Meet Manii Basran, the West London mehndi artist who took her Starbucks competition win from cup to billboardMehndi is usually seen on hands.A bride’s palms before her wedding. Intricate patterns running down the fingers. Those tiny lines and details that can take hours to create and are often tied to a very special celebration.But West…
Republican Rep. John James on Tuesday sought to put some daylight between himself and President Donald Trump as he debated his opponent in the Michigan governor’s race. Democratic nominee Jocelyn Benson, Michigan’s secretary of state, repeatedly tried to tie James to Trump during the hourlong showdown, saying he had failed to stand up to Trump…
As we walk through the greenery, it is eerily quiet bar bird song and the mewing of hungry, stray cats. Dozens of fire-damaged homes, which were simple, one-storey buildings in Nir Oz, have now been torn down, leaving just rows of the reinforced concrete safe rooms, which failed to keep people safe. The Aharons want…
Japanese authorities are investigating officials of a city in the central region over claims they inflated population numbers in the most recent census. Police raided the city hall of Toyama on Saturday after the central government filed a criminal complaint accusing officials of falsely adding more than 2,000 people. The census is used to calculate…
Pornhub has returned to Australia, eight months after it went dark due to age verification laws, but only adults with Apple devices will be able to access the site. On Wednesday, parent company Aylo said it was restoring access for “eligible adult users in Australia” who have “confirmed their age through Apple’s Australian age-verification process”….
The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday raised interest rates for the first time since 2023, joining several major central banks in tightening monetary policy to arrest accelerating inflation. The central hiked the benchmark repo rate by 25 basis points to a 1-year high of 5.50%, in line with expectations of economists polled by Reuters….
Zendaya attends the Louis Vuitton Womenswear Spring Summer 2027 collection presented in Paris, France, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard) Zendaya has done it again. And this time, she’s proving that repeating an outfit doesn’t mean repeating the same look.The actor arrived at Nicolas Ghesquière’s Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2027 showcase during Paris Fashion Week…
Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms and Republican Rick Jackson clashed Tuesday night during their only scheduled debate of this fall’s race for governor in Georgia, taking aim at each other on economic issues, data centers and President Donald Trump. Public polls show Bottoms, the former mayor of Atlanta and a former Biden administration official, and Jackson,…
Former German spy chief August Hanning has been arrested on suspicion of espionage, treason and obtaining classified information for a foreign power, the German Federal Prosecutor’s Office says. Hanning headed the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) from 1998 to 2005 and has since been working as a private consultant. Prosecutors allege that he used classified intelligence…
Former Australian bishop Christopher Saunders has been jailed for sexually abusing two young Aboriginal men during his time as a Catholic cleric. Saunders – who resigned as Bishop of Broome when first accused of wrongdoing in 2020 – was found guilty of one charge of rape and 12 counts of indecent assault. The 76-year-old was…