‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ targeted by climate activists on October 27, 2022Climate activists glued themselves to Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” at a Dutch museum on Thursday in the latest stunt targeting famous artworks, but the painting was undamaged. Three people were arrested after the attack at The Hague’s Mauritshuis museum on the 1665 masterpiece which has inspired a bestselling novel and a Hollywood […]
New Zealand couple who disappeared in Iran found ‘safe’ after four months on October 26, 2022Two travel bloggers from New Zealand who disappeared in Iran for almost four months are “safe and well” having fled after secret talks between the two governments, Wellington revealed Wednesday. Newlyweds Bridget Thackwray and Topher Richwhite crossed from Turkey into Iran in early July, when their social media feeds — usually filled with glamorous and […]
Video games could improve kids’ mental health: study on October 25, 2022Video games could improve kids’ mental health Parents often worry about the harmful impacts of video games on their children, from mental health and social problems to missing out on exercise. But a large new US study published in JAMA Network Open on Monday indicates there may also be cognitive benefits associated with the popular […]
England bowl out Afghanistan for 112 on October 22, 2022Sam Curran took his first five-wicket haul in Twenty20 internationals as England bundled out Afghanistan for 112 in their opening match of the T20 World Cup on Saturday. England skipper Jos Buttler, who leads the team in his first global tournament since becoming white-ball captain, won the toss and elected to field first, and the […]
Far-right Meloni set to become Italy’s first woman PM on October 21, 2022Far-right Meloni set to become Italy’s first woman PM. Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni was set to be named Italian prime minister on Friday after her party’s historic election win, becoming the first woman to head a government in Italy. Her post-fascist Brothers of Italy party — Eurosceptic and anti-immigration — won September 25 legislative polls but needs […]
Second edition of ‘Mario’ game to be launched today on October 20, 2022The second edition of one of the most ambitious mash-ups in video games is set to launch on Thursday — “Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope”. It took 300 staff working in five cities for about five years The game merges Nintendo’s Mario, the Italian plumber who has given his name to an entire universe […]
UK finance minister says ‘not going anywhere’ amid talk of new U-turns on October 13, 2022London: Britain’s beleaguered finance minister insisted Thursday he was safe in his job but endured a rebuke in Washington from the International Monetary Fund over his misfiring economic policies. While Kwasi Kwarteng said “100 percent, I’m not going anywhere”, Prime Minister Liz Truss was reportedly casting around for a replacement chancellor of the exchequer to […]
Harvey Weinstein goes on trial in LA on Monday on October 10, 2022Los Angeles: Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein goes on trial in Los Angeles on Monday. He faces charges in the city whose main industry he dominated for decades. The 70-year-old “Pulp Fiction” producer is already serving 23 years in jail in New York. It is after conviction of a series of sex crimes. He now […]
New deadly strike hits Ukraine city after Crimean bridge blast on October 9, 2022Kyiv, Ukraine: A Russian missile strike killed at least 13 people in Zaporizhzhia, authorities said on Sunday — the latest deadly attack targeting the southern Ukrainian city, prompting President Volodymyr Zelensky to call the bombardment “absolute evil”. The reports came a day after a key bridge linking Russia with the annexed Crimean peninsula was partially […]
Fresh missile strike on Ukraine city kills 17 on October 9, 2022Kyiv, Ukraine: An overnight Russian missile strike killed 17 people in Zaporizhzhia, local authorities said on Sunday, in the latest deadly attack to hit the southern Ukrainian city that President Volodymyr Zelensky called “absolute evil”. “After night missile attack on Zaporizhzhia, at least 20 houses and about 50 multi-storey buildings were damaged. 17 people died, […]