Simone Biles has celebrated her latest Olympic triumph with an apparent swipe at Donald Trump. The decorated gymnast won her second gold medal at Paris 2024 — and the sixth of her career — in the individual all-around event, cementing her self-embraced status as the GOAT (greatest of all time). On Friday morning, she reflected…

President Joe Biden has sparked fresh health concerns as he was caught on camera staring blankly ahead while his vice president took the lead during a historic prisoner swap between the United States and Russia. The 81-year-old commander in chief appeared to be looking off into the distance as Vice President Kamala Harris gave a statement…

Vietnam’s Beta Media has entered into a joint venture with Japan’s Aeon Entertainment to operate a chain of premium cinemas as well as engage in production and distribution activities in Vietnam.  The two partners will jointly develop and operate more than 50 premium cinemas under the Aeon Beta Cinema brand by 2035, with investment of…

A fuming JK Rowling last night slammed an Olympic boxing match as ‘a man beating a women in public for entertainment’ after a female boxer once disqualified for failing a gender test forced out an Italian opponent. A global backlash, led by Italy‘s prime minister and the Harry Potter author, ensued after Angela Carini quit to…

PARIS — As Brazilian fans shook their flags and chanted as if they were at a soccer game, chests puffing as the name of their star gymnast, Rebecca Andrade, flashed atop the all-around standing, the public address announcer asked, “Are you enjoying it Paris?” Simone Biles decidedly was not. She looked, in fact, like she…

AUGUST 2 QUESTION: Carroll O’Connor who died in 2001 would have turned 100 years old today, August 2, 2024. He is only one of two male actors in television history to have won the  Emmy for his leading role in both a comedy series and a drama series. Who is the other one? ANSWER: Robert…

The Tory leadership battle is ramping up today as Robert Jenrick warns the party must admit ‘where we went wrong’ and cut immigration. The former minister will bid to kick-start his campaign at a rally, laying out his blueprint for how to recover from the election disaster.  Mr Jenrick is among six candidates trying to succeed Rishi Sunak, with…

NANTERRE, France — Katie Ledecky is now the most decorated woman in American Olympic history. Ledecky earned a silver medal as part of the U.S. women’s 4×200-meter freestyle relay Thursday night at the Paris Games, giving her 13 Olympic medals throughout her illustrious career. Australia earned gold and China took bronze in the relay. No…

A federal judge tossed out a jury’s $4.7 billion judgment against the NFL over the price of its NFL Sunday Ticket subscriptions, concluding that the experts put forth by the class action plaintiffs were using faulty economic models. U.S. District Court Judge Philip S. Gutierrez granted the league’s motion for judgment as a matter of…

Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds says it’s time for the truth to be told as new texts and photographs come to light in her bitter defamation battle with former staffer Brittany Higgins.  The former defence minister is suing Ms Higgins over a series of social media posts she says damaged her reputation.  Mediation has failed to…