US President Donald Trump warned Britain against getting into business with Beijing as Prime Minister Keir Starmer lauded the economic benefits of resetting relations with China during a visit there on Friday. As Western leaders reel from Trump’s unpredictability, Starmer is the latest to head to China. In three-hour talks with President Xi Jinping on Thursday, […]
Denmark’s foreign minister said Thursday he was “more optimistic” after technical talks kicked off with the United States over Greenland. “We have had the very first meeting at senior official level in Washington yesterday regarding the Greenlandic issue,” Lars Lokke Rasmussen told journalists at an EU meeting in Brussels. “It went well in a very […]
Iran reacted with fury on Thursday after the EU blacklisted the country’s Revolutionary Guards as a terror group, as Tehran faced off with Washington after US President Donald Trump warned time was running out for a nuclear deal. The European Union piled on mounting pressure on Iran on Thursday by designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard […]
All-rounder Saim Ayub starred in Pakistan’s spin-assisted 22-run win over Australia in the first Twenty20 international in Lahore on Thursday. Ayub top-scored in Pakistan’s 168-8 with a 22-ball 40 that included two sixes and three fours, while Salman Agha added four sixes and a four in his 27-ball 39. The tourists managed 146-8 in their […]
Russian attacks killed six people in central and southern Ukraine on Thursday, regional authorities and emergency services said. The attacks come as Ukraine grapples with its toughest winter since the start of the war, with Russian strikes cutting heating and power to millions as temperatures linger well below freezing point. In Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhzhia region, […]
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer hailed “really good progress” on issues including visa-free travel and tariffs during talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday. Starmer’s visit to China is the first by a British premier since 2018 and follows a slew of Western leaders seeking a rapprochement with Beijing recently, pivoting from […]
Celebrities ranging from movie stars to pop singers are speaking out and calling for action against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids after two Americans were shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis. From red-carpet premieres to social media platforms, the usually politics-averse celebrity crowd has been swept into the debate following the shooting […]
After reaching for the stars in his first show for Chanel, new chief designer Matthieu Blazy took a feathery flight of fancy this week, unveiling a debut Haute Couture collection inspired by birds and the natural world. The vast Grand Palais exhibition space in central Paris was transformed into an enchanted, psychedelic forest, populated by […]
Decades after three Californian youth theatre students decided to write a musical based on Louisa May Alcott’s coming-of-age classic ‘Little Women’, they have achieved a sell-out world premiere at London’s Theatre Royal. “Jo – The Little Women Musical” began when Redfeld saw and loved the 1994 film of ‘Little Women’, starring Winona Ryder as the […]
A video of former Pakistani film and television actor Reema Khan singing amid snowfall has gone viral on social media, attracting widespread attention from fans and critics alike, at a time when large parts of the United States remain gripped by a deadly winter storm. The short clip, shared by Khan herself on Instagram, shows […]