Entertainment

Wednesday, January 10th 2018 - 09:48 UTC
Women to the rescue of men: don't fall into a “Puritanical” witch hunt

Legendary French actress Catherine Deneuve is among 100 women who signed an editorial Tuesday in French daily Le Monde, criticizing the current #MeToo movement for restricting sexual freedom.
Tuesday, January 9th 2018 - 09:55 UTC
World's largest party: New Year celebrations in Rio beaches attracted 2.4 million people

Where was the best New Year party in the World? At Times Square New York in below zero temperature or on a sunny summer beach day in Rio De Janeiro with 2.4 million happy tourists and locals going wild. On Sunday, December 31st, 2.4 million people gathered on Copacabana’s beach to welcome 2018. According to Riotur, this is the largest audience ever registered in Copacabana’s New Year’s Eve celebration, considered one of the best in the world.
Wednesday, January 3rd 2018 - 10:05 UTC
“2017 was the safest year for aviation ever”

Airlines recorded zero accident deaths in commercial passenger jets last year, according to a Dutch consulting firm and an aviation safety group that tracks crashes, making 2017 the safest year on record for commercial air travel. Dutch aviation consulting firm To70 and the Aviation Safety Network both reported there were no commercial passenger jet fatalities in 2017.
Tuesday, January 2nd 2018 - 10:44 UTC
Royal Mint coins to celebrate Frankenstein, the Armistice, Women's vote and RAF

The United Kingdom will make new coins this year to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein’’ as well as commemorate a century since women started gaining the right to vote. Designs on special two-pound coins will also honor the end of the First World War and the creation of the Royal Air Force in 1918, the U.K.’s Royal Mint said in a statement.
Thursday, December 14th 2017 - 06:05 UTC
Falklands, next call for Indian Navy sailboat with an all-women crew

The Indian Navy sailboat INSV Tarini left New Zealand on Tuesday for the next leg of its journey towards Falkland Islands, after completing the second leg of its circumnavigation voyage, an official statement said. Tarini, with its all-women team of Indian Naval officers, had arrived in New Zealand on November 29.
Saturday, December 9th 2017 - 20:22 UTC
Da Vinci's record US$ 450 million “Salvator Mundi” exhibited at Louvre Abu Dhabi

The Louvre Abu Dhabi is getting Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi,” which sold last month at a Christie’s auction for US$ 450 million, the most ever paid for a work of art. Christie’s said the artwork will be going to the museum, but declined to say whether the Louvre Abu Dhabi bought the painting. The Louvre Abu Dhabi said in a tweet Wednesday: “Da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi is coming to #LouvreAbuDhabi.”
Wednesday, December 6th 2017 - 08:44 UTC
Russia banned from Winter Olympics: “systematic manipulation” of the anti doping system

Russia has been banned from the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics after the IOC found evidence of an “unprecedented systematic manipulation” of the anti-doping system that has led to a series of suspensions for the country’s athletes in recent months.
Tuesday, November 28th 2017 - 10:03 UTC
Dr Matt McDowell will be soon visiting the Falkland Islands

An academic based at the University of Edinburgh will be soon visiting the Falkland Islands to study the recent history of sport on the Islands, and in international competitions.
Tuesday, November 28th 2017 - 09:37 UTC
Huge payments linked to the 2022 Qatar World Cup investigated by Brazil and FBI

The transfer of US$22 million made by Qatar and allegedly linked to the soccer 2022 World Cup is being investigated by the Brazilian justice ministry and the FBI, according to a report in the French news website Mediapart on Sunday.
Wednesday, November 22nd 2017 - 20:24 UTC
Three former football officials are banned for life by FIFA’s Ethics Committee

Julio Rocha, Rafael Esquivel and Richard Lai had all pleaded guilty to bribery and corruption charges brought by the United States Department of Justice in its massive international criminal probe into FIFA.