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’s family said in a statement reported by the BBC and […]
- James Corden bids farewell to ‘The Late Late Show’ (Category: Breaking News)
- South African Jazz singer adds colour at Thorana Lounge (Category: Business)
- Emirates on course as official airline of the Irish Open (Category: Business)
- Jennifer Lopez unsure on marrying again (Category: Business)
France suffered a frustrating start to their Fifa Women’s World Cup campaign as they were held to a goalless draw by Jamaica. Herve Renard’s side could not break down a disciplined Jamaica, for whom star striker Khadija Shaw was sent off in stoppage time. The Reggae Girlz held on for their first Women’s World Cup […]
- Morocco beat Colombia to reach World Cup last 16 (Category: Breaking News)
- Australia beat France on penalties to reach Women’s World Cup semi-finals (Category: Breaking News)
- Renard heads late winner as France beats Brazil 2-1 (Category: Breaking News)
- Argentina win dramatic World Cup final on penalties (Category: Breaking News)
(Excerpted from volume ii of the Sarath Amunugama autobiography) During one of my visits to Colombo I got a call to see the President at ‘Breamar’. Gamini Dissanayake had told him of my friendship with Parathasarathy and he wanted me to help him repair the damage done to their friendship due to the abuse heaped […]
- No deal yet on Singapore GP renewal (Category: Business)
- Organisers predict Indian GP sellout (Category: Business)
- Perez shines in unpredictable Malaysian GP (Category: Business)
- Australian GP hails more competitive season (Category: Business)
Carlos Alcaraz won the Wimbledon men’s singles title for the first time by ending Novak Djokovic’s recent dominance with a stunning victory. Spain’s Alcaraz, 20, fought back from a nervy start to win 1-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-1 3-6 6-4 against the defending champion. Djokovic was going for a fifth straight win, an eighth men’s triumph […]
- Djokovic wins Australian Open 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Novak Djokovic wins 24th major by beating Daniil Medvedev (Category: Breaking News)
- Djokovic beats Ben Shelton to reach US Open final (Category: Breaking News)
- Novak Djokovic takes on Carlos Alcaraz in Paris semi-finals today (Category: Breaking News)
Hollywood actors are striking for the first time in 43 years, bringing the American movie and television business to a halt, partly over fears about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI). The Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) actors’ union failed to reach an agreement in the US for better protections against AI for its members – […]
- Prince Harry makes sensational claims in memoir Spare (Category: Breaking News)
- US imposes Covid testing for visitors from China (Category: Breaking News)
- Protesters among prisoners pardoned by Iran leader (Category: Breaking News)
- Nearly 40 pupils killed by militants in Uganda school attack (Category: Breaking News)
Up to 2,000 anti-LGBT protesters stormed a gay pride festival in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi on Saturday, forcing its cancellation. The right-wing protesters, who included Orthodox Christian clergy, scuffled with police, rushed the stage and burned rainbow flags. The organisers and Georgia’s president blamed anti-LGBT hate speech that preceded the event, and said the police had […]
- Prince Harry makes sensational claims in memoir Spare (Category: Breaking News)
- Turkish election victory for Erdogan leaves nation divided (Category: Breaking News)
- Indonesia set to punish sex before marriage with jail time (Category: Breaking News)
- Brazil’s President vows to punish rioters who stormed Congress (Category: Breaking News)
Lewis Hamilton says he still has “100% faith” in Mercedes despite their continuing struggles this season. But the seven-time champion confirmed his team boss Toto Wolff’s claim that their discussions over a new contract were moving towards a conclusion. “It is taking longer for us to get where we want to be,” said Hamilton, who […]
- Hamilton calls for car restrictions to end ‘periods of dominance’ by teams (Category: Breaking News)
- Lewis Hamilton expects Red Bull to bounce back (Category: Breaking News)
- F1 drivers pushing for changes to the penalty points system (Category: Breaking News)
- Paris Mayor wants Russia banned from 2024 Olympics (Category: Breaking News)
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen equalled Ayrton Senna’s career total of 41 victories with a dominant win at the Canadian Grand Prix. The Dutchman’s sixth triumph in eight races this season gave him a 69-point lead in the championship and was the 100th victory for his Red Bull team. Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso passed Lewis Hamilton’s […]
- Verstappen wins as Red Bull take constructors’ title (Category: Breaking News)
