Crazy Rich Asians beat expectations to take the top spot at the US box office on its opening weekend. The Warner Brothers film starring Constance Wu and Henry Golding is the first romantic comedy in three years to take the top spot. Since it opened five days ago, the film – which cost $30m (£23.5m) – has made an estimated ...

Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra have confirmed they are engaged after just a few months together. The Texan singer, formerly part of the Jonas Brothers, and the Bollywood superstar held a private engagement ceremony in Mumbai on Saturday. Both wore traditional Indian clothes. The pair’s engagement has been rumoured for about three weeks but they had not confirmed it until ...

About 22,000 people were rescued from the flood-hit Indian state of Kerala on Sunday, officials say, after monsoon rains finally eased. Military teams as well as disaster response forces and local fishermen reached some of the worst hit areas. Helicopters also brought much-needed supplies to communities cut-off by two weeks of incessant rain. More than 350 people have been killed, ...

Greece has successfully completed a three-year eurozone bailout programme designed to help it cope with the fallout from its debt crisis. For the first time in eight years, Greece is now free to borrow money on the financial markets The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) provided the country with €61.9bn (£55bn; $70.8bn) over the three years. This supported the Greek government’s ...

The Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC) says it has mobilized a total of US$ 6 million for the commercialization of Cassava in Zambia. The money has been secured from the African Development Bank (AfDB). CEEC director general Likando Mukumbuta has told q news that the commercialization of cassava will be supported in North Western, Luapula and Northern provinces of Zambia. ...