Tom Cruise touched down in Cannes on Wednesday to launch “Top Gun: Maverick”, making his first appearance in three decades at the world’s premier film festival and cementing his status as a champion of the big screen. Cannes waited 30 years for Tom Cruise to return – so a 12-hour wait in the Riviera’s scorching sun was […]
Fighting continues to rage in several parts of Ukraine as Kyiv negotiates the release of soldiers holed up at Mariupol’s Azovstal steelworks. Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said on May 18 that nearly 1,000 Ukrainian fighters at the steel plant — Ukraine’s last stronghold in the besieged southern port city of Mariupol […]
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Henrik Stenson came to the PGA Championship trying to squeeze in an late-career bid for a second career major while keeping one eye focused on 2023 and a tournament half a world away. The 46-year-old from Sweden is Europe’s captain for the next Ryder Cup in Rome, and he already is […]
Issued on: 18/05/2022 – 15:10Modified: 18/05/2022 – 15:08 Colombo (AFP) – Thousands of Tamils killed in Sri Lanka’s decades-long separatist war were commemorated on Wednesday for the first time outside the minority’s heartland in the north and east of the country. Clergy from Buddhist, Hindu and Christian communities offered prayers in Colombo and lit a […]
Ukraine’s deputy defense minister has expressed hope that the 264 Ukrainian fighters evacuated from the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol will be exchanged for Russian prisoners of war. Hanna Malyar’s comment at a briefing came after Russian State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin called the evacuated soldiers “criminals” who must be “brought to justice.” Volodin said the […]
Issued on: 18/05/2022 – 11:46 Tokyo (AFP) – A Japanese man who blew a $ 360,000 Covid-19 handout at online casinos after receiving the cash in error will pay authorities back “bit by bit”, reports said Wednesday. “I feel very sorry that I used it up,” the man said according to his lawyer, who told […]
Ukraine’s deputy defense minister has expressed hope that the 264 Ukrainian fighters evacuated from the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol will be exchanged for Russian prisoners of war. Hanna Malyar’s comment at a briefing came after Russian State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin called the evacuated soldiers “criminals” who must be “brought to justice.” Volodin said the […]
After two years as an online event, Phocuswright Europe returns to the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam June 27 to 29. The theme of Phocuswright Europe 2022, Fast Forward – A Strong, Sustainable Future, speaks to the both the momentum for innovation as the world emerges from the pandemic and also the need for a […]
Issued on: 18/05/2022 – 08:24 Tokyo (AFP) – Japan’s foreign minister on Wednesday urged Beijing to “play a responsible role” on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in his first talks with his Chinese counterpart in six months. Japan has joined Western allies on tough sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis, while Beijing has declined to […]
Ukraine’s deputy defense minister has expressed hope that the 264 Ukrainian fighters evacuated from the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol will be exchanged for Russian prisoners of war. Hanna Malyar’s comment at a briefing came after Russian State Duma speaker Vyacheslav Volodin called the evacuated soldiers “criminals” who must be “brought to justice.” Volodin said the […]