German women’s shoe brand Caprice was able to win the Taiwanese actress, singer and TV host Barbie Hsu as its new brand ambassador in China. The 42-year old will utilise her popularity in the Asian market to support the brand that entered the Chinese market about a year and a half ago and belongs to…
Age will be no excuse if the youngster does not propel his new club towards major trophies, says the former Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho believes Joao Felix’s huge price tag means he must produce the goods at Atletico Madrid despite his tender years. The 19-year-old forward joined Diego Simeone’s Atletico from Benfica in a…
India’s Vikram lander was really close to the Moon’s surface on Friday night, after covering a distance of 384,400 km from the Earth following a lift-off on July 22 on the Chandrayaan spacecraft. ### And then, in the early hours of Saturday, September 7, communication was lost between Isro’s headquarters in Bengaluru and the lander during…
Chicago: Aviation executives are increasingly worried that a widening split between the US and Europe will extend the grounding of Boeing Co.’s 737 Max, sowing confusion and fear as regulators work to approve the resumption of commercial flights after two deadly crashes. ### Sounding the alarm this week over the increasingly tenuous alliance were Aengus…
Sharjah: Inmates from the Sharjah Punitive and Rehabilitation Centre got an opportunity to tour Sharjah Aquarium this week as part of year-round reformative programmes to lead them away from a life of crime after their release. ### The supervised tour was a reward for good behaviour and took place on Monday. ### “I didn’t expect…
NEW DELHI. India’s biggest drugmaker Sun Pharmaceutical said it has been ordered to undertake a “forensic” audit of its accounts, following whistle-blowers’ claims that sent its shares down sharply. ### The firm said in a statement to financial markets late on Thursday that the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has told it to…
Dylan Farrow, who has alleged for years that Woody Allen molested her when she was seven years old, thinks Scarlett Johansson has “a long way to go” in understanding sexual abuse. ### Farrow, 34, commented Wednesday on Twitter after Johansson continued to stand by director Woody Allen, who acted as Farrow’s father when he was…
Dubai: India continues to be unsafe for women. In another incident, which left twitter users shocked, a woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziapur district was allegedly abducted and raped by a policeman and his friend. ### What happened? ### The two men raped the woman, tied her hands and legs and threw her into a canal….
Dubai: The family of Dubai Airport’s first manager Norman Turnbull recently received an honour in his memory from Shaikh Ahmad Bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chairman of Dubai Airports and Chairman of Emirates Group. ### The Englishman passed away in Dubai aged 98 on June 2 and left a big…
Moscow: Emirati astronauts Hazza Al Mansouri and Sultan Al Neyadi laid flowers at the Kremlin Wall in Moscow’s Red Square on Thursday in honour of Russian space icons Yuri Gagarin and Sergei Korolev. ### Gagarin was the first man in space and Korolev was the lead engineer who got him there. Both are interred in…