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MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Superstar Shakira has handed over more than 20 million euros ($24.6 million) to tax authorities in Spain, a report said Tuesday, accused of not paying taxes despite being a resident between 2011 and 2014. Catalan daily El Periodico reported that the Colombian award-winning singer had paid the money “to settle part of the debt claimed by Spain’s tax authorities”, corresponding to what she allegedly owes for 2011. The fiscal authorities filed […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Multiple Olympic champion Usain Bolt will line up opposite British pop star Robbie Williams in a charity football match at Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium, the Jamaican revealed on Tuesday. Now retired, Bolt had given a teaser of what was to come on Twitter on Monday, claiming that he had signed for a football club and would reveal all 24 hours later. Well, his new team is the Soccer Aid World […]
by Shaun TANDON Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — When The Breeders reunited in 2013 to mark 20 years since “Last Splash,” it looked like a straightforward nostalgia tour for an album that had become an alternative rock cornerstone. “We had a great time and people responded and loved it. And then we started getting calls to do shows in 2014 and so, hmmm, that was technically not a 20th anniversary anymore,” Kim […]
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) — OPEC chief Suhail al-Mazrouei said Tuesday he expected the global oil market to be balanced this year, as producers continue to trim production following a 2014 market crash. “I am optimistic that this year, we will achieve a market balance” between supply and demand, Mazrouei, also the energy minister of the United Arab Emirates told the Global Financial Markets Forum in Abu Dhabi. Oil producers from OPEC and […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Wind and solar power could meet 80 percent of US demand for electricity, as long as improvements are made in transmission and storage, researchers said Tuesday. Until a few years ago, these renewable energy sources were thought to be capable of supplying only about 20-30 percent of US needs, according to the report in the journal Energy and Environmental Science. Currently, the United States gets about two-thirds of its electricity […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Mixed martial arts star Jon Jones was fined $205,000 and had his fighting license revoked on Tuesday following a hearing in front of the California State Athletic Commission. Ultimate Fighting Championship ace Jones tested positive for the steroid Turinabol following an in-competition test ahead of his win against Daniel Cormier last July. The 30-year-old light-heavyweight was subsequently stripped of his title and his win over Cormier was later declared […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior aide Jared Kushner has lost his top-level security clearance, sources familiar with the matter said Tuesday, a decision with potentially profound implications for the US administration. Two sources, who could not speak on the record because the status of security clearances is classified, confirmed US media reports that the 37-year-old White House aide had lost access to America’s most closely protected secrets. The White House, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Facebook on Tuesday announced a $3 million pilot project aimed at helping US newspapers boost paid digital subscriptions. The move was the latest by the huge social network to respond to concerns that it and other online platforms have hurt news organizations by dominating internet advertising. The “local news subscriptions accelerator,” part of the Facebook Journalism Project, will work with a small group of metro news organizations “to unlock strategies […]
by Hasan Mohamed © Agence France-Presse DOUMA, Syria (AFP) — A “humanitarian pause” announced by Russia in Syria’s deadly bombardment of Eastern Ghouta failed to end violence Tuesday, with fresh bloodshed and no sign of aid deliveries or residents leaving the besieged enclave. Nine days after Russian-backed regime forces intensified their campaign against the rebel-held enclave, the deal offered some respite to civilians who had been hiding in their basements. But the first day of a five-hour […]
Tennie Sumague EBC New York Bureau NEW YORK (Eagle News) – The New York Knicks offense flowed in the first half as the team was in sync with the mighty Golden State Warriors at halftime as Lance Thomas’ buzzer-beater three gave the Knicks a one-point lead. Then it was “Curry” time and the rest of the game was history in favor of the defending NBA champions. The Warriors 16-2 run overwhelmed the deflated and youthful […]
(Eagle News) – With a vote of 11-7, the Consultative Committee tasked to review the 1987 Constitution has decided to adopt a federal-presidential system of government. In voting held on Tuesday, February 26, the Con-Com, led by former Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno, opted for a Presidential system under a federal form of government which got 11 votes, as opposed to a “hybrid” semi-presidential system under a federal form of government that only […]
(Eagle News) – Supreme Court chief justice Maria Lourdes Sereno is taking a “wellness leave” starting Thursday, March 1, and Malacanang is advising the chief magistrate to take this as an “opportunity to reflect on her time and legacy at the Supreme Court.” The decision of Sereno to go on a “wellness leave” was relayed to the media by her spokesperson, Atty. Jojo Lacanilao who said that this leave will be used by the Chief […]
