Composers, Filmmakers Sync Up at World Soundtrack Awards’ Film Music Days

Now nearing its 26th edition, the World Soundtrack Awards in Ghent have made the Belgian city film scoring’s home base. That story began in the 1980s, when Film Fest Ghent adopted screen music as its calling card, a focus that led to the World Soundtrack Academy and Awards at the turn of the millennium. The World Soundtrack Awards has since become a major showcase and industry hub, running largely in parallel with its parent festival.

Russian attacks on Kyiv region kill four people, target power grid

City officials say three killed in Ukraine’s capital, as emergency services say child killed in the surrounding region.

Russian attacks on Kyiv and the surrounding region have killed at least four people, including a child, Ukrainian officials said, as Moscow presses on with its weeks-long bombardment of the Ukrainian capital.

Israel’s Lapid accuses Netanyahu of ‘fear-mongering’ over attack warning

Opposition leader dismisses Netanyahu’s warning of possible attacks during next month’s general election.

Israel’s opposition leader Yair Lapid has accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of “fear-mongering” after the incumbent leader warned that the country’s enemies may attack before next month’s general election.