Michelle Yeoh, Jenna Ortega, Quinta Brunson and Margot Robbie hot the red carpet at the 2023 Golden Globes. (Photo: Getty Images)
There were some burning questions going into the 80th Golden Globe Awards on Tuesday, like who exactly would show up and how much the winners mattered, as the ceremony returned to broadcast television after two years. What was not in question is whether celebrities would dazzle on the red carpet. This is Hollywood, after all. Entire industries exist to make people look this stunning as they step out of their limos and in front of photographers.
This year, as the stars arrived for the Jerrod Carmichael-hosted show at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., the films The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All at Once, as well as TV's Abbott Elementary and House of the Dragon, were the night's top nominees. At least the early focus, though, was on the elaborately planned looks worn by familiar faces.
Baby bumps were one of the night's trends, as shown by Kaley Cuoco, Hilary Swank, Abby Elliott and Paul Walter Hauser's wife, Amy Elizabeth Boland, as well as lovely shades of purple, worn by the likes of Heidi Klum, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Selena Gomez, Niecy Nash and more.
Here's a look:
Heidi Klum
Heidi Klum attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
Klum chose a barely-there ensemble topped with a boa in the color of the night.
Sheryl Lee Ralph
Sheryl Lee Ralph attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Todd Williamson/NBC/NBC via Getty Images)
Kaley Cuoco attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Kevork Djansezian/NBC via Getty Images)
The Flight Attendant nominee held her baby bump while wearing a pretty purple gown.
Jamie Lee Curtis
Jamie Lee Curtis attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
The nominee, for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once, wore a lace cape over her jumpsuit.
Hilary Swank
Hilary Swank attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images)
The expectant Oscar winner bucked the purple trend and went green in a dress with pockets that showcased her pregnant belly.
Rhea Seehorn
Rhea Seehorn attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Better Call Saul star Rhea Seehorn wasn't nominated for an individual trophy (!), but she was a real scene-stealer on the red carpet in a sequined floral dress.
Glen Powell and Gigi Paris
Gigi Paris and Glen Powell attend the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
The Top Gun: Maverick headliner and his love, model Gigi Paris, brought some Old Hollywood elegance.
Quinta Brunson
Quinta Brunson attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images)
Michelle Yeoh
Michelle Yeoh attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer/FilmMagic)
Ana de Armas
Ana de Armas attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
Jenna Ortega attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Trae Patton/NBC/NBC via Getty Images)
Salma Hayek
Salma Hayek attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Jennifer Coolidge
Jennifer Coolidge attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Emma D'Arcy
Emma D'Arcy attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Li Jun Li
Babylon actress Li Jun Li attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Abby Elliott
Abby Elliott attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Daniele Venturelli/WireImage)
Margot Robbie
Margot Robbie attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images)
Lily James
Lily James attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Frazer Harrison/WireImage)
Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Kevork Djansezian/NBC via Getty Images)
Viola Davis
Viola Davis attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Ke Huy Quan
Ke Huy Quan attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Kevork Djansezian/NBC via Getty Images)
Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Hudson attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Todd Williamson/NBC/NBC via Getty Images)
Julia Garner
Julia Garner attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Frazer Harrison/WireImage)
Paul Walter Hauser and Amy Elizabeth Boland
Paul Walter Hauser and wife Amy Elizabeth Boland attend the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Jessica Chastain
Jessica Chastain attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
Billy Porter
Billy Porter attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images)
Anya Taylor-Joy
Anya Taylor-Joy attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
Niecy Nash
Niecy Nash attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Andrew Garfield
Andrew Garfield attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
