Category: International
BALINESE KETUT PERMATA JULIASTRID WINS INAUGURAL MISS COSMO PAGEANT
Bali native Ketut Permata Juliastrid, a 21-year-old fashion design student at Denpasar’s Bali Institute of Design and Business, has won the inaugural [...]
BRITISH ACTRESS MAGGIE SMITH OF SISTER ACT, HARRY POTTER AND DOWNTON ABBEY DIES AGED 89
British actress Dame Margaret Natalie Smith, better-known simply as Maggie Smith, died peacefully in hospital on 27 September, the “Sister Act”, “Har [...]
NEW ZEALAND-BORN JAPANESE ACTRESS ANNA SAWAI BECOMES FIRST ASIAN TO WIN BEST ACTRESS IN DRAMA SERIES AT THE EMMYS
Japanese actress Anna Sawai recently became both the first Japanese and Asian actress to win the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series [...]
FORMER US PRESIDENT TRUMP TARGETED BUT UNINJURED IN ANOTHER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN FLORIDA
Merely two months after former US president Donald Trump was targeted in assassination attempt during his rally in July, another assassination attemp [...]
LEA SALONGA’S WAX FIGURE UNVEILED IN MANILA, TO BE DISPLAYED AT MADAME TUSSAUDS SINGAPORE
Filipino diva Lea Salonga’s Madame Tussauds smiling wax figure, wearing a royal blue gown and holding a microphone on a mic stand, was unveiled at th [...]
INDONESIA NAMED ‘ASIA’S LEADING ADVENTURE TOURISM DESTINATION’ AT 2024 WORLD TRAVEL AWARDS
Indonesia was recently awarded “Asia’s Leading Adventure Tourism Destination” at the 2024 World Travel Awards that took place in Manila, Philippines [...]
AUSTRALIAN BREAKER TURNED OLYMPIAN RAYGUN, WHO WENT VIRAL WITH HER ROO HOP AT PARIS OLYMPICS, NOW RANKED NO. 1 IN THE WORLD
A 37-year-old Australian breaker turned Olympian named Rachael Gunn – also known as B-Girl Raygun – who competed at the Paris Olympics, during which [...]
AUSTRALIA PLANS TO BAN CHILDREN FROM USING SOCIAL MEDIA
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced earlier this week the country plans to ban children from accessing social media by introducing s [...]
BRAZILIAN MUSIC LEGEND SÉRGIO MENDES WHO BROUGHT BOSSA NOVA TO INTERNATIONAL STAGE DIES
Brazilian music legend Sérgio Mendes, who is known to have brought bossa nova to international stage, has died at the age of 83.
He died fro [...]
FORMER BAMBAN MAYOR TURNED FUGITIVE ALICE GUO ARRESTED IN INDONESIA, DEPORTED BACK TO PHILIPPINES
Former mayor of Bamban, Tarlac turned fugitive Alice Guo was arrested in the Indonesian city of Tangerang in the early hours of 4 September and was d [...]