BERLIN, Feb 15 — Oscar nominee Cillian Murphy will open Berlin’s international film festival today with the world premiere of a drama about Ireland’s notorious laundries used as prison camps for fallen young women. Small Things Like These, based on the bestselling novel by Claire Keegan and co-starring Michelle Fairley (Game of Thrones) and Emily … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 — Hong Kong actor-singer Edison Chen is making a comeback to the entertainment scene some 16 years after a nude photo scandal tanked his then promising career. The 43-year-old will be performing with his group 3 Cornerz in a concert hosted by the ComplexCon Hong Kong at the AsiaWorld-Expo on March … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11 — Foreign investors weighing opportunities in Malaysia have moved on from the 1Malaysia Development (1MDB) corruption scandal that had weighed heavily on the country’s credibility, Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz said. The investment, trade, and industry minister told CNBC in an interview that the topic has not cropped up in … Read more
LONDON: England cricket chiefs on Friday lifted a ban on staging international matches imposed on Yorkshire after a racism scandal that rocked the game. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
VATICAN CITY: Ex-pope Benedict XVI asked for forgiveness Tuesday for clerical child sex abuse committed on his watch, but aides rejected allegations of a cover-up while he was archbishop of Munich. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
JERUSALEM: Israel’s domestic spying scandal widened Monday, with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett vowing government action following new reports that police illegally used the Pegasus malware to hack phones of dozens of prominent figures. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
LONDON: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Wednesday offered “heartfelt apologies” for attending a lockdown-breaching party held in his Downing Street garden, but deflected calls to resign as the opposition leader called him a “man without shame.” © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
LONDON: Yorkshire’s director of cricket Martyn Moxon and head coach Andrew Gale have left the troubled county side along with the entire coaching staff in the latest fallout from a damaging racism scandal. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
MELBOURNE: Tim Paine Sunday said Australian coach Justin Langer wanted him to remain as Test skipper, as he spoke of his “distress” and “embarrassment” over a sexting scandal that cost him his job. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
LONDON: Former Yorkshire cricketer Azeem Rafiq will appear before British lawmakers on Tuesday with the chance to give an unvarnished account of his experiences of discrimination at the club that is engulfed in a racism scandal. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
