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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Rap superstar Jay-Z leads the nominations for Sunday’s Grammy Awards with eight, followed by fellow rapper Kendrick Lamar at seven and retro R&B star Bruno Mars at six. Here is the list of nominees in major categories: Album of the Year Childish Gambino, “‘Awaken, My Love!’” Jay-Z, “4:44” Kendrick Lamar, “DAMN.” Lorde, “Melodrama” Bruno Mars, “24K Magic” Record of the Year, recognizing overall performance on a song Childish Gambino, […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant has been fined $15,000 after his rant at officiating earlier this week, the NBA announced on Thursday. Durant lost his cool at referee James Williams during Tuesday’s win over the New York Knicks, accusing him of targeting him with a technical. “Second half, his whole thing was he’s trying to get me,” Durant complained to reporters after his fourth ejection of the season. […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — At least 33 people were killed in a blaze at a hospital in South Korea on Friday, in the country’s worst fire disaster for a decade. More than 70 people were also injured in the second devastating blaze in just a month in one of Asia’s most advanced countries and its fourth-largest economy. Videos posted on social media showed a patient hanging on to a rope dangling from a helicopter above […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — LeBron James will play alongside Golden State Warriors star Kevin Durant and former team-mate Kyrie Irving in next month’s NBA All-Star Game, it was revealed on Thursday. Cleveland Cavaliers icon James, who this week became only the seventh player in NBA history to pass 30,000 points, captains a powerful starting line-up against opposite number Stephen Curry’s selection. As well as Durant and Irving, James will be joined by New […]
LA JOLLA, United States (AFP) — Tiger Woods launched his latest return to the US PGA Tour with an even par 72 in the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open here Thursday. On the South Course at Torrey Pines, scene of his 14th and most recent championship at the 2008 US Open, Woods had three birdies and three bogeys and was seven shots behind first-round leader Tony Finau. Woods, 42, is playing is first […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — A stronger-than expected earnings report Thursday lifted Intel shares as investors looked past a troubling computer chip flaw weighing on the US tech giant. Intel shares climbed more than four percent to $47.13 in after-market trades that followed release of its earnings figures, despite its warning of lawsuits, claims, and negative publicity from security vulnerabilities including recently disclosed Spectre and Meltdown flaws. For the fourth quarter, Intel posted a […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — New York Knicks center Joakim Noah will miss the team’s next two games due to personal reasons, the club said Thursday, amid reports of a bust-up with coach Jeff Hornacek. Hornacek confirmed to reporters that Noah would miss at least two games but declined to go into details concerning the French star’s omission. “We’re not going to comment on that stuff. Personal reasons. He won’t be with us the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday unveiled a sweeping new immigration plan to Congress that offers 1.8 million young unauthorized immigrants known as “Dreamers” a path to citizenship over 10-12 years. Trump’s comprehensive plan — which will be formally presented next week — includes eliminating the popular “green card lottery” program and would severely restrict family immigration. It would also require Congress to budget $25 billion for a “trust […]
by Céline Cornu Agence France Presse MILAN, Italy (AFP) — Three women were killed and a dozen people seriously injured after a packed Italian commuter train derailed on Thursday near the northern city of Milan. Witnesses told the media the regional train began to shake heavily as if it were running over rocks, before braking suddenly and derailing. Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni promised that full light would be shed on the circumstances of the […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — When coral reefs come in contact with plastic trash in the ocean, their risk of becoming diseased skyrockets, said an international study out Thursday. Researchers examined more than 120,000 corals on 159 reefs — some polluted with plastic, others not — from Indonesia, Australia, Myanmar and Thailand for the study in the journal Science. “We found that the chance of disease increased from four percent to 89 percent when […]
by Heather SCOTT / with Andrew Beatty in Davos Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump waded into the uproar over the US currency Thursday, saying he wants to see “a strong dollar,” countering comments by his treasury secretary that appeared to signal the opposite and sent the greenback plunging to three-year lows. It was an inauspicious start to Trump’s first foray as president onto the glitzy global stage at the […]
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AFPJ) — Hundreds of women protested Thursday in Honduras against Juan Orlando Hernandez, who is preparing to begin his second presidential term Saturday after winning November’s disputed vote. In commemorating the Day of the Honduran Woman, some 1,000 women protestors marched in Tegucigalpa, demanding leftist candidate Salvador Nasralla be declared the winner. Some carried crosses emblazoned with the names of those who died in protests that erupted following the November elections, with thousands taking to […]
