2022's Where the Crawdads Sing, and 2025's On Swift Horses. A release date for Here Comes the Flood has not yet been announced. The post Denzel Washington & Robert Pattinson To Lead Netflix Heist Movie appeared first on - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More.
Irish Examiner
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
'It's a humanitarian statement': The Murder Capital have German gigs pulled for flying Palestinian flag
The Murder Capital have spoken out after multiple gigs in Germany were cancelled due to their use of a Palestinian flag during their performances. The Irish band was due to play at Club Gretchen in the German capital of Berlin on Saturday and at Gebäude 9 in Cologne on Sunday as part of a world tour supporting their third album, Blindness. The venues cancelled the shows, however, when they learned of the band's intentions to display a Palestinian flag on the stage during their performances, which they have done at all of their recent shows. Reacting to the news that their Berlin show had been cancelled, the band gave a speech outside the venue to many of their fans on Saturday and went on to play an acoustic show in the open air for those in attendance. Staying true to their stance on the genocide in Gaza, frontman James McGovern explained: 'I'm speaking totally from the band's point of view, I'm not speaking from our crew or our management or anything like that, okay? 'We pulled into Berlin this morning, we had no idea that we weren't allowed to fly this flag here today. We found out early this afternoon. This is from the band's point of view. 'We discussed it for an hour at length, what we should do. We came to the decision that we were not going to take the flag off the stage. That was a decision pretty easily made, but we discussed possible outcomes – what if they decide to cancel the show? We thought about all of you deeply, because we care about you deeply, and I mean that. And our decision was that we're gonna put the flag on stage." An important statement from the band about tonight's Berlin show. — The Murder Capital (@MurderCapital_) May 10, 2025 He said they considered replacing the flag with a banner reading 'Free Palestine', but he said the authorities would not allow this either. 'So it's not just about national flags, it's about political statements,' he continued. 'To us, this isn't just a political statement, it's a humanitarian statement. We've been saying that in interviews for the whole time that we've been speaking about it as people. It's not all about politics; it's about people who are dying and being slaughtered every day, and that's happening right now. 'So, for us as a band who has had this flag on their stage for countless shows now, it would be the wrong thing for us to do to take it off the stage just so that the venue is kept happy. We don't agree with that. 'We wish live music and art and theatre could be free of political discussion and things like that, but as the world as it is, unfortunately, it just cannot be. That's the way it is, so we'll be back to you as soon as we can, and we appreciate all your support deeply, but most importantly, free Palestine.' On Sunday, McGovern posted an update to the band's social media informing fans that their Cologne gig had also been cancelled - again because of the band's use of the Palestinian flag. A statement about tonight's show in Cologne. More details to follow. Free Palestine. — The Murder Capital (@MurderCapital_) May 11, 2025 McGovern said they had hoped that what happened in Berlin would be 'an isolated incident,' but quickly learned that Gebäude 9 would not allow the Palestinian flag on its stage either. He said they tried everything they could to find an alternative venue, but were unsuccessful, playing an outdoor acoustic gig for fans at Cologne's Rheinpark instead. 'Us having a flag on our stage at a rock show is not a political statement, it is a human reaction to a horrific and unimaginable situation,' McGovern said in a video posted on social media. 'We stand forever with the people of Palestine, free the people of Palestine. Love, from us,' he concluded. Fans of the band took to social media over the weekend to show their support and solidarity, commending the group for staying true to their beliefs and for standing with the Palestinian people. 'Second city/night in a row for the Murder Capital in Germany to me told they cannot have a Palestine flag on stage. Second city/night they've walked out. Massive solidarity,' one X user wrote. 'Love you lads. I'm an Irishman of Jewish heritage and I stand firmly with you,' another wrote. It comes as Kneecap's scheduled shows in Germany were recently cancelled in light of their outspoken comments at Coachella and elsewhere about the Israeli government's ongoing operations in Gaza. The backlash against Kneecap caused countless major artists to sign a letter written by their label Heavenly that stood up for artists' freedom of expression. The letter read: 'In a democracy, no political figures or political parties should have the right to dictate who does and does not play at music festivals or gigs that will be enjoyed by thousands of people.' The Murder Capital are due to play Ancienne Belgique in Brussels on Tuesday evening and have yet to post any update on whether this gig has been affected. Read More Young Offenders creator Peter Foott to make new film set in Kerry
