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A bluffer's guide to Proust 100 years after his death
France's Marcel Proust, who died 100 years ago on Friday, is regarded as one of the greatest novelists of all time -- but few can truthfully claim to have read his 2,400-page masterpiece "In Search of Lost Time". For the protagonist, Marcel, tasting the little cake releases a flurry of vivid memories, giving him access to the "lost time" he is searching for.
Wife files for divorce after discovering husband was married and has 3 kids: “This one lie I can’t forgive”
A wife posted one of her wedding photos pictured with her soon-to-be ex-husband and status screenshots of why she was leaving her marriage of just 9 months.
ActionSA guns for voters in Western Cape and revives feud with DA, claims party will serve “forgotten people”
ActionSA and the Democratic Allaince are at odds as the DA accuses Herman Mashaba of perplexing politics after ActionSA declared it's move to steal DA voters.
Musk to testify at trial over his $50 bn Tesla compensation
Tesla tycoon Elon Musk will take the stand on Wednesday as part of a trial over his $50 billion pay package as CEO of the electric car giant. Tornetta alleges that Musk dictated his terms to directors who were not sufficiently independent from their star CEO to object to a package worth around $51 billion at recent share prices.
Biden, Sunak call Russian bombing of Ukrainian civilians 'barbaric'
US President Joe Biden and his British counterpart Rishi Sunak called Russian President Vladimir Putin's targeting of Ukrainian civilians "barbaric" on Wednesday at a G20 summit in Bali. Biden told Sunak they were "on the same page in terms of supporting the Ukrainian people's right to be free of all Russian forces in their country." sms/arb/ser
French MPs mull banning bullfighting
French MPs are set to begin debating a ban on bullfighting on Wednesday, with a vote due later this month that has enraged lovers of the blood sport in the south of the country. MPs will begin discussing draft legislation during a hearing of the parliament's law commission on Wednesday.
Chagall painting stolen by Nazis sells for $7.4 mn at US auction
A painting by Marc Chagall, which was among 15 works stolen by Nazis and eventually returned by France to the heirs of the affected families, sold for $7.4 million at auction in New York Tuesday. The French parliament unanimously adopted a law at the beginning of the year to return 15 works of Jewish families looted by the Nazis.
'The Wife' S3 new actor Sello Ramolahloane to star in an American play 'Houseboy,' reveals he was supposed to travel with the late 'Rhythm City' actor Mncedisi Shabangu
'The Wife' Season 3 new cast member, Sello Ramolahloane, has revealed that the late Mncedisi Shabangu was supposed to star in an American play in November 2022.
German football bars boycott 'unacceptable' Qatar World Cup
When Germany kick off their Qatar World Cup campaign against Japan next week, the projector screens at Berlin's Fargo football bar will be in their unusual rolled-up position. Fargo is one of dozens of bars across Germany, including several in the capital of Berlin, which have pledged to boycott what is normally a showpiece event in the football-mad nation.
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