Subscribe
To subscribe to Saudi Gazette, please contact:
+966 12 676 0000 Ext.2403, 2405, 5557
email: sgmarketing@saudigazette.com.sa
Close
Advertise
For a full technical spec including more detail on rich media formats, payment terms or any other questions you may have,
Please contact
email: sgadvertising@saudigazette.com.sa
Close
advertise
Subscribe
E-paper
Sunday December 15, 2019
/
18 , Rabi' ath-thani , 1441
Toggle navigation
SG
Saudi Arabia
World
Opinion
Sports
Business
Technology
Life
Home
Life
Life
11 - 20 from 3982 . In
"Life"
December 10, 2019
Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson dies aged 61
STOCKHOLM — The lead singer of Swedish pop duo sensation Roxette, Marie Fredriksson, who shot to global fame in the 1990s with hits like "It Must Have Been Love", has died aged 61 after a long fight with cancer, her manager said on Tuesday.The mother of two, who died on Monday, had been diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2002 but went into remission and made a musical comeback a ...
December 10, 2019
Bill Cosby loses appeal after sexual assault conviction
NEW YORK — US comedian Bill Cosby, who is serving a three and a half year jail term, on Tuesday lost his appeal against his conviction for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman 15 years ago.Cosby had appealed to Pennsylvania's Superior Court, which issued a 94-page ruling upholding his conviction. He could now take his case to the state's Supreme Court."We are very pleased with today's Superior Court decision affirming ...
December 10, 2019
Handke faces protests at Nobel Prize ceremony
STOCKHOLM — Nobel literature laureate Peter Handke faced protests and boycotts over his backing of Serbia during the wars in ex-Yugoslavia as he received his prize at a gala ceremony on Tuesday in Stockholm.The Swedish Academy's pick for the 2019 prize, announced in October, triggered outrage in the Balkans and beyond because of Handke's support for late Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic.The 77-year-old Austrian author received his award from Sweden's King ...
December 9, 2019
Netflix dominates Golden Globes nominations as 'Marriage Story' scoops 6
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood disruptor Netflix dominated the Golden Globe nominations on Monday as its heart-wrenching divorce saga "Marriage Story" grabbed six nods including best drama, kicking off the race for the Oscars.The streaming giant, which has spent billions to lure the industry's top film-making talent and fund lavish awards season campaigns, trounced the traditional Tinseltown studios with a whopping 17 film nominations."I'm not surprised by the dominance — I'm ...
December 9, 2019
Great day for losers: Wimpy Kid author gets French medal
PARIS — The Wimpy Kid has finally done good — and his creator Jeff Kinney has even got a medal from France to prove it.The American creator of the bestseller "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" books was made an officer of France's Order of Arts and Letters on Monday, an honor also conferred on Nobel laureates T. S. Eliot and Seamus Heaney as well as music megastars such as Bono ...
December 9, 2019
Rising US rap artist Juice WRLD dies at 21
NEW YORK — Chicago-born rapper Juice WRLD, one of a wave of young artists who earned attention on streaming platforms before breaking out as chart-toppers and social media celebrities, died Sunday at the age of 21, according to local authorities.A spokeswoman from the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office in Illinois confirmed the death of the rapper, born Jarad Higgins, at 3:14 a.m. (0914 GMT). An autopsy has been set for ...
December 9, 2019
Michelle Obama, Julia Roberts urge Vietnam girls to stay in school
CAN GIUOC, Vietnam — Former US first lady Michelle Obama and Hollywood A-lister Julia Roberts toured a high school in rural Vietnam on Monday, urging a classroom of teenage girls to stay focused on their education to transform their lives.The promotion of girls' schooling has been the cornerstone of Obama's charitable work since her husband Barack Obama left office in 2017 after two terms as US president."When you educate a ...
December 9, 2019
'Marriage Story' tops Golden Globes nominations with 6
LOS ANGELES — "Marriage Story," Netflix's heart-wrenching divorce saga, topped the Golden Globe nominations Monday with six nods including best drama, kicking off the race for the Oscars."The Irishman," Martin Scorsese's three-and-a-half-hour gangster epic, and "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," Quentin Tarantino's nostalgic love letter to 1960s Tinseltown, were hot on its heels with five each.The nominations traditionally see the stars and movies destined for awards success start to ...
December 6, 2019
Exiled actress Farahani decries 'massacre' in Iran
MARRAKESH, Morocco — Exiled Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani has condemned what she called a "massacre" in her homeland, which has been rocked by a wave of deadly protests.Farahani, Iran's first actress to star in a Hollywood film since the 1979 revolution, said in an interview that the Iranian people were "suffering economically, politically and democratically."The United States said on Thursday that Iranian authorities may have killed more than 1,000 people ...
December 4, 2019
Di Caprio among celebrities backing new climate initiative
NEW YORK — Actor Leonardo di Caprio joined former US vice president Al Gore and other personalities on Wednesday in backing a new initiative to seek solutions to climate change.Leading figures from politics, economics, science and entertainment are lending their support to Countdown, which seeks to build support for zero-net emissions and is organized by the TED conference platform.TED President Chris Anderson and former UN environment chief Christiana Figueres launched ...
<< Previous
Next >>
