Day: November 2, 2019

No arrests after California Halloween shooting kills 5

6:01 pm November 2, 2019

Orinda (California, US): A woman who rented a San Francisco Bay Area home where five people were killed in a Halloween party shooting lied to the owner, saying she only wanted to keep family members away from the smoke of a wildfire, according to police and a person with knowledge of the transaction. Witnesses described […]

Trump announces new acting US homeland security chief

5:55 pm November 2, 2019

Washington: US President Donald Trump announced Friday that a senior department official, Chad Wolf, would become the nation’s new acting homeland security chief, a role at the center of his crackdown on undocumented immigration. Asked to confirm rumors that Wolf, a department undersecretary, would assume the role, Trump told reporters: “Well he’s right now acting […]

Post ‘Game of Thrones’, Emilia Clarke wants to do indie films

2:24 pm November 2, 2019

Los Angeles: After a blockbuster show and a couple of franchise films, actor Emilia Clarke says she now wants to do some indie projects. Clarke, who shot to global fame with HBO epic fantasy series “Game of Thrones”, has tried her hand at mainstream films with “Terminator: Genisys” and “Solo”. However, unlike “Game of Thrones”, […]

Musician Shubhendra Rao accuses airline of breaking his sitar

2:20 pm November 2, 2019

Mumbai: Celebrated Indian classical musician Shubhendra Rao on Friday night took to social media and accused Air India of breaking his sitar. Rao accused the airline of mishandling his sitar and said the staff should be sensitised on how to handle the music instruments. In a lengthy Facebook post he said, “There it happens again! […]

Leslie Mann to play lead in Amazon’s ‘The Power’

2:17 pm November 2, 2019

Los Angeles: Actor Leslie Mann will topline Amazon Studios’ upcoming thriller series “The Power”. Based on the international best-selling novel of the same name by Naomi Alderman, the show will be directed and executive produced by Reed Morano of “The Handmaid’s Tale” fame. The series is set in a world where all teenage girls across […]