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Jafar Panahi’s third feature since 2010, when he was barred from pursuing his profession, has shades of his earlier works and bristles with topical concerns.
A deal by the union’s leadership and the automaker was soundly rejected by rank-and-file workers, who “feel like the leadership has insulted them,” as one autoworker put it.
The unusual move for Amazon is not about retail sales, but rather about shoring up its Fire TV streaming devices, which are crucial to its vision for the future.
Mr. Putin can achieve short-term goals, but analysts say efforts to restore President Bashar al-Assad’s control to all of Syria will be hindered by the civil war’s grim realities.
The new head of Volkswagen, a racing enthusiast who has spoken out for migrants, is not the usual German executive. But some worry he might not be the right person to change VW’s culture.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 30, 2015, covering October 2, 2015.
The Weeknd
Bring Me the Horizon
Brett Eldredge
Slayer
Taylor Swift
2015Brian Friel, Irish author, playwright, and director (born 1929)[†]
Brian Patrick Friel was an Irish dramatist, short story writer and founder of the Field Day Theatre Company. He had been considered one of the greatest living English-language dramatists. He has been likened to an "Irish Chekhov" and described as "the universally accented voice of Ireland". His plays have been compared favourably to those of contemporaries such as Samuel Beckett, Arthur Miller, Harold Pinter and Tennessee Williams.
2015Coleridge Goode, Jamaican-English bassist and composer (born 1914)[†]
George Coleridge Emerson Goode was a British Jamaican-born jazz bassist best known for his long collaboration with alto saxophonist Joe Harriott. Goode was a member of Harriott's innovatory jazz quintet throughout its eight-year existence as a regular unit (1958–65). Goode was also involved with the saxophonist's later pioneering blend of jazz and Indian music in Indo-Jazz Fusions, the group Harriott co-led with composer/violinist John Mayer.
2015Johnny Paton, Scottish footballer and coach (born 1923)[†]
John Aloysius Paton was a Scottish professional football player, manager, coach, scout and later a professional snooker referee. He began his career in Scotland with Celtic and played in the Football League for Chelsea, Brentford and Watford. Paton later managed Watford and Arsenal 'A'.
In 2015, the world population was approximately 7,470,491,872 people[†]