LOS ANGELES: Protest and politics intruded on an election-year Academy Awards on Sunday, where demonstrations for Gaza raged outside the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, and early awards went to “Poor Things,” “The Zone of Interest” and “The Boy and the Heron.”
As fuel prices soar, Karachi’s young fishermen make perilous journeys on makeshift plastic boats KARACHI: In the pre-dawn haze earlier this week, as fishing communities in the downtrodden coastal settlements of Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi began to stir, 12-year-old Danish Rafiq set sail from his home on Bhit Island, navigating a rickety boat … Read more
LOS ANGELES: Protest and politics intruded on an election-year Academy Awards on Sunday, where demonstrations for Gaza raged outside the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, and early awards went to “Poor Things,” “The Zone of Interest” and “The Boy and the Heron.” Protests over Israel’s war in Gaza snarled traffic around the Academy Awards on … Read more
Klopp and Guardiola serve up another Premier League classic but Arsenal are the big winners LIVERPOOL, England: Liverpool and Manchester City showed the Premier League what it will be missing when Jurgen Klopp walks away at the end of the season. Anfield played host to a typically full-blooded, high octane clash of titans in the … Read more
LOS ANGELES: Protest and politics intruded on an election-year Academy Awards on Sunday, where demonstrations for Gaza raged outside the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, and early awards went to “Poor Things,” “The Zone of Interest” and “The Boy and the Heron.” Protests over Israel’s war in Gaza snarled traffic around the Academy Awards on … Read more
NEW YORK: Dozens of Muslim worshippers gathered in New York’s Times Square Sunday to mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan, with some displaying Palestinian flags in solidarity with people in Gaza. They performed Taraweeh, special Ramadan night prayers, against the backdrop of the bright LED advertising billboards that illuminate the Manhattan landmark.
‘Oppenheimer’ wins best picture at Academy Awards, Emma Stone takes best actress LOS ANGELES: “Oppenheimer,” a solemn three-hour biopic that became an unlikely billion-dollar box-office sensation, was crowned best picture at a 96th Academy Awards that doubled as a coronation for Christopher Nolan.After passing over arguably Hollywood’s foremost big-screen auteur for years, the Oscars made … Read more
INDIAN WELLS: Reigning Grand Slam champions Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz turned in dominating performances on Sunday to roll into the fourth round of the ATP-WTA Indian Wells Masters. The two hottest young racquets in the sport showed no mercy in quickfire victories with Australian Open champion Sinner overwhelming Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3, 6-4. “Almost perfect” … Read more
JERUSALEM/CAIRO/RAFAH, Gaza: Palestinians prepared for Ramadan in somber mood with heightened security measures by Israeli police and the spectre of war and hunger in Gaza overshadowing the normally festive Muslim holy month as talks to secure a ceasefire stalled.Thousands of police have been deployed around the narrow streets of the Old City in Jerusalem, where … Read more
Female representation remains low in US statehouses, particularly Democrats in the South CHARLESTON, W.Virginia: Democrat Kayla Young and Republican Patricia Rucker frequently clash on abortion rights and just about everything else in West Virginia’s Legislature, but they agree on one thing: Too few of their colleagues are women, and it’s hurting the state.“There are exceptions … Read more