Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer has called on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to look out for working parents in today's financial measures, as well as the three million left behind by the previous financial support package.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 â Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin should spend the RM35 million originally allocated to build three multipurpose halls in Johor to upgrade the stateâs capability to...
Protesters are expected to descend on statehouses across the United States on Sunday in support of baseless claims that electoral fraud robbed President Donald Trump of a second term, as law enforcement officials girded for possible violence. More than a dozen states have activated National Guard troops to help secure their capitol buildings following an FBI warning of armed protests, with right-wing extremists emboldened by the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6. Downtown Washington, D.C., was virtually empty, with streets near the Capitol closed and battalions of camouflaged National Guard soldiers taking up positions across the city center.
NASA conducted a test firing of the engines for its giant Space Launch System (SLS) lunar rocket on Saturday but they shut down earlier than planned, the space agency said.
Opener Lahiru Thirimanne completed a rare test century to continue Sri Lankaâs fight back against England as they reached 242 for four wickets in their second innings at lunch on the fourth day of the first test at Galle International Stadium on Sunday. Thirimanne moved quickly from 76 overnight to reach his century in 227 balls, before becoming one of two wickets to fall in the morning session, dismissed for 111 off 251 balls with 12 boundaries. Angelo Mathews (30) and captain Dinesh Chandimal (20) were not out as Sri Lanka, who had been 156-2 overnight and trailing by 130 runs, cut Englandâs lead to 44 runs.
Several orphaned kangaroos were released into wild at the same time by an animal sanctuary in Australiaâs Northern Territory.The roos, named Mio, April, Awa, Luckey, Desert Rose, Bibi and Jacky, were cared for by the Kangaroo Sanctuary Alice Springs, which looks after rescued orphans and adult kangaroos.âOur orphans have grown up healthy and strong and formed a wonderful bond, so were ready for release back to the wild,â the sanctuary wrote on Facebook. Credit: The Kangaroo Sanctuary Alice Springs via Storyful
The vagaries of the Auckland weather created further drama in the America's Cup challenger series on Sunday when American Magic capsized while in sight of their first victory.
Fencing and barricades filled the streets of Washington near government buildings ahead of the inauguration of Joe Biden as president of the United States, amid security concerns following the January 6 storming of the Capitol.Around 25,000 National Guard members from several states were expected to be in the capital to support the security of the inauguration on January 20.This video shows members of the National Guard passing through a checkpoint at the Capitol. Credit: Maureen Cohen Harrington via Storyful
Harden joined the Nets from the Houston Rockets on Thursday to reunite with Durant -- his former team mate at Oklahoma City Thunder -- and the duo looked dominant in their first game together with the Brooklyn team. Durant scored a season-high 42 points while Harden, the NBA's MVP in 2018, became the seventh player in NBA history to register a triple-double in his debut with a new team and finished with 32 points, 12 rebounds and 14 assists.
New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): Hockey India (HI) on Sunday announced that they will conduct the HI coaching education pathway level '1' coaching course 2021 in New Delhi from January 29 to February 1 and Bhubaneswar from February 3 to 6 and interested applicants can enroll online.
Fencing and barricades filled the streets of Washington near government buildings ahead of the inauguration of Joe Biden as president of the United States, amid security concerns following the January 6 storming of the Capitol.Around 25,000 National Guard members from several states were expected to be in the capital to support the security of the inauguration on January 20.This video shows various streets blocked by national guard vehicles and checkpoints built with tall fences and concrete barriers. Credit: @geemanis via Storyful
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 â The government should call for a so-called âhealth emergencyâ to contain Covid-19 instead for the state of Emergency last week, Umno deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamad...
Lai Chi-wai became the first in Hong Kong to climb more than 250 metres of a skyscraper while strapped into a wheelchair as he pulled himself up for more than 10 hours on Saturday to raise money for spinal cord patients. The 37-year-old climber, whose car accident 10 years ago left him paralysed from waist down, could not make it to the top of the 300 metre-tall Nina Tower on the Kowloon peninsula. "I was quite scared," Lai said.
