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by Valerie LEROUX and Laurence BENHAMOU French President Emmanuel Macron this week faces the first major test of his policy of directly engaging with Russia that has disturbed some European allies, as he hosts a summit seeking progress in ending the Ukraine conflict. Joined by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Macron will bring together Russian President Vladimir […]

A number of stray animals in South Korea is in luck after South Korean actress Goo Hye-sun said she will be donating one tonne (1,000kg) of food to strays. The former wife of actor Ahn Jae-hyun shared the good news through her official Instagram account. She attached a photo of herself holding a street cat in […]

According to news on the Internet, the Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton will be announcing her pregnancy soon. Based on the latest reports, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be giving a Christmas gift to the Queen by announcing Kate’s pregnancy. The News quoted the National Enquirer as saying that the royal couple is […]

Travelling is pretty much synonymous with adventure (or in some cases, misadventure). It’s an exciting time of visiting unfamiliar places and cultures, sampling exotic foods and generally trying new things. We each have our own styles and ways of getting around the globe, but I think we can all agree on one thing—we don’t want […]

In the wake of the Taiwanese Canadian Godfrey Goa’s death on November 27 in Ningbo, China, Zhejiang Television has cancelled its Chase Me reality show. The star was running in the show where participants go through challenges when he collapsed and his body was transported back to Taiwan for a funeral that will be held on […]

22-year-old singer Camila Cabello is doing very well since joining girl band Fifth Harmony six years ago, going solo and then scoring hit records like Havana and duet Senorita with boyfriend Shawn Mendes. Her new album called Romance launched ahead of a US tour is about falling in love says the singer. The singer who […]

The move was bananas… or maybe the work was just too appealing. A performance artist shook up the crowd at the Art Basel show in Miami Beach on Saturday when he grabbed a banana that had been duct-taped to a gallery wall and ate it. The banana was, in fact, a work of art by […]

US President Donald Trump said Friday he would not proceed with his stated plans to designate Mexican drug cartels as terror groups following a request from his counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Trump called for a “war” on the cartels last month after the killings of nine women and children from a US-Mexican Mormon community. […]

by Elia VAISSIERE and Clement MELKI The suspect for the rape and murder of a young woman in northern France almost two decades ago was under guard in hospital Saturday after he swallowed  pesticide in an apparent suicide bid following his conviction. Willy Bardon, on trial over the murder of Elodie Kulik in 2002 in […]

Qatar has postponed to next year the opening of Education City stadium, its second newly built venue for the 2022 football World Cup, FIFA said on Saturday. The venue was due to be inaugurated when it hosted the semi-final of the Club World Cup between Liverpool and an as yet undetermined side on December 18. […]

Celebrity couple Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth filed for divorce three months ago following which Miley started dating Kaitlynn Carter in a whirlwind romance before dating Cody Simpson. Reports said the singer is already making peace with her ex-husband and calling a truce between them. Radar Online said both have agreed to put their differences […]

We are approaching the end of 2019 at a dizzying rate. This year has been jam-packed with a theme of crises and threats. From the political, economic, sociological and even environmental aspects, these continue to shape human behaviour and perspectives. This trend is reflected all year in the news and in popular culture, but interestingly, […]

The loss of oxygen from the ocean due to climate change risks “dire effects” on sea life, fisheries and coastal communities, a global conservation body said Saturday. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said that around 700 sites had been identified globally with low oxygen levels — up from only 45 in […]

by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA / Jalees ANDRABI Indian police on Friday shot dead four gang-rape and murder suspects, prompting celebrations but also accusations that they were extrajudicial executions. The men, who had been in custody for a week over the latest rape case to shock India, were shot in the early hours during a re-enactment of […]

Jung Joon-young and Choi Jong-hoon, K-pop stars were jailed for several years after a court sentenced them for gang-raping unconscious women and secretly filming their vile attacks. 30-year-old Joon-young is jailed for six years after raping women who were “drunk and unable to resist, filmed them nude while having sex with them, then spread recording […]