A man arrested after he allegedly pepper-sprayed a cellphone user at a movie theater has emerged as a controversial figure among moviegoers, with some branding him a “hero” and others condemning the act. Police in Burbank, California, arrested 34-year-old Matthew Ware on Tuesday evening after he allegedly attacked another moviegoer for using their phone during…
Preliminary results from Russia’s elections suggest that the party backed by President Vladimir Putin, United Russia, will maintain its grip on parliament. The outcome comes as no surprise, according to the BBC’s Russia editor, Steve Rosenberg, who has been following the elections from Moscow. The vote comes after more than four and a half years…
Former England winger Andros Townsend joked that playing Stoke away “wasn’t so bad after all” following a bizarre incident in Thailand in which he was run over by a pitch roller. The 35-year-old former Tottenham, Luton and Crystal Palace forward plays for PT Prachuap in Thai League 1. Townsend was warming up before a match…
In 1995, after a bloody conflict, the Sri Lankan army wrested control of the Jaffna Peninsula from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). It was seen as a key turning point in the war, which ended with the defeat of the Tigers in 2009. As they extended control in the late 1990s, the entire…
Thai food is often associated with fish sauce, shrimp paste and meat, but that is only one side of the country’s remarkably diverse food culture. Across Thailand, vegetarian cooking draws on the same balance of sweet, sour, salty, spicy and aromatic flavours, using ingredients such as tofu, mushrooms, vegetables, coconut milk, herbs and rice.If you…
Harrison Butker kicked two field goals in overtime, the second a 40-yarder that Patrick Mahomes and Kenneth Walker III set up as time expired, giving the Kansas City Chiefs a 33-30 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday night. Mahomes finished with 382 yards passing and three touchdowns, Walker ran for 117 yards, and Travis…
For Beijing, the arrangement also fits into a broader pattern of using its relationships with neighbouring states to manage and signal its position towards India. Haqqani said reassurance to Pakistan on Kashmir was of both strategic and geopolitical value to Beijing. “On the strategic front it further deepens ties with Pakistan and on the geo-strategic…
A powerful typhoon barrelling towards Japan’s eastern coast has disrupted transportation and forced the closure of several tourist hotspots. Typhoon Dujuan, packing sustained winds of 126km/h and gusts of up to 180km/h, is forecast to pass near the Boso Peninsula in Chiba prefecture near Tokyo on Monday. All Nippon Airways has grounded flights to and…
Turn old dupattas into stylish cushion covers without sewing: Easy ways to give your home décor a beautiful makeover There’s always that one dupatta tucked away in the back of the cupboard, too pretty to throw out but too faded or torn to actually wear anymore. Instead of letting it sit there forever or quietly…
HONG KONG — The United States has proposed a new AI safety notification mechanism for President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to consider at their summit in Washington this week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday, amid global concern over whether the world’s two leading AI powers can work together to contain the…
