Transport Minister Dean Nalder today announced the appointment of an independent chair of the board for the soon-to-be established Southern Ports Authority. Mr Nalder has appointed Roger Hussey as inaugural chair of the new board, and Neema Premji, who had been serving interim chair-elect, as deputy chair. The Minister said the decision was based both […]
Cairo, Sep 2 (IANS/EFE) Islamic rebels clashed with the Syrian forces near Israeli-controlled Golan Heights Monday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The observatory, in a statement, said that fighting continued throughout the day between Syrian army units and insurgents including the Al Nusra Front, an Al Qaeda affiliated group, in the province of Quneitra. […]
London, Sep 2 (IANS) Actress-model Kelly Brook has revealed that she suffered a second miscarriage while dating Thom Evans. The 34-year-old and the former rugby star lost their first child May 6, 2011 when Brook gave birth at just six months pregnant, reports femalefirst.co.uk. Writing in an extract of her autobiography, printed in The Sun newspaper, […]
Moscow, Sep 2 (IANS/EFE) Russia will take retaliatory measures to defend its legitimate interests if the European Union imposes new sanctions over Moscow’s intervention in Ukraine, the country’s foreign ministry said Monday. “The hysteria whipped up in the runup to European Council’s meeting around the mythical ‘Russian aggression in Ukraine’ has yielded fruit,” Efe quoted a […]
Los Angeles, Sep 2 (IANS) Pop star Miley Cyrus and British actor Douglas Booth are reportedly dating. The “Wrecking Ball” hitmaker was first rumoured to be romancing Booth in 2010 when they co-starred in teen drama “Lol” and the pair was recently seen at Soho House in Hollywood. “Miley and Douglas looked very intimate with each […]
United Nations, Sep 2 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Monday expressed alarm at the Israeli declaration of a 400 hectares area in the West bank as “state land”. “The secretary-general is alarmed by yesterday’s announcement by Israeli authorities to declare as so-called ‘state land’ nearly 1,000 acres of land in the Bethlehem area of the West […]
Aden, Sep 2 (IANS) Three people have been executed by militants in Yemen Monday for having links with the United States, a military source said. “Suspected Yemen-based Al Qaida operatives kidnapped three local residents and then executed them all by firing a barrage of bullets on them in Qattan region of Hadramout province,” Xinhua quoted the […]
Los Angeles, Sep 2 (IANS) Actress-writer Lena Dunham has condemned a mystery hacker who leaked nude photographs of celebrities, including actress Jennifer Lawrence. Lawrence hit headlines Sunday when intimate snaps of her were posted on the internet by a hacker who claims to have similar pictures of more than 100 female stars, reports holllywood.com. Now “Girls” […]
Beijing, Sep 2 (IANS) A stabbing spree in a Chinese school has left three children and a teacher dead Monday. Chen Yanfu, 43, who was upset that his daughter was not allowed to register at the school, rampaged through classrooms of Dongfang Primary School, stabbing students and teachers, in Yunxi county in central China’s Hubei province […]
Los Angeles, Sep 2 (IANS) Actress Jennifer Aniston, who admits she’s “eased up” her workout regime, says it’s important to take time off from working hard in the gym to simply enjoy life sometimes. The 45-year-old, who sticks to a combination of running, yoga and climbing to maintain her A-list figure, insists she has slackened her […]