An internet-addicted, working-class teenager from a debt-ridden family in China has transformed himself into a top influencer with 25 million followers, creating a social media legend along the way. Lan Zhanfei, 33, has been dubbed “the freest man on the internet” and “the ambassador of freedom” thanks to the huge popularity of videos of him…
Queen Elizabeth II beams down in a striking 2014 photograph by David Bailey from one side of Edwin Lutyens’s perfectly proportioned ballroom in the newly refurbished British embassy in Washington DC. Directly opposite, a 1590 portrait of Elizabeth I stares back enigmatically. The most arresting feature, however, is also the most daring. Near the entrance…
Updated on: Aug 26, 2025 09:20 am IST The Iranian ambassador and three other officials have reportedly been given seven days to leave Australia. Australia on Tuesday expelled Iran’s ambassador, accusing the country of being behind antisemitic attacks in Melbourne and Sydney. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had earlier announced that the country would be taking…
MANILA, Philippines — Career British diplomat Sarah Anne Hulton has been appointed as the new ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Philippines. Hulton, who will succeed Ambassador Laure Beaufils, is set to start her tour of duty in September. She will also be the UK’s non-resident envoy to Palau. Hulton, who first joined the…
The US Senate confirmed long-time China critic David Perdue as the new US ambassador to China on Tuesday, a key role amid escalated bilateral tensions and a high-stakes tariff showdown between the world’s two largest economies. Perdue, 75, a former US senator for the state of Georgia and a veteran business executive, was confirmed in…