HOLLYWOOD: The landmark word has loomed over Tinseltown since before movies started talking, becoming a symbol of the entire film industry. For the first time in decades, the Hollywood sign — at least a little bit of it — was illuminated on Friday to celebrate its 100th birthday. The nine-letter
SURALAYA (Indonesia): Sania sits in front of her home in Indonesia, less than a kilometre from Southeast Asia’s biggest coal complex, where chimneys pump dark grey smoke and a chemical smell into the air. As countries gather in Dubai for crunch climate talks, the future of polluting fossil fuel coal
LONDON: “Rizz” — a colloquial term defined as “style, charm, or attractiveness” — has been crowned word of the year for 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP) announced on Monday. Its lexicographers chose “rizz”, which also conveys “the ability to attract a romantic or sexual partner”, from a shortlist of four
MANILA: A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off the coast of the southern Philippines early Monday, the United States Geological Survey said, the latest in a slew of strong quakes all concentrated in the same area. Monday’s quake hit just before 4.00 am local time, (2000 GMT Sunday), at a depth
BEYONCE’S new concert film “Renaissance” topped the North American box office in its opening weekend with an estimated take of US$21 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday. That result came in what normally is a very slow period following the US Thanksgiving holiday. “This is an excellent domestic opening
MOUNTAIN VIEW, United States: The defence chiefs of the United States, Australia and Britain met in California on Friday, touting high-tech co-operation on deep space radar, AI and quantum computing systems aimed at bolstering their armed forces in the face of growing global threats, including from China. The three men
DUBAI: More than 20 nations including the United States called for a tripling of nuclear energy to drive down emissions on Saturday as world leaders assembled for a second day at UN climate talks in Dubai. With smoggy skies in Dubai highlighting the challenges facing the world, other pledges are
SEOUL: South Korea confirmed Saturday its first military spy satellite had reached orbit after a successful SpaceX rocket launch and that communication was established with ground control. Seoul’s reconnaissance satellite, carried by one of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets, intensifies a space race on the Korean peninsula after the
THE HAGUE: Dutch firebrand Geert Wilders’ already difficult task of forming a government became even harder on Friday, when the head of the ruling party immediately snubbed a role in his cabinet. The Netherlands is under scrutiny in Europe and further afield after Wilders’s PVV Freedom Party touched off a
MORE sexual assault claims have been filed against Sean Combs in New York, after the rap mogul known as “Diddy” and R&B singer Cassie settled a suit alleging physical abuse and rape last week. The suits have been submitted under the New York Adult Survivors Act, a law that opened
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