Ecuador’s Daniel Noboa sworn in for full term, promising a crackdown on gangs | Elections News

The right-wing Noboa had defeated left-wing candidate Luisa Gonzalez amid allegations of electoral fraud. Daniel Noboa, Ecuador’s youngest-ever president and heir to a prominent banana-exporting fortune, has been sworn in for his first full term in office, pledging to intensify his government’s battle against powerful drug gangs while reviving the struggling economy. In a ceremony…

Iranian film, It was Just an Accident, wins Palme D’Or at Cannes festival | Arts and Culture News

The film is inspired by dissident director Jafar Panahi’s own experience in jail. An Iranian thriller film that explores corruption and state violence in the country has won the the Palme d’Or, the coveted top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. It Was Just an Accident, directed by dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, was crowned…