Colombo welcomed on Tuesday a Sri Lankan author winning Britain's Booker prize, despite his novel focussing on the island's civil war -- in which government forces stand accused of atrocities. . He is the second author from the island to win the award, following Sri Lankan-born Canadian Michael Ondaatje's victory in 1992 for "The English Patient".
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss has vowed to lead Britain's Conservatives into the next election -- due within two years -- but after a disastrous six weeks in Downing Street many doubt she will remain leader long.. Many party members, who get the final say on who leads the party, are unwilling to forgive him for his role in ousting ex-prime minister Boris Johnson.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky will address this week's Frankfurt book fair, with organisers offering emphatic support to the country's literary scene in the wake of Russia's invasion.. - Energy crisis - One of the most high-profile Ukrainian attendees will be Zhadan, a writer, translator and musician, and a key figure in the country's literary scene.
Five years after lighting the fuse of MeToo, US actor Alyssa Milano says she is delighted with the way women are "refusing to be silenced". . "The most obvious thing is that we are refusing to be silenced and really coming together," she said in Cannes, where she was taking part in the Mipcom TV festival.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky will address this week's Frankfurt book fair, with organisers offering emphatic support to the country's literary scene in the wake of Russia's invasion.. - No 'normality' - One of the most high-profile Ukrainian attendees will be Zhadan, a writer, translator and musician, and a key figure in the country's literary scene.
At Tokyo's prestigious Bunka Fashion College, students concentrate in silence that is broken only by the sound of scissors and sewing machines as they strive to emulate the global success of alumni like Kenzo.. Bunka college recognises these benefits and plans to offer a scholarship for studying abroad as part of its 100th-anniversary celebrations next year.
A princess who speaks to angels and a self-proclaimed shaman who sells pricey healing medallions: the unusual couple are madly in love but struggling to win hearts in Norway.. A fan of alternative therapies, she claims to be able to speak with angels, a gift she has shared -- and profited from -- in books and courses.
Global media giant the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) celebrates turning 100 on Tuesday with one eye on its illustrious past and another on its uncertain future.. "The BBC is one hundred today -- it's a time to celebrate, but also to embrace the future," said Sharp.
Disgraced movie star Kevin Spacey takes the stand at his New York trial, rejecting as "not true" accusations he sexually assaulted fellow actor Anthony Rapp when he was a minor.. The "Usual Suspects" star has also pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual assault of three men between March 2005 and April 2013 in Britain, and in 2019, charges against of indecent assault and sexual assault were dropped in Massachusetts. af/rle/jh/ec
Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka on Monday won Britain's Booker Prize for fiction for his work "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida", about a journalist murdered amid the country's sectarian strife.. War photographer and gambler Maali Almeida has been killed, and sets out in the afterlife to work out who was responsible and expose the brutality of the conflict, having seven moons in which to do so.
