Entertainment

• Monday, January 6th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  “Tuna King” pays US$ 1.8 million for a giant tuna at Tokyo's ,main fish market

  

  A celebrated Japanese sushi businessman, nicknamed “Tuna King”, paid US$1.8 million for a giant tuna at New Year's auction at Tokyo's main fish market on Sunday. Kiyoshi Kimura, who runs a successful sushi restaurant chain, paid 193 million yen (US$1.8 million) to purchase a 276kg bluefin tuna, caught off the Aomori region in northern Japan.

• Friday, January 3rd 2020 - 08:37 UTC

  Falklands' farmer and charity worker awarded the BEM in the Queen's New Year Honor List

  

  The Falkland Islands' farmer and committed charity worker Tex Alazia was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the Queen's New Year's Honors List.

• Tuesday, December 31st 2019 - 12:30 UTC

  An intriguing Netflix's production, “The prosecutor, the president and the spy”

  

  Netflix will be launching on January first a six-chapter film on one of the most intriguing criminal cases in recent Argentina history, still unsolved, which refers to the killing of former special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, and which was first categorized as suicide.

• Monday, December 30th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Freezing record: Six men cross the Drake Passage to Antarctica rowing, in 13 days

  

  As freezing water thrashed their rowboat in some of the most treacherous waters in the world, six men fought for 13 days to make history, becoming the first people to traverse the infamous Drake Passage with nothing other than sheer manpower.

• Monday, December 30th 2019 - 08:01 UTC

  Carnival Panorama wins the “Best New Cruise Ship of 2019” Award

  

  Carnival Panorama has won the “Best New Cruise Ship” of 2019 in the Cruise Ship Awards. The new Vista-class vessel was up against Spectrum of the Seas from Royal Caribbean, Norwegian Encore operated by NCL, Sky Princess from Princess Cruises, MSC Bellissima from MSC Cruises, Costa Smeralda operated by Costa Cruises, MSC Grandiosa from MSC Cruises and Costa Venezia which is also in the Costa Cruises fleet.

• Friday, December 27th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Fire bomb attack on Netflix Rio office to protest a special Christmas depicting Jesus as gay and with a boyfriend

  

  Police are investigating a fire-bomb attack on the Rio de Janeiro office of a production company behind a controversial Christmas special aired on streaming service Netflix.

• Friday, December 27th 2019 - 09:52 UTC

  Maradona ambassador for the recovery of open spaces and turn them into football fields for Argentine kids

  

  Diego Maradona, Argentina's beloved “10” has been named ambassador for the recovery of urban playgrounds, where Argentine kids in the old fashion can play soccer, and hopefully as happened with Diego and so many other Argentine players become international stars.

• Thursday, December 26th 2019 - 12:09 UTC

  Time is right to reinvent the brand of a far too rich The Firm, following princely excesses?

  

  After a torrid 2019 in which the queen's son Prince Andrew was implicated in an underage sex abuse scandal, many in Britain are again asking if the monarchy has gotten too big - and rich - for its own good.

• Tuesday, December 24th 2019 - 09:14 UTC

  UK government calls on football chiefs to rid the sport of racism; UEFA chief accuses Johnson of fuelling the situation

  

  The British government called on football chiefs on Monday to do more to rid the sport of racism but stopped short of launching a full-scale inquiry demanded by the domestic players' union following the latest incident in the English game.

• Tuesday, December 24th 2019 - 09:04 UTC

  First time since the French Revolution with no Christmas mass at Notre Dame cathedral

  

  For the first time in more than 200 years, worshippers will not be able to attend Christmas mass at Notre-Dame cathedral, still being restored after a devastating fire.