Gay singers test country music’s appeal
NEW YORK: Church, pickup trucks and dive bars — the imagery of classic country songs evokes “traditional” small-town American life. Now a rising number of openly gay crooners are testing just how...
View ArticleLife no easier with Oscars, says actor Waltz
LOS ANGELES: For nearly three decades, Austrian-born Christoph Waltz was a jobbing actor in Europe. He finally came to Hollywood in 2009, and in the next four years he won two Oscars. On December 1 he...
View Article‘Hunger Games’ gobbles up box office top spot
LOS ANGELES: North American cinema-goers had plenty of appetite for the latest “Hunger Games” movie, with the sci-fi survival flick debuting in the weekend box office’s top spot, industry estimates...
View ArticleUS voters crave ‘that new car smell’– Obama
WASHINGTON: Barack Obama says voters in the United States are going to want “that new car smell” when the 2016 presidential campaign comes along to choose his successor. Obama’s former secretary of...
View ArticleIsrael arrests Arab citizen for joining IS in Syria
JERUSALEM: Police and Israel’s Shin Bet security agency have arrested an Arab Israeli suspected of undergoing military training with the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria, the agency said. It said...
View ArticleMorocco arrests six over IS allegiance pledge on video
RABAT: Morocco has arrested six suspects after an online video showed masked men pledging allegiance to the head of the jihadist Islamic State group, officials and media said on Sunday. Media reports...
View ArticleAustralian mother charged after baby survives five days in drain
SYDNEY: An Australian mother was Monday charged with attempted murder after her newborn baby was found crying at the bottom of a roadside drain, where investigators believe he survived for five days....
View ArticleDeath toll rises to four after China earthquake
BEIJING: The death toll from a 5.9 magnitude earthquake that struck a remote part of China’s southwest rose to four on Sunday, as media reported the injured have all been successfully rescued. Reports...
View ArticleChina arrests man who photographed base for ‘foreign spy’
BEIJING: A Chinese man was arrested for selling pictures of an aircraft carrier base to a foreign spy, the latest young Internet user to be targeted by overseas intelligence agencies, media said. The...
View ArticlePakistan has fastest growing nuclear weapons program
WASHINGTON D.C.: Pakistan has the fastest growing nuclear weapons program in the world and by 2020 it could have enough fissile material to produce more than 200 nuclear devices, a top American think...
View ArticleIndia-Pakistan tensions set to sour regional summit
NEW DELHI: India’s new premier heads to his first South Asia summit this week seeking stronger regional integration in the face of growing Chinese influence, but experts see little hope of progress...
View ArticleS. Cotabato town police chief relieved over ‘operational lapses’
GENERAL SANTOS CITY: The South Cotabato Provincial Police Office has relieved the chief of police of Sto. Nino town over accusations that he mistreated a minor during an earlier enforcement of the...
View ArticleEbola crisis may result in more hunger: UNDP report
UNITED NATIONS: Wild price swings caused by the Ebola health crisis are making it more difficult for households to feed themselves and make a stable living, and action is required to keep food on the...
View ArticleTroops capture Abu Sayyaf camp in Basilan, pursue fleeing brigands
ZAMBOANGA CITY: The military forces are tracking down the members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) that fled following the capture of their camp in Basilan province. The troops captured the ASG camp...
View ArticleHagel was meant to cut military; Islamic State’s rise changed that
WASHINGTON — As the Pentagon absorbed the shock of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s unexpected resignation Monday, another realization set in: Neither Hagel’s departure, just like those of his two...
View ArticlePope heads to Strasbourg to reinvigorate ‘tired’ Europe
STRASBOURG, France: Pope Francis heads to Strasbourg Tuesday for a lightning visit to the European Parliament, where he hopes to help reinvigorate a “tired” Europe, hit by economic crises and surging...
View Article‘Casablanca’ piano sold for $3.4 million at US auction
NEW YORK: The painted upright piano that adorned Rick’s Cafe in the classic movie “Casablanca” fetched $3.4 million at auction after a frenzied sale in New York. The orange piano — on which Sam (Dooley...
View ArticleDustin Hoffman wants ‘love story’ with Judi Dench
LONDON: Hollywood actor Dustin Hoffman has confessed admiration for “scrumptious” Briton Judi Dench, saying he would love to make a romantic film with the Dame. The star of “The Graduate” spoke after...
View ArticleWorld champ Hamilton nominated for BBC award
LONDON: Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton will battle with the likes of European Ryder Cup star Rory McIlroy and Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale for the BBC’s prestigious 2014 Sports Personality of the...
View ArticleFerguson policeman who shot teen will not be charged
FERGUSON: The US policeman who shot dead an unarmed black teenager in the Missouri town of Ferguson, triggering weeks of racially-charged unrest, will not face charges, the St Louis County prosecutor...
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