Meet the Fans Who Traveled to Bangkok for Eurovision Asia
Simon Robinson, one of the fans who traveled to Bangkok for the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday, said that his history with the competition is nearly as long as its seven-decade run. He was eight years old when he first watched it with his family in Yorkshire, England, when Britain’s Mary Hopkin finished in second […]
Lawyers unsure if extra funding can reduce massive caseload at Federal Court – National
The recent federal budget included $58 million in additional funding court administration but the Federal Court still doesn’t have a clear picture of how it can be used to reduce a massive caseload that has grown rapidly since 2020. “At the moment, the Federal Court doesn’t have additional details on how the funding confirmed will […]
Asia’s Eurovision Contest Is Missing China, India, Pakistan, Indonesia and Japan
For a competition meant to introduce the diversity of Asian pop music to the world, the lineup for the first Eurovision Song Contest Asia has several notable absences. For starters, the continent’s four most populous nations — China, India, Pakistan and Indonesia — won’t be there. Even Japan, a country globally considered a cultural powerhouse, […]
Microsoft says services fully restored after global disruption – National
Microsoft products are fully operational after a massive outage that left some users unable to access emails and other services for more than 24 hours, the company said Saturday morning. “We have completed our efforts to address the underlying issue of the incident and restored service to the remaining impacted customers and regions,” Microsoft said […]
Will the Eurovision Song Contest succeed in Asia?
The world’s biggest and longest-running song contest is coming to Asia, with eleven countries competing in Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday. There are many passionate Eurovision fans in the region, but the Asia contest is not widely known. The BBC’s South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head explains everything you need to know about the competition, and […]
Ukraine’s Starshield Access Is Being Restricted Again, Zelensky Says
Ukrainian military operations were disrupted again this week along the front lines because of restrictions on Starshield, the satellite internet system developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX and controlled by the U.S. government, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday. Mr. Zelensky told reporters that speed limits of about 100 miles per hour were being enforced for […]
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Africa Miss Universe beauty queens in limbo as US visa restrictions bite
Miss Universe Zimbabwe Roseanna Hall and several other contestants from Africa could miss this year’s competition in Puerto Rico as they race to secure a US visa. Hall is due to represent Zimbabwe at the 75th edition of the Miss Universe pageant, with the winner set to be crowned on 24 November. But she has […]
Why retailers are investing in entertainment
Gap Inc. has debuted its First “fashiontainment” partnership, with the emerging boy band Just Your Type. Source: The Gap Legacy retailer Gap Inc. made an unconventional hire earlier this year: a chief entertainment officer. It was a newly created role as the company tapped former Paramount executive Pam Kaufman to helm its entertainment, content and […]
Live Updates: Eurovision Song Contest Comes to Asia for the First Time
The Eurovision Song Contest, Europe’s long-running singing competition, is expanding into Asia for the first time on Saturday, with singers from 11 countries vying for the title. The New York Times is covering it live. This is the third attempt by the European Broadcasting Union to develop an Asian spinoff of the high-camp competition. With […]