In the chat dated 2016, Sushant Singh Rajput and Lauren Gottlieb talk about their life and career. The late actor also encourages Lauren to keep her conviction intact, even if it meant making unexpected choices. Actor Sushant Singh Rajput died of suicide on June 14. Actor-dancer Lauren Gottlieb on […]
Year: 2020
FRANKFURT: Lufthansa shares slumped 5.7 per cent on Monday morning after CEO Carsten Spohr said the company would seek to avoid a grounding and insolvency in a battle with the airline’s biggest shareholder over the terms of a €9 billion bailout. Lufthansa has been hard hit by what is expected […]
FRANKFURT/MANILA: Wirecard said on Monday that €1.9 billion (US$2.1 billion) missing from its accounts was likely never there and it was looking at the sale or closure of parts of its business as it sought to avert a looming cash crunch. The former German stock market darling, which processes payments […]
Brazil has become the second country, after the US, to register more than 50,000 deaths from Covid-19. It comes amid growing political unrest and just days after the country confirmed more than one million coronavirus infections. Experts warn that the peak of the outbreak in Brazil is still weeks away. […]
FILE PHOTO: A medical staff member in protective suit collects a swab from a man for a nucleic acid test at China-Japan Friendship Hospital following new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in Beijing, China June 15, 2020. BEIJING: Beijing will see a “cliff-like” drop in new cases in […]
The concert will also feature appearances from Billy Porter, Charlize Theron, Chris Rock, Kerry Washington, Salma Hayek and David Beckham. Dwayne Johnson will host and Shakira, Miley Cyrus and Jennifer Hudson will perform on a globally broadcast concert calling on world leaders to make coronavirus tests and treatment available and […]
JAKARTA: Indonesia expects its unemployment rate to spike to 8.1 per cent to 9.2 per cent this year due to the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, from 5.28 per cent in 2019, according to presentations by Cabinet ministers in a parliamentary hearing on Monday (Jun 22). Planning Minister Suharso […]
SINGAPORE: Employment agencies in Singapore will have to meet new licence conditions to strengthen fair hiring practices, announced the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) on Monday (Jun 22). The nearly 3,900 employment agencies licensed by MOM must not in any way abet discriminatory hiring by their clients, such as by withholding […]
Australians were warned on Monday (Jun 22) to avoid travelling to Melbourne, as the country’s second-biggest city tightened coronavirus restrictions amid fears of a second wave of the epidemic. MELBOURNE: Australians were warned Monday (Jun 22) to avoid travelling to Melbourne, as the country’s second-biggest city tightened coronavirus restrictions amid […]
US-based motor-racing organisation Nascar says it is investigating after a noose was found in the garage stall of African-American driver Bubba Wallace. Wallace, Nascar’s only full-time black driver, successfully campaigned to get the Confederate flag banned from races. The flag has been a common sight at Nascar circuits but for […]