Saudi Arabia is starting to screen films after decades-long ban lifted

REUTERS/Reem Baeshen A 35-year-old ban on cinemas has been lifted in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia began screening feature-length animated children’s films this weekend. The first permanent theaters could open as early as March. JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia began screening feature-length animated children’s films this weekend in a makeshift theater, after a 35-year-old […]

‘Inconclusive’: Tar Heels escape punishment in decades-long academic scandal

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has avoided sanctions following a probe into allegations of academic fraud involving thousands of student athletes taking phantom courses in the Department of African and Afro-American studies. The scheme involved nearly 200 poorly administered and graded classes ‒ frequently requiring no attendance and just one paper ‒ […]

Leading German car makers involved in decades-long price fixing cartel – media

Published time: 24 Jul, 2017 00:00 Edited time: 24 Jul, 2017 00:07 German carmakers are being investigated over allegations that it’s been operating a price-fixing cartel since the early ’90s – activities that may have laid the foundations for the 2015 diesel emissions scandal, Der Spiegel claims. A recent report in the magazine said antitrust […]