- Max Verstappen beats Fernando Alonso to pole in Montreal (Category: Breaking News)
- Max Verstappen fastest on first day of testing (Category: Breaking News)
- Verstappen wins from ninth on grid to extend championship lead (Category: Breaking News)
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- Pyromaniacs On The March (Category: Breaking News)
- National Reconciliation & Archaeological Mischiefs (Category: Breaking News)
- Incubating, Again (Category: Breaking News)
- Politics Of Addiction (Category: Breaking News)
A jury in Los Angeles has found That ’70s Show actor Danny Masterson guilty on two out of three counts of rape. The star of That ’70s Show, a TV series, faces up to 30 years in prison. He was led from court in handcuffs. Three women, all former members of the Church of Scientology, […]
- Woman jailed in Germany for keeping Yazidi woman as slave (Category: Breaking News)
- Romania court extends police detention for influencer and brother (Category: Breaking News)
- Former Pope Benedict XVI dies at 95 (Category: Breaking News)
- Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis, dies aged 54 (Category: Breaking News)
Celebrities and fans have paid tribute to Tina Turner, the soul star behind hits like The Best and What’s Love Got to Do With It, who has died aged 83. Beyoncé said she was the “epitome of passion and power”, while Sir Mick Jagger called her a “wonderful friend” and “enormously talented” performer. Turner was […]
- Turner returns to Durham for T20 Blast with Stubbs unavailable (Category: Breaking News)
- Professional wrestler Bray Wyatt dies aged 36 (Category: Breaking News)
- Emirates to promote Sri Lanka as ideal destination for travellers (Category: Breaking News)
- US Ambassador to India holds talks with Sri Lankan envoy (Category: Breaking News)
Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou has signed a deal with the Professional Fighters League. Cameroon’s Ngannou, 36, has been a free agent since leaving the UFC in January after the two parties failed to agree on a new contract. The move represents a significant coup for the PFL, with Ngannou regarded as one of […]
- Max Verstappen fastest on first day of testing (Category: Breaking News)
- Scrum-half quits Wales 100 days before World Cup (Category: Breaking News)
- Jenson Button signs three-race Nascar deal (Category: Breaking News)
- Majestic Gill ton takes Gujarat Titans past Mumba Indians and into final (Category: Breaking News)
Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ruled that former prime minister Imran Khan’s dramatic arrest on corruption charges this week was illegal. The court ordered Mr Khan’s immediate release. His lawyers had argued that his detention from court premises in Islamabad on Tuesday was unlawful. At least 10 people have been killed and 2,000 arrested as violent […]
- Brazil’s President vows to punish rioters who stormed Congress (Category: Breaking News)
- Donald Trump to be charged over hush money (Category: Breaking News)
- Brazil orders arrest of top officials over riots (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan’s Supreme Court rules Imran Khan’s arrest was illegal (Category: Breaking News)
Ajinkya Rahane has been included in India’s squad for the World Test Championship final against Australia. Rahane, 34, made his debut in 2013 but has not played a Test match since January 2022. He has not played white-ball cricket for India since 2018, but has been in good form for his franchise Chennai Super Kings […]
- England’s Moeen Ali takes 4-26 as Chennai Super Kings beat Lucknow Super Giants (Category: Breaking News)
- Roy’s heroics not enough for Kolkata as they lose to Super Kings (Category: Breaking News)
- England batter hits his first IPL century for Sunrisers Hyderabad (Category: Breaking News)
- Afghanistan beat the Netherlands to boost World Cup semi-final hopes (Category: Breaking News)
Harry Belafonte, the singer and actor who smashed racial barriers in the US, has died at home in Manhattan, aged 96. One of the most successful African-American pop stars in history, he scored hits with Island In The Sun, Mary’s Boy Child and the UK number one Day-O (The Banana Boat Song). But his greatest […]
- Prince Harry makes sensational claims in memoir Spare (Category: Breaking News)
- UK to be one of worst performing economies this year (Category: Breaking News)
- Dozens die in Ramadan crush in Yemen’s capital Sanaa (Category: Breaking News)
- Nepal mourns victims of worst air disaster in decades (Category: Breaking News)
At least four people have been killed in a mass shooting in the US state of Alabama on Saturday. Several people were injured following the incident at a 16th birthday party in the town of Dadeville, local media is reporting. The shooting happened at the Mahogany Masterpiece Dance Studio at around 22:30 (03:30 GMT) on […]
