Emmy winner Michael Constantine dies at 94

Los Angeles: Emmy winner Michael Constantine, best known for playing the conservative and grumpy patriarch in rom-com “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”, has passed away at the age of 94. Constantine died of natural causes, his agent confirmed to ‘Variety’. PTI

Clarke’s ‘Piranesi’ wins Women’s Prize for Fiction

london: British writer Susanna Clarke won the prestigious Women’s Prize for Fiction on Wednesday for her mind-tweaking fantasy novel “Piranesi” — a book that chronic illness made her fear she would never get to write. Clarke, 61, was awarded the 30,000 pound (USD 41,000) prize for her second novel, which was published 16 years after her first, “Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell”, became a global best-seller. AP

North Macedonia hospital fire kills 14

Skopje: North Macedonia’s government was holding an emergency meeting Thursday over an overnight fire that ripped through a field hospital set up to treat Covid-19 patients, leaving 14 persons dead. The blaze broke out late on Wednesday in the western city of Tetovo, where the hospital had been set up following a recent spike in cases. AP