Fuiyoh! Nigel Ng, aka Uncle Roger, shares wedding snaps from grand 3-day ceremony in Portugal

Malaysian comedian Nigel Ng, also known as Uncle Roger, shared on Instagram today (Sept 14) photos from his grand wedding. He married lawyer Sabrina Ahmed. According to Vogue, the wedding celebrations spanned over three days in July in Sintra,...

Women’s Ship Joins “Freedom Flotilla” in Solidarity with Gaza’s Women

Tunis – SABA: Fifteen activists from several countries are taking part in an all-women ship within the international Freedom Flotilla aimed at breaking the blockade on Gaza, as a gesture of solidarity with Palestinian women in the Strip. Malika, a...

Uncle Roger marries Miami lawyer in Portugal dream wedding

MALAYSIAN comedian Nigel Ng, globally recognised as the rice-loving Uncle Roger character, has exchanged vows with Miami-based attorney Sabrina Ahmed in an extravagant three-day wedding celebration held in Portugal’s picturesque Sintra. The...

Glória Elevator. German firefighter thanks Lisbon Firefighters

An emotional gesture of international solidarity emerged when a German firefighter sent a postcard to the Lisbon Sapadores Firefighters, expressing gratitude for their efforts in the aftermath of the Elevador da Glória derailment. This tragic...

Only half of the candidates in the second phase gained placement in Higher Education.

Dos 16.594 candidatos à 2.ª fase do Concurso Nacional de Acesso ao Ensino Superior (CNAES), ficaram colocados menos de nove mil, segundo dados da Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior (DGES), que mostram que entraram mais alunos nas universidades do...

Lisbon BOE gives thanks to those who give to district

Roger Tullis presents a digital LED electronic down marker for the varsity football team on behalf of him and his family. (Photo by Stephanie Elverd) LISBON — Lisbon Superintendent Joe Siefke knows it takes a village to raise a child and paused to...

Honor | Maria João Pires receives 2025 Helena Vaz da Silva European Award – Portugal

Posted on 13 September 2025. Pianist Maria João Pires, one of Portugal’s most distinguished cultural figures, has been named the recipient of the 2025 Helena Vaz da Silva European Award for Raising Public Awareness on Cultural Heritage. Presented...

A daily run, SPF and two Weetabix a day: How my mum stays fit and fab at 83

The irony is that, at 83, she’s often too busy to come and help me out with content, but the response when she does is phenomenal. She has stolen the show! Followers mainly want to know how she looks so good – some of them even ask if she’s AI...

Youth belong, and this is their Church too, says Brother David J. Wunderli

13 Sept 2025, 5:00 a.m. MDT Brother David J. Wunderli has always known that Jesus Christ lives and that He is central to Heavenly Father’s plan of happiness. Read this article in Portuguese: “I was blessed to feel His presence for as long as I can...

Immigration fraud: 5 Ludhiana residents duped of ₹32 lakh

Police have registered five separate cases of immigration fraud, exposing a trail of deceit where fraudulent travel agents duped city residents of a total of ₹32 lakh. The accused promised visas and foreign placements but failed to deliver,...

The Contributions of Immigrants to Psychiatry and Neurology

In a previous post, I described the life of Heinz Lehmann, a young German physician who fled the rise of Nazi power and settled in Canada, where he played a major role in the recognition of chlorpromazine as a treatment for psychoses. As it turns...

Traffic restored on the Douro Line after death of two women

An emergency alert was issued at 11:10 a.m., reported the Douro Sub-regional Emergency and Civil Protection Command. A representative from Infraestruturas de Portugal confirmed that the accident happened between the Ermida and Rede railway...

PCV21 Effective in Children, Adolescents at Increased Pneumococcal Disease Risk

Investigators at the 6th European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Conference on Vaccines in Lisbon, Portugal, have unveiled positive results from the phase 3 STRIDE-13 clinical trial (NCT06177912), in which the 21-valent...

Cyprus’ committee on missing persons ‘invaluable’, Portugal says

The Portuguese government considers Cyprus’ committee on missing persons (CMP) “invaluable”, the country’s ambassador in Nicosia Vanda Sequeira said on Saturday. She was speaking to the Cyprus Mail after signing a donation agreement with the...

Church of the Week: International Christian Fellowship, Portimão

Our international church has been in existence for 34 years and is a small, friendly community of English-speaking believers. We welcome visitors from all over the world and in recent weeks we have enjoyed the company of friends from Portugal, the...

Portugal: Government to finalise Lusa purchase in ‘next few weeks’

The government said on Thursday that it would finalise the purchase of the whole of Lusa “in the coming weeks” and stressed that the news agency’s new governance model is still “open”. António Leitão Amaro visited Lusa’s headquarters in Lisbon...

Täsch, a Portuguese enclave in the heart of postcard Switzerland

As the third most visited municipality in Switzerland, Zermatt attracts tourists from all over the world every year. The majority of the workforce employed in the resort's tourism sector is foreign, mainly Portuguese. Keystone / Jean-Christophe...

‘Children Deserve Their Rightful Share’: Karisma Kapoor’s Lawyer Mahesh Jethmalani Slams Priya Sachdev’s INR 1,900 Crore Claim in Late Sunjay Kapur’s INR 30,000 Crore Estate (Watch Video)

The inheritance dispute surrounding late industrialist Sunjay Kapur’s estate has taken a dramatic turn. After Karisma Kapoor’s children, Kiaan and Samaira, moved the Delhi High Court against their stepmother Priya Sachdev, demanding their rightful...

Portugal: Surely more interesting than Paris

There must be 400 books a year written about Paris. From what I could tell, when I arrived in Portugal in 2018, there seemed to have been one written in English about my new home. Published nine years before I arrived. There happened to be more, I...

“Problem remains in employing Cristiano Ronaldo correctly” - Ex-president of SPL club warns Portugal star could become burden to Al-Nassr

Former Al-Shabab president Talal Al-Sheikh believes Cristiano Ronaldo could become a burden to Al-Nassr due to his lack of mobility in applying pressure on the opposition. Therefore, Al-Sheikh reckons the Knights of Najd could thrive further up...