Sao Paulo: Police in Sao Paulo said Tuesday they will bring extortion and slander charges against a Brazilian model who accused football star Neymar of rape. ### Najila Trindade filed a rape complaint with Sao Paulo police upon her return from a trip to Paris in May in which she said she was assaulted by…
‘Riverdale’ star Camila Mendes has revealed that she was sexually assaulted while she was in college. ### In an interview to the Women’s Health magazine, Mendes opened about a dark experience which she faced during her freshman year at the New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, reports people.com. ### “I had a very,…
Sharjah: Sharjah Police have launched scooter patrols to enhance public safety and speed up response times. ### The scooter patrols are battery operated and their movement is directly linked to the operations room through a device placed inside the riding officer’s helmet. The helmet also has a Go-Pro kind of camera that helps capture videos…
London: Former England skippers Geoffrey Boycott and Andrew Strauss have been conferred with knighthoods. ### Both were given knighthoods in former Prime Minister Theresa May’s resignation honours list for their service to sport. ### Boycott, 78, played 108 Tests for England from 1964 to 1982 in which he scored 8,114 runs and was captain on…
Dubai: Arabtec’s share price ended Tuesday more than 11 per cent higher as the company confirmed talks about a possible merger with Trojan Holding. Its shares were the most actively traded on the Dubai bourse and closed at Dh1.77 — up 11.32 per cent. ### Despite the surge, shares of Arabtec are still trading close…
Dubai: When Test debutants Afghanistan were mauled by India inside two days in Bengaluru last year, questions were raised if they were being rushed into the longest format of the game a bit too soon. A little more than an year later, young Rashid Khan and his men stunned the cricketing fraternity when they humbled…
Dubai: Two faces who became the face of Gujrat riots in 2002 in India made headlines again after 17 years. One the face of the aggressors, the other, of the victims. However, on Friday, the two came together at the inauguration of a footwear shop on Friday, giving a message of unity. ### In 2002,…
India’s far northeast is beautiful, friendly and one of the most ethnically, religiously and linguistically diverse places on earth. Multiple distinct ethnic groups share the hills, dales and great valley of the Brahmaputra River with indigenous tribes, tea garden workers originally from central India, ethnic Nepalese, and Bengalis — both Hindu and Muslim — from…
Washington: Two weeks ago, a tweet praising the fried chicken sandwiches at Roaming Rooster in the District of Columbia went viral — and now, to repay the tweeter, the restaurant’s owners have granted her free chicken for life. ### The tweet from Bri Hall, a 24-year-old musician raised in Maryland whose stage name is “La…
Dubai ### Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) has agreed to sell the majority of its banking portfolio in India to DCB Bank as it plans to exit all operations in India. The bank on Tuesday said the decision “will have no impact on profitability” and is part of its strategy to focus on its home…