Kelly Marie Tran – the first woman of colour to play a lead role in the iconic series – has deleted all of her Instagram posts. Star Wars director Rian Johnson has hit back at the troll “manbabies” who have forced actress Kelly Marie Tran to quit Instagram after months of racist and sexist abuse […]

MOSCOW  – On a shelf in a cramped office on the outskirts of Moscow, businessman Igor Michurin has a framed photograph of himself shaking hands with one of his important customers – a North Korean embassy official whom Michurin calls Lee. It’s a relationship which offers unusual insights into the negotiating techniques of Pyongyang officials, […]

 Moscow, the capital of Russia, is brimming with historical sights, eye-popping architecture, world-class museums and cultural landmarks. It’s a fascinating destination with clashing layers of history: the czarist era rubs against the decades of austere communism followed by a 21st-century economic boom of sometimes flagrant excess. Whether you happen to be in Moscow for the 2018 World Cup and […]

NEW YORK — Kim Kardashian West accepted the CFDA’s Influencer Award at Monday night’s ceremony with a dose of self-deprecating humor. “I’m kind of shocked I’m getting a fashion award when I’m naked most of the time,” she cracked, before getting sentimental about her fashion industry achievements. “It was maybe seven years ago when I […]

WASHINGTON  – The U.S. military is increasing spending on a secret research effort to use artificial intelligence to help anticipate the launch of a nuclear-capable missile, as well as track and target mobile launchers in North Korea and elsewhere.   The effort has gone largely unreported, and the few publicly available details about it are […]

A reporter called tennis superstar Serena Williams “baby,” and asked whether she was “intimidated” by opponent Maria Sharapova’s “supermodel good looks” during an interview Saturday.   And she handled it like a champ (that she is). In the course of the interview, Inside Tennis’s Bill Simons said to the tennis star, “I know you want to get […]

For Pokémon fans it has been quite an eventful week as Nintendo announced 2 new titles (Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go Eevee!) both will be released on November  16, 2018 on the Nintendo Switch. Now thats a lot to get excited about for die hard fans but Nintendo doesn’t want you to get inpatient that’s […]

Woody Allen says he should be the “poster boy” for the #MeToo movement given that he hasn’t been accused of sexual misconduct by any of the actresses with whom he’s worked over the years.   “I’m a big advocate of the #MeToo movement,” Allen said in an interview with Argentinian news program Periodismo Para Todos. “I […]

SEOUL  – North Korea’s new top three military officers are known for their unquestioning support of leader Kim Jong Un and are flexible enough to accept the massive changes that may come from any deal with U.S. President Donald Trump, people who follow the secretive country say.   They replaced older, more conservative officers who […]

Donald Trump probably has the power to pardon himself in the Russia collusion affair but does not intend to do so, his lawyer Rudy Giuliani says. A special counsel is investigating Russia’s role in the 2016 election, and whether Mr Trump obstructed justice. The question of self-pardon arose after the New York Times published a […]