Los Angeles, March 9 (IANS) Singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding says she used to be “a bit of a rebel” as a teenager. She experienced “a period of drinking and being a bit crazy” – a compete contrast to her current innocent image, reports contactmusic.com. She told a journalist about hearing a life on the streets, and said: […]
Beijing, March 9 (IANS) There is still no information on the location of Malaysian Airlines flight MH 370, more than 24 hours after it lost contact with ground, the airline said early Sunday. “As of now, the search and the rescue team has yet to determine the whereabouts of the MH370,” Xinhua quoted the airline’s spokesperson […]
Bbaghdad, March 9 (IANS) At least 31 people, including a candidate for the upcoming parliamentary elections, were killed and 49 others wounded in separate violent attacks across Iraq Saturday, Xinhua reported citing police sources. In Sharqat, 280 km north of Baghdad, unidentified gunmen attacked a car carrying Mohammed Hussein Hamid al-Gawamid, a parliamentary candidate on the […]
Colombo, March 9 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa promised to push ahead with development while opening a Japanese funded highway here Saturday, reiterating he would not back down from international scrutiny over the country’s human rights record, Xinhua reported. The Outer Circular Highway, which includes several national and provincial roads and cost $184 million was […]
Los Angeles, March 9 (IANS) Actors Shia LaBeouf and Stacy Martin carefully used prosthetics and porn doubles for intimate scenes in the movie “Nymphomaniac”, about a self confessed sex addict recounting her life story. “Neither Shia nor I were willing to actually have sex onscreen, obviously. Everything was set in place for us to have a […]
London, March 9 (IANS) Rapper Jay Z has reportedly rejected a chance to be Kanye West’s best man at his wedding to socialite Kim Kardashian because he is totally against appearing on her reality TV show. The 44-year-old only agreed to the idea initially, provided his family, including wife Beyonce Knowles and their two-year-old daughter Blue […]
London, March 9 (IANS) Arsenal became the first team to seal a place at Wembley in The FA Cup Semi-Finals, when they knocked out Everton at the Emirates Stadium in Saturday’s only Sixth Round tie. An early opening goal from Mesut Ozil, the German’s first since December, set Arsene Wenger’s side on their way only for […]
Tehran, March 9 (IANS) European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton arrived in Iran’s capital Tehran Saturday for talks on Iran’s nuclear issue and the relations between Iran and Europe, media reported. Ashton is scheduled to meet with Iran’s president, foreign minister and parliament speaker during her stay in Tehran, Xinhua reported. Senior Iranian nuclear […]
Washington, March 9 (IANS) The US Navy said Saturday that it has dispatched a warship to assist in the search for a missing Malaysia Airlines plane. The USS Pinckney, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, is en route to the southern coast of Vietnam to aid in the search for flight MH370, Xinhua quoted the US […]
Sopot (Poland), March 9 (IANS/CMC) Reigning World and Olympic 100 metres champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce stormed into Sunday’s semi-finals of the women’s 60m sprint, when she won her heat at the World Indoor Championships here. Running out of lane three in heat two, the dynamic pint-sized sprinter easily brushed aside her competition to cross the line in […]