US chat show The Talk has been taken off air for two days following a row between Sharon Osbourne and one of her co-hosts about Piers Morgan. Osbourne was one of the first people to voice support for Morgan over his criticism of the Duchess of Sussex. That led to […]
Day: March 15, 2021
ROME: Italy is seeing a steady rise in coronavirus infections but a national vaccination campaign and tougher restrictions mean numbers should start improving in late spring, the health minister said. Italy, the first Western country hit hard by the pandemic, saw infections rise by 10 per cent last week compared […]
China’s government has asked Alibaba to dispose of its media assets, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday (Mar 15), citing people familiar with the matter. Discussions over the matter have been held since early this year, the report said, adding that officials were shocked at how expansive Alibaba’s media […]
People from Myanmar living in Taiwan protest against the military coup in their home country at National Taiwan University in Taipei on Feb 28, 2021. TAIPEI: Taiwan’s de facto embassy in Myanmar has advised Taiwanese companies operating in the country to fly the island’s flag and hang signs stating they […]
The Hubble Space Telescope made the find. Scientists think they’ve spied an alien world that lost its atmosphere — then conjured itself a new one. That’s according to a new analysis of Hubble Space Telescope observations gathered in 2017 of a planet dubbed GJ 1132 b. The world tightly orbits […]
PARIS: Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial tomorrow over claims of illicit financing for his failed 2012 re-election bid, just weeks after a landmark conviction for corruption. On March 1, the 66-year-old became France’s first post-war president to be sentenced to prison when he was given a three-year […]
PARIS: Daniil Medvedev moved into second place in the ATP rankings on Monday, overtaking Rafael Nadal. The 25-year-old Russian, who was beaten by world number one Novak Djokovic in this year’s Australian Open final, was elevated to second thanks to his win in the final of the Marseille tournament on […]
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games that have been postponed to 2021 due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, is seen through a traffic sign at Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office building in Tokyo, Japan January 22, 2021. TOKYO: Tokyo Olympics organisers said on Monday (Mar 15) the […]
HONG KONG: Families in Asia’s financial hub of Hong Kong are suffering isolation and trauma after strict coronavirus rules have led to babies being separated from parents and those with newborns herded into tiny quarantine quarters for up to 14 days. Hong Kong authorities have ordered that anyone testing positive […]
Ahead of this year’s Grammys, voters faced a choice between records that engaged with the outside world and ones that retreated from real life. Both approaches were valid. Protest songs like Beyoncé’s Black Parade and H.E.R’s I Can’t Breathe felt as necessary to surviving 2020 as the escapism of Taylor […]