Jean Smart
Jean Smart attend the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Donald Glover
Donald Glover attend the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Lauren Miller and Seth Rogen
Lauren Miller and Seth Rogen attend the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
Michelle Williams
Michelle Williams attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
Letitia Wright
Letitia Wright attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
Matt Bomer
Matt Bomer attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
Claire Danes
Claire Danes attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Tyler James Williams
Tyler James Williams attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Kevork Djansezian/NBC via Getty Images)
Domee Shi
Turning Red director Domee Shi attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Daniele Venturelli/WireImage)
Angela Bassett
Angela Bassett attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Austin Butler
Austin Butler attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Kevork Djansezian/NBC via Getty Images)
Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Eddie Redmayne
Eddie Redmayne attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
Nicole Byer
Nicole Byer attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
Henry Golding
Henry Golding attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Natasha Lyonne
Natasha Lyonne attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
Adam Scott
Adam Scott attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)
Elizabeth Debicki
Elizabeth Debicki attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Todd Williamson/NBC/NBC via Getty Images)
Stephanie Hsu
Stephanie Hsu attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
Laverne Cox
Laverne Cox attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Frederic J. Brown / AFP)
Daisy Edgar-Jones
Daisy Edgar-Jones attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Frazer Harrison/WireImage)
Sebastian Stan
Sebastian Stan attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Raúl and Colman Domingo
Raúl and Colman Domingo attend the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Daniele Venturelli/WireImage)
Milly Alcock
Milly Alcock attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Hannah Einbinder
Hannah Einbinder attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Jenny Slate
Jenny Slate attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images)
Barry Keoghan
Barry Keoghan attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Daniele Venturelli/WireImage)
Lisa Ann Walter
Lisa Ann Walter attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Todd Williamson/NBC/NBC via Getty Images)
Nina Senicar and Jay Ellis
Nina Senicar and Jay Ellis the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Britt Lower
Britt Lower attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images)
Dolly de Leon
Dolly de Leon attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
Chloe Flower
Chloe Flower attends the 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Jan. 10 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo: Frazer Harrison/WireImage)
The good thing about hiking in Singapore is that there are all sorts of trails to choose from and most of them are generally safe – but if you factor in the crazy weather we’ve been having lately, it can be a recipe for disaster. Instagram user Bucky Hussain recounted his near-death experience at the…
The number of daily Covid-19 deaths in China has fallen by nearly 80 percent since the start of the month, authorities have said, in a sign that the country's unprecedented infection surge may have started to abate.The CDC last week said nearly 13,000 people had died from Covid-related illnesses between January 13 and 19, adding to a previous announcement that around 60,000 people had succumbed to the virus in hospitals in just over a month.
Relatives of passengers who died in the twin Boeing 737 MAX crashes are scheduled to confront the airplane maker Thursday in a US court, some four years after the tragedies in Ethiopia and Indonesia.In unveiling the agreement, DOJ said Boeing was being held accountable for "fraudulent and deceptive" conduct towards Federal Aviation Administration regulators during the MAX certification when the company omitted key facts about the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), a flight h
Toyota named Koji Sato president and CEO on Thursday, in a surprise reshuffle that sees third-generation chief executive Akio Toyoda step aside to become board chairman of the world's top-selling automaker.The Japanese automaker said Sato, 53, would also become operating officer when the changes to its executive structure take effect on April 1.
