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Prince William, Kate Middleton moving from London to give kids ‘normal’ life
Determined to give their children a “normal” upbringing, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are relocating to a more rural location.
23 Aug 2022 | World -
Dr. Seuss’ $25 million ‘storybook’ estate on sale for 1st time in 75 years
em>Green Eggs and Ham</em> certainly generated a lot of green for famed children’s author Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, as his opulent estate just hit…
17 Aug 2022 | World -
At least 2 dead, 60 injured as fireworks warehouse explodes in Armenian mall
Blasts ripped through a fireworks warehouse in a shopping mall in the Armenian capital of Yerevan on Sunday, Russian news agencies reported, killing two and injurin…
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Salman Rushdie attack: Suspect charged with attempted murder, assault
Hadi Matar, the suspect in the attack on author Salman Rushdie at an event in New York state, has been charged with attempted murder and is being held without bond,…
13 Aug 2022 | World -
Actress Anne Heche hospitalized after car crashes into Los Angeles house: reports
Actress Anne Heche reportedly suffered severe burns after her car crashed into a Los Angeles house on Friday morning, several media reports claim.
06 Aug 2022 | World -
Amazon to buy Roomba-maker iRobot for US$1.7B, growing smart home device collection
Amazon.com Inc AMZN.O will acquire the maker of robot vacuum cleaner iRobot Corp IRBT.O in an all-cash deal for about $1.7 billion, in the latest push by the world’…
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Who is al-Zawahri? A look at his path from Cairo clinic to top of al-Qaida
The doors of jihad opened for Ayman al-Zawahri as a young doctor in a Cairo clinic, when a visitor arrived with a tempting offer: a chance to treat Islamic fighters…
02 Aug 2022 | World -
U.S. Supreme Court certifies ruling ending Trump’s ‘remain in Mexico’ border policy
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday certified its month-old ruling allowing the Biden administration to end a cornerstone Trump-era border policy to make asylum-seeker…
02 Aug 2022 | World -
Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols dead at 89
Nichelle Nichols, who broke barriers for Black women in Hollywood when she played communications officer Lt. Uhura on the original “Star Trek” television series, ha…
01 Aug 2022 | World -
Parkland trial offers rare look at mass shooting gore, sparking ethics debate
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31 Jul 2022 | World -
The dark side of winning the lottery: lucky ticket can cause new troubles, past winners say
Dave and Erica Harrig stayed true to their values when they won a lottery jackpot of more than $61 million in 2013. It made all the difference.
31 Jul 2022 | World -
Will Smith breaks silence on Oscars slap, says he’s ‘deeply remorseful’
Will Smith is finally ready to talk about his infamous “slap heard around the world.”
29 Jul 2022 | World -
Shakira should serve 8-year prison term for tax fraud say Spanish prosecutors
Prosecutors in Spain said Friday they would ask a court to sentence Colombian pop star Shakira to eight years and two months in prison, if she is convicted in her e…
29 Jul 2022 | World -
Instagram walks back changes after Kardashians slam app: ‘Stop trying to be TikTok’
Amid rising backlash from users, Meta, the parent company of Instagram, will be rolling back a test version of the popular photo-sharing app that featured more reco…
29 Jul 2022 | World -
JetBlue agrees to buy Spirit Airlines for US$3.8B
JetBlue has agreed to buy Spirit Airlines for US$3.8 billion in a deal that would create the nation’s fifth largest airline if approved by U.S. regulators.
28 Jul 2022 | World -
‘Jeopardy!’: Mayim Bialik, Ken Jennings to continue as hosts
“Jeopardy!” is holding on to both its hosts while reaching to conquer new ground, variety.com reported Wednesday.
27 Jul 2022 | World -
Chinese rocket core on potentially dangerous free-fall to Earth — again
Another day, another Chinese rocket body falling uncontrolled from space.
27 Jul 2022 | World -
Japan’s Sakurajima volcano erupts, alert level raised to highest
A volcano on Japan’s main southern island of Kyushu erupted Sunday night, spewing ash and rocks. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries in nearby tow…
24 Jul 2022 | World -
YouTube to begin removing misleading videos about abortion
YouTube will begin removing misleading videos about abortion in response to falsehoods being spread about the procedure that is being banned or restricted across a …
21 Jul 2022 | World -
Sesame Place park apologizes after Black girls asking for hugs snubbed
Sesame Place, the Philadelphia-area theme park based on the children’s show <em>Sesame Street</em>, has responded to allegations of racism after one of its characters was ac…
21 Jul 2022 | World -
Micrometeoroid causes ‘uncorrectable’ damage to James Webb Space Telescope
A joint report from NASA, the Canadian Space Agency and the European Space Agency has revealed that the $10-billion James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) suffered “unco…
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After 2 years in a coma, U.S. woman wakes, names brother as attacker
After two years in a coma, a woman from West Virginia has awoken and identified her brother as the man who beat and left her for dead in a 2020 attack.
18 Jul 2022 | World -
Italy scraps 500 flights due to 4-hour aviation strikes
Several hundred flights were canceled in Italy on Sunday, a peak vacation travel day, because of four-hour walkouts involving employees of low-cost airlines as well…
17 Jul 2022 | World -
‘Scrubs’ producer accused of serial sexual assault lured victims for years: LAPD
Eric Weinberg, a co-executive producer of Scrubs and a veteran of Hollywood’s TV industry, has been arrested on suspicion of “serial” sexual assault, Los Angeles po…
15 Jul 2022 | World -
James Webb telescope: NASA to reveal more photos of exoplanet, stars, galaxies
For the first time, humanity will be able to feast its eyes on the far reaches of space — in the clearest, sharpest photos ever taken of the universe around us.
12 Jul 2022 | World -
James Webb Space Telescope: NASA reveals 1st full-colour image to the world
It’s a day that’s been highly anticipated in astronomy circles and beyond. On Monday, humans received the deepest view of the cosmos ever captured, thanks to the ex…
11 Jul 2022 | World -
Elon Musk versus Twitter: Company’s shares slump as legal battle looms
Shares of Twitter slid more than nine per cent in the first day of trading after billionaire Elon Musk said that he was abandoning his US$44 billion bid for the com…
11 Jul 2022 | World -
Twitter hires law firm to sue Elon Musk after pulling out of 44B deal: sources
Twitter Inc TWTR.N has hired U.S. law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz LLP as it prepares to sue Elon Musk and force him to complete the $44 billion acquisit…
11 Jul 2022 | World -
Japan’s ruling party set to receive surge of support after Abe assassination
Japanese voters went to the polls on Sunday for an upper house election in which the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) may receive a surge of support after the …
10 Jul 2022 | World -
Elon Musk to terminate $44B Twitter purchase
Tesla Inc TSLA.O Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Friday he was terminating his $44 billion deal for Twitter Inc TWTR.N, saying that the social media compa…
08 Jul 2022 | World -
Travis Barker shares details of his ‘life-threatening’ hospitalization
Travis Barker says he was admitted to hospital in Los Angeles last week for a diagnosis of “life-threatening pancreatitis.”
04 Jul 2022 | World -
Amber Heard seeks to throw out verdict in Johnny Depp defamation trial
Amber Heard’s lawyers have asked a judge to throw out the $10.35 million verdict against her in the defamation case filed by ex-husband Johnny Depp, arguing that th…
04 Jul 2022 | World -
15 hikers still missing after deadly Italian glacier avalanche
Thunderstorms hampered Monday the search for more than a dozen hikers who remained unaccounted for a day after a huge chunk of an Alpine glacier in Italy broke off,…
04 Jul 2022 | World -
Israeli gunfire likely killed Al Jazeera journalist, U.S. officials say after probes
U.S. officials have concluded that gunfire from Israeli positions likely killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh but that there was “no reason to believe” he…
04 Jul 2022 | World -
109 live animals found in women’s luggage in wildlife smuggling bust
Two women were arrested in a Thai airport on Monday after authorities discovered at least <em class="linkable-word" data-tag="109 live animals" style="background-co…
29 Jun 2022 | World