A dramatic shift in the wind had earlier forced organisers to stop the day's opening race with Ben Ainslie's INEOS Team UK aboard "Britannia" leading after four legs at Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand. In conditions that were vastly different from the light winds teams experienced on Saturday, INEOS Team UK excelled to seal the win and put themselves in a commanding position. New York Yacht Club's American Magic were denied their first points in the series when "Patriot" capsized in the second race of the day after encountering a huge gust of wind while going into a sharp turn.
A dramatic shift in the wind had earlier forced organisers to stop the day's opening race with Ben Ainslie's INEOS Team UK aboard "Britannia" leading after four legs at Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand. In conditions that were vastly different from the light winds teams experienced on Saturday, INEOS Team UK excelled to seal the win and put themselves in a commanding position. New York Yacht Club's American Magic were denied their first points in the series when "Patriot" capsized in the second race of the day after encountering a huge gust of wind while going into a sharp turn.
E-commerce workers who kept China fed during the coronavirus pandemic, making their billionaire bosses even richer, are so unhappy with their pay and treatment that one just set himself on fire in protest. Chinaâs internet industries already were known for long, demanding days. For white-collar workers in the technology industry, pay is better than in some industries but employees are often expected to work 12 hours a day or more.
A man with a loaded handgun and more than 500 rounds of ammunition has been arrested in Washington at a security checkpoint near the US Capitol, authorities said. Wesley Allen Beeler, of Virginia, had driven to a checkpoint on Friday evening and tried to use a phony credential to access the restricted area where President-elect Joe Biden will be inaugurated next week, according to a document filed in Washington, DC Superior Court. As officers checked against an authorised access list, one of them noticed decals on the back of Beeler's pick-up truck that said "Assault Life", with an image of a rifle, and another with the message: "If they come for your guns, give 'em your bullets first". Under questioning, Beeler told officers he had a Glock handgun in the vehicle. A search uncovered a loaded handgun, more than 500 rounds of ammunition, shotgun shells and a magazine for the gun, the court document said. Beeler was arrested on charges including possession of an unregistered firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition, a police report said.
New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): All India Football Federation (AIFF) General Secretary Kushal Das lavished huge praise on Odisha Sports for a successful partnership which started in 2019 through signing an MoU in New Delhi.
United States challenger American Magic capsized attempting a high risk maneuver in a squall while leading Italyâs Luna Rossa on the third day of racing in the Americaâs Cup challenger series. A race immediately began to save the yacht Patriot from sinking and to keep the U.S. team in the regatta. Defender Team New Zealand and challengers Luna Rossa and Team UK hurried to aid the American team, saving sails and equipment and assisting desperate attempts to keep patriot afloat.
New Delhi [India], January 17 (ANI): In an effort to honour sporting heroes of the country, the Sports Ministry has taken a decision to name all upcoming and upgraded sporting facilities of the Sports Authority of India, after renowned athletes, who have contributed to sports in India.