- Suspect held after five killed in attack at Colorado nightclub (Category: Breaking News)
- Three dead, six injured after US school shooting (Category: Breaking News)
- Prince Harry makes sensational claims in memoir Spare (Category: Breaking News)
- Six killed by 28-year-old shooter in Tennessee (Category: Breaking News)
Nicholas Pooran hit the fastest 50 of the 2023 Indian Premier League as Lucknow Super Giants beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by one wicket. The Trinidadian hit 62 off 19 balls, reaching his half century off just 15 balls before being caught in the deep. Lucknow clinched victory on the final ball after Harshal Patel failed […]
- England’s Moeen Ali takes 4-26 as Chennai Super Kings beat Lucknow Super Giants (Category: Breaking News)
- Madhwal takes 5-5 as Mumbai Indians demolish Lucknow Super Giants (Category: Breaking News)
- Afghanistan beat the Netherlands to boost World Cup semi-final hopes (Category: Breaking News)
- England batter hits his first IPL century for Sunrisers Hyderabad (Category: Breaking News)
A 78-year-old woman with two past bank robbery convictions was arrested again for a third heist in Missouri, police said. Bonnie Gooch walked into Goppert Financial Bank and allegedly handed a note to the teller demanding thousands in cash. She also left a note saying “Thank you sorry I didn’t mean to scare you” before […]
- Twitter outage sees users told they are over daily tweet limit (Category: Breaking News)
- Pope condemns human ‘hunger for wealth and power’ at Christmas Eve Mass (Category: Breaking News)
- Protesters among prisoners pardoned by Iran leader (Category: Breaking News)
- Three people dead after torrential rain in New Zealand (Category: Breaking News)
Thousands of protesters rallied outside the Georgian parliament on Sunday amid mounting opposition to the country’s government. Critics accuse the ruling Georgian Dream party of being under the sway of Russia and of backsliding on democracy. The government has been accused of jailing political opponents and silencing independent media. The rally was organised by the […]
- Georgia Pride festival in Tbilisi stormed by right-wing protesters (Category: Breaking News)
- UK to be one of worst performing economies this year (Category: Breaking News)
- Nepal mourns victims of worst air disaster in decades (Category: Breaking News)
- FBI makes arrests over alleged secret Chinese ‘police stations’ in New York (Category: Breaking News)
The former porn star at the heart of Donald Trump’s historic indictment in New York has been ordered to pay him more than $121,000 (£96,965) towards legal fees in an unrelated case. Stormy Daniels, alleged to have had an affair with Trump in 2006, lost her defamation case over a 2018 tweet written by the […]
- Donald Trump to be charged over hush money (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump likely to be arrested and charged over hush money (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump Organization fined $1.6m for tax fraud (Category: Breaking News)
- Capitol riot committee seeks four criminal charges for Trump (Category: Breaking News)
BBC reported that former US President Donald Trump will be charged over hush money payments made to a porn star just before the 2016 presidential election. The details of the case against him have not yet been released. A grand jury has voted to indict him after investigating a $130,000 pay
- Trump arrives in Florida ahead of court appearance (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump likely to be arrested and charged over hush money (Category: Breaking News)
- Capitol riot committee seeks four criminal charges for Trump (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump Organization fined $1.6m for tax fraud (Category: Breaking News)
Former US President Donald Trump is likely to be arrested and charged over hush money payments made to a porn star just before the 2016 presidential election. The details of the charges he faces have not yet been released. A grand jury has voted to indict him after investigating a $130,000 pay-out to Stormy Daniels […]
- Donald Trump to be charged over hush money (Category: Breaking News)
- Mike Pence tears into Donald Trump at 2024 campaign launch (Category: Breaking News)
- Donald Trump ordered to pay $83.3m for defaming E Jean Carroll (Category: Breaking News)
- Nikki Haley exits race but stops short of endorsing Trump (Category: Breaking News)
The BBC says that a report titled Who Enabled the Uzbek Princess? will be published on Tuesday (14). The report is a study by Freedom For Eurasia on how Uzbekistan President’s daughter, Gulnara Karimova moonlighted as a pop star and diplomat and spent $240m (£200m) on properties
- Hundreds of migrants killed by Saudi border guards (Category: Breaking News)
- Saudi state-owned oil giant ‘Aramco’ sees record profit of $161bn (Category: Breaking News)
- Man held after US congresswoman pours hot coffee on assailant (Category: Breaking News)
- Plane grounded in France over human trafficking fears (Category: Breaking News)
BBC reported that the lawyers of ex-US president Donald Trump have confirmed that New York prosecutors have invited the ex-US president to testify to a grand jury over the Stormy Daniels case. The Manhattan district attorney has investigated Donald Trump for five years over alleged hush money
- Donald Trump mistook rape accuser E Jean Carroll for ex-wife, trial told (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan ex-PM given three-year jail sentence (Category: Breaking News)
- UK Court throws out ex-lover’s €145m legal case against ex king of Spain (Category: Breaking News)
- A divided Japan bids farewell to its slain ex-PM (Category: Breaking News)
Thousands of protesters have returned to the centre of Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, hours after riot police broke up crowds angered by a controversial Russian-style law. The new law would class non-government and media groups as “foreign agents” if they get more than 20% of their funding from abroad. Police arrested 66 people overnight, including a […]
- Georgia Pride festival in Tbilisi stormed by right-wing protesters (Category: Breaking News)
- Indonesia set to punish sex before marriage with jail time (Category: Breaking News)
- China diplomats leave UK over Manchester protester attack (Category: Breaking News)
- US, UK and Australia agree on nuclear submarine project (Category: Breaking News)
BBC reported that a former Mexican beauty queen and her partner have been jailed in Spain for four years for stealing 45 bottles of wine worth an estimated $1.7m (£1.4m). The incident happened in 2021 at a luxury hotel in the Spanish city of Cáceres, where the couple were staying as guests
- Dancing couple given 10-year jail sentence in Iran (Category: Breaking News)
- Twitter outage sees users told they are over daily tweet limit (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump arrives in Florida ahead of court appearance (Category: Breaking News)
- Ten people killed and 11 injured after wedding bus crashes in Australia (Category: Breaking News)
At least 650 girls have been poisoned by toxic gas in Iran since November, in what many believe is a deliberate attempt to force their schools to shut. No girls have died, but dozens have suffered respiratory problems, nausea, dizziness and fatigue. “It became evident that some people wanted all schools, especially girls’ schools, to […]
- Three dead, six injured after US school shooting (Category: Breaking News)
- Nearly 40 pupils killed by militants in Uganda school attack (Category: Breaking News)
- Iran investigating poisoning of 650 schoolgirls (Category: Breaking News)
- Prince Harry makes sensational claims in memoir Spare (Category: Breaking News)
Australia cruised to their sixth Women’s T20 World Cup title with a 19-run win over South Africa in Cape Town. In front of a full house at Newlands, Australia reached 156-6 with Beth Mooney striking a sublime unbeaten 74. In reply, South Africa put up a spirited fight but after a slow start, struggled to […]
- South Africa beat Bangladesh to set up England semi-final (Category: Breaking News)
- Afghanistan beat the Netherlands to boost World Cup semi-final hopes (Category: Breaking News)
- England beat Australia in Netball World Cup thriller (Category: Breaking News)
- Pakistan stun New Zealand to reach final (Category: Breaking News)
Tommy Fury beat Jake Paul by split decision in arguably the most anticipated eight-round contest in boxing history. Fury, 23, was the busier fighter, landing more accurate punches and demonstrating his boxing fundamentals. The former Love Island star, brother of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, was knocked down by YouTuber-turned-boxer Paul in the eighth round. […]
- Former UFC champion signs PFL contract (Category: Breaking News)
- Paris Mayor wants Russia banned from 2024 Olympics (Category: Breaking News)
- Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte set for all-British heavyweight world-title showdown (Category: Breaking News)
- Fury says he is ‘done’ with boxing (Category: Breaking News)
US actress Raquel Welch, often credited with paving the way for modern day action heroines in Hollywood films, has died at the age of 82. The star passed away peacefully on Wednesday morning after a brief illness, her manager said. Welch became an international sex symbol in the 1960s, widely remembered for playing a bikini-clad […]
- Twitter outage sees users told they are over daily tweet limit (Category: Breaking News)
- Trump arrives in Florida ahead of court appearance (Category: Breaking News)
- Russian court bans ‘LGBT movement’ (Category: Breaking News)
- Taliban and China firm agree Afghanistan oil extraction deal (Category: Breaking News)
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