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Bangkok: A Thai celebrity media tycoon -- who is a transgender woman -- has bought the company that runs the Miss Universe beauty pageants for $20m.Anne Jakapong Jakrajutatip is the boss of JKN Global Group, which makes television shows...

Los Angeles: More than 28,000 monkeypox cases had been confirmed in the United States, according to the latest data of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).California had the most confirmed cases among US states, with 5,372...

London: GAP and Adidas are the latest brands to cut ties with rapper Kanye West in response to his “hateful” and “inexcusable” anti-Semitic comments.The American clothing company announced it was immediately removing the fashion designer’s Yeezy products from its...

London: At least ten members of the previous UK government headed by Liz Truss resigned shortly after Rishi Sunak became the new prime minister, media reports said.On Monday, Sunak was elected the head of the ruling Conservative Party and,...

Manila: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 jolted the northern Philippines on Tuesday night, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said, adding that it might cause damage.The institute said the quake, which occurred at 22:59 local time...

Colombo: A Sri Lankan academic has come out in support of the government for introducing English as the medium of instruction in the Law College.This "will definitely ensure the quality of the lawyers produced by the Law College and...

London: UK King Charles III appointed Rishi Sunak as the new prime minister and ordered him to form a government, Sky News reported.On Monday, Sunak was elected head of the UK Conservative Party. He became the only candidate to...

London: Newly appointed UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said in his first address to the nation on Tuesday that good intentions of the previous government headed by his predecessor Liz Truss had led to an opposite effect and resulted...

Washington: Twitter employees demand from Elon Musk and the company's Board of Directors to keep their jobs and relevant benefits if the deal to acquire the social media platform goes through amid rumors of a planned layoff of 75%...

London:  Rishi Sunak, who on Monday took on the most powerful job in Britain as the 57th Prime Minister, never had dreams of making it in politics. A Star Wars fan, he instead wanted to “be a Jedi Knight”.Sunak,...