Actress Kate Beckinsale has joined the cast of comedy movie “Absolutely Anything”. The 40-year-old will star with actor Simon Pegg in the movie, which will be directed by British comedy group Monty Python’s Terry Jones, reports deadline.com. The movie is about a disillusioned school teacher, essayed by Pegg, who is given magical powers by a […]
Actor Jason Statham will feature alongside actress Melissa McCarthy in forthcoming film “Susan Cooper”. The 46-year-old will play a spy in the Paul Feig-directed movie, reports variety.com. Statham has been in talks with the director since October, 2013, and he has recently agreed to join the project. Feig is also the film’s scriptwriter and he […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that she can work with Britain to reform the European Union but it will not be “a piece of cake”, BBC reported. Merkel, following a Downing Street meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron, said both the nations could bring in laws to curb benefit tourism, as part of […]
The Tbilisi City Court Thursday declared Georgia’s former prime minister Vano Merabishvili guilty of exceeding official power and of violently breaking up opposition protesters in May of 2011, Xinhua reported. On Feb 17, the same court sentenced Merabishvili to five-and-a-half years in prison for embezzlement of public funds to foot the bills of his then […]
US President Barack Obama will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the White House March 17, the White House said Thursday. The president looks forward to reviewing with Abbas the progress in the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, Xinhua quoted White House spokesperson Jay Carney as saying in a statement. “They will also discuss our continuing effort to […]
At least 35 people were killed and over 50 wounded as Iraq witnessed unabated incidents of violence Thursday. Eleven people were killed and 35 injured in a deadly bombing attack in Baghdad in the evening, police said, hours after it said 24 people died and 16 wounded in separate violent attacks in different parts of […]
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said it will send a fact-finding team to Ukraine in response to its request for support after the political upheaval. “The Ukrainian authorities informed me today of their request for support from the IMF,” Xinhua quoted IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde as saying in a statement. “We are ready […]
European Parliament urged EU Thursday to help Ukraine with urgent financial aid while enforcing targeted sanctions against “those responsible for violence” there, Xinhua reported. “To help Ukraine tackle its worsening economic and balance of payments difficulties, the EU and international financial organisations should offer both a short-term financial rescue package, and a longer term one, […]
At least 12 people were killed and 30 injured when an explosion occurred at a restaurant located adjacent to a petrol station in Qatar’s capital city of Doha Thursday morning, officials said. All 12 reported killed were Asians or Arabs, said the head of Qatar’s police force Maj Gen Saad al-Khulaifi, adding some of the […]