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It’s a herculean task to channel Hayao Miyazaki, the Japanese animation legend behind “The Boy and the Heron” and many more. However, Pakistani production “ The Glassworker ” goes beyond merely aping Miyazaki’s distinctive style. It gets to the heart of the anti-war sentiment that underscores much of his work — and that of Studio Ghibli more broadly, including “Grave of the Fireflies” director Isao Takahata — resulting in a film that, like many Ghibli productions, feels at once familiar and fresh. The directorial debut of Usman Riaz , “The Glassworker” is Pakistan’s first fully hand-drawn feature, crafted by Mano Animation Studios under the mentorship of Ghibli producer Geoffrey Wexler. Miyazaki’s sensibility practically runs through the movie’s veins, beginning with its setting: a vibrant early-20th-century town called Waterfront designed of a combination of European and Asian (in this case, Pakistani) influences. Its buildings are in the Dutch Renaissance style, while its characters — who are ethnically diverse, and wear both Western and South Asian Muslim garb — all speak Urdu. Moreover, the town’s quaint coziness clashes with the advent of industrialism, and the widespread manufacture of weapons of war. Much of the story unfolds in childhood flashback, though it begins with young adult Vincent Oliver (Taimoor “Mooroo” Salahuddin) reading letters sent to him from afar by his first love and former school classmate, Alliz (Mariam Riaz Paracha). Vincent now manages the glassblowing workshop and storefront run by his father, the stern but conscientious Tomas (Khaled Anam). However, Vincent was but an adolescent apprentice (voiced by Mahum Moazzam in flashback) when he first laid eyes on the younger Alliz (still voiced by Paracha), who moved to their town when her father, the military leader Col. Amano (Ameed Riaz), was posted there to manage an oncoming war against an enemy we rarely see. The political details of “The Glassblower” are left largely vague, in part because Watertown is a fantasy hybrid of numerous cultures (set in a world where blimps reign supreme), but in part because this conflict is seen through the eyes of children. This is perhaps what is most Ghibli-esque about the film, but simplicity also aids in getting the movie’s point across. Even as its tale of innocent childhood romance moves toward greater complexity, “The Glassworker” remains unconcerned with geopolitical specifics — or even metaphors — favoring an intimate approach to the way war rankles the soul. Glass is all-important to building the weapons in this conflict (or perhaps that’s just how Vincent remembers it, since glassworking is his world), which leads to Col. Amano seeking Tomas’ help, despite the artisan being practically outcast for being a pacifist during wartime. Riaz captures Tomas’ dilemma with aplomb, transforming it into a defining, larger-than-life event through Vincent’s eyes and the first of many ugly moments that weighs heavy on the young boy’s heart. The film also features a supernatural subplot involving Djinn — supernatural beings of Islamic myth — who, though they remain unseen, are marked by Carmine Di Florio’s twinkling score, and reflect and refract light in Vincent’s direction, perhaps even influencing him. It’s not quite the most thought-out throughline, but it does work as an easy fix to quickly mold the slowly maturing Vincent according to the story’s whims, an inelegant journey with its own remarkable outcomes. Despite Vincent’s own eventual pacifism, simply living in a world defined by war turns him bitter in the long run, a transformation the animators deftly capture through subtle details, like the worsening wrinkles beneath his eyes. 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EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (Reuters) – Malik Tillman scored two late goals before substitute Ricardo Pepi netted five minutes into stoppage time to see PSV Eindhoven stage a dramatic comeback against 10-man Shakhtar Donetsk and win 3-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday. Danylo Sikan and Oleksandr Zubkov had the Ukraine club 2-0 up at halftime but after Pedrinho was sent off with 21 minutes remaining, PSV were able to fashion a remarkable recovery that stretched their two-year unbeaten home record to 47 games. Tillman squeezed home a free kick in the 87th minute and then on 90 minutes thumped home a shot from outside the box to level the scores. American international Pepi then got the winner as PSV went one better than the heroics of their Dutch counterparts Feyenoord, who came back from 3-0 down to draw at Manchester City on Tuesday. (Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Clare Fallon) Disclaimer: This report is auto generated from the Reuters news service. 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A senior Biden administration official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the private consultations, said Wednesday that the outgoing Democratic administration wants Ukraine to lower the mobilization age to 18 from the current age of 25 to help expand the pool of fighting-age men available to help a badly outnumbered Ukraine in its nearly three-year-old war with Russia. The official said “the pure math” of Ukraine’s situation now is that it needs more troops in the fight. The White House has pushed more than $56 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the start of Russia’s February 2022 invasion and expects to send billions more to Kyiv before Biden leaves office in less than months. But with time running out, the Biden White House is also sharpening its viewpoint that Ukraine has the weaponry it needs and now must dramatically increase its troop levels if it’s going to stay in the fight with Russia. The official said the Ukrainians believe they need about 160,000 additional troops, but the U.S. administration believes they probably will need more than that. More than 1 million Ukrainians are now in uniform, including National Guard and other units. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has also been hearing concerns from allies in other Western capitals that Ukraine has a troop level problem and not an arms problem, according to European officials who requested anonymity to discuss the sensitive diplomatic conversations. The European allies have also stressed that the lack of depth means that it may soon become untenable for Ukraine to continue to operate in Russia’s Kursk border region that Ukraine seized this year. The situation in Kursk has become further complicated by the arrival of thousands of North Korean troops who have come to help Moscow try to claw back the land. The stepped-up push on Ukraine to strengthen its fighting ranks also comes as Ukraine braces for President-elect Donald Trump to take office on Jan. 20. The Republican said he would bring about a swift end to the war and has raised uncertainty about whether his administration would continue the vital U.S. military support for Ukraine. “There are no easy answers to Ukraine’s serious manpower shortage, but lowering the draft age would help,” said Bradley Bowman, senior director of the Center on Military and Political Power at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. “These are obviously difficult decisions for a government and society that has already endured so much due to Russia’s invasion.” Ukraine has taken steps to broaden the pool of draft-eligible men, but the efforts have only scratched the surface against a much larger Russian military. In April, Ukraine’s parliament passed a series of laws, including lowering its draft-eligible age for men from 27 to 25, aimed at broadening the universe of men who could be called on to join the grinding war. Those laws also did away with some draft exemptions and created an online registry for recruits. They were expected to add about 50,000 troops, far short of what Zelenskyy said at the time was needed. Zelenskyy has consistently stated that he has no plans to lower the mobilization age. A senior Ukrainian official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, said Ukraine does not have enough equipment to match the scale of its ongoing mobilization efforts. The official said Ukrainian officials see the push to the lower the draft age as part of an effort by some Western partners to deflect attention from their own delays in providing equipment or belated decisions. The official cited as an example the delay in giving Ukraine permission to use longer-range weapons to strike deep into Russian territory. The Ukrainians do not see lowering the draft age to recruit more soldiers as a substitute for countering Russia’s advantage in equipment and weaponry, the official said. Conscription has been a sensitive matter in Ukraine throughout the war. Russia’s own problems with adequate troop levels and planning early in the war prevented Moscow from taking full advantage of its edge. But the tide has shifted and the U.S. says the Ukrainian shortage can no longer be overlooked. Some Ukrainians have expressed worry that further lowering the minimum conscription age and taking more young adults out of the workforce could backfire by further harming the war-ravaged economy. The senior Biden administration official added that the administration believes that Ukraine can also optimize its current force by more aggressively dealing with soldiers who desert or go absent without leave. AP White House correspondent Zeke Miller and AP writer Hanna Arhirova in Kyiv contributed to this report.
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Higher FCNR rates fail to bring in the moolahThe British cyclist Katy Marchant has reportedly suffered a broken arm after a dramatic crash at the UCI Track Champions League meeting in London, which led to the remainder of Saturday’s races being suspended. Marchant was involved in a collision with the German rider Alessa-Catriona Pröpster during the first round of the women’s keirin competition. Pröpster and Marchant veered to the right together on the approach to a left-hand turn and both were flipped over the barriers at Lee Valley VeloPark. The race was suspended while both women received medical treatment, along with four spectators. Eurosport’s trackside reporter, Adam Blythe, was able to confirm that although the cyclists had fallen into an area of seating, there were no serious injuries. “The good news is that the GB rider [Marchant] is okay,” Blythe said. “She has got a broken forearm, but seems to be in a stable condition. There were a couple of members from the crowd that were involved and they seem to be okay as well. Everyone’s in a good condition, although Katy Marchant has broken her forearm.” Blythe also reported that Pröpster was not hurt in the incident, and that the rest of the event, which was taking place across Friday and Saturday, had been