Entertainment & Arts
Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar, “the Nightingale,” dies at 92
Lata Mangeshkar, one of India’s biggest cultural icons and a singer who defined music and melody for generations of her countrymen, died ...EU leaders consider new sanctions against Russian ‘surprises’
European Union leaders will consider on Thursday what economic sanctions they could impose on Russia if Moscow were to launch a new ...Indian man builds one-third sized Taj Mahal replica for wife
An Indian man has built a one-third sized replica of the historic Taj Mahal for his wife, but unlike the original, it’s ...Asian and European countries, alarmed by new COVID variant, tighten curbs
Asian countries rushed to tighten restrictions after a new and possibly vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant was detected in South Africa, with Singapore and ...Chile’s lower house approves same-sex marriage, bill sent back to Senate
Chile’s lower house approved on Tuesday a bill that would permit same-sex marriage in the South American country of 19 million, sending ...At least eight killed, many injured in crush at Texas music festival
At least eight people were killed and many were injured in a crush when fans surged toward the stage during the opening ...Cambridge college, Paris museum return looted African artefacts
A Cambridge University college and a Paris museum on Wednesday handed back cultural artefacts looted from West Africa during the colonial era, ...Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin shoots woman dead on set of new film in horrific accident
Hollywood star Alec Baldwin said on Friday “my heart is broken” after a cinematographer died when he fired a prop gun on ...First African American wins U.S. spelling bee, conquering with ‘Murraya’
Zaila Avant-garde, 14, became the first African American to win the 90-year-old Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday by correctly spelling ‘Murraya,’ ...Indian actor Dilip Kumar, who embodied melancholy on screen, dies at 98
Dilip Kumar, one of India’s most respected actors and known for his roles as a tragic hero in Bollywood films, died on ...