Roman Polanski and Bradley Cooper headline the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, though controversy and a Hollywood strike mean neither is attending. Still technically a fugitive from US justice over a child sex conviction in the 1970s, the 90-year-old Polanski will be absent for the premiere of ‘The Palace’, his farce set in a Swiss … Read more

Ishan Kishan on Saturday became the second India wicketkeeper-batter to score four successive scores of fifty or more as he made a doughty 82 to bring India out of trouble during Asia Cup 2023 clash against arch-rivals Pakistan at Kandy. The left-handed batter walked in at number five, with Men in Blue in trouble at … Read more

Police killed eighteen people in a shootout in South Africa’s northeast on Friday, saying they had targeted suspects who were planning to rob a cash truck. “As soon as police approached the address, the group of suspects began shooting, police retaliated,” the South African Police Service (SAPS) said in a statement. “Sixteen males and two … Read more