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Hollywood star Johnny Depp made a surprise appearance at England's High Court on Wednesday for a hearing in his libel case against The Sun newspaper. — Courtesy photo
Johnny Depp appears in UK court for libel case
LONDON — Hollywood star Johnny Depp made a surprise appearance at England's High Court on Wednesday for a hearing in his libel case against The Sun newspaper.The "Pirates of the Caribbean" actor is suing the tabloid and its executive editor Dan Wootton over a 2018 article which accused him of abusing former wife Amber Heard.The 55-year-old sat in the court in London wearing a suit and blue-tinted glasses for the pre-trial review hearing.Depp accuses Heard, 33, of being the "aggressor" in the rocky relationship, which ended in 2016.His lawyer David Sherborne told the court he had evidence that "diametrically opposed" claims in the article."There is such a contrast between the version of events that is provided by Ms Heard and that provided by Mr...
February 26, 2020

Johnny Depp appears in UK court for libel case

Interior of a secret chamber concealing a 360-year-old passageway was rediscovered in UK Parliament. — Courtesy photo
Hidden door spills centuries-old secrets of UK parliament
LONDON — A forgotten passageway in the British parliament constructed for the 1661 coronation of king Charles II has been rediscovered during renovation work, officials said on Wednesday.It was bricked up in 1807 and had not been accessed for more than 70 years, hidden behind a small wooden door that most people assumed contained an electricity cupboard.The passage led out of Westminster Hall, the only building to survive a devastating fire in 1834 that destroyed the Houses of Commons and Lords.It was created for the coronation banquet of king Charles in 1661, and 17th-century wooden timbers still run across the ceiling.Senior political figures such as the diarist Samuel Pepys and Britain's first effective prime minister, Robert Walpole, would have likely used it."To think that...
February 26, 2020

Hidden door spills centuries-old secrets of UK parliament

Harry used his remarks in Edinburgh to warn of the risks of huge increases in tourists at key locations. — AFP
Just call me Harry, prince says as royal exit looms
EDINBURGH, Scotland — Prince Harry asked to be introduced as just "Harry" at an event on Wednesday, kicking off a final round of public engagements before he and wife Meghan step back from their royal duties.The Duke of Sussex, a grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, will stop using "His Royal Highness" from the end of March when the couple stop being working royals.But at a conference in Edinburgh for his sustainable tourism project Travalyst, it emerged he was already adopting a more informal approach."He's made it clear that we are all just to call him Harry, so ladies and gentlemen — please give a big, warm Scottish welcome to Harry," host Ayesha Hazarika said in her introduction.The 35-year-old prince has faced accusations of hypocrisy for using private...
February 26, 2020

Just call me Harry, prince says as royal exit looms

The show marked the 500th anniversary of the artist's death in France. — AFP
Leonardo show smashes Louvre's all-time record
PARIS — Nearly 1.1 million people flocked to see a blockbuster Leonardo da Vinci exhibition at the Louvre in Paris before it closed on Monday — an all-time record — the museum said.The huge show to mark the 500th anniversary of the artist's death in France, drew twice the numbers of the previous biggest show at the world's most visited museum.In 2018, some 540,000 lined up for a major retrospective of the 19th-century French painter Eugene Delacroix.But the Leonardo show, which was centered on the Louvre's own unrivaled collection of the Renaissance master's work, saw record numbers of visitors from the start, with prior booking required."It is marvelous that an Italian Renaissance artist continues to fascinate the public," said the museum's director...
February 25, 2020

Leonardo show smashes Louvre's all-time record

The 79-year-old — who has been a director and conductor at some of the world's most prestigious opera houses — has been accused by at least 20 women of forcibly kissing, grabbing or fondling them in incidents dating back to at least the 1980s. — AFP
Opera star Domingo 'truly sorry' over sexual harassment
MADRID — Opera star Placido Domingo, facing multiple allegations of sexual harassment, apologized for "the hurt" caused to his accusers on Tuesday, saying he accepted "full responsibility" for his actions.The 79-year-old — who has been a director and conductor at some of the world's most prestigious opera houses — has been accused by at least 20 women of forcibly kissing, grabbing or fondling them in incidents dating back to at least the 1980s."I respect that these women finally felt comfortable enough to speak out, and I want them to know that I am truly sorry for the hurt that I caused them. I accept full responsibility for my actions," he said in a statement released by his publicist in Los Angeles.The statement did not specifically confirm any of...
February 25, 2020

