Princess Märtha Louise of Norway, fourth in line to the Norwegian throne, announced her engagement to American shaman Durek Verrett on Instagram. As Princess Märtha Louise is the oldest child of King Harald and Queen Sonja, Verett reportedly asked the royals for their daughter’s hand in marriage.

McDonald’s, a global fast-food giant, announced on May 11 that it’s leaving Russia amid the invasion of Ukraine. More than 800 of these restaurants went on the market until Siberian businessman and former licensee of the chain Alexander Govor came along, offering to operate a new fast-food brand.On Sunday, the doors of yellow arches reopened — but under a new …

Monir Vakili (December 19, 1923 – February 28, 1983) was a soprano. She was the first Persian singer to popularize Persian Folk Songs in Iran and the international music scene.Monir was born to a family of art and music enthusiasts. Her father encouraged her interest in opera and supported her decision to study abroad.

David Robert Joseph Beckham OBE (born 2 May 1975) is an English former professional footballer, the current president and co-owner of Inter Miami CF and co-owner of Salford City. Known for his range of passing, crossing ability and bending free-kicks as a right winger, Beckham has been hailed as one of the greatest and most recognisable midfielders of his generation, …

The Times points out that the only images ever leaked from the prison on the coast of Cuba were put out by WikiLeaks in 2011.Through a Freedom of Information Act request, we are now seeing some of the first photos of the first prisoners to arrive on site, just a few months after the attacks on September 11, 2001.

A 24-year-old woman has created a buzz in Gujarat’s Vadodara city with the announcement that she would be marrying herself by undergoing traditional rituals of a Hindu wedding on June 11.Experts, however, said that a ‘sologamy’ or self-marriage would not have any legal standing in India.Speaking about her intentions, Kshama Bindu said she wished to break stereotypes and inspire others …

Thousands of cyclists took part in a communal bike ride completely naked in London yesterday afternoon for an annual event raising awareness for safer cycling.The 18th World Naked Bike Ride has been going every year, bar 2020, since 2004, and is an annual event to campaign for bike safety and car culture in big cities like London.

The earliest known chemical evidence of beer in the world dates to c. 3500–3100 BC from the site of Godin Tepe in the Zagros Mountains of western homeland, and there is evidence of beer-drinking over a long period in the Median Empire. Since the Revolution of 1979, production, possession or distribution of any alcoholic beverages is illegal and punishable under …

There were some dignitaries and former and current officials among those participating in the funeral at Ettelaat Institute including Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Keyhan Newspaper chief Hossein Shariatmadari, former vice president Es’hagh Jahangiri, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh, former foreign minister Mohamamd Javad Zarif, capital’s Representative at Majles Mostafa Kavakebian, and film director Majid Majidi.

Ramin Rastad is an actor and assistant director, known for Story Undone (2004), The Last Stroke (2019) and Crimson Gold (2003).