Thousands of die-hard Taylor Swift fans flocked to a Melbourne stadium Friday, snapping up bagfuls of merchandise hours before the first Australian date of her money-raking, two-year-long “Eras” tour. The 34-year-old megastar kicks off seven Australia shows on Friday, with three stadium gigs in Melbourne, before heading to Sydney for four more sell-out dates. “The […]
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Paul McCartney has expressed his gratitude after the Beatles legend was reunited with a missing bass guitar that he owned in the 1960s and used on several Fab Four tracks. McCartney played the original Höfner bass throughout the Beatlemania decade, including at Hamburg’s Top Ten Club, at the Cavern Club in Liverpool and on early […]
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday it was trying to get access to biggest functioning hospital in Gaza, the Nasser Hospital, after an Israeli raid. “There are still critically injured and sick patients that are inside the hospital,” WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic said. “There is an urgent need to deliver fuel to ensure […]
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Everything about Indonesia’s 36-year-old presumed incoming vice president – from his looks and mannerisms to his baritone voice – is reminiscent of his father, the outgoing and wildly popular President Joko Widodo, known as Jokowi. Many voters say they were drawn to president-in-waiting Prabowo Subianto’s ticket in part because of the ex-commander having Jokowi’s eldest […]
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A year after the founding commander of Ukraine’s Da Vinci Wolves Battalion was killed fighting Russian forces, his portrait adorns an airy new recruitment office in Kyiv casting a watchful eye over would-be members. With its military ranks wearing thin, Ukraine is struggling to overhaul mobilisation and broaden recruitment as the second anniversary of Russia’s […]
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In a makeshift camp for people displaced by floods in Democratic Republic of Congo, father-of-three Cyprien Seka anxiously watched his baby nap on the floor of a crowded tent and wondered if it would ever be safe to return home. Torrential rains swelled the Congo river to its highest level in over 60 years in […]
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A New York state judge is expected to rule on Friday in a $370 million civil fraud case against former US President Donald Trump, who is accused of inflating his net worth to dupe bankers into giving him better loan terms. Justice Arthur Engoron’s ruling could deal a major blow to Trump’s real estate empire […]
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The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will ask its candidates who contested Feb 8 elections as independents to join their own party instead of any other party. The decision was taken at a meeting of the PTI core committee held here on Friday. The committee decided to move the Peshawar High Court (PTC) with a plea that […]
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Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court (SHC) has established tribunals across the province to address election petition hearings and investigate alleged rigging claims in the Feb 8 polls. The registrar of the SHC has issued a notification of the matter. According to the notification, election petition hearings for the Karachi division will take place […]
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The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has accepted another plea filed by Nawaz Sharif, seeking to halt the results of NA-15, Mansehra. A three-member commission, led by Nisar Durrani of the Sindh Commission, convened meeting to address concerns of alleged rigging in the contested constituency. Nawaz Sharif’s counsel Jahangir Jadon presented the case before the […]
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