2019-12-14
Meghan Markle’s job is to be Prince Harry’s wife and “not a star”, Stefanie Powers has blasted. The Hart to Hart actress, a close friend of Prince Charles, launched a brutal attack on the Duchess of Sussex, saying she has tried to turn the royals into her “personal TV show”. Meghan was not the only […]
2019-12-13
Pep Guardiola has insisted he plans to stay at Manchester City beyond the end of this season despite reports of a break clause in his contract. Speculation surrounding Guardiola’s future has mounted over the past few months amid City’s floundering Premier League title defence. The champions find themselves 14 points behind leaders Liverpool and reports on Friday […]
2019-12-13
A murder inquiry was underway today after police in the Dominican Republic found the body of a missing British best-selling author. A local detective confirmed ‘several people’ including Lindsay de Feliz’s 50-year-old Dominican husband Danilo and her stepson, Dani Alberto Feliz Martinez, 29, were under arrest. Unconfirmed reports said she had been strangled. Her body […]
2019-12-13
AT&T’s real 5G network is finally launching today, as the company starts to sell the $1,300 Galaxy Note 10 Plus 5G and flips the switch for all of its customers within coverage areas (and not just selected business partners) to start using the next-generation network. When AT&T announced the launch last month, it promised its […]
2019-12-12
Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has ordered general elections on October 23, as tensions rise with his estranged predecessor, Ian Khama, the man who put him in the top job. Khama, whose father led the southern African country to independence, has accused Masisi of becoming an autocrat and threatening the country’s reputation as a beacon of […]
2019-12-12
When we last left MTV’s reality competition showThe Challenge, rookieTurbo ended up winning $1 millionafter a brutal final. This season? It’s the sequel:War of the Worlds 2, which pits a British team against a squad from the United States, although there are some twists that involve some “free agents” joining both sides. Normally, we task […]
2019-12-11
Photo:Jeremy Corbyn at Labour’s annual conference in September. Jeremy Corbyn is railing against “cuts, closures and poverty”. He’s campaigning to build more homes, and to fight fewer wars. He’s condemning the Tories for creating a “divided and unequal society”. But these are snippets not from his 2019 bid for Downing Street. They were his slogans […]
2019-12-11
What a transformation! Black women have expressed themselves through their hair for decades. Whether it’s with Bantu knots, sew-ins, goddess braids, or their beautiful natural curls, sometimes words aren’t even necessary when a black woman enters a room because her hair speaks for itself. It’s an incredible sight to see, yet society can oftentimes enforce […]
2019-12-11
The United Kingdom has said it is closely following the continued detention of Convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore while calling on the Nigerian government to respect the fundamentals for democracy. Mr. Sowore was rearrested by operatives of the Department of State Security Service (DSS on Friday at a Federal High Court in Abuja, […]
2019-12-11
Thomas Jefferson was mortified of public speaking and delivered every State of the Union address to Congress in handwritten form. North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il once kidnapped a South Korean film director and his wife and held them hostage until they escaped eight years later. Mehmet the Conquerer was only 21 years old when he […]
2019-12-10
The Democrats have announced two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — pushing toward historic votes over charges he corrupted the US election process and endangered national security. The charges stem from Mr Trump’s pressure on Ukraine to announce investigations of his political rivals as he […]
2019-12-10
Date/Time: Tuesday, January 7, 2020, 3:00―4:00 PM EST Sponsored by: NIMH Division of Extramural Affairs Location: Neuroscience CenterConference Rooms C&D 6001 Executive Boulevard Bethesda, MD WebEx On January 7, 2020, Dr. Michael Ungar will present “Diagnosing Resilience: A Multisystemic Model for Positive Development in Stressed Environments,” as part of the National Institute of Mental Health […]
2019-12-10
Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu gestures while speaking during an exclusive interview with The Associated Press at his ministry in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. Wu was careful to say his government has no desire to intervene in Hong Kong’s internal affairs and that existing legislation is sufficient to deal with a relatively small […]
