- Thursday, February 27, 2025
The Toronto International Film Festival on Wednesday announced this year’s Short Cuts lineup, showcasing 42 live-action narrative, documentary, and animated shorts by filmmakers representing 23 countries. The 2023 Short Cuts lineup includes 21 World Premieres, 13 North American Premieres, and 5 International Premieres presented in 19 different languages, with a…
AS part of the October booster programme, free coronavirus and flu vaccines will be extended to individuals aged 65 and above, as well as to health and social care workers and adults with weakened immune systems. Eligible people can receive the vaccine at GP surgeries and pharmacies. The eligibility requirements…
In the aftermath of a shipwreck in the Mediterranean last week, concerns arise for the well-being of forty-one migrants, including three children, who are feared dead. The incident has been documented by UN agencies, with attention drawn to the plight of four survivors who were transported to the Italian island…
ASIAN businesses in Luton are ready to reap the benefits of the local football club’s first ever season in the Premier League, according to locals. Luton Town’s ground is in The Bury Park area of the town, home to a large south Asian community which moved there in the 1970s…
AT LEAST 17 people drowned when a boat carrying Rohingya refugees fleeing Myanmar’s Rakhine state broke up at sea this week, rescuers said Thursday (10). Thousands of Rohingya risk their lives each year making perilous sea journeys from camps in Bangladesh and Myanmar to try to reach Muslim-majority Malaysia and…
THE Indian government on Thursday (10) introduced a bill to regulate the appointment, conditions of service and term of office of the chief election commissioner and other election commissioners, with opposition parties strongly opposing the move. Law minister Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced the bill in Rajya Sabha, the upper house…
INDIA’S Prithvi Shaw struck the sixth highest individual one-day score on Wednesday (9) when he blasted an extraordinary 244 for Northamptonshire in their English county One-Day Cup match at home to Somerset. The 23-year-old, opening the batting, faced just 153 balls, including 28 fours and 11 sixes as Northamptonshire piled…
As someone who grew up “watching and worshipping” Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan on screen, actor Ranveer Singh on Thursday said he hopes to make the two Hindi cinema superstars proud as he takes on the mantle of the new Don. In an Instagram post, Ranveer said he understood…
The craze for superstar Rajinikanth’s action thriller film Jailer doesn’t seem to end soon. A couple travelled all the way to Chennai from Japan to watch the film. The man, identified as Yasuda, is said to be Rajinikanth’s fan and he travelled to Chennai along with his wife to enjoy the Rajini…
Actor Shah Rukh Khan on Thursday unveiled the official trailer of Dulquer Salmaan’s upcoming action thriller film King of Kotha. Taking to Twitter, Shah Rukh Khan wrote, “Congratulations on the impressive #KOKTrailer, @dulQuer ! Looking forward to the movie. Big hug to you and wishing the entire team a big success!”…