The Oscars Best Documentary Feature race, which set a new record for entries in December when it passed the previous record of 170, has now left all previous years in the dust with 240 eligible films. An additional 25 documentary features were placed in the members-only online screening room devoted to the category on Saturday, in what the Academy told voters would be âthe final batchâ of this yearâs entries. It was the last of seven groups of documentaries that qualified and were placed into the screening room: 25 in July, 12 in August, 16 in September, 33 in October, 36 in November, a huge group of 93 in December and now 25 in January. Academy rules put in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic made it easier than usual for documentaries to qualify for the Oscars this year, which opened the door for a field that obliterated the previous record, which was set in 2017. Films could qualify simply by being chosen for two film festivals from a list of 22, whether or not those festivals actually took place; by winning any one of more than 50 festival awards; or by making themselves available in the Academy Screening Room within 60 days of a streaming, VOD or a broadcast premiere. Also Read: 'Crip Camp' Wins Top Prize at IDA Documentary Awards To guarantee that each eligible film will be viewed by a minimum number of voters, each member of the Academyâs Documentary Branch is assigned certain films as required viewing. Final assignments have yet to be made, but with the record number of contending films, the number of required films for each voter is likely to be more than three dozen. The first round of voting, in which the 240 contenders will be narrowed down to a 15-film shortlist, will take place from Feb. 1-5. While the December group of films included many of the highest profile documentaries in this yearâs race, the January group consisted, for the most part, of lesser-known films. They include docs about socialism (âThe Big Scary âSâ Wordâ), stem cell research (âEnding Diseaseâ), life in a simulation (âA Glitch in the Matrixâ), the Russia investigation of Donald Trump (âThe Plot Against the Presidentâ) and Terry Gilliamâs attempt to film âThe Man Who Killed Don Quixoteâ (âHe Dreams of Giantsâ). Three additional documentary shorts were also added to the screening room, bringing the total number of contenders in that category to 114. That is also a record, topping the 104 entries in 2018. Also Read: 'Time' Director Garrett Bradley Explains How She Exposed Mass Incarceration Via One Woman's Fight Here is the list of the 240 documentary features that are now eligible in the category. The Academy has not made this list public but is expected to officially release the eligible films later in January, before shortlist voting begins. Films in the final January batch are indicated with an asterisk. âAcasa, My Homeâ âAddicted to Ralphieâ * âAggieâ âAll I Can Sayâ âAll In: The Fight for Democracyâ âThe American Sectorâ âAmerican Selfie: One Nation Shoots Itselfâ âAmericaâs Forgottenâ âThe Antidoteâ âApocalypse â45â âThe Art of Living in Dangerâ * âThe Art of Political Murderâ âAssassinsâ âAswangâ * âAthlete Aâ âBabenco â Tell Me When I Dieâ âBe Waterâ âBeastie Boys Storyâ âBeautiful Something Left Behindâ âBecomingâ âBedlamâ âBelly of the Beastâ âBelushiâ âBeyond the Visible: Hilma Af Klintâ âThe Big Scary âSâ Wordâ * âBillieâ âBlack Boysâ âBloody Nose, Empty Pocketsâ âThe Booksellersâ âBorn to Beâ âBoys Stateâ âBulletproofâ âBully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohnâ âCapital in the Twenty-First Centuryâ âChicago: Americaâs Hidden Warâ * âChildhood 2.0â âChuck Berryâ âCircus of Booksâ âCity Dreamâ âCity Hallâ âCoded Biasâ âCollectiveâ âColombia in My Armsâ âComing Cleanâ âCoronationâ âCoup 53â âCreated Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Wordsâ âCreem: Americaâs Only Rock âNâ Roll Magazineâ âCrip Campâ âCrock of Gold â A Few Rounds With Shane MacGowanâ âThe Curveâ âDadsâ âDave Grusin: Not Enough Timeâ âDavid Attenborough: A Life on Our Planetâ âDays of Cannibalismâ âDear Santaâ âDeath Protocolâ * âDescentâ âDesert Oneâ âDiana Kennedy: Nothing Specialâ âDick Johnson Is Deadâ âDisclosureâ âThe Dissidentâ âThe Dog Docâ âThe Donut Kingâ âDope Is Deathâ âDown a Dark