2019-12-09
WASHINGTON—A confidential trove of government documents obtained by The Washington Post reveals that senior U.S. officials failed to tell the truth about the war in Afghanistan throughout the 18-year campaign, making rosy pronouncements they knew to be false and hiding unmistakable evidence the war had become unwinnable. The documents were generated by a federal project […]
2019-12-08
Okahandja– Vibrant rows of neatly lined plants grow on a patch once trampled by thecattle of a large commercial farm run by a family of German descent in Namibia. Fromthat 2 400 square-metre rectangle of sand in the northern Otjozondjupa region,Kornelius Hamasab, 69, now produces spinach, onions and tomatoes. Hamasabis among the 16% of black […]
2019-12-08
O primeiro trailer de Marvel’s The Eternals foi revelado durante um painel dos Marvel Studios organizado durante a Comic-Con Experience no Brasil, local onde tem sido habitual vermos diferentes world premieres. Aquilo que foi mostrado não foi disponibilizado publicamente, no entanto, os nossos colegas do IGN Brasil estiveram presentes e ofereceram-nos uma descrição sobre o […]
2019-12-08
In this June 30, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump, left, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the North Korean side of the border at the village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone. North Korea threatened Thursday, Dec. 5, to resume insults of Trump and consider him a “dotard” if he keeps using […]
2019-12-08
Müssen wir uns jetzt schon von Baby Yoda verabschieden? Nach dem kurzen Umweg mit den Jawas steht der maskierte Kopfgeldjäger kurz davor, seinen Auftrag endlich abzuschließen. Kaum hat sich der kleine Racker in unser Herz geschlichen, will The Mandalorian ihn wegnehmen. Das geht selbst dem namensgebenden Mandalorianer zu weit, der nach einem Sinneswandel auch auf […]
2019-12-07
Venice was on red alert for more floods and fierce winds on Saturday after an exceptionally high tide swamped the city of canals, where authorities have declared a state of emergency. Mayor Luigi Brugnaro ordered the iconic St Mark’s Square closed on Friday as the latest sea surge struck with strong storms and winds battering […]
2019-12-07
If there are two things Canadians never tire of discussing, they would be the state of the weather, and the condition of the health-care system. It sometimes seems we have no more sense of control over the second than we do over the first. In the speech from the throne on Thursday, read by Governor […]
2019-12-07
Baghdad: Sixteen people were killed and 45 others wounded here on Friday when unidentified assailants opened fire on anti-government protesters, a source in the interior ministry said. The attackers entered Baghdad’s al-Khalani Square in a convoy of four-wheel-drive vehicles and started shooting at people gathered there for a demonstration, the source told Efe, speaking on […]
2019-12-06
Walking into the Nerf Challenge, it’s impossible not to have a huge grin on your face. I got to visit the 50,000-square-foot venue in Los Angeles and try many of the incredibly fun experiences. As a lifelong fan of Nerf toys, I couldn’t have been more thrilled. The first challenge, Wrecking Bowling, involves riding a […]
2019-12-06
BEIRUT – Lebanon’s outgoing prime minister called on several Arab and world leaders Friday to help his country secure credit lines for imports from friendly nations as the tiny Mediterranean country passes through its worst economic and financial crisis in decades. According to a statement released by his office, Saad Hariri sent letters to the […]
2019-12-05
Rosetta – A boat carrying up to 450 migrants capsized in the Mediterranean off Egypt’s north coast on Wednesday, drowning 42 people and prompting a search operation that rescued 163 passengers, officials said. The vessel overturned off the port city of Rosetta, police and health officials said. Five survivors, handcuffed to beds in a Rosetta […]
2019-12-05
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosion Thursday called on House Democratic leaders to begin drafting articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. “Today, I am asking our chairman to proceed with articles of impeachment,” she said Thursday, in what was billed as a special announcement about the “status” of House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into Trump. Lawmakers […]