Russian forces fired dozens of missiles at Ukraine on Thursday in a blistering wave of strikes targeting energy infrastructure a day after Germany and the United States pledged modern tanks for Kyiv.The latest wave of attacks came as the Kremlin said Moscow perceived the tank deliveries "as direct involvement in the conflict" and Ukraine conceded it was facing mounting pressure from Russian troops on the eastern front line.Leopard tanks pledged by Berlin will arrive in "late March, early April", German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said.Training of Ukrainian troops on German Marder infantry fighting vehicles will start in the next few days, he added, and "a little later" for the Ukrainian soldiers who will be trained on the Leopard.Russian missiles killed one person and wounded two more in the capital, Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said on social media.The 55-year-old man was killed by fragments of a missile that was shot down by Ukrainian air defence systems, Kyiv city officials said.Ukrainian energy operator DTEK said it was instituting emergency power cuts around Kyiv and also in the southern Odessa and Dnipropetrovsk regions.Russia has launched regular waves of aerial attacks targeting Ukraine's energy infrastructure since last October.- 'More than 30 missiles' -Those assaults have crippled the electricity grid with temperatures near zero degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit) as winter deepens.On Thursday, two critical infrastructure facilities in the Odessa region on the Black Sea were damaged, the head of the regional military administration said.Ukrainian military spokesman Yuriy Ignat announced the fresh missile salvo, telling local media that several Russian Tu-95 bombers had launched the attack from northern Murmansk region."We expect more than 30 missiles, which have already started to appear in various territories. Air defence systems are working," Ignat said. Sergiy Popko, the head of Kyiv's military administration, said all 15 cruise missiles launched towards the capital were downed, "thanks to the excellent work of air defence".Ukraine's air force also said its units shot down a cluster of Iranian-made attack drones launched by Russian forces from near southern Ukraine."Attack UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicle) were launched from the eastern coast of the Sea of Azov... The enemy used 24 Shaheds. All 24 were destroyed," the air force said.The United States and Germany on Wednesday announced deliveries of top-of-the-line tanks to Ukraine, sweeping aside longstanding misgivings and signalling a new surge of Western support for an expected counteroffensive against the Russian invasion.President Joe Biden promised 31 Abrams tanks, one of the most powerful and sophisticated weapons in the US army. - 'Intensifying' Donetsk front -Shortly before, Chancellor Olaf Scholz gave the green light to Germany sending 14 Leopard 2 tanks, a decision that opens the floodgates to several other European countries armed with Leopards to send their own contributions.Although Western countries have already sent Ukraine everything from artillery to Patriot anti-missile defence systems, tanks were long considered a step too far, risking a widening backlash from Russia.But with Ukraine gearing up for a counteroffensive to push back increasingly entrenched Russians in the east and south, the allies are now scrambling to send the powerful weapon.After a series of battlefield setbacks, Russia has claimed gains on the eastern front, where Ukraine conceded that its troops had pulled out of town of Soledar in the Donetsk region.Russian forces and units with the Wagner mercenary group claimed two weeks ago they had captured the small salt-mining town.On Wednesday, Ukraine's Deputy Defence Minister Ganna Malyar said Moscow was also intensifying pressure along that same eastern front, in the fight for nearby Bakhmut."The enemy is throwing a significant number of personnel, weapons and military equipment into the battle, trying to break through our defences," Malyar said.The US-based Institute for the Study of War said Russia was engaging in "spoiling attacks across most of the frontline in Ukraine in order to disperse and distract Ukrainian forces."Those measures, it said, were in order to "set conditions to launch a decisive offensive operation" in the eastern Lugansk region. bur/jm
South Africa said Thursday that it had reached a deal to transfer more than 100 cheetahs to India as part of an ambitious project to reintroduce the spotted cats in the south Asian country.Negotiations for the deal with South Africa were long in the making, with the first cheetahs initially expected to be flown to India last August.
At an east London church on a bitterly cold winter's day, Beautine Wester-Okiya picks her way through boxes of donated baby clothes, toys and other assorted items destined for local people battered by the UK's cost-of-living crisis.- 'Suicidal mums' -
"We have suicidal mums... we have kids who just managed to come through the pandemic only to find this terrible cost-of-living crisis," said Wester-Okiya.
The deadly church attack in Algeciras has rekindled Spanish concerns about the jihadist threat, which experts say is still present although the country has been relatively spared from attacks in recent years.- Five quiet years -
The bloodshed sent shock waves through Spain, where the memory of such attacks has largely faded as the country has been largely spared over the past five years, unlike its European neighbours.Â
The global chemical weapons watchdog blamed Syria on Friday for a 2018 chlorine attack that killed 43 people, in a long-awaited report on a case that sparked tensions between Damascus and the West. But thanks to new rules, which Syria and Russia have opposed, the watchdog is now able to point the finger of blame, and in this case has done so at Damascus.
More than one third of the Amazon rainforest may have been degraded by human activity and drought, researchers said Thursday, and action is needed to protect the critically important ecosystem.In a separate study published in Science of the human impacts on the Amazon, researchers from the University of Louisiana Lafayette and elsewhere called for action.
