Day: August 10, 2018

Inside a Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe: The Economy’s Still a Mess | Dispatches

Zimbabwe’s recent elections were meant to usher in a new era after decades of oppressive rule. But has anything truly changed? We met Vincent, an ambitious college graduate who is desperate to leave. “Things are not working here.”

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Report: Ohr, Fusion GPS Co-Founder had Undisclosed Meeting, Exchanged Memory Stick

A new report suggests Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson and former associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr may have been engaged in never before disclosed and potentially secret communications.

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Watch Jason Statham Battle a Giant Shark in ‘The Meg’

“Just keep swimming, just keep swimming.” The director Jon Turteltaub borrows this line from “Finding Nemo” and gives it to Jason Statham for a tense scene in the giant-shark thriller “The Meg.” It’s one of a few surprising moments in this sequence, narrated by Mr. Turteltaub. Read the New York Times review of the film here: https://nyti.ms/2Op49ex

For a moment when Mr. Statham bobs in and out of the water looking for the menacing Megalodon of the title, Mr. Turteltaub was inspired by GoPro footage on YouTube of divers doing the same in shark-filled waters. This wild sequence is a mixture of footage shot on location, in water tanks and on a soundstage, then blended using digital effects. “It’s a lot,” Mr. Turteltaub says.

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