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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Lil Twist, the rapper best known as the sidekick of Justin Bieber, was ordered by a judge on Wednesday to pay $1.5 million to an actor he assaulted several years ago. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joseph Kalin announced the award following a brief non-jury trial that the singer did not attend. The 24-year-old […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A Malaysia Airlines flight was forced to return to Melbourne airport Wednesday after a passenger tried to force his way into the cockpit claiming he had a bomb, officials said. Malaysian Deputy Transport Minister Abdul Aziz Kaprawi said the passenger, whom he identified as a Sri Lankan national, appeared to have been drunk and was overpowered by the plane’s crew. He was later arrested by airport security in Melbourne. “It is […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — Seven police officers and a civilian were killed when an armored vehicle drove over a roadside bomb in southeastern Kenya, a week after 14 others died in similar attacks claimed by Shabaab Islamists, a police source said Wednesday. “It’s unfortunate, we lost all the seven officers who were in the vehicle,” a senior police officer in the coastal Lamu district near the Somali border, told AFP. “All the bodies were found scattered […]
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) – Basketball superstar LeBron James’ Los Angeles home was vandalized with a racial slur, police said on Wednesday (May 31), one day before the Cleveland Cavaliers player was set to take the court in the first game of the National Basketball Association’s finals. The graffiti was spray-painted on the front gate of James’ house and investigators are looking for any possible suspect involved in the vandalism, said Los Angeles police spokesperson Norma […]
by Shaun Tandon Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – Fifty years ago, The Beatles transformed from floppy-haired boy wonders who wanted to hold your hand to abstruse philosophers whose vision spanned civilizations. And the effect is still being felt. “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” has been called the original concept album and even the greatest album of all time. Either way, its release half a century ago represented a landmark in music […]
PARIS, France (Reuters) – Lights were switched off at Paris’ Eiffel Tower just before midnight (2200GMT) on Wednesday (May 31) in honor of the victims of a truck bomb in Kabul, Afghanistan. A powerful bomb hidden in a sewage tanker exploded in the morning rush hour in the center of Kabul, killing at least 80 people, wounding hundreds more and damaging embassy buildings in the Afghan capital’s unofficial “Green Zone.” The victims of the explosion […]
OXON HILL, United States (Reuters) – The 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee got underway on Wednesday (May 31) with 291 word whizzes vying for the top prize, including the contest’s youngest-ever competitor. Competing for a $40,000 first-place cash prize, spelling virtuosos ranging from 6 to 15 years ago began facing off at Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center. The contest concludes with finals on Thursday (June 1) at the Washington-area resort. Competitors said it took […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines moved up the World Competitiveness Rankings this year, besting its Asian neighbors Indonesia and India, and European countries such as Russia and Italy. From 42nd place in 2016, the Philippines is now in 41st place in the list made by the International Institute for Management Development based in Switzerland. This year’s report included the results of 63 countries from Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, and the Americas. Indonesia climbed […]
OAKLAND, United States (Reuters) – LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant spoke to the media on Wednesday (May 31) ahead of Thursday’s opening game of the NBA Finals. The season that has had little in the way of drama will come to a gripping close over the next two weeks, when two familiar foes fittingly battle in the finals for an unprecedented third consecutive year. James and the Cleveland Cavaliers are four wins away […]
(Reuters) – President Donald Trump came under pressure on Wednesday (May 31) from corporate chief executive officers, United States allies, Democrats and some fellow Republicans to keep his country in a global pact to fight climate change, but a source close to the matter said Trump was preparing to pull out of the Paris accord. “The decision by the (US) to walk away from Paris if he makes it, will resound all over the world […]
SKOPJE, Macedonia (Reuters) – Macedonia’s lawmakers on Wednesday evening (May 31) endorsed a new government led by Social Democrats which is expected to steer the way out of a two-year-long political crisis and bring the country closer to membership in the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Nearly six months after parliamentary elections on Dec. 11, 62 out of 120 deputies voted in favor of Prime Minister Zoran Zaev’s government. Forty-four lawmakers voted […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday made the link between terrorism and drugs in the country, saying that terrorism activities were actually “fueled” by the former. Speaking during the Philippine Navy anniversary celebration in Davao, Duterte said drug lords have sought “protection” from terrorists to “ensure the success of their business.” “So much so even Manila was already flooded (with drugs) and we had to put an apparatus to stop it,” he said. In Marawi, he said the government has “suffered […]
