French holiday bookings surge after rule change
French holiday bookings have jumped after Paris said it would ease restrictions on UK travellers, travel firms have said. Airline Jet2 said it had seen...
Why the brutally bashed Marvel’s Eternals would have made better sense as a Disney Plus series
No Marvel film has been bashed as brutally as The Eternals. Though the film earned $162 million in its opening weekend, it fell short of...
German court convicts Syrian man of crimes against humanity
Prosecutors alleged Anwar Raslan supervised the ‘systematic and brutal torture’ of more than 4,000 prisoners between April 2011 and September 2012. A former Syrian secret...
Russia raises stakes with the West over Ukraine
The deputy foreign minister said he would neither confirm nor exclude the possibility that Russia could send military assets to Cuba and Venezuela. Russia has...
Lionel Richie to receive Gershwin Prize for pop music
Before his solo career, Richie was a founding member of the Commodores, a funk and soul band that made waves in the 1970s. Lionel Richie...
Kim Woo-bin to make long-awaited comeback with Netflix sci-fi drama Black Knight
Kim Woo-bin, who was last seen in the 2016 show Uncontrollably Fond, will play the role of legendary delivery driver "5-8" in Black Knight. ...
Bumrah takes five as India move ahead in third test
CAPE TOWN: Jasprit Bumrah took 5-42 as India bowled South Africa out for 210 and then drove home their advantage with the bat as...
Yadav, Saini added to India’s ODI squad for South Africa series
India off-spinner Jayant Yadav and fast bowler Navdeep Saini have been added to the squad for the upcoming one-day international series in South Africa,...
Arsenal trying to adapt as absences pile up, says Arteta
Arsenal are struggling to adapt after losing several players to a combination of injuries, the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) and COVID-19, but the team...
Russia’s Omicron cases hit nearly 700, govt ponders new measures
MOSCOW: Russia has so far recorded 698 cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant and will prepare new measures to combat the rise in cases by...