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LOS ANGELES — Wicked, Conclave, Anora and The Brutalist are a few of the films expected to pick up Golden Globe nominations, which are announced on Monday. It is the first major film ceremony to announce its shortlists, and will offer some clues as to how the awards race is shaping up. In a year […]

WASHINGTON — US space agency Nasa has announced a further delay to its plans to send astronauts back to the Moon. The agency’s chief, Bill Nelson, said the second mission in the Artemis program was now due for launch in April 2026. The plan had been to send astronauts around the Moon but not land

MUMBAI — Antibiotics are hailed as medical saviors. But they are increasingly facing a crafty adversary: bacteria that mutate and adapt and outwit the very drugs designed to defeat them and cure the infections they cause. These antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” directly caused 1.14 million deaths worldwide in 2021, according to The Lancet, a medical journal. Antibiotics

LOS ANGELES — The British band Sports Team have been robbed at gunpoint on the first day of their US tour. The indie group, who have scored two top 10 albums in the UK, lost their passports, stage equipment and personal belongings in the incident, as a thief looted their tour van in the city

LONDON — Sir Elton John said he has been unable to watch the musical he wrote the lyrics for due to losing his eyesight. Speaking at the gala performance of The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical he said: “I have lost my sight and I haven’t been able to see the performance but I have

SEOUL — The five-member girl band announced their departure from Ador, a subsidiary of powerhouse label Hybe, in a late-night press conference held on Thursday. Ador however has said its contract with NewJeans still stands, as the agency has not violated any terms. This dispute is the latest development in a long-running conflict between former

LIVERPOOL — The world’s oldest living man has died at the age of 112, his family have confirmed. John Alfred Tinniswood died on Monday at the Southport care home where he lived. The lifelong Liverpool football fan became the world’s oldest living man in April this year, when Juan Vicente Pérez Mora died at the

LONDON — Author Barbara Taylor Bradford, known for best-selling novels including A Woman of Substance, has died at the age of 91. Published in 1979, A Woman of Substance sold 30 million copies and spawned seven sequels and a TV adaptation, which is still the most-watched program in Channel 4’s history. It was the first

LAS VEGAS — British superstar Adele cried on Saturday night as she played her 100th and final show in Las Vegas. She has spent the past two years playing a weekend residency at the 4,000-capacity Caesars Palace. Throughout her residency, she often interacted with fans, but has indicated that the experience has been emotionally draining.

SYDNEY — Singer Katy Perry has successfully appealed a trademark decision over her name, after being sued by an Australian designer who sells clothes under her birth name Katie Perry. Three appeals judges on Friday overturned a court decision last year that favored Katie Taylor over merchandise sold by the pop star during a 2014