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Despite making the 15-film shortlist, ‘Homebound’ fails to reach the final five at the 98th Academy Awards India may churn out around 2,000 movies per year, but it is yet to win a golden statuette in the coveted film categories at the Oscars. The South Asian nation’s Oscar journey started in 1957, with Mother India … Read more
Gustav Isaksen (R) scored Lazio’s winning goal against AC Milan. Photo: AFP MILAN: AC Milan missed the chance to pile pressure on local rivals Inter in the Serie A title fight after falling to a 1-0 defeat at Lazio on Sunday, as Como beat 10-man Roma 2-1 to increase their hopes of a shock Champions … Read more
Stuttgart forward Deniz Undav opens the scoring for the home side against RB Leipzig on Sunday. Photo: AFP BERLIN: Stuttgart’s Deniz Undav scored the only goal in a 1-0 home win over RB Leipzig on Sunday, sending the fourth-placed hosts three points clear of the visitors in the Bundesliga. Undav pounced on an error from … Read more
Britain working with allies on plan to reopen Strait of Hormuz, UK PM Kier Starmer says Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a press conference in Tehran on January 18, 2026. PHOTO: AFP Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Monday that Tehran had shown it was ready to take the war with Israel and … Read more
President Trump warned that he could postpone a meeting set to begin in just over two weeks if China refuses to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
The director has spent three decades creating an inimitable style, as seen in films like “Boogie Nights,” “There Will Be Blood,” “Phantom Thread” and more.
Pakistan’s Champions Trophy winning skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed retires aged 38. Photo: REUTERS KARACHI: The balcony door of a house opened and a man appeared. He was not a political leader, yet the entire street was packed with people eager to catch a glimpse of him. As soon as he raised the trophy in his hands, … Read more
The restrictions on half the continent have been called racist and unfair. “We don’t come to the United States because we’re running away,” one N.B.A. fan said.
Meteorologists are not mincing words in their forecasts for record-high temperatures in California and the desert Southwest.
Instead of obsessing over the fictional Cheburashka, Russians should be focused on more important things like the rebirth of a Russian empire, influential conservatives say.