Dive right in! Like the weather, the Daily Star’s FREE newsletter is a scorcher The average adult has to juggle seven different roles – including being a friend, partner and mentor. A study of 2,000 adults found 64% find it hard to keep on top of the tasks involved in their different roles – with balancing parental and employee duties […]
Read moreDUBAI/RIYADH (Reuters) – As media and people in the United Arab Emirates hailed the Gulf state’s deal to normalise relations with Israel as a diplomatic victory that helps the Palestinians, silence reigned in Saudi Arabia, longtime figurehead of regional policy towards Israel. Analysts see the surprise UAE-Israel agreement announced on Thursday as a strategic boost for the UAE’s regional and […]
Read more* * Main owner cash injections conditional on debt conversion * Debtholder and shareholder meetings scheduled for September * (Adds company comment, updates shares) STOCKHOLM, Aug 14 (Reuters) – SAS said on Friday its main owners had approved a revised rescue plan after it made changes to a key part of the deal earlier this month to appease holders of […]
Read moreAug 14 (Reuters) – Sri Lankan shares rose for a fourth straight session, closing at more than a five-month high on Friday, helped mainly by gains in industrial stocks. ** The benchmark CSE All Share Index ended 0.50% higher at 5,261.99, its highest closing level since March 10. ** Sri Lanka’s June trade deficit narrowed year on year to $161 […]
Read moreAn adorable sausage dog has melted the hearts of viewers by his sheer love for having a bath. Monty, who has his very own Twitter account @montythedaxie, was seen in a recent video having a wash. Unable to hold his excitement and being in the water, the pooch lets off a series of cute yaps. He then playfully paws at […]
Read moreSHANGHAI (Reuters) – ShanghaiPRIDE, one of China’s longest running gay pride groups, said it was cancelling all activities and events for the foreseeable future, citing the need to protect the “safety” of its people and prompting a chorus of regret on social media. Homosexuality is legal in China, which until 2001 had classified it as a mental disorder. However same-sex […]
Read moreMINSK (Reuters) – Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Friday asked supporters to sign an online petition demanding a recount of last Sunday’s presidential election, in which she believes she was cheated out of victory. In a video posted on YouTube, Tsikhanouskaya, who is in neighbouring Lithuania, also asked supporters to demand an official investigation into allegations that the election […]
Read moreMELBOURNE (Reuters) – A cartoon in Australia’s biggest national newspaper drew condemnation on Friday as being racist for portraying U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden describing his new running mate, Kamala Harris, as “this little brown girl”. The cartoon by Johannes Leak in Rupert Murdoch’s The Australian newspaper, known for its conservative views, depicted a beaming Biden saying Harris, the […]
Read moreRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) took Donald Trump to school after the president attacked the congresswoman as a “poor student.” “I won’t say where she went to school. It doesn’t matter,” Trump told Fox Business’ Maria Bartiromo on Thursday. “This is not even a smart person other than she’s got a good line of stuff, I mean she goes out and she yaps […]
Read moreWe will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. The female soldier, described as a “model” soldier of the Ministry of the People’s Armed Forces, was detained after she was caught listening to US-government funded news agency Radio Free Asia (RFA) on duty. She is now […]
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