Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Want to Keep Their Royal Baby’s Arrival Plans Private
LONDON: Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan want to keep the arrival of their baby later this month “private”, Buckingham Palace said in a statement on Thursday. This would contrast with the births of the three children of his brother Prince William and his wife Kate, immediately after which the babies were shown off […]
Elections test Modi’s grip on power in India
NEW DELHI: Tens of millions of Indians joined nationwide queues Thursday to give their verdict on nationalist prime minister Narendra Modi as the world´s biggest election started amid deadly clashes. Election officials reported a heavy turnout across the 20 states taking part in the first day of the massive exercise which involves 900 million eligible […]
Emma Corrin to play Princess Diana in Netflix’s ‘The Crown’
Netflix’s The Crown has found its Princess Diana. Emma Corrin will portray the late Princess of Wales in the fourth series of the hugely popular British drama, The Hollywood Reporter said. Diana Spencer who was married to the Prince of Wales from 1981 to 1996, died in Paris in a car crash in 1997. She was famed for her […]
Sundance Film Festival Co-Founder Charged With Child Sexual Abuse
A Utah filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced an Oscar-winning movie in the mid-1980s has been charged with sexual abuse of a young girl. Sterling Van Wagenen, 71, is accused of inappropriately touching a girl on two occasions between 2013 and 2015, according to a probable cause statement filed with the charges […]
Macron vows to rebuild Notre-Dame after devastating fire
French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to rebuild Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, after a colossal fire tore through the building, sending the spire crashing to the ground and wiping out centuries of heritage. Macron expressed relief that “the worst had been avoided” in a blaze that had at one point threatened the entire edifice, and […]
Columbine and Other Colorado Schools Placed Under Security Alert
DENVER: Authorities in Colorado placed Columbine High School and at least a dozen other surrounding public schools under a “lockout” security alert on Tuesday, citing the investigation of an unspecified “credible threat.” The alert comes four days before the 20th anniversary of the massacre at Columbine when two heavily armed students at the suburban Denver high […]
Record 17 million watch ‘Game of Thrones’ kickoff for final season
LOS ANGELES: Some 17.4 million Americans watched the first episode of the final season of television’s Game of Thrones — a record audience for the medieval fantasy series, cable channel HBO said on Monday. HBO said Sunday’s live US television audience and viewers on its HBO GO and HBO NOW apps exceeded the previous series high of […]
Nairobi Girls School sued for suspending out ‘daydreaming’ girl
A parent yesterday sued a Nairobi school for suspending his daughter for allegedly daydreaming in class. In his case filed before High Court Judge Pauline Nyamweya, the parent claimed his daughter was kicked out of Moi Girls School Nairobi after she dozed off in class, entering into the dream world, in which her classmates started […]
Sanjay Dutt says agreed to do ‘Kalank’ due to connection with Pakistan
MUMBAI: Bollywood’s veteran star Sanjay Dutt revealed that he agreed to act in the film ‘Kalank’ because it has an emotional link to Pakistan, according to Indian media reports. The seasoned actor said that in the film his character has the same name as his father SUnil Dutt’s original name, ‘Balraj’. Dutt said his father […]
‘We are in danger’: Runaway Saudi sisters plead for help
TBILISI: Two Saudi sisters took to Twitter on Wednesday to plead for international protection and a safe haven, saying their lives would be at risk if they went back to the Kingdom. The women, both in their 20s, said they had arrived in the former Soviet republic of Georgia and needed help from the international […]