Opera star Domingo 'truly sorry' over sexual harassment

Chitetsu Watanabe after being recognized as the world's oldest living male. He has died away aged 112. — AFP
World's oldest man dies in Japan at 112
TOKYO — A Japanese man recently named the world's oldest living male has died aged 112, a local official said on Tuesday.Chitetsu Watanabe, who was born on March 5, 1907 in Niigata, north of Tokyo, died on Sunday at his nursing home in the same prefecture, the official said.The news came less than two weeks after he was officially recognised by Guinness World Records.Watanabe, who had five children, said the secret to longevity was to "not get angry and keep a smile on your face".He admitted a penchant for sweets such as custard pudding and ice cream.The oldest man in Japan is now Issaku Tomoe, who is 110 years old, according to Jiji Press, although it was not clear if Tomoe holds the title globally.The oldest living person is also Japanese, Kane Tanaka, a 117-year-old...
February 25, 2020

World's oldest man dies in Japan at 112

Katherine Johnson, a ground-breaking black NASA mathematician whose life was portrayed in the movie
Katherine Johnson, black NASA mathematician, dies at 101
WASHINGTON — Katherine Johnson, a ground-breaking black NASA mathematician whose life was portrayed in the movie "Hidden Figures," died on Monday aged 101, the space agency said.Johnson's calculations helped put the first man on the Moon in 1969, but she was little known until the 2017 Oscar-nominated film told the stories of three black women who worked at NASA."She was an American hero and her pioneering legacy will never be forgotten," NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said, honoring "her courage and the milestones we could not have reached without her."Johnson and a colleague were the first to calculate the parameters of the suborbital 1961 flight of astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American in space.Her math talents later helped determine the...
February 24, 2020

Katherine Johnson, black NASA mathematician, dies at 101

French shoe designer Christian Louboutin insists that wearing his towering six-inch stilettos is a 'form of liberty'. — AFP
Super-high heels free women, says shoe king Louboutin
PARIS — Super-high heels can free women, says legendary French shoe designer Christian Louboutin, who insists that wearing his towering six-inch stilettos is a "form of liberty".While some feminists see vertiginous heels as sexual enslavement, Louboutin believes the opposite — even if it means women have to walk slowly and carefully in his iconic red-soled creations."Women do not want to give up wearing high heels," the designer said before "The Exhibitionist", a retrospective of his 30-year career, opens in a Paris museum Wednesday.While Louboutin also makes trainers and flat shoes, he admitted that when it comes to the spike-heeled classics that made his name: "I don't think about comfort when I design.""No shoe with a 12cm (5 inch)...
February 24, 2020

Super-high heels free women, says shoe king Louboutin

British composer and pianist Alexis Ffrench is on a mission
UK pianist Alexis Ffrench bids to change image of classical music
LONDON — British composer and pianist Alexis Ffrench, a rising black star in the overwhelmingly white world of classical music, is on a mission "to change the narrative" that the genre is stuffy and outdated.The 48-year-old, who is set to release his latest album next month, is trying to counter what he sees as a false perception by using his fresh take on the music and growing status to reach new audiences.Ffrench's 2018 hit record "Evolution" propelled him to wider recognition after topping Britain's classical music charts for three weeks and spending around three months in the top 10.He now boasts nearly two million regular listeners on Spotify and has to date garnered around 200 million streams online, while also hosting a weekly show on new classical...
February 24, 2020

UK pianist Alexis Ffrench bids to change image of classical music

Ricky Martin, who opened the show, asked Chileans not to remain silent. — AFP
Protests in Chile hit LatAm's biggest music festival
SANTIAGO — Thousands of protesters armed with stones, sticks and Molotov cocktails clashed with police on Sunday as Latin America's biggest music festival opened, in the latest spurt of a four-month old wave of grassroots anger over economic inequality and other grievances.Police blocked the entrance to a park where the festival was being held in Vina del Mar, a seaside resort about 120 km (75 miles) west of Santiago.Officers used a helicopter and a balloon with surveillance cameras and drove back the protesters with water cannon and tear gas."Vandals and criminals are trying to do damage just four blocks from the entrance to the festival. But everything is under control," Jorge Martinez, the Valparaiso regional governor, told the 24-hour state news channel.After failing to...
February 24, 2020

Protests in Chile hit LatAm's biggest music festival

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