BEIJING/SHANGHAI: Chinese energy sector worker Mandy Li likes to treat herself to a luxury brand handbag once in a while. But since her state-owned employer cut her wage by 10 per cent and the properties her family owns lost half their value, she only buys second-hand ones. “I’m cutting down on large expenditures. The economy…
SOUTHAMPTON: Ben Duckett starred with a blistering 84 from just 46 balls as England wrapped up a T20 series sweep of the West Indies with a 37-run victory on Tuesday. England opener Duckett blasted 10 fours and two sixes as he set a frenetic pace in the hosts’ score of 248-3 from 20 overs in…
Former world number one Andy Murray has left the door open to a coaching return after his short stint with Novak Djokovic ended without a trophy, but the Scot said he did not expect to be working with another player anytime soon. Serb Djokovic appointed Murray ahead of this year’s Australian Open and said at…
The West Indies have unveiled a significantly revamped Test squad for their upcoming home series against Australia, marking the beginning of the 20252027 ICC World Test Championship cycle. Roston Chase, recently appointed Test captain and returning to the format for the first time since March 2023, will lead a youthful and restructured lineup. Notably, white-ball…
NOTTINGHAM: England slumped to a 3-1 home friendly defeat by Senegal on Tuesday to ramp up the scrutiny on boss Thomas Tuchel one year out from the World Cup. Goals from Ismaila Sarr, Habib Diarra and Cheikh Sabaly inflicted England’s first ever defeat against African opposition at Nottingham Forest’s City Ground after Harry Kane had…
Men in their fifties need not worry that they are past their prime, because as A-lister Humayun Saeed has proved in his latest film, any older gentleman can play a love guru if he really puts his mind to it. Or at least, he can if he has occupied the shoes of a leading man…
Sean Combs’s defence lawyers on Tuesday began questioning a woman who dated the music mogul up until his arrest, and who has testified in agonising detail that he pressured her into drug-fuelled sex with escorts, as reported by AFP. In the initial hours of questioning, defence attorney Teny Geragos sought to demonstrate that the woman…
KYIV: A massive black cloud has stood in Kyiv’s historic Sophia Square this week, emitting flashes of lightning and the rumble of thunder in evocation of war, before it travels to the Burning Man art festival in the United States later this year. The Black Cloud installation, by Ukrainian artist Oleksiy Say, measures 30 metres…
SLOUGH, ENGLAND: Quick, without Googling or consulting ChatGPT, riddle us this: what is the most ludicrous, outlandish, woman-in-men’s-field thing a female person do to earn the respect of a man? Is it building a rocket? Sliding into a parallel parking spot in 0.5 seconds? Building a career as a petrol station attendant? We need neither…
LONDON: Getty Images’ landmark copyright lawsuit against artificial intelligence company Stability AI began at London’s High Court on Monday, with Getty rejecting Stability AI’s contention the case posed a threat to the generative AI industry. Seattle-based Getty, which produces editorial content and creative stock images and video, accuses Stability AI of using its images to…