Stairwellâ âDownstream to Kinshasaâ âThe Earth Is Blue as an Orangeâ âElementaâ âEnding Diseaseâ * âEpicentroâ âErased, ____ Ascent of the Individualâ âEscape From Extinctionâ âEverybody Fliesâ âF11 and Be Thereâ âFandango at the Wallâ âFather Soldier Sonâ âFeels Good Manâ âThe Fightâ âFind Your Grooveâ âFinding Yingyingâ âFireball: Visitors From Darker Worldsâ âFirst Voteâ âFirst We Eatâ * âFlanneryâ âFor They Know Not What They Doâ âThe Forbidden Reelâ â40 Years a Prisonerâ âThe Ghost of Peter Sellersâ âGiving Voiceâ âA Glitch in the Matrixâ * âFreak Power: The Ballot or the Bombâ âFreedia Got a Gunâ âThe Go-Goâsâ âGordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mindâ âGundaâ âHarry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Somethingâ âHe Dreams of Giantsâ * âHouse of Cardinâ âThe Human Factorâ âHuman Natureâ âI Am Gretaâ âI Am Not Aloneâ âI Owe You a Letter About Brazilâ âiHumanâ âIn My Skinâ * âIndian Space Dreamsâ âInfluenceâ âIrmiâ âThe Infiltratorsâ â(In)visible Portraitsâ âIrradies (Irradiated)â âJimmy Carter: Rock & Roll Presidentâ âJohn Lewis: Good Troubleâ âJourney to Royal: A WWII Rescue Missionâ * âKate Nash: Underestimate the Girlâ âA Kid from Coney Islandâ âKingdom of Silenceâ âKings of Capitol Hillâ âKiss the Groundâ âLa Madrina: The (Savage) Life of Lorine Padinaâ âLanceâ âLandfallâ âThe Last Blockbusterâ âLast Call for Tomorrowâ âLennox: The Untold Storyâ * âLessons of Loveâ âThe Letterâ âLibelu â Down With the Dictatorshipâ âLife Is Deadlyâ âLift Like a Girlâ âLost Courseâ âLost in Faceâ âThe Lost Paradiseâ âLove Childâ âMade You Look: A True Story About Fake Artâ âMan in the Arenaâ âMartin Margiela: In His Own Wordsâ âMayorâ âMighty Iraâ âMiss Americanaâ âMLK/FBIâ âThe Mole Agentâ âThe Monster Inside Meâ âA Most Beautiful Thingâ âMother to Earth: The Untold Story of Earth Boundâ âMr. Soul!â âMucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercadoâ âMusic Got Me Hereâ âMy Darling Vivianâ âMy Darling Supermarketâ âMy Octopus Teacherâ âMy People: The Jews of Greeceâ âMy Psychedelic Love Storyâ âMy Rembrandtâ âNapoli Edenâ âNarciso Em Feriasâ âNasrinâ âThe New Corporation: The Unfortunately Necessary Sequelâ â9/11 Kidsâ â915â * â9to5: The Story of a Movementâ âNotturnoâ âOliver Sacks: His Own Lifeâ âOlympiaâ âOn the Recordâ âOnce Upon a Time in Venezuelaâ âOnce Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Bandâ âOttolenghi and the Cakes of Versaillesâ âOur Time Machineâ âPahokeeâ âThe Painter and the Thiefâ âA Pandemic: Away From the Motherlandâ âThe Phenomenonâ âPlanet of the Humansâ âThe Plot Against the Presidentâ * âThe Pollinatorsâ âThe Power of Movementâ âPray: The Story of Patrick Peytonâ âPublic Trustâ * âQueen of Hearts: Audrey Flackâ âThe Reason I Jumpâ âRebuilding Paradiseâ âRed Penguinsâ âReunitedâ âRewindâ âThe Right Girlsâ * âRingsideâ âRising Phoenixâ âRiver City Drumbeatâ âRiver Talesâ âRunnerâ * âSearching for Mr. Rugoffâ âSelf Portraitâ â17 Blocks the Final Cutâ â76 Daysâ âSky Blossomâ âSlay the Dragonâ âThe Social Dilemmaâ âSoftieâ âSome Kind of Heavenâ âSongs of Repressionâ âSorosâ âSpaceship Earthâ âStars and Strifeâ âThe State of Texas vs. Melissaâ âStrayâ âStrip Down, Rise Upâ âSystem Kâ âThey Call Me Babuâ * âThis Is Not a Movieâ âThis Is Parisâ * âA Thousand Cutsâ âThrough the Nightâ âTimeâ âThe Times of Bill Cunninghamâ * âTotally Under Controlâ âTranshoodâ âThe Truffle Huntersâ âTrust Meâ * âUncle Tomâ * â#Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trumpâ âUs Kidsâ âThe Walrus and the Whistleblowerâ âThe Way I See Itâ âWBCN and the American Revolutionâ âWe Are the Radical Monarchsâ âWe Donât Deserve Dogsâ âWelcome to Chechnyaâ âWhite Noiseâ âWho Is Gatsby Randolphâ * âWild Dazeâ âWim Wenders, Desperadoâ âWith Drawn Armsâ âA Womanâs Work: The NFLâs Cheerleader Problemâ * âWomen in Blueâ âYou Cannot Kill David Arquetteâ âYusuf Hawkins: Storm Over Brooklynâ âZappaâ Read original story Oscars Obliterate Old Record With 240 Qualifying Documentaries At TheWrap
