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Terence Stamp, who made his name as an actor in 1960s London and went on to play the arch-villain General Zod in the Hollywood hits “Superman” and “Superman II”, has died aged 87, his family said on Sunday. The Oscar-nominated actor starred in films ranging from Pier Paolo Pasolini’s “Theorem” in 1968 and “A Season in Hell” in 1971 to “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” in 1994 in which he played a transgender woman. The family said in a statement to Reuters that Stamp died on Sunday morning. Story continues below this ad “He leaves behind an…

An Air Canada agent, left, talks with a man as Air Canada flight attendants strike at Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montreal, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025. Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press/AP hide caption toggle caption Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press/AP TORONTO — Air Canada said it suspended plans to restart operations on Sunday after the union representing 10,000 flight attendants said it will defy a return to work order. The strike was already affecting about 130,000 travelers around the world per day during the peak summer travel season. The Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered airline staff back to work by 2…

An aerial view of the Columbia River is shown on Friday, July 18, 2025, near Crescent Bar, Washington. KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer Megan Farmer/KUOW hide caption toggle caption Megan Farmer/KUOW The first thing visitors approaching Quincy, Washington see is dry rolling hills, cleaved by the Columbia River. The second, a sign laying claim to the title of the nation’s “leading potato producing county.” But today, Quincy is known for a more lucrative commodity: vast stretches of data centers powering the modern internet and artificial intelligence boom. Data centers make everything from ChatGPT to online medical records possible. The appetite for ever…

The BJP on Sunday placed a familiar southern figure into the national spotlight, naming Maharashtra Governor C P Radhakrishnan as the NDA’s candidate for the September 9 Vice-Presidential polls.The announcement by BJP national president J P Nadda after the party’s Parliamentary Board meeting illustrated the party’s confidence in a man long regarded as both disciplined and quietly effective. Bringing decades of political apprenticeship, organisational experience, and a reputation for moderation, Radhakrishnan’s elevation follows a political career that has often seemed at once understated and strategic. In February 2024, as the Governor of Jharkhand, he set a tone that stood apart…

Diamantakos’ twin goals took East Bengal past Mohun Bagan. | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI Emami East Bengal produced a fine display of attacking football to prevail over traditional rival Mohun Bagan Super Giant 2-1 in a quarterfinal of the 134th Durand Cup at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Sunday. Surprise packageEast Bengal will take on tournament debutant Diamond Harbour FC, which surprised Jamshedpur FC earlier in the day, in the second semifinal at the same venue on Wednesday. East Bengal went ahead in the 38th minute when Dimitrios Diamantakos, who came in as a 17th-minute substitute for an injured Hamid Ahadad,…

For Travel + Leisure’s column Traveling As, we’re talking to travelers about what it’s like to explore the world through their unique perspectives. Burnt out from corporate America, Kelly Benthall got her finances in order and gave up her Texas lifestyle to retire at 53 and live around the world in Airbnbs with her husband, Nigel. Here’s her story…  I was living in Texas and working in oil and gas. As time went on, and the kids left, my job became extraordinarily stressful—to the point that I had to be wheeled out on a gurney through the lobby, hooked up…

A deadly cloudburst and landslide in Jammu & Kashmir’s Kathua district have claimed at least seven lives, deepening the region’s monsoon crisis. Meanwhile, a sharp war of words erupted between the Election Commission and Rahul Gandhi over allegations of “vote chori.” In global news, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged both Russia and Ukraine to make concessions for peace, as Trump teased “big progress” after meeting Putin. Adding a twist, Congress mocked the EC with a viral post amid rising demands for electoral transparency.

Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The new GST regime previewed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day address would be consumer-centric, with particular emphasis on the poor, the MSMEs, the middle class and the farmers, senior government sources said on Sunday (August 17, 2025).The new two-tier Goods and Services Tax (GST) structure of 18% and 5% rates will have the twin objective of making rates and processes simpler and more rational, as it was originally intended to be, the sources said.‘More equitable taxation’“This has been in the making for a while. Our learning from the last…

Kuwait bans the import of alcoholic beverages, but bootleg liquor is sold with no oversight or safety standards.Kuwaiti authorities have arrested 67 people accused of producing and distributing locally made alcoholic drinks that killed 23 people in recent days, including a Bangladeshi national said to head the criminal network, the Interior Ministry has said.In a statement on X late on Saturday, the ministry said it seized six factories and another four that were not yet operational in residential and industrial areas.A Nepali member of the criminal group told authorities how the methanol was prepared and sold.Kuwait, a Muslim nation, bans…

Spain has deployed a further 500 soldiers from the military emergency unit to support firefighting operations as it battles 20 major wildfires across the country during a heatwave that began last week.“There are still some challenging days ahead, and unfortunately, the weather is not on our side,” Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said at a news conference on Sunday in Ourense, one of the most affected areas, in northwestern Spain.He announced an increase in military reinforcements, bringing the total number of soldiers deployed across Spain to 1,900.Firefighters are tackling 12 major wildfires in the northwestern region of Galicia alone, all of…