NUR-SULTAN: President Vladimir Putin said today that unrest in Kazakhstan had been exploited by destructive internal and external forces, and that the Russian-led CSTO military alliance would not allow other forces to destalibilise them. He said the deployment of CSTO troops had prevented armed groups from undermining the basis of […]
Month: January 2022
Oh Young Soo was nominated alongside Billy Crudup and Mark Duplass in “The Morning Show,” Kieran Culkin in “Succession,” and Brett Goldstein in “Ted Lasso.” Squid Game star Lee Jung Jae congratulated his co-star Oh Young Soo for his Golden Globe win. Oh Young Soo, who played the character of […]
NEW DELHI: India began administering booster doses of Covid-19 vaccine to frontline workers and vulnerable elderly people on Monday, with the fast-spreading Omicron variant fuelling an almost eight-fold rise in daily infections since the start of the year. India reported 179,723 new cases on Monday, most of them in the […]
World number one Ash Barty was in imperious form on Sunday (Jan 9) as the Australian handed Elena Rybakina a 6-3 6-2 defeat at Memorial Drive to win the Adelaide International and claim the 14th WTA title of her career. Barty, who won the event in 2020, dominated against the […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan rescuers were working Sunday (Jan 9) to clear routes to a locked-in hill town sheltering thousands of tourists after 22 people died in vehicles trapped by heavy snow. The resort town of Murree, around 70km northeast of Islamabad, was inundated with tourists and daytrippers last week after unusually […]
A Chinese immigrant who was brutally attacked in April while collecting cans in East Harlem has died of his injuries, and his case is now deemed a homicide, New York City police said on Saturday (Jan 8). Yao Pan Ma, 61, died on Dec 31, police said. The attack drew […]
American Amanda Anisimova battled through injury to beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich 7-5 1-6 6-4 in the Melbourne Summer Set 2 final and claim her second WTA title on Sunday. Anisimova, playing her first final since she won the Copa Colsanitas in Bogota in April 2019, overcame a thigh injury to seal […]
With the negotiations looming — and the fate of Europe’s post-Cold War borders and NATO’s military presence on the continent at stake — Biden’s advisers say they are trying to signal to Putin exactly what he would face in hopes of influencing his decisions in coming weeks. The Biden administration […]
The Tender Bar movie review: It’s not as if this Ben Affleck-starrer is completely unwatchable. But if you really wish to enjoy this one, lower your expectations down a notch, and then lower them some more. The Tender Bar movie director: George Clooney The Tender Bar movie cast: Ben Affleck, […]
WASHINGTON: The most powerful space telescope ever built completed a tricky two-week-long deployment phase on Saturday (Jan 8), unfolding its final golden mirror panel, as it readies to study every phase of cosmic history. Engineering teams in the James Webb Space Telescope’s control room cheered as confirmation came back that […]