Alec Baldwin is scheduled to appear in court on accusations linked to Rust's potential death penalty.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to stay the distribution of the film 'Faraaz,' which is based on the 2016 Dhaka terror events. The mothers of two victims had petitioned the High Court for an order to prevent the film's publication. Hansal Mehta's film will be released on ...

ADK advertising firm claims bid manipulation for Tokyo Olympic test events

A source close to the matter said Tuesday that ADK Holdings Inc, a major Japanese advertising agency, reported to the fair trade watchdog that it participated in bid rigging for the rights to organize test events for the Tokyo Olympics.

ADK came forward after Tokyo prosecutors recently ...

Street cheering events for the World Cup have been cancelled out of respect for the Itaewon incident

The Korea Football Association (KFA) declared on Friday that it will not hold street cheering events for FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 games as the country mourns the deaths of more than 150 people in a mob crush on Halloween weekend in Seoul's Itaewon District.

The catastrophic tragedy...

Cities in France are boycotting World Cup events in a show of solidarity with the global movement condemning Qatar for its human rights and environmental abuses

Less than a month remains until the 2022 FIFA World Cup begins in Qatar, and already a number of French cities, including Paris, Lille, Bordeaux, Strasbourg, and Marseille, have announced they will be boycotting the tournament and will not be setting up the customary fan zones with giant TV scree...

Dubai Sports Events Require Insurance

The Dubai Sports Council has declared that beginning on September 1, 2022, any and all athletic contests will be needed to present documentation that they are covered by insurance in order to be authorised to take place. This requirement will go into effect immediately. This action is being taken...

Australia is gearing up for an 'unprecedented' decade of major sporting events

Australia will host a slew of big international athletic events over the next decade as part of a long-term strategy to increase tourism, health, and the economy while also improving its worldwide image. The welcoming climate, sports-loving people, stable political environment, and high-quality i...

UK TO RESUME OUTDOOR GET-TOGETHERS AND SPORT EVENTS IN THE COUNTRY

Highlights:

• The get-togethers and sports are now resumed in the United Kingdom
• The prime minister of Boris Johnson said that, the people of the country must be cautious

The people in the United Kingdom are now allowed for meeting in ...

THAI AUTHORITIES CONCEDED NEW YEAR CELEBRATION UNDER STRICT ADHERENCE TO CORONAVIRUS NORMS

HIGHLIGHTS

• Shows and different events intended to celebrate New Year are permitted yet coordinators should carefully adhere to rules made to forestall the spread of Covid-19, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Monday

Coordinator...

SEOUL PREPARING FOR THE WORST TILL YEAR END WITH RESTRICTIONS, DISTANCING IN FULL DISPLAY

• Rallies with at no more than 10 individuals will be disallowed in Seoul until the year's end, as an integral component of revalidated  social separating measures applied by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, it stated, Monday.
• These measures are in accordance with the ...

SOCIAL DISTANCING IN SEOUL TO INCREASE IN A BID TO STALL CORONAVIRUS FAN-OUT

• Korea on Sunday changed its stance and decided to enforce tougher distancing regulations for the greater Seoul area and the south-western region as health authorities try to stall a resurgence of the novel coronavirus.
• The government declared that the Level 2 distancing, the th...

JAPAN RELAXED ITS RULE OF CROWD LIMITATION IN VARIOUS EVENT VENUES, MOVIE THEATRES

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• Japan relaxed its rule of crowd limitation in various event venues, movie theatres.
• The number of spectators in domestic sporting events topped more than 10,000.
• The government has lifted the 5,000 person cap on large ev...

JAPAN GOVERNMENT MAY INCREASE LIMIT OF AUDIENCE NUMBER BY 20,000 AT EVENTS

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• Japan government may increase limit of audience number by 20,000 at events.
• The country is reporting fewer coronavirus cases recently.
• The country’s pro baseball and soccer leagues’ have requested to increase...

DECLINING COVID-19 CASES MIGHT LEAD EASE IN CROWD SIZE FOR EVENTS; JAPAN GOVERNMENT

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• Declining COVID-19 cases might lead ease in crowd size for events; Japan Government.
• The current rule allows venues to hold up to 50 percent of their capacity.
• By Sept.19, the government is planning scrap the same rule.<...

BERLIN MARATHON RESCHEDULED AS GERMANY SHUTS DOWN EVENTS UNTIL 24 OCTOBER 2020.

Highlights:

• Berlin Marathon is rescheduled to mid-November 2020 tentatively
• Germany cancels all the big events that will garner gatherings until October 24 2020

 With Germany called off its Oktoberfest major events are being called off and cance...

FUTURE OF SPORTS NEED LESSONS FROM THE PAST

Tokyo Olympics was scheduled in the later half of 2020, but now it has been rescheduled to year further courtesy of coronavirus outbreak. With various sporting events getting cancelled or postponed, a question mark lies over future of sports and how it will rise again. 
In order to ge...

CANCEL PLANS FOR ITALY: COVID-19 CASES ON THE RISE

Highlights:

• The Trump administration recently announced that it was raising the travel advisory level for parts of Italy, South Korea, and other nations where the coronavirus has spread widely.

• On Sunday, Trump said in a tweet that all passengers...

COVID-19 DISRUPTS SOUTH KOREAN ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY

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• K-Pop agencies have canceled or postponed various scheduled events
• Overseas promotion or other appearances has also been canceled
• South Korea is banned from many countries due to the current virus outbreak

SOUTH KOREA’S FLOWER BUSINESS DECLINE DUE TO FEAR OF COVID-19

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• Flower farmers suffer loss in the market
• Agriculture Ministry aids the farmers
• Possible plan to join online market to keep their business intact

Sejong City in South Korea on Thursday mentioned that it will draw out a se...

DIGITAL GAMING IS RISING IN A LEISURE POWER AND EVEN IN THE ATLANTIC

Highlights:

• VentureBeat, a U.S.-based Niantic, is venturing its increasing position in the global tourism industry
• Refers to locations where the firm holds live events related to those games
• 2019 witnessed 2.7 million participants from abou...

Many pastors say that politics in the Middle East will not speed up the second coming

Like everyone else, US Protestant pastors may have been watching closely the latest Iran-related events, but certainly not because they felt it had anything to do with Christ's return.

According to a new study from Nashville-based LifeWay Research, pastors are more than three times ...