Offbeat

LAS VEGAS: Miss Utah is the latest beauty queen to trip on American television, not over her gown, but during the interview segment.

BANGKOK: The behavior of Thailand’s Buddhist clergy has been thrust under the spotlight after footage emerged of three monks flying in a private jet, wearing earphones and sunglasses and trav

PARMA: Giorgio Nava, an Italian chef based in South Africa, won the World Pasta Championship in the Italian city of Parma on Saturday with a low-cost recipe that he said suited Italy’s deep e

TOKYO: Belt-tightening in Japan’s diplomatic service is cutting the quality of canapes on offer abroad, the foreign ministry has said, leading to fears Tokyo is losing the battle of the buffets to B

LONDON: A cat owner who put up an appeal for their missing pet should probably have checked their own house first after a picture of the feline sitting next to its lost poster emerged online.

LONDON: A dead cat has topped the list of the weirdest shipping requests.

LAS VEGAS: A 25-year-old accountant from Connecticut with a secret glamorous side is the new Miss USA.

LONDON: Popular TV host Nigella Lawson was reportedly assaulted by her husband Charles Saatchi after a row at a restaurant during which he grabbed her by the throat.

Mumbai: After staying mum on the topic for a long time, Uday Chopra has finally declared his love for his ‘good friend’ Nargis Fakhri, or so it seems.

Going straight after a lifetime spent as a member of Japan’s feared yakuza organized crime mobs poses a number of challenges.