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Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse has been killed and his wife injured in an attack on their home in the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince. The interim Prime Minister M Claude Joseph says unidentified gunmen stormed
Sydney residents will be in lockdown for another week as Australia's largest city fights to contain a Covid outbreak. The New South Wales government said it had made the "difficult decision" as it battles the high
Legendary Bollywood actor Dilip Kumar has passed away due to a prolonged illness. He was 98-years-old and is survived by his wife, veteran actress Saira Banu. Dilip Kumar - born Yusuf Khan – is regarded as o
The ninth movie in the Fast and Furious series, F9, has crossed the $US500 million mark at the worldwide box office according to Box Office Mojo. This would make it the first Hollywood film since the pandemic began
Pope Francis has been admitted to a hospital in Rome for scheduled surgery to treat a colon problem. BBC News reports Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said there would be more information after the surgery had taken
After 15 years of marriage, superstar Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao have announced that they are getting a divorce. The couple revealed that they had planned separation some time ago and now they feel comfortable making
US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy says he is concerned that the Delta variant of COVID-19 is behind the rise in cases of coronavirus in the US and warned that the unvaccinated are at risk because it spreads faster tha
US comedian Bill Cosby has left prison hours after his sexual assault conviction was overturned by Pennsylvania's Supreme Court. BBC News reports the judges said there had been a "process violation" by the prosecu
A Covid outbreak in Sydney has grown to 128 cases, linked to the highly contagious Delta strain first detected in India. A small number of positive infections have also been recorded in the Northern Territory, Quee
It took just seconds for a person to be infected with COVID-19 as a stranger walked past them while shopping at Bondi Junction Westfield in Sydney. And the ABC reports it hasn't happened just once. Australian
Hollywood is hoping so as Universal Pictures reports that the ninth installment of the Fast and Furious franchise, “F9: The Fast Saga,†is expected to earn $68 million on 4,179 screens — the largest theater count
New Zealand’s quarantine-free travel with Australia has been paused until midnight Tuesday. It came as more cases of the virus were announced in New South Wales and Greater Sydney was put into a two-week lockdown
Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who killed George Floyd on a Minneapolis street in the US last year has been sentenced to 22 and half years in prison. Chauvin spoke briefly before the sentence was imposed,
Harrison Ford has suffered a shoulder injury while rehearsing a fight scene for the latest Indiana Jones film. The Hollywood star has returned to the role of the all-action archaeologist at the age of 78. The
Health authorities in New Zealand are not ruling out an alert level change in Wellington after an Australian tourist tested positive for COVID-19 after visiting the city over the weekend. Director-General of
Actor Akshay Kumar has started shooting for his next film Raksha Bandhdan. The film also stars Sahejmeen Kaur, Deepika Khanna, Sadia Khateeb, and Smrithi Srikanth who play Kumar’s sisters. The movie is direc
The number of deaths related to COVID-19 has passed 500,000 in Brazil, the second-highest in the world, as experts say the outbreak could worsen amid slow vaccination and the start of winter. The virus continues to
The number of deaths related to Covid-19 has passed 500,000 in Brazil, the second-highest in the world, as experts say the outbreak could worsen amid slow vaccination and the start of winter. The virus continues to
Scarlett Johansson has criticised the "hyper-sexualisation" of her character Black Widow in the Marvel film Iron Man 2. Black Widow, aka Natasha Romanoff, first appeared in the 2010 film. The actress told ente
Soul icon Diana Ross has revealed details of her first album in 15 years. BBC News reports Thank You is the follow-up to Ross's 2006 album I Love You, and was recorded entirely in her home studio during the pandemi