A gunman stormed Azerbaijan's embassy in Tehran on Friday, killing the mission's head of security in an attack Iran said was motivated by personal reasons but Baku labelled an act of "terrorism".Following the attack, Azerbaijan's foreign ministry said the diplomatic mission's head of security was killed and that two guards were wounded but in a "satisfactory" condition, adding that an investigation had been launched.
The southern Spanish city of Algeciras was reeling Thursday, a day after a machete-wielding assailant stormed into two churches killing a verger and badly injuring a priest. Spanish prosecutors immediately opened a terror probe following the incident near the city's port on Wednesday evening. The attacker was arrested at the scene, with a police source identifying him as a 25-year-old Moroccan man. "Just after 7:00 pm (1800 GMT), a man entered the church of San Isidro in Algeciras, where, armed with a machete, he attacked the priest, leaving him seriously wounded," an interior ministry statement said. "Subsequently, he entered the church of Nuestra Senora de La Palma in which, after causing damages, he attacked the verger." The verger, Diego Valencia, "managed to get out of the church, but was caught by the attacker outside and sustained mortal injuries," it said, identifying the weapon he used as a machete. The two churches are several hundred metres apart and located in an area very close to the port in this town of around 120,000 residents.The emergency services said the priest had sustained injuries to the neck.His parish identified him as 74-year-old Antonio Rodriguez and said he had been celebrating the Eucharist at San Isidro church when he was attacked, describing his condition as "serious but stable". A police source told AFP the assailant was wearing a long robe and had "shouted something" as he carried out the attack. - Attacker shouted, threw icons -Eyewitnesses at Nuestra Senora de La Palma told local media the attacker ran into the building at around 7:30 pm and shouting, began throwing icons, crosses and candles to the floor.The mayor of Algeciras has declared a day of mourning and called residents to gather for a demonstration of condemnation at midday (1100 GMT) in front of the church where the verger died. In the town, which hosts the main port for ferries and other vessels travelling between Spain and Morocco, residents reeled from shock. Juan Jose Marina, the parish priest of Nuestra Senora de La Palma, told public radio the idea of such an attack was unimaginable "because our ties with the Islamic world in Algeciras are good and we've never had any sort of problem". "It just defies all logic," agreed Dris Mohamed Amar, spokesman for the local Muslim community, who was speaking on the same radio programme, saying he hoped "it was an isolated case by a demented lunatic and not something premeditated". bur-hmw/chz/yad
Ukrainian troops were locked in a "fierce" confrontation with Russian fighters Friday for control of the town of Vugledar southwest of Donetsk as the two sides battle along the southern front.Both sides claimed success in the small administrative center of apartment towers surround by flat fields, a short distance from the strategic prize of the village of Pavlivka."The encirclement and subsequent liberation of this city solves many problems," said Denis Pushilin, the Moscow-appointed leader of the Donetsk region."Soon, Vugledar may become a new, very important success for us," he was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.But Kyiv said the town, which had a pre-invasion population of around 15,000 people, remained contested. "There is fierce combat there," Ukrainian military spokesman Sergiy Cherevaty told local media."For many months, the military of the Russian Federation... has been trying to achieve significant success there," he said.Moscow's push for Vugledar is part of its effort to seize control of the entire Donetsk region, which it has already declared a part of Russia.The town also lies along a southern front that some think could be the focus of a possible Ukraine offensive seeking to cut through Russian-occupied territory to the Azov Sea.Russian attacks in the Vugledar area could be "part of a series of spoiling attacks aimed at constraining possible future Ukrainian counteroffensive operations," said the US-based Institute for the Study of War.