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A prestigious literary award for science fiction, which was hosted in China for the first time, has come under fire for excluding several authors from the 2023 awards, raising concerns about interference or censorship in the awards process.The New York Times bestseller Babel by RF Kuang, an episode of the Netflix drama The Sandman and the author Xiran Jay Zhao were among the works and authors excluded from the 2023 Hugo awards, which were administered by the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) in Chengdu in…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe 2023 Oscars are being criticsed for omitting several key names from the In Memoriam segment.During the ceremony on Sunday (12 March), Lenny Kravitz performed “Calling All Angels” as a screen behind him showed a montrage of notable figures from the world of film to have died in the past year.These included Olivia Newton John, Ray Liotta, Angela Lansbury, Jean-Luc Godard and Irene…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Kenya's education curriculum was reformed in 2017 to improve its quality—but now many Kenyans are calling for change again. Public disillusionment with the competency-based curriculum has forced a government review. Frustrations with the curriculum center around the complexity of learning activities…

South Korea is reviewing its possible participation in the US-led semiconductor alliance from the perspective of national interest and has no intent to build an exclusive grouping against China, the industry minister said on Monday.Industry Minister Lee Chang-yang made the remarks amid concerns that South Korea's possible joining of the "Chip 4" could cause friction with China, its largest trading partner, if it develops into an exclusive grouping against Beijing.The Chip 4 is an envisioned alliance of semiconductor…

Immanual John Milton / Bloomberg: CoinFlex will let users withdraw up to 10% of their balances, excluding its flexUSD stablecoin, on July 15, after pausing withdrawals last month — CoinFlex will allow users to take out a limited portion of their balances after pausing withdrawals last month due to a counterparty failing to make a margin call. Immanual John Milton / Bloomberg: CoinFlex will let users withdraw up to 10% of their balances, excluding its flexUSD stablecoin, on July 15, after pausing…

Huawei said Sunday it has initiated arbitration proceedings against Sweden under the World Bank Group after the Nordic country banned the Chinese tech giant from rolling out its 5G products."The Swedish authorities' decision to discriminate against Huawei and exclude it from the 5G rollout has significantly harmed Huawei's investment in Sweden, in breach of Sweden's international obligations," the Chinese company said in a statement to AFP.The company had therefore "initiated arbitration proceedings" under the World Bank…