Meghan Markle has come under fire over her cold response after she was confronted over her treatment of her staffers. Meghan Markle is catching flak for the harsh reaction she gave when she was first confronted over her bullying behaviour towards Palace staffers. The new edition of Robert Lacey’s book, Battle of Brothers, brings to light the intensity of the tensions …

Pop icon Billie Eilish penned an extensive note of apology on Monday after an old video came to surface, showing her using a racial slur. A video compilation of Eilish’s old videos went viral on TikTok that showed the singer mouthing an anti-Asian slur in a resurfaced video to Tyler, the Creator’s song Fish. The singer addressed the controversy and wrote …

Pop star Britney Spears is due on Wednesday to address the Los Angeles court handling the conservatorship, or guardianship, arrangement that has controlled much of her personal and business affairs since 2008. Following is a timeline of key events in the life of Spears, now 39. 1992 – Cast in TV show “The Mickey Mouse Club” with Justin Timberlake, Christina …

Fashion icon Chrissy Teigen revealed how she is doing after getting ensnared in the cyber bullying debacle since over a month. The author was asked by TMZ, while pulling into the carport of her West Hollywood residence, about reports of her wanting to do a tell-all with Oprah Winfrey about the scandal. “I have no idea about the Oprah interview,” said …

TEHRAN: Iran’s President-elect Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday he will not allow nuclear negotiations for the sake of negotiations, in his first news conference since winning election last week. Raisi also ruled out meeting US President Joe Biden but said there were “no obstacles” to resuming diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia which have been severed for five years.“Any negotiations that …

STOCKHOLM: Sweden’s government was toppled on Monday after Stefan Lofven became the country’s first prime minister to lose a no-confidence vote, meaning he can now either resign or trigger a snap election. The motion of no confidence was filed on Thursday by the far right Sweden Democrats, after the Left Party, which has been propping up the government, said it …

LONDON: Dozens of people have ignored advice not to travel to Stonehenge for the annual summer solstice celebrations, which were cancelled on Monday due to coronavirus concerns. English Heritage, which looks after the Neolithic monument, had planned a live feed of the sunrise at Stonehenge for the second year in a row. But the organisation said that programme had to …

DUBAI: Yemen’s warring parties are thrashing out terms for a peace deal that would extricate Saudi Arabia from a costly war and help alleviate a devastating humanitarian crisis, two sources close to the talks and a Houthi official said. Talks between the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthis are focused on steps to lift a blockade on Houthi-held ports and Sanaa …

JAKARTA: Indonesia passed two million coronavirus cases on Monday as infection rates soar and hospitals are flooded with new patients, prompting warnings that the Southeast Asian nation’s health crisis could spiral out of control. The unwanted milestone came after daily case rates more than doubled in recent weeks and authorities identified the presence of highly infectious Covid-19 variants. On Monday, …

HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s embattled pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily reported on Monday that its board of directors has asked authorities to unfreeze some assets so it can pay salaries and avoid labour violations, and that the board will meet again on Friday to decide if the newspaper will cease operations. Police last week arrested five top editors and executives of Apple Daily under the …