The American film industry has shed 7,000 positions in September alone, official data showed The strike by script writers and actors in Hollywood has cost the US entertainment industry 45,000 jobs since May, according to an employment report published on Friday by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Washington “had never committed to defend” Kiev, so failure to do so wouldn’t hurt America’s credibility, according to Elbridge Colby Ukraine has never enjoyed the status of a US ally, meaning that Washington has no obligation to defend it per se, ex-Pentagon defense strategist Elbridge Colby has argued. The former official, who now heads The…