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Irrfan Khan: The Bollywood star loved by Hollywood Dies  Share this wit Image copyright GETTY IMAGES Image caption Irrfan's big break came in Slumdog Millionaire Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan has died aged 53. Here biographer Aseem Chhabra charts how the actor also rose to become one of its biggest stars in the West. In 2007 Irrfan came to New York to promote Michael Winterbottom's A Mighty Heart, an investigation into the kidnapping and murder of the Wall Street Journal's South Asia correspondent Daniel Pearl. In the midst of interviews with him and his co-stars, including Angelina Jolie, Irrfan pulled me aside and talked to me in Hindi. He asked if anything was happening - if people recognised him and whether he had a chance to get more work in the West. A Mighty Heart was Irrfan's second international project. His first, Mira Nair's The Namesake (2006) - a story about Indian American immigrants that was financed by a Hollywood studio -...

D.C. Police: Man in custody after firing shots on Cuban Embassy with assault-style rifle   3 VIEW ALL PHOTOS D.C. Police: Man in custody after firing shots on Cuban Embassy with assault-style rifle WASHINGTON (ABC7) —  D.C. Police have arrested a man who they say fired an assault-style rifle towards the Cuban Embassy in Northwest during the early hours of Thursday morning. Officers responded to the 2600 block of 16th Street NW for the report of gunshots in the 2 a.m. hour. When they arrived, they found a man with an assault-style rifle and took him into custody. They say the man had arrived in an SUV with Texas license plates and an American flag on top. There were no injuries reported, and the weapon was recovered. Investigators believe he was shooting towards the Cuban Embassy. Witnesses tell ABC7 they heard multiple gunshots. Sam Sweeney ✔ @SweeneyABC  ·  58 m BREAKING: Man in custody af...

Shell cuts dividend for first time since World War Two   LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell RDSa. cut its dividend for the first time since World War Two on Thursday as the energy company retrenched in the face of an unprecedented drop in oil demand due to the coronavirus pandemic. FILE PHOTO: A Shell logo is seen reflected in a car's side mirror at a petrol station in west London, Britain, January 29, 2015. Picture taken January 29, 2015. REUTERS/Toby Melville Shell also suspended the next tranche of its share buyback programme and said it was reducing oil and gas output by nearly a quarter after its net profit almost halved in the first three months of 2020. Shell’s shares in London had slumped 7% by 0753 GMT, sharply underperforming rival BP ( BP.L ) which was down 2.2%. For years, Shell has taken pride in having never cut its dividend since the 1940s, resisting such a move even during the deep downturns in the oil market of the 1980s. ...

Streets of Rage 4 — Enemy tips and tricks guide Take back the streets. By  CAMERON WOOLSE Facebook witter Reddit WhatsApp Email Streets of Rage 4  is a game pulling double duty. It’s a loving nod to the franchise’s past, but it stands as a proper sequel as well. Naturally, it drops you back on the familiar streets of Wood Oak City facing not only classic enemies, but some new foes. Many of the old strategies against classic enemies still work just fine — even 26 years on. But what about the very new, very punchable faces? Well, that’s where this enemy tips and tricks guide comes in handy. From Galsias to Garnets, let’s go over the best ways to introduce them to some bare knuckles. The first page of this guide covers the original enemies from the series that make a comeback in  Streets of Rage 4 . On the second page you’ll find the newest foes. The usual suspects Galsia Galsias have been your typical fist fodder enemy since the dawn of  Str...