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After months of standing ovations on Broadway, Nicole Scherzinger might not be done with Norma Desmond just yet. According to The Leader, Andrew Lloyd Webber is reportedly keen to cast her in a movie version of Sunset Boulevard – a role she has already made her own on stage. The 47-year-old singer and actress wrapped her acclaimed run in the musical earlier this year, but the buzz around her performance has not cooled down. Nicole Scherzinger may star in a Sunset Boulevard movie after her successful Broadway run, with Andrew Lloyd Webber reportedly eager to cast her.(REUTERS) Sources close to…

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The highlight of India’s first World Athletics Continental Tour event in Bhubaneswar was a dramatic last-ditch effort by the country’s ace long jumper Sreeshankar Murali, who clinched his event with a last attempt of 8.13m to stave off the impressive teenager Shahnavaz Khan. The 17-year-old Khan was leading, on the verge of pulling off an upset with his fourth-round jump of 8.04m, while Sreeshankar was second with 7.95m. But the 26-year-old Sreeshankar saved the best for his last try to clinch top spot. Apart from men’s long jump, here are four events that stood out at the Kalinga Stadium: Women’s…

Earlier this week, Tesla ended Project Dojo, which was a partnership between Tesla and Dojo computers. This brought an end to the automaker’s efforts to build in-house chips for its driverless technology goals.Tesla has been focused on building driverless cars for almost a decade now. So why did Tesla end its attempts to produce chips in-house for its autonomous vehicles? The decision came because Tesla CEO Elon Musk shifted to relying on Nvidia and AMD for compute chips, along with Samsung for manufacturing. According to Musk, Tesla was closing Project Dojo because it would be inefficient for the business to…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy won backing from Europe and NATO on Sunday as he rallied diplomatic support ahead of a Russia-US summit this week where Kyiv fears Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump may try to dictate terms for ending the 3-1/2-year war.Trump, who for weeks had been threatening new sanctions against Russia for failing to halt the conflict, announced instead last Friday that he would hold an August 15 summit with Putin in Alaska. A White House official said on Saturday that Trump was open to Zelenskyy attending, but that preparations currently were for a bilateral meeting with Putin. Story…

Somewhere far from the Grand Line, a pirate flag from Eiichiro Oda’s Japanese manga and anime series, One Piece, has been making a divisive kind of landfall. Across Indonesia, ahead of the country’s Independence Day on August 17, the Strawhat Pirates’ Jolly Roger — the flag of Monkey D. Luffy and his fictional crew — had been hoisted beside doorways, pinned to the backs of vehicles, and flown in place of the national red and white. The image of the iconic grinning skull in a straw hat has spread far enough to catch the attention of the state. For many it…

The daily hustle and grind often come at the cost of our mental peace. Keeping up with the fast-paced life while multitasking and shouldering multiple responsibilities can leave us overly stressed and worried about things that don’t even deserve a second thought. During a recent conversation with Masoom Minawala on her podcast, holistic health coach Akanksha Pandey shared a quick 30-second hack to help beat stress if you are overstimulated and overwhelmed at work. All you need to do is massage three points, breathe, and feel the difference instantly. “It’s free, quick, and surprisingly powerful,” she said in the video.…

President Trump is threatening to impose new sanctions on Russia if it does not agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine. NPR’s Scott Simon asks Russia expert Nina Khrushcheva about how Moscow could respond.

Make sure to look up at the night sky this week because Mother Nature is going to be putting on a show. The annual Perseid Meteor Shower is set to peak around Aug. 12 and 13, according to the American Meteor Society, and it’s likely to be spectacular. During the event, which usually happens around July and August, it is typically possible to see dozens of meteors every hour.  The meteor shower is the result of the Earth crossing paths with the dust cloud from the comet Swift-Tuttle, which gives us the annual Perseids. The comet, whose name comes from…

The news of Liu Jiancho’s detention, coming ahead of the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to be held in China’s Tianjin city later this month, sent shock waves across the Chinese official and diplomatic circles. File | Photo Credit: AFP Liu Jianchao, a senior Chinese diplomat heading the foreign relations department of the ruling Communist Party, has been detained for questioning, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday (August 10, 2025). The 61-year-old senior diplomat was taken away for questioning in late July after returning to Beijing from an overseas work trip, the paper reported, quoting people familiar with the…