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Bill Nighy, master of misdirection
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 29/01/2023
» British actor Bill Nighy was trying to describe how he prepared for his character in the new drama Living. He plays Mr Williams, a buttoned-up, almost catatonically reticent bureaucrat in post-World War II London who, upon learning that he is dying, decides finally to live.
'White Lotus' actor would do it all again
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 25/12/2022
» Not long ago, venerable actor F Murray Abraham wanted to get lunch at a favourite restaurant in Greenwich Village. Unfortunately, the place was overrun by New York University students shooting a film.
Unlocking the Beeswax wreck mystery
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 24/07/2022
» In July 1693, a large Spanish galleon set sail from the Philippines with a full cargo load of Asian luxury goods, including silk, porcelain and beeswax. The ship was destined for Acapulco, Mexico, when it veered off course and vanished.
Cactus feels the heat of climate change
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 08/05/2022
» The hardy cactus -- fond of heat and aridity, adapted to rough soils -- might not seem like the picture of a climate change victim.
Terrorist crashes car into London pedestrians
Associated Press, Published on 15/08/2018
» LONDON: A car ploughed into pedestrians and cyclists near the Houses of Parliament in London during the morning rush hour Tuesday, injuring three people in what police suspect is the latest in a string of attacks in the British capital that used vehicles as weapons.
Chinese travel site Ctrip buys Skyscanner for $1.7bn
AFP, Published on 24/11/2016
» SHANGHAI - China’s largest online travel agency Ctrip will buy British flight search app Skyscanner for $1.7 billion, the companies said, as it steps up its overseas ambitions.
Messi campaign to educate children
Published on 10/01/2015
» UNITED NATIONS — Soccer great Lionel Messi and tennis star Serena Williams are promoting a new campaign to help some of the 58 million children who are out of school get an education.
Chiefs trump Brumbies for Super 15 back-to-back title
AFP, Published on 04/08/2013
» The Waikato Chiefs have dismissed talk of being rugby's latest dynasty despite their 27-22 trumping of the ACT Brumbies in the Super 15 final for back-to-back titles.
Australians vote for change
Published on 07/09/2013
» SYDNEY - Conservative challenger Tony Abbott declared Australia "under new management" on Saturday after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd conceded election defeat and said he would step down as Labor leader.
Swiss Bank Wegelin pleads guilty in US tax evasion probe
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/01/2013
» Wegelin & Co., Switzerland's oldest private bank, may pay US authorities as much as US$74 million after pleading guilty to helping American taxpayers hide assets from the Internal Revenue Service.