Saudi Arabia ending a 35-year ban on movie theaters with 'Black Panther' screening
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'Apoplectic' Trump juggles legal drama and North Korea
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Saudi cinema launch ends decades-old ban, public screenings start Friday
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia launched its first commercial movie theater on Wednesday, ending a nearly 40-year ban on cinemas under a push by the crown prince to modernize the deeply conservative Muslim kingdom. Source: Reuters World News
North Korea to hold plenary meeting of party central committee on Friday: KCNA
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea will hold a plenary meeting of its ruling party's central committee on Friday, state media KCNA said on Thursday. Source: Reuters World News
Bitcoin heist suspect flees Iceland on flight carrying PM: state broadcaster
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - An Icelandic man arrested on suspicion of stealing about 600 computers used to mine the cryptocurrency Bitcoin escaped prison and fled the country on a commercial flight to Sweden, Icelandic state broadcaster RUV said on Wednesday. Source: Reuters World News
Exclusive: Pakistan TV channel returning to air after negotiations with military – sources
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistan's largest TV station has been allowed back on the air at some major cable operators after talks with the military on demands it make changes in political coverage, two officials who work for the channel's media group told Reuters on Wednesday. Source: Reuters World News
Castro nears retirement as Cuban president; lawmakers vote on successor
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's Raul Castro was just hours away from retiring as president after parliament proposed Miguel Diaz-Canel as his replacement on Wednesday, a shift that will usher in the island's first non-Castro leader since the 1959 revolution. Source: Reuters World News
David Cameron: I have no regrets over holding EU referendum
Former British Prime Minister David Cameron says he doesn't regret calling a referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union -- but wishes the result had gone the other way. Source: Latest CNN News
Zimbabwe fires 16,000 striking nurses for 'politically motivated' move
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe said it had sacked 16,000 striking nurses as the new government seeks to keep a lid on labor unrest in the build-up to the first elections since the fall of Robert Mugabe. Source: Reuters World News
Cuba says Canada's withdrawal of diplomat families unjustified
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba said on Wednesday Canada's decision to withdraw the families of diplomats posted at its embassy due to mysterious illnesses that have affected both its staff and that of the U.S. embassy in Havana was "lacking justification." Source: Reuters World News