• Thursday, March 06, 2025

Coffee remains popular during Ramadan for caffeine-loving Libyans

Italy’s colonisation of Libya left a lasting cultural legacy – a national fondness for espresso. However, during the month of Ramadan, devout Libyans give up their daily caffeine fix. Muslims around the world observe fasting from dawn until dusk during this holy month, which includes abstaining from food and drink.…

Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon wrap up filming their untitled film

Shahid Kapoor and Kriti Sanon have completed filming their upcoming untitled film, which is touted to be “an impossible love story.” On Saturday, Sanon took to Instagram and shared the update with her fans and followers. “Announcing the wrap of our impossible love story. Our untitled project is set to…

Allu Arjun Birthday: Chiranjeevi, Rashmika Mandanna shower love on Pushpa…

It’s Allu Arjun’s birthday and Shah Rukh Khan and all his fans, colleagues and friends have been sending him luck and love from around the world. Showering love on Allu Arjun, megastar Chiranjeevi took to Twitter and wrote: For those not in the know, Allu Arjun is Chiranjeevi’s nephew. Actress…

Shah Rukh surpasses Lionel Messi, Harry-Meghan

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has topped Time magazine’s poll for its annual TIME100 list, bagging more reader votes than football ace Lionel Messi, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. According to the American publication, the “Pathaan” star got over four per cent…

‘Absolute hero’: South African pilot safely lands plane after cobra…

A SOUTH AFRICAN pilot has been lauded for the safe emergency landing of his plane after a highly venomous Cape cobra reared its head in the cockpit mid-flight. Rudolf Erasmus who has been flying for the past five years, maintained his nerve as the cobra slid back under his seat.…

Timing of Murrell’s arrest has nothing to do with SNP…

SCOTLAND’S first minister Humza Yousaf has denied there was any political reason over the timing of the arrest of his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon’s husband. Peter Murrell, the former chief executive of the Scottish National Party (SNP), was arrested and released on Wedensday (5) as part of an investigation into the…

‘No clear evidence of Islamophobia’ in Nusrat Ghani’s 2020 sacking

AN ETHICS adviser to prime minister Rishi Sunak has said he found no clear evidence of Islamophobia to back up allegations by MP Nusrat Ghani that she was sacked from her ministerial job in 2020 partly because of her Muslim faith. Ghani, 50, who has now been reinstated in the…

UK government, companies pause engagement with business lobby CBI

BRITAIN’S business lobby CBI lurched into deeper crisis on Thursday (6), as member companies and the government distanced themselves following more allegations of sexual misconduct by senior staff. The Guardian newspaper had reported on Monday (3) that “more than a dozen” women claim to be victims of sexual misconduct by…

UK pauses expulsion of Nepalese guards rescued from Kabul

THE UK has paused the expulsion of a group of Nepalese military veterans who worked at the British embassy in Kabul before being rescued when the Taliban rulers took over Afghanistan. Thirteen of the former Gurkha soldiers worked as guards at the high-security compound housing the UK and Canadian embassies…

Dia Mirza joins Hollywood actor Edward Norton for UNEP documentary…

Bollywood actress Dia Mirza has teamed up with Hollywood star Edward Norton for a documentary series Restore: Films From the Frontiers of Hope for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The actress, who is the Goodwill Ambassador for UNEP, and the UN Secretary General’s Advocate for Sustainable Development Goals, has narrated “Big…