Hollywood star Gal Gadot is opening up about her iconic portrayal of Wonder Woman and who was the inspiration behind the role. During her recent chat at Vanity Fair Cocktail Hour Live! the actor revealed that the real-life superhero that her character was shaped after was none other than the late Princess Diana. It wasn’t just the names that were similar between …

When Prince Philip first met Diana, who was 19-years-old at the time,  the impact of the meeting saw him write a letter to Prince Charles. According to author Gyles Brandreth, her shyness and youth led the Duke of Edinburgh to give “an ultimatum” to his son Prince Charles regarding marriage Gyles, while writing for Mail Online, revealed Prince Philip’s involvement in …

American comedian Stephan Colbert isn’t too thrilled about actor and former wrestler Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson considering a presidential bid. During the latest episode of CBS’ Late Show, the TV host said the United States does not need another celebrity in the Oval Office which is why he should reconsider his plans of running for president. “Look, folks. I love Dwayne …

TEHRAN: Iran’s Presi-dent Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday the decision to boost uranium enrichment to 60 per cent was a response to arch-foe Israel’s “nuclear terrorism” against its Natanz facility. Tehran starting up advanced centrifuges and producing more highly refined uranium “is a response to your malice”, Rouhani said in a message aimed at the Jewish state. “What you did …

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday summoned the Sindh chief secretary over slackness on part of the provincial government in enacting a law for conservation of the precious water resource, installation of flow meters at different beverage factories and revenue collection for using groundwater. A three-judge SC bench headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial took up a suo motu case …

YANGON: Anti-coup protesters in Myanmar sloshed red paint in the streets on Wednesday to symbolise the blood spilled and more than 700 lives lost in a brutal military crackdown. The country is barely functioning and the economy has stalled since the military seized power from civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Feb 1. The junta has sought to quell …

COPENHAGEN: Denmark on Wednesday announced it would stop using the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine altogether, becoming the first European country to do so over suspected rare but serious side effects. “Denmark’s vaccination campaign will go ahead without the AstraZeneca vaccine,” Danish Health Authority director Soren Brostrom told journalists, despite recommendations from the World Health Organisation and Europe’s medicines watchdog to keep …

DHAKA: Thousands of police patrolled the empty streets of the Bangladesh capital on Wednesday as the government enforced a strict nationwide lockdown to combat a deadly new coronavirus wave. Normally jammed with some of Asia’s worst gridlock, Dhaka took on the air of a ghost town as officers set up checkpoints across the city of 20 million people to ensure …

MUMBAI: India’s new coronavirus infections hit a record level on Wednesday with Mumbai set to be locked down at midnight, but hundreds of thousands of pilgrims still thronged to a religious festival in the north of the country. The country reported 184,372 cases in the last 24 hours, health ministry data showed, taking total infections to 13.9 million. Deaths rose …

NEW DELHI: Top intelligence officers from Pakistan and India held secret talks in Dubai in January in a fresh effort to calm tensions over Kashmir, according to people with close knowledge of the matter in New Delhi. But the two governments have reopened a back channel of diplomacy aimed at a modest roadmap to normalising ties over the next several …