VENICE, TORONTO Documaker Gianfranco Rosi returns to his native Italy for this stunningly shot look at life at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, then and now. The film surveys Pompeii’s prized ruins; ventures into the tunnels beneath them, dug by tomb robbers selling antiquities on the black market; hovers over the Gulf of Naples to…
Michael VoepelSep 13, 2025, 08:51 AM ET Close Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. The New York Liberty walked off the court at Barclays Center with another lopsided victory. Their…
Nepal’s major political parties have demanded the country’s President Ram Chandra Poudel reinstates the parliament he dissolved following deadly anti-corruption protests. In a statement, eight parties – including the Nepali Congress, CPN-UML and Maoist Centre – said the president acted unconstitutionally. Poudel dissolved the House of Representatives on Friday upon the recommendation of newly-appointed interim…
Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. ‘It’s hard to succeed’: US firms in China report record pessimism amid tensions American companies doing business in China are more pessimistic about the next five years than ever…
Shwetha SurendranSep 13, 2025, 08:01 AM ET Close Shwetha Surendran is a reporter in ESPN’s investigative and enterprise unit. The former CEO of Aspiration, the company that LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is accused of using to circumvent the salary cap, said Friday that claims that Kawhi Leonard signed a no-show contract with his former…
Kathmandu awoke to a drizzle on Wednesday, but it could not wash away the smouldering wreckage left by unprecedented arson and looting a day earlier that followed anti-corruption protests in Nepal’s capital. Fires consumed public institutions, historic buildings and private businesses – including the Supreme Court, the Singha Durbar government complex, the Kantipur media house…
Peshawar,Renowned Pakistani television and radio actor Ishrat Abbas Khalil has passed away. He was laid to rest today in Peshawar, state media reported. Abbas, who entertained audiences for more than four decades, was celebrated for his performances in Urdu and Pashto dramas aired on Pakistan Television (PTV). He also showcased his talent in numerous radio…
Islamabad, Thousands of Pakistani Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) have raised their voices against what they describe as harsh and discriminatory policies of the Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PMDC). Despite completing years of medical education abroad, FMGs say they are being denied fair licensing, recognition, and opportunities for house jobs in Pakistan. In a joint…
Accra, Ghana – Ambassador Dr. Mohammad Nafees Zakaria, Executive Director of the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS), called on Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama, the incumbent Chairperson of COMSATS, at the Jubilee House in Accra. Dr. Zakaria is leading a four-member delegation of the COMSATS Secretariat on his…
Chengdu, China – President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday met with Li Shulei, Member of the Political Bureau and Secretariat of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Minister of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, to discuss strengthening cooperation between Pakistan and China across political, economic, and cultural spheres. During…
