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by Kerry SHERIDAN Agence France-Presse MIAMI, United States (AFP) — People who exercise mainly on the weekends may reap significant health and survival benefits, on par with people who work out more regularly, researchers said Monday. Currently, experts recommend 150 minutes of moderate physical activity per week, or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise. But no consensus has been reached on just how often a person needs to exercise, and whether activities should be done daily or […]
(REUTERS) — Film star Johnny Depp’s tumultuous divorce from actress Amber Heard was finalized on Friday (January 13), ending the couple’s marriage after months of highly publicized claims by Heard of domestic violence and counterclaims from Depp of financial blackmail. Court papers filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Friday detailed a splitting of marital assets and an agreement by Depp, 53, to pay a previously announced sum of $7 million to Heard, 30, […]
‘Hidden Figures’ — the story of three African-American women working on the NASA mission to send John Glenn into space, held onto the top spot at the North American Box office over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. Starring Octavia Spencer, Taraji P. Henson, and Janelle Monae, the film brought in $20 million over the weekend. The musical “La La Land” starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling came took the second spot, netting $14,500 […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Barack Obama says he does not regret his speech drawing a “red line” over Syria’s use of chemical weapons, a phrase critics say symbolizes the US failure to act over the country’s conflict. Obama made the comment in 2012 about possible US military action in Syria, saying “a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized.” In […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President-elect Donald Trump wants health “insurance for everybody,” he told The Washington Post, no small feat in a country where millions are uninsured. The Republican has long lashed out at President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, the Affordable Care Act, campaigning on a pledge to repeal and replace it. But the billionaire developer had never said precisely with what. Now, however, he told the Post by phone late Saturday […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Eight men own the same wealth as half the world’s population, a level of inequality which “threatens to pull our societies apart”, Oxfam said on Monday ahead of the World Economic Forum opening in Davos. The wealth of the world’s poorest 3.6 billion people is the equivalent to the combined net worth of six American businessmen, one from Spain and another from Mexico. Picked from Forbes’ billionaires list, they […]
BOGOR, WEST JAVA PROVINCE, Indonesia (Reuters) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said during his visit to Indonesia on Sunday (January 15) that it was important to solve the South China Sea dispute peacefully. Abe made the comments after meeting Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the presidential palace in Bogor. Abe is in Indonesia on a two-day visit aimed at strengthening maritime security and economic ties. Widodo told a joint news conference with Abe that […]
TORONTO, Canada (AFP) — DeMar DeRozan scored 23 points as a physical Toronto Raptors outmuscled the New York Knicks 116-101 on Sunday. DeRozan added five assists and five rebounds for Toronto but it was the no-nonsense defensive effort from his team that delighted Raptors coach Dwane Casey. “I was really proud of the way the starters came out and set the tone, especially starting the third quarter,” Casey said. “(We) came out, set the tone […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Giann Antetokounmpo is piled up 33 points but was unable to prevent the Milwaukee Bucks from sliding to a 111-98 defeat against the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday. Greek star Antetokounmpo also added eight rebounds and six assists but it was not good enough to prevent Atlanta grabbing a win which saw them improve to 23-17. It was Atlanta’s eighth win in nine games, a run of results which has left […]
by Maggy DONALDSON Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A feud between Donald Trump and a prominent civil rights icon ramped up Sunday, as Vice President-elect Mike Pence jumped to his boss’s defense while a growing number of Democrats vowed to skip the upcoming inauguration. Pence said he was “deeply disappointed” in veteran Congressman John Lewis’s decision to boycott Trump’s inauguration. The Georgia Democrat questioned the legitimacy of the 2016 election and became […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel made a “catastrophic mistake” in letting migrants flood into Germany, US President-elect Donald Trump said in a newspaper interview Sunday. He blamed the refugee crisis for being the “straw that broke the camel’s back” and triggered Britain’s vote last year to leave the European Union. “I think she made one very catastrophic mistake and that was taking all of these illegals, you know, taking all of the people […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — US President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday called for a deal with Russia that would “very substantially” reduce nuclear arsenals and ease sanctions against Moscow, in an interview published by The Times. “They have sanctions on Russia — let’s see if we can make some good deals with Russia. I think nuclear weapons should be way down and reduced very substantially, that’s part of it,” Trump said. “But Russia’s hurting very […]
