KARACHI: In cricket-crazed Pakistan's biggest city, cafe owner Moiz Umer said customers asked him yesterday to change the TV channel to "avoid the humiliation" of witnessing their Champions Trophy defeat to arch-rivals India.

NEW YORK: Since being sworn in as president of the world’s most powerful nation, Donald Trump has been sure to lavish the standard bearer of the conservative right Fox News with scoops, favors and an exclusive interview.

SEVERAL  celebrities prominent people in the entertainment industry have told the New Straits Times what’s on their wish lists for 2025. Among the top items on the list are for Malaysian talent to branch out abroad and for more collaborations between local and foreign artistes as well between veterans and newcomers.

THEY may not be related in real life, but many fans of actresses Emelda Rosemila Abdul Hamid and Riena Diana (whose real name is Nur Qamarina Diana Zulreal) think that they make a great “mother-and-daughter” team on the big and small screens.

STANDING in the kitchen, shaving off what was left of her hair, the reality of her situation sunk in for Hiba Abdul Rahman.

LONDON: Declan Rice says England’s players love playing under caretaker boss Lee Carsley and do not need clarity on his future despite uncertainty over the managerial position.

PHILADELPHIA: Donald Trump arrived in Philadelphia for a potentially game-changing televised debate with Kamala Harris Tuesday, the rivals’ first and possibly only clash before November’s knife-edge US presidential election.

DATA engineer and social media influencer Abdul Qayyum Halid may share his idol Khairul Aming’s scrumptious recipes for TikTokers, but admits he is “his own man” too.

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden defended both his “mental acuity” and his rhetoric about Donald Trump on Monday, in a second TV interview aimed at ending calls for him to quit his reelection bid following a disastrous debate.

IT'S been a while since we last heard from Sharizan Borhan a.k.a. the King Of Swing.

VETERAN actress Rita Rudaini Mokhtar is not known to play funny characters, and is delighted to be cast in the new comedy series ‘Jabatan Call Center’ (JCC) on TV3.

HAN Byul, the South Korean singer who etched his name in the  Malaysian pop music scene after winning a singing competition, is back with his latest song, ‘Jodoh’.

KUALA LUMPUR: Actress Riena Diana said that entering a relationship with actor Keith Foo was "not a problem".

POPULAR actress, television host and radio announcer Che Puan Sarimah Ibrahim is attracting a new legion of fans as the glamorous antagonist, Sharifah Qaidah, in the hit TV3 drama series, ‘Lelaki Itu’.

SINGER and actress Atilia Haron has found love again, and calls on fans and friends to “pray for the best”.

FOR the third time, ‘Anugerah Juara Lagu’ (AJL) has welcomed soft-spoken singer-songwriter Amir Jahari up its big stage.

DID you know that the average disposable diaper on the market contains chlorine, a chemical that can cause a baby’s skin to become dry, itchy, cracked and sensitive?

DOHA: Tajikistan’s national sport is traditional wrestling but the poorest country in the former Soviet Union is now just two wins away from football’s Asian Cup final.

FIFTEEN years ago, the drama series ‘5 Jingga’ made Siti Saleha Baharum a household name, and since then she has established herself as one of Malaysia’s leading actresses.

Barcelona: Jude Bellingham’s stunning double snatched Real Madrid a 2-1 comeback victory at Barcelona in his first La Liga Clasico on Saturday.