When Trevor Noah was tapped in 2015 to succeed Jon Stewart as the host of The Daily Show, he was relatively unknown outside his native South Africa. When the 37-year-old funnyman takes the stage Sunday in Los Angeles to host the Grammys, music’s biggest night, it will be as one of the biggest names in comedy. Noah occupies a somewhat singular …

After the success of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s interview, Oprah Winfrey is returning with another explosive chat. In a clip released recently, she was seen chatting with Priyanka Chopra and quizzing the Bollywood megastar about her memoir, Unfinished, as well as her family plans with husband Nick Jonas. The queen of daytime television can be seen asking Chopra in the …

This year’s Grammy Awards ruffled the feathers of quite a few artists as they accused the Recording Academy of  snubbing people of colour in the music industry. Following his earlier lash out at the Recording Academy, The Weeknd has issued another statement ahead of the show on Sunday. In his statement given to the New York Times, he explained: “Because …

LONDON: Prince Harry and his mixed-race wife Meghan’s popularity has fallen sharply in Britain after their explosive interview accusing the royal family of racism, a poll suggested on Friday. More than 11 million people in Britain, and 50 million in the United States watched the couple claim that an unnamed royal had asked how dark their baby’s skin would be. …

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan informed the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that India’s inhuman military siege of occupied Jammu and Kashmir has caused $3.5 billion in economic loss to the civilian population, saying the coercive actions of Indian troops in the disputed territory violated UN resolutions. In a statement submitted to the 15-member council that debated the link between conflict …

  LONDON: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman dismissed Mohamed Benten as minister for the Haj and Umrah, a position with a leading role in organising Islam’s annual pilgrimage, a royal decree carried by state news agency (SPA) said on Friday. State minister, Issam ben Saeed, was appointed acting minister. Haj and Umrah, which generated billions of dollars each year before the pandemic, is …

NEW YORK: Democratic Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jerry Nadler and several other New York political leaders on Friday joined calls for Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign after a series of sexual misconduct allegations against him in recent weeks. The statements by 14 US representatives came a day after the New York state legislature announced it would review accusations made by six …

DUBAI: An Iranian container ship was damaged in an attack in the Mediterranean, the state-run shipping company said on Friday, adding it would take legal action to identify the perpetrators of what it called terrorism and naval piracy. The ship, Shahre Kord, was slightly damaged in Wednesday’s incident by an explosive object which caused a small fire, but no one …

GENEVA: The World Health Organisation said on Friday there was no reason to stop using AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine after several countries suspended the rollout over blood clot fears and as the EU added severe allergies to the list of its possible side effects. The WHO, which said its vaccines advisory committee was examining the safety data coming in, stressed that …

MOSCOW: Russia said on Friday it backed the Taliban’s integration into a future interim government in Afghanistan, as global powers ramped up efforts to secure a peace deal and end decades of war. The Russian foreign ministry’s comments have come as a May deadline looms for the United States to end its two-decade military involvement in the ravaged country. Washington …