- Barbs on Holocaust Remembrance Day -Russian President Vladimir Putin used International Holocaust Remembrance Day Friday to lash out at Ukraine, calling those in the country "neo-Nazis" to justify the 11-month-old invasion."Forgetting the lessons of history leads to the repetition of terrible tragedies," Putin said."It is against that evil that our soldiers are bravely fighting," he said.But in Poland, where some three million Jews were slaughtered during World War II, officials pointed their fingers at Russia as perpetuating Nazi thinking. "On the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, let us remember that to the east Putin is building new camps," Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Facebook."Solidarity and consistent support for Ukraine are effective ways to ensure that history does not come full circle," he added.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky marked Holocaust Remembrance Day by urging the world to unite against "indifference" and "hatred"."Today, as always, Ukraine honours the memory of millions of victims of the Holocaust. We know and remember that indifference kills along with hatred," he said.- More Polish tanks -Morawiecki meanwhile said Poland would deliver an additional 60 tanks to Kyiv to help it fend off Russia's aggression."Right now, we are ready to send 60 of our modernised tanks, 30 of them PT-91. And on top of those tanks, 14 tanks, Leopard 2 tanks, from our possession," he said.The tanks that have already been sent by Poland are mainly T-72 Soviet models, of which the PT-91 are a modernised version. Ukraine has also been promised battle tanks from Germany and the United States, announced earlier this week. And Belgium announced a new 93.8 million euro ($100 million) package of military aid for Ukraine that includes cash, missiles, machine guns and armoured vehicles.- Olympics controversy -Meanwhile controversy boiled over the International Olympic Committee's efforts to find a "pathway" for Russians to take part in the 2024 Paris Games despite the invasion of Ukraine.Russia and its ally Belarus have been sidelined from most Olympic sports since the invasion of Ukraine last February.But the IOC said "no athlete should be prevented from competing just because of their passport".Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said Thursday that she supported the concept of Russian athletes competing under a neutral banner at the 2024 Olympics.Zelensky on Friday invited IOC President Thomas Bach to visit the frontline city of Bakhmut, where some of the heaviest fighting has taken place in recent months."I am inviting Mr Bach to Bakhmut so that he can see for himself that neutrality does not exist," Zelensky said. "It is obvious that any neutral banner of Russian athletes is stained with blood."Ukraine's sports minister warned his country could boycott the games if Russian and Belarusian athletes take part.bur/pmh/bfm
Indian trailblazer Sania Mirza bowed out of Grand Slam tennis Friday with defeat in the Australian Open mixed-doubles final playing alongside Rohan Bopanna -- her first playing partner 22 years ago."Rohan was my first-ever mixed-doubles partner at (aged) 14 and we won the nationals," said Mirza, a six-time Grand Slam champion, three in doubles and three in mixed.
The pensioner who allegedly sent letter bombs to Spain's prime minister and the Ukrainian embassy was placed in pre-trial detention on Friday on grounds he could flee to "Russian territory". The home-made devices were sent in late November and early December to Spain's prime minister and defence minister, the Ukrainian and US embassies, the European Union Satellite Centre near Madrid and to a Spanish arms manufacturer in the northeastern city of Zaragoza.
Moves to reintegrate Russian athletes for next year's Paris Olympics were strongly criticised by the British government on Thursday.The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, said on Thursday that she was in favour of Russian athletes competing at the 2024 Olympics as neutrals.
BENGALURU (Reuters) -Indian carmaker Tata Motors Ltd said on Friday it would hike prices of its passenger vehicles by 1.2% on a weighted average basis from Feb. 1, citing a rise in overall input costs. The price increase comes a month after the maker of the Tiago and Harrier cars raised commercial vehicle prices by up to 2% in January.. Earlier this month, rival and India's top car maker Maruti Suzuki raised prices by an average of 1.1% across its models, blaming similar cost pressures.
German prosecutors said Thursday there was no indication of a terrorist motive in a knife attack on a train that killed two teenagers and wounded several other passengers.The two teenagers who were killed knew each other, she added.
India showcased its military might with tanks and flyovers by roaring fighter jets in the heart of New Delhi Thursday to mark its annual Republic Day. Republic Day marks the adoption of India's post-independence constitution and Thursday's event is the latest of several ceremonies commemorating 75 years since the end of British colonial rule last August.