cancelled. According to PA Media, Marchant was carried out of the venue by medics after receiving treatment at the trackside for around 30 minutes. A statement from world cycling’s governing body, Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), later confirmed the cancellation. “We can confirm that following an incident during the women’s keirin races tonight, the rest of the UCI Track Champions league racing at Lee Valley VeloPark in London has been cancelled.” A statement from British Cycling posted on X said: “We can confirm that two riders and four spectators received medical treatment following an incident during tonight’s UCI Track Champions League event at Lee Valley VeloPark, in London. The incident took place during the Women’s keirin race.” “The event medics responded immediately, with one rider transferred to the hospital. WBD Sports, British Cycling , Lee Valley VeloPark, and the UCI unanimously decided to suspend all further racing for the evening and want to extend their best wishes for a speedy recovery to both riders and all affected spectators.” “We also wish to thank the medical staff for their prompt response and ongoing support,” British Cycling added. “We are working closely with all parties to review the incident before taking appropriate action. No further comments will be made at this time.” Marchant won Olympic gold in Paris this summer, triumphing in the team sprint alongside Sophie Capewell and Emma Finucane. The Team GB trio went on to win the world title in Ballerup, Denmark in October. Download the Guardian app from the iOS App Store on iPhone or the Google Play store on Android by searching for 'The Guardian'. If you already have the Guardian app, make sure you’re on the most recent version. In the Guardian app, tap the Menu button at the bottom right, then go to Settings (the gear icon), then Notifications. Turn on sport notifications. The London meeting of the UCI Track Champions League marked the finale of a five-stage event which began in France last month. Earlier on Saturday, Team GB rider Katie Archibald secured victory in the women’s endurance league – but several other events were left uncompleted. Saturday’s crash brought back memories of a similar incident involving Matt Walls , which took place on the same bend of the Stratford velodrome during the 2022 Commonwealth Games. That incident led the venue to install a higher safety fence around the track, which was in use for just the second time this weekend.
( MENAFN - AFP) Asian Stocks were mostly higher on Tuesday after a tech rally on Wall Street, but their gains remained modest in thin Christmas Eve trade. Overnight, European stocks bounced around while US equities shook off early weakness to push higher as investors waited to see if a so-called Santa Claus rally would materialise. US "stocks didn't really have any direction in the morning, then we got this tech rally that just sort of drifted higher all day," said Steve Sosnick of Interactive Brokers. Analysts said that could help boost semiconductor-related shares, including in Tokyo, although the key Nikkei index was down 0.3 percent at the break. Hong Kong was up 0.9 percent and Shanghai gained 0.5 percent. Taipei rose 0.8 percent and Wellington was up 0.7 percent, but Seoul declined 0.2 percent. Hang Seng Bank said in a note that Hong Kong stocks were "consolidating before the long holiday". It was among several exchanges, including Sydney, closing early on Tuesday. "This is the time of the year when there's a lot of noise and little to no signal in price action," said Kyle Rodda, senior market analyst at Capital.Com cited by Bloomberg News. "There's a high chance of a pretty slow day for the region and an uneventful rest of the week as a high proportion of the markets log off for the holidays." Despite the gains, Asian stocks faced downward pressure "as the Bank of Japan warned against foreign exchange speculation and Australia cut its iron ore price forecast, negatively impacting Japanese and Australian markets", Hang Seng Bank added. Honda shares soared 16 percent after the Japanese auto giant announced a buyback of up to 1.1 trillion yen ($7 billion), as it enters merger talks with struggling rival Nissan. The talks on collaboration between Honda and Nissan would create the world's third-largest automaker, expanding development of EVs and self-driving tech. Honda's CEO insisted it was not a bailout for Nissan, which announced thousands of job cuts last month and reported a 93 percent plunge in first-half net profit. - Key figures around 0200 GMT - Tokyo - Nikkei 225: DOWN 0.3 percent at 39,043.95 Hong Kong - Hang Seng Index: UP 0.9 percent at 20,062.57 Shanghai - Composite: UP 0.5 percent at 3,369.54 Euro/dollar: UP at $1.0438 from $1.0431 on Monday Pound/dollar: UP at $1.2581 from $1.2567 Dollar/yen: UP at 156.47 yen from 156.45 yen Euro/pound: DOWN at 82.95 pence from 82.98 pence West Texas Intermediate: UP 0.5 percent at $69.59 per barrel Brent North Sea Crude: UP 0.5 percent at $73.01 per barrel New York - Dow: UP 0.2 percent at 42,906.95 (close) London - FTSE 100: UP 0.2 percent at 8,102.72 (close) MENAFN23122024000143011026ID1109025631 Legal Disclaimer: MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.Jimmy Carter's India Connection: Haryana Village 'Carterpuri' Named After HimKelly Ripa demands 'get a life' after sparking backlash with name of Thanksgiving dish
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