#Art

Philippine journalist Maria Ressa said Monday she would not be silenced as she launched her defence against a libel charge that press advocates call an attempt to curb her news site’s critical coverage of President Rodrigo Duterte. Her site Rappler has written extensively and often critically on Duterte’s policies, including his deadly drugs war that […]

by Aishwarya Kumar with Jalees Andrabi in Guwahati and Sailendra Sil in Kolkata Fresh protests rocked India Monday as anger grew over new citizenship legislation slammed as anti-Muslim, with six people dead in the northeast and up to 100 reported injured in New Delhi. The law fast-tracks citizenship for non-Muslim migrants from three neighbouring countries, […]

China on Monday called the expulsion of diplomats from the US a “mistake” following reports that Washington quietly expelled two embassy officials in September after they drove onto a sensitive military base in Virginia. The incident is the latest spat between the world’s two biggest economies and comes days after they announced a truce in […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping told beleaguered Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Monday that she had Beijing’s “unwavering support” after another huge pro-democracy rally earlier this month and her government’s thrashing at recent local elections. The city has been upended by six months of massive pro-democracy protests that have seen violent battles between police and […]

Actor Ryan Reynolds, renowned filmmaker Michael Bay and other cast members shared their experiences filming 6 Underground. It is not bad for six individuals to be able to fake their deaths to obtain the freedom to fight injustice and evil without anyone or anything to slow them down or tell them not to do it. […]

Celebrity power couple Camila Cabello and Shawn Mendes may be very loving towards each other, often displaying PDA everywhere but there is also a limit to the romance. During an appearance at the 2019 B96 Jingle Bash, the 22-year-old Havana singer said although her beau Shawn Mendes is a fan of her sartorial choices, there […]

After causing a scandal that shocked the entertainment world, Jacqueline Wong has finally returned to Hong Kong after eight months of hiding in Canada. TVB actress Jacqueline Wong was at the Hong Kong airport around 7am on Saturday (Dec 14) and gave a brief interview to the waiting media. She was emotional during the interview, […]

Tiger Woods has won 15 majors and a record 82 US PGA Tour events all over the world but the US superstar admitted Sunday there was something extra special in winning the Presidents Cup. Woods became only the second  playing-captain to lift the biennial matchplay trophy after Hale Irwin in the inaugural Presidents Cup in […]

Around 54,000 people were evacuated from the southern Italian city of Brindisi on Sunday as experts worked to defuse a World War II bomb, in the largest operation of its kind in the country, media said. The British bomb, one-metre (three-feet) long and weighing 200 kilogrammes (440-pounds), was found on November 2 during work on […]

by Agnes Anya Anwar bin Sholeh had something to cheer when he showed up at a Jakarta training centre to practice pencak silat — the Indonesian martial art was added to UNESCO’s prestigious heritage list. “It’s an honour that pencak silat has been recognised internationally,” the 38-year-old, who has been practising the art since elementary […]

Britain’s main opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn apologised to supporters on Sunday for overseeing his Labour party’s worst election defeat since before World War II. But the veteran socialist defended his far-left campaign platform and gave no clear indication of when he might step down. “I will make no bones about it. The election result on […]

by Jalees ANDRABI / Anup SHARMA / with Sailendra Sil in Kolkata The death toll from violent protests in northeast India against a contentious citizenship law has risen to six, officials said Sunday, as authorities maintained internet bans and curfews to quell unrest. Tension remained high at the epicentre of the unrest in Assam state’s […]

Things are about to get exciting for Keanu Reeves’ fans. The hotly anticipated Matrix and John Wick sequels are due to hit theatres simultaneously in the US on May 21,2021 and it has been dubbed ‘Keanu day.’ The kung fu-inflected sci-fi flick The Matrix 4 by Warner Bros and hitman thriller John Wick:Chapter 4 by […]

After 22 years of marriage, actor Colin Firth has split from his wife Livia almost two years after it was revealed that she had an affair with her childhood friend. The 59-year-old actor confirmed the news in a statement today. Colin Firth and Livia have been married for 22 years and they have two teenage […]

An upbeat video of Cha In Ha that was filmed last month has just surfaced, a day after the South Korean actor died. Cha talked about wishing to be able to do more, revealing the meaning of his stage name ‘Cha In Ha’, how he started acting, the things he always carries with him, his […]