CAIRO – The head of the Arab League condemned on Tuesday (May 11) deadly Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip as “indiscriminate and irresponsible” and said Israel had provoked an earlier escalation in violence by its actions in…
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BERLIN – Hamburg’s data regulator ordered Facebook to stop collecting German user data from its WhatsApp unit, saying the company’s attempt to make users agree to the practice in its updated terms isn’t legal. Hamburg watchdog Johannes…
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Kim Kardashian has been accused of editing a photo of herself. The Skims founder shared a bikini photo with her 219 million followers. The photo, which garnered over 2 million likes, saw some eagle-eyed fans accuse the star of a Photoshop…
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BERLIN – Germany coach Joachim Low has reportedly contacted Thomas Muller and is poised to reverse the forward’s 2019 exile by naming the Bayern Munich player in his Euro 2020 squad. According to daily Bild on Tuesday (May 11), Low has…
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Alex Rodriguez is struggling to come