Author: Daily Sabah With Reuters
Netflix takes its next step into live programming on Monday with the debut of “Raw,” the iconic weekly World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) show that has been a fixture of U.S. television for over 30 years. In a strategic move, WWE is shifting its flagship show from Comcast’s USA Network to Netflix, aiming to attract a global fanbase of all ages. “When you look at Netflix and its global reach and the power of its brand, it was time that our brand met up with theirs,” said WWE President Nick Khan. Netflix agreed to pay more than $5 billion for the…
Netflix takes its next step into live programming on Monday with the debut of “Raw,” the iconic weekly World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) show that has been a fixture of U.S. television for over 30 years. In a strategic move, WWE is shifting its flagship show from Comcast’s USA Network to Netflix, aiming to attract a global fanbase of all ages. “When you look at Netflix and its global reach and the power of its brand, it was time that our brand met up with theirs,” said WWE President Nick Khan. Netflix agreed to pay more than $5 billion for the…
Novak Djokovic has admitted that he still feels stressed when arriving at Melbourne airport, recalling the ordeal three years ago when he was deported from Australia. The 24-time Grand Slam champion had his visa canceled just before the 2022 Australian Open amid controversy surrounding Australia’s COVID-19 entry regulations and his unvaccinated status. “I have to be quite frank,” Djokovic said in an interview with Melbourne’s Herald Sun newspaper. “The last couple of times I landed in Australia, going through passport control and immigration – I had a bit of trauma from three years ago. And some traces still stay there…
Ousmane Dembele struck a dramatic stoppage-time winner to secure Paris Saint-Germain a 1-0 victory over AS Monaco in the French Super Cup on Sunday, as the Ligue 1 champions claimed the trophy for a third straight season. PSG, the record 13-time winners of the competition, faced Monaco – the runners-up in last season’s Ligue 1 – after completing a domestic double by winning both the league and the French Cup. The triumph marked PSG’s 11th title in the past 12 years. The match, held at Doha’s Stadium 974, built using 974 recycled shipping containers for the 2022 World Cup, saw…
Ousmane Dembele struck a dramatic stoppage-time winner to secure Paris Saint-Germain a 1-0 victory over AS Monaco in the French Super Cup on Sunday, as the Ligue 1 champions claimed the trophy for a third straight season. PSG, the record 13-time winners of the competition, faced Monaco – the runners-up in last season’s Ligue 1 – after completing a domestic double by winning both the league and the French Cup. The triumph marked PSG’s 11th title in the past 12 years. The match, held at Doha’s Stadium 974, built using 974 recycled shipping containers for the 2022 World Cup, saw…
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that the Iranian nuclear programme was approaching the point of no return, adding that France would need to have a strategic discussion regarding Iran with U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration. Macron said that leaders would need to ask themselves if they should launch a sanctions restoration mechanism on Iran before October 2025. Iran ‘main strategic and security challenge’ in Middle East: Macron Macron said Iran was the main strategic and security challenge in the Middle East, citing the acceleration of its nuclear programme and support for Russia’s war against Ukraine. “Iran is the…
A Russian drone attacked a civilian passenger bus in Ukraine’s southern city of Kherson on Monday, killing at least one person and injuring nine more, the Kherson regional governor said. The bus with shattered windows and pools of blood on its floor could be seen on a video from the site, shared by the governor alongside his statement on Telegram. A 49-year-old man was killed, the regional prosecutor’s office said. Civilians in Kherson region, which Russian forces partially occupy, and its capital constantly come under Russian drone attacks. Local authorities report casualties from such strikes on an almost daily basis.…
A 52-year-old woman has died in hospital from injuries sustained after a man drove his car into a German Christmas market last month, a spokesperson for the local public prosecutor’s office said on Monday, bringing the death toll from the attack to six. The attack on Dec. 20 in the central city of Magdeburg that also left scores injured shocked the country and stirred up tensions over the charged issue of immigration. Officials have described the suspect as a 50-year-old psychiatrist from Saudi Arabia with a history of anti-Islamic rhetoric and a sympathy for the far-right Alternative for Germany party.…
Thousands of Montenegrins gathered in the town of Cetinje on Sunday to commemorate the 12 victims of a mass shooting last week, with many accusing police of not having done enough to stop the gunman’s rampage. In a crime that shocked the small Balkan nation, 45-year-old Aco Martinovic went on a shooting spree that lasted for hours on Wednesday. When he was finally cornered by police, he turned his gun on himself, and later died of his injuries. People lit candles on Sunday in front of a church in Cetinje close to where the shooting began and stood in silence…
Elon Musk said Nigel Farage should quit as leader of Britain’s right-wing Reform UK party in an abrupt withdrawal of support by the U.S. billionaire for the Brexit campaigner who is trying to shake up the British political establishment again. “The Reform Party needs a new leader. Farage doesn’t have what it takes,” Musk said on his social media platform X on Sunday, a few hours after Farage described him as a friend who made Reform look “cool”. Musk – a close ally of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump – had seemingly backed Farage and posed for a photograph with him…