Published On: March 19, 2024 01:01 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LOS ANGELES, March 19: Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez are now divorced.
Published On: March 18, 2024 02:43 PM NPT By: Associated Press
“ Kung Fu Panda 4 ” stayed at the top of the North American box office in its second weekend in theaters. The Universal and DreamWorks Animation movie earned $30 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Published On: March 15, 2024 10:41 AM NPT By: Associated Press
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appointed his longtime economic adviser to be the next prime minister in the face of U.S. pressure to reform the Palestinian Authority as part of Washington’s postwar vision for Gaza.
Published On: March 14, 2024 08:35 AM NPT By: Associated Press
DALLAS, March 14: Confined to an iron lung after contracting polio as a child, Paul Alexander managed to train himself to breathe on his own for part of the day, earned a law degree, wrote a book about his life, built a big following on social media and inspired people around the globe with his positive outlook.
Published On: March 13, 2024 10:32 AM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING, March 13: Rescuers were responding to a suspected gas leak explosion Wednesday in a building in northern China that has killed one person and injured 22, authorities said.
Published On: March 12, 2024 02:27 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW DELHI (AP) — India has implemented a controversial citizenship law that has been widely criticized for excluding Muslims, a minority community whose concerns have heightened under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government.
Published On: March 12, 2024 02:22 PM NPT By: Associated Press
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Sixteen years ago, mass protests in Nepal forced then-King Gyanendra Shah to give up the throne and clear the way for a republic. Now, a new wave of protest is trying to bring him back.
Published On: March 11, 2024 01:38 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) — China’s national congress was concluding its annual session Monday with the usual show of near-unanimous support for plans designed to carry out ruling Communist Party leader Xi Jinping’s vision for the nation.
Published On: March 7, 2024 10:15 AM NPT By: Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) — China has plenty of room to maneuver to attain its annual target for robust economic growth of about 5% after a strong start for the year, top economic officials said Wednesday, though they acknowledged it’s a challenge.
Published On: March 6, 2024 12:39 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW DELHI (AP) — The woman in the Instagram video appeared shaken. Her face was swollen and bruised. Sitting beside her husband, she began recounting her ordeal.
Published On: March 6, 2024 09:30 AM NPT By: Associated Press
LONDON, March 6: A technical issue caused widespread login issues for a few hours across Meta’s Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Messenger platforms Tuesday.
Published On: March 5, 2024 02:15 PM NPT By: Associated Press
PARIS (AP) — French lawmakers on Monday overwhelmingly approved a bill to enshrine abortion rights in France’s constitution, making it the only country to explicitly guarantee a woman’s right to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy.
Published On: March 5, 2024 12:27 PM NPT By: Associated Press
DENVER (AP) — Former President Donald Trump gained a clear win at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, which unanimously ruled that states don’t have the ability to bar him — or any other federal candidates — from the ballot under a rarely-used constitutional provision that prohibits those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office.
Published On: March 4, 2024 10:04 AM NPT By: Associated Press
Movie theaters were looking for a savior and “ Dune: Part Two ” is delivering on the promise. Armed with sandworms, big screen spectacle and the star power of Timothée Chalamet, Denis Villeneuve ’s science fiction epic stormed the North American box office this weekend earning $81.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Published On: February 25, 2024 08:20 AM NPT By: Associated Press
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip, Feb 25: Israeli officials will meet Saturday night on the next steps after the latest talks with the United States, Egypt and Qatar in search of a deal on pausing the fighting in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
Published On: February 23, 2024 02:20 PM NPT By: Associated Press
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Feb 23: A private lander on Thursday made the first U.S. touchdown on the moon in more than 50 years, but managed just a weak signal back until flight controllers scrambled to gain better contact.
Published On: February 21, 2024 08:40 AM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW YORK, Feb 21: The Beatles are getting the big-screen biopic treatment in not just one film, but a Fab Four of movies that will give each band member their own spotlight — all of which are to be directed by Sam Mendes.
Published On: February 19, 2024 02:24 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LONDON, Feb 19: Atom bomb epic “Oppenheimer” won seven prizes, including best picture, director and actor, at the 77th British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, cementing its front-runner status for the Oscars next month.
Published On: February 17, 2024 04:16 PM NPT By: Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb 17: Taylor Swift donated $100,000 to the family of Lisa Lopez-Galvan, the woman killed in the shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade.
Published On: February 15, 2024 11:15 AM NPT By: Associated Press
ABU MUREIKHA, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Middle East’s first traditional stone-built Hindu temple on Wednesday, internationalizing both his reelection campaign and his effort to push secular India into a Hindu state.