Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says his predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, is acknowledging his guilt in a case in which he’s accused of plotting a coup to stay in power after his 2022 electoral defeat by focusing on a campaign for amnesty. Bolsonaro and allied lawmakers are pushing for a bill that would pardon … Read more
In a James Bond shake-up that stirred the film industry, Amazon MGM has announced that the studio has taken the creative reins of the 007 franchise after decades of family control. Long-time Bond custodians Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said they would be stepping back. Amazon MGM Studios, Wilson and Broccoli formed a new … Read more
Revitalised Australian star Aidan Sezer says he’s ready to lead Hull up the Super League table as the buoyant Black and Whites prepare to host wounded champions Wigan at the MKM Stadium. The former Gold Coast and Canberra half-back, who left Leeds after two seasons in 2023 and rediscovered his motivation levels in a short … Read more
Another person has died from a disease linked with heavy rain in a flood-hit region that may soon be on cyclone watch. Queensland Health confirmed an elderly person had died of melioidosis in Townsville while three new cases of dengue virus had also been discovered in the community. It came after it was revealed melioidosis … Read more
Beyonce has announced an “historic partnership” with Ulta Beauty. The 43-year-old pop star’s beauty brand Cécred has confirmed its first retail partner, with its products coming to over 1,400 Ulta Beauty stores as well as the retailer’s website. She told Women’s Wear Daily: “In the past year, we’ve helped so many make a deeper connection … Read more
Hamas has handed over the bodies of Israeli infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel, the two youngest captives taken by Hamas in their October 7, 2023 attack and among the most potent symbols of the trauma inflicted that day. Red Cross vehicles drove away from the handover site in the Gaza Strip with … Read more
Sir Mick Jagger’s eight-year-old son has been left on crutches after sustaining a leg injury. The Rolling Stones frontman’s boy Deveraux has his left limb in a blue cast and is using mobility aids after being involved in a mystery incident, the rocker’s partner Melanie Hamrick has revealed. Melanie took to her Instagram Story to … Read more
Captain Hashmatullah Shahidi has dismissed political calls to boycott Afghanistan’s cricket games on the eve of their first Champions Trophy match. Politicians in England and South Africa urged their cricket authorities to forfeit the Champions Trophy group games against Afghanistan because of the Taliban’s ban on women’s sport and erosion of women’s rights. South Africa … Read more
Somalia says its army and allied clan militias have fought off coordinated raids on villages by the Islamist al Shabaab armed group in the country’s south, killing more than 130 attackers. The al-Qaeda-linked militant group has conducted a bloody insurgency in southern and central Somalia since 2007, killing thousands of people in a campaign that … Read more
Australia’s tennis battler supreme Alex de Minaur has delivered perhaps his greatest show of defiance on a tennis court at the Qatar Open, resistance so amazing it made his eventual conqueror Andrey Rublev joke he felt like punching him in exasperation. De Minaur was the very model of indomitability, extraordinarily saving seven match points in … Read more