#Art

by Alam KHAN Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he does not fear for his future as Manchester United manager despite a spate of Premier League sackings as he prepares to face his predecessor Jose Mourinho. Spurs turned to Mourinho after dismissing Mauricio Pochettino last month, while Arsenal and Watford have subsequently sacked Unai Emery and Quique […]

UEFA chief Aleksander Ceferin has accused British Prime Minister Boris Johnson of fuelling racism and insists European football’s governing body is working hard to tackle the problem plaguing the game. A number of high-profile incidents in recent weeks, including racist abuse hurled at England players in Bulgaria and chants aimed at Romelu Lukaku and Mario […]

A man and woman have been rescued after surviving two weeks in Australia’s arid outback on little more than vodka, groundwater and biscuits, but a third person is still missing, police said Tuesday. The three friends set out to explore the country’s vast sun-baked interior near Alice Springs on November 19 when their car became […]

The Russian beauty queen who became a Malaysian princess after tying the knot with Sultan Muhammad V last year fled from her home in Moscow after claims surfaced that her son’s life was in danger. The mother of the six-month-old boy is in a battle for alimony against the father who said the boy was […]

American pop singer Katy Perry celebrated Thanksgiving with her fiance and Hollywood star Orlando Bloom and his eight-year-old son. Perry took to Instagram to show the couple having a great time in a hotel. Perry and Bloom were spotted in the photo sitting on pillows on the floor of the room, enjoying traditional Japanese tea. […]

An amazing moment was captured on video in Malaysian waters when a whale shark came up to a boat to seek help and thanked the fishermen for freeing it from a rope around its body. And it appears that it thanked the men with several swishes of its tail before diving back in the water. The incident […]

A US appeals court ruled on Monday that the government could not resume its use of capital punishment, in a setback for President Donald Trump’s advocacy of the death penalty. Attorney General Bill Barr announced in July that the Federal Bureau of Prisons would adopt a new lethal injection protocol, clearing the way to carry […]

The family of one of the victims in the recent London attack spoke up against the apparent politicisation of their son’s death. Jack Merritt (25), a former course coordinator for prisoner rehabilitation, was one of the two casualties during the attack on London Bridge last Friday (Nov 29). Saskia Jones (23, a volunteer for criminal […]

Malaysian officials on Monday slammed a tattoo exhibition held in the country as “porn” unsuitable for a Muslim-majority country after images of half-naked men and women went viral. The “Tattoo Malaysia Expo” in the capital Kuala Lumpur attracted people from all over the world, and photos circulating online showed many heavily-inked participants wearing few clothes […]

by Andrea Palasciano and Anna Smolchenko Russia and China on Monday launched a giant gas pipeline linking the countries for the first time, one of three major projects aimed at cementing Moscow’s role as the world’s top gas exporter. Presiding by video link-up over an elaborate televised ceremony, Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Chinese counterpart […]

The house of popular YouTuber PewDiePie and his wife Marzia Kjellberg’s house got robbed with thief/thieves breaking in and taking off with valuables. In an Instagram story, Marzia Kjellberg revealed the incident and how many of her valuables and jewellery were stolen from her collection that she took years to put together. She said that […]

by Jean-Baptiste OUBRIER With its deserted streets and closed shops, the centre of Walsall bears witness to Britain’s retail crisis that political parties campaigning for election have vowed to fix. It’s difficult not to be struck by the multitude of “to let” signs on unoccupied shop fronts in the town in central England, near Britain’s […]

Pictures by Sam Yeh and Philip Fong. Video by Sean Chang by Amber Wang, with Yan Zhao in Hong Kong Protests that have paralysed Hong Kong for nearly six months are pushing residents to seek new lives abroad, with many turning to nearby democratic Taiwan to escape the uncertainty at home. Taiwan has long attracted […]

US online sales are set to hit a new record on this week’s “Cyber Monday,” Adobe Analytics said, as e-commerce outlets gear up to lure shoppers in the opening days of the holiday season. Internet purchases are expected to reach $9.4 billion, a jump of nearly 19 percent over last year’s record-setting $7.9 billion take, […]

Hindus are seeking an apology from Hollywood singer-actress Selena Gomez and multinational sports brand Puma for ‘blatant cultural insensitivity’ in their recent advertising campaign. The advertisement shows Gomez standing-sitting-foot resting on books. Books commanded immense respect among Hindus who saw a reflection of goddess Sarasvati in the books. “It was highly insensitive by Gomez and […]