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MUMBAI, India (AFP) — Brad Pitt told Indian actor Shah Rukh Khan that he doesn’t have the moves to star in Bollywood films as he promoted his new movie “War Machine” in Mumbai on Wednesday. “I wouldn’t make it Bollywood because I can’t dance or sing,” said the American actor during an event with Khan in front of journalists in India’s financial capital. Bollywood Hindi language movies are renowned for elaborate dance sequences and high-energy […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Japanese boxer Yoshihiro Kamegai has the chance to grab the world junior middleweight title left behind by Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, but blocking his path is former world champion Miguel Cotto. Promoters announced Wednesday that Kamegai will face Cotto on August 26 at Los Angeles for the vacant World Boxing Organization junior middleweight crown. Mexican star Alvarez, who defeated Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr earlier this month, dropped the 154-pound title […]
by Catherine Triomphe Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – It was supposed to calm nerves, relieve stress and improve concentration but a new anti-fidget toy spreading fast through United States and European schools is whipping up anger among teachers on both sides of the Atlantic. Just months after the “fidget spinner” first whirled its way into the hands of antsy youngsters, some schools have already banned it — prompting a debate about difficulties […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — A study of women in India who learned to read in their 30s shows the human brain’s incredible capacity to reorganize and transform itself, researchers said Wednesday. Researchers recruited women in India, a country with an illiteracy rate of around 39 percent, to see what they could learn about the areas of the brain devoted to reading. At the start of the study, most of the women could not read […]
(Eagle News) — Malacañang sent President Rodrigo Duterte’s official declaration of martial law in Mindanao to Congress on Wednesday night for review and approval. The office of House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez received a certified copy of Proclamation No. 216 at 10:26 p.m. from the Malacanang Records Office, a full 24 hours since martial law was declared in Mindanao by Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella in Moscow, Russia, where President Duterte was then in an official visit. Proclamation No. […]
CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) – Facebook Inc. has signed deals with millennial-focused news and entertainment creators Vox Media and BuzzFeed among others to make shows for its upcoming video service, which will feature long and short-form content with ad breaks, according to several sources familiar with the situation. Facebook is planning two tiers of video entertainment: scripted shows with episodes lasting 20 to 30 minutes, which it will own; and shorter scripted and unscripted shows […]
by Frankie Taggart LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A timeless tale of an adorable fawn and his forest pals, or the death of childhood innocence? Either way, and nearly 75 years on, Disney classic “Bambi” packs as powerful a punch as it ever has. The Walt Disney Company bewitched generations of children and children-at-heart with its pioneering animated film, released in August 1942, about a wide-eyed young deer and his doting mom. But the shocking […]
TEL AVIV, Israel (Reuters) — Slouching over screens could be a thing of the past thanks to a wearable gadget that reminds you to sit up straight. The Upright pro is a small device taped to the back that senses poor posture and vibrates to nudge the user to straighten up. It can be synched with a smartphone app to track posture data over time, monitor the user’s progress in a training program, and share […]
TRIPOLI, Libya (Reuters) – The father of the bomber who killed 22 concert-goers in an attack in Manchester told Reuters in the Libyan capital on Wednesday (May 24) that he had last spoken to his son some five days ago, by phone, and that “everything was normal.” Ramadan Abedi, who was detained by a Tripoli counter-terrorism force during the interview, said his son Salman had told his family that he was heading on pilgrimage to […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Pop star Ariana Grande on Wednesday suspended her tour until early June at the earliest after a deadly attack on her show in Manchester that left 22 people dead. “Due to the tragic events in Manchester, the ‘Dangerous Woman’ tour with Ariana Grande has been suspended until we can further assess the situation and pay our proper respects to those lost,” a statement from her management at Universal Music […]
WASHINGTON, United States (Reuters) — An estimated 23 million people would lose health coverage by 2026 under Republican legislation aimed at repealing Obamacare, a nonpartisan congressional agency said on Wednesday (May 24), in the first calculation of the new bill’s potential impact. The report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) also said federal deficits would fall by $119 billion between 2017 and 2026 under the bill, which was approved this month by the Republican-dominated House […]
By Rob Lever Agence France-Presse Was North Korea behind the ransomware epidemic that hit global computer networks earlier this month? That’s the subject of heated debate in cybersecurity circles after analysts found similarities in the “WannaCry” worm to other malware attributed to North Korea, including the 2014 hack of Sony Pictures and a cyberheist of millions of dollars from the Bangladesh central bank. The security firm Symantec this week said the shared code makes it […]
