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Lewis Pullman and Danielle Brooks announce the nominees for Best Picture during the 98th Oscar Nominations Announcement in Beverly Hills, California. Photo: AFP LOS ANGELES: Vampire period thriller ‘Sinners’ has redrawn the Oscars map, storming into awards season history with a record-breaking 16 Academy Award nominations that stunned Hollywood and signalled a dramatic shift in … Read more
Arne Slot expects Liverpool’s new signings to keep improving. Photo: AFP LIVERPOOL: Liverpool boss Arne Slot believes the Reds will only get better in the years to come as a huge outlay on young talent in the transfer market begins to bear fruit. Hopes of retaining the Premier League title were high at the start … Read more
Pakistan Medical Association says over 600,000 fake doctors operate across the country This photograph taken on January 8, 2026, shows a quack doctor Abdul Waheed (L) trying to diagnose a minor in his unlicensed clinic on the outskirts of Hyderabad. PHOTO: AFP Rusted nails hold used infusion tubes on the wall of a clinic run … Read more
A panel recommended that Gabrielle Goliath represent South Africa at the event. But the culture minister rejected its suggestion.
To Lam, the head of Vietnam’s Communist Party, will also become president of the nation. His new stature comes with new risks.
It’s not just frostbite and hypothermia. Freezing cold can affect almost every part of your body.
This month’s picks include lonely swordsmen, buddy cops, and a World War II German tank.
Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane has 34 goals in all competitions this season. Photo: AFP MUNICH: Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane revealed a hidden motivation behind his brilliant season with the German giants — a schnitzel for every goal he scores. After chalking up the best opening half of a campaign in Bundesliga history, Kane’s … Read more
Incident occurs in village Sareegal with snow slide trapping 10 family members; president offers condolences Pakistan Army recovers and transfers bodies of victims killed in Damel avalanche in Lower Chitral. Photo: Express At least nine people were killed and one child injured after an avalanche struck a house in the remote Damel area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s … Read more
Protesters wave Greenlandic flags as they take part in a rally under the slogans ‘Hands off Greenland’ and ‘Greenland for Greenlanders’, in front of the City Hall in Copenhagen, Denmark on January 17. PHOTO: AFP Europe may have rallied to see off President Donald Trump over Greenland, but its leaders recognise the confrontation is unlikely … Read more