A new abortion law in the US state of Georgia has fuelled calls for a Hollywood boycott from actors and production companies. A number of actors had signed an open letter in March pledging not to work there should the law pass. Governor Brian Kemp signed the so-called “heartbeat” bill on Tuesday, which bans most […]
A mum-of-three who underwent a Brazilian butt-lift procedure died after suffering "complications" during the procedure. Danea Plasencia, 28, was having the $3,600 cosmetic surgery at Mia Aesthetics in Miami, Florida, on Friday when things went wrong. Police were called at 11.13am to reports of a "woman in distress" at the clinic. Her grandfather, Marcio Ferez, […]
Latest round of talks ended with US envoy saying ‘faster progress’ needed in talks with Taliban to end the 18-year war. Officials from the United States and Taliban representatives have held six rounds of direct talks since October in Qatar’s capital Doha in a bid to end the 18-year war in Afghanistan. The talks hope […]
Perhaps the most basic piece of investing wisdom is: don’t put all your eggs in a single basket. That advice goes further when one is investing in financial markets. There, the ironclad rule to manage risk is: be diversified, or put your eggs into a lot of baskets. The reason for this is that, on […]
HAVANA — The Cuban government has begun widespread rationing of chicken, eggs, rice, beans, soap and other basic products in the face of a grave economic crisis. Commerce Minister Betsy Díaz Velázquez told the state-run Cuban News Agency on Friday that the rationing would begin in order to deal with shortages of staple foods. She […]
One could not select a more serene location for a homicide. On July 17, 1982, a woman’s body was found in a meadow in the mountains that run along the border between California and Nevada, not far from Lake Tahoe. Footprints revealed that she and her killer had strolled half a mile or so from […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Facebook is suing South Korean data analytics firm Rankwave to make sure it isn’t breaking the leading social network’s rules, the US company said on Friday (May 10). A lawsuit was filed against Rankwave in a California State court in Silicon Valley to enforce terms the company agreed to in order […]
WASHINGTON (WASHINGTON POST) – President Donald Trump said on Friday (May 10) he thinks it would be “appropriate” for him to talk to Attorney-General William Barr about opening an investigation into Joe Biden, the current front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination. In an interview with Politico, Trump said he and Barr hadn’t considered an inquiry […]
President Donald Trump has taken comfort in and Democrats have been tempered by polls showing that impeachment is unpopular with the American people. It’s easy to believe that what is true now will continue, but what if events play a significant role in how Americans perceive impeachment? Might they become convinced that Trump is a […]
The former US intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning has been released from prison after she was jailed for refusing to testify to a grand jury investigating WikiLeaks. Ms Manning spent 62 days in jail on contempt charges but was released as the term of the grand jury she was supposed to give evidence to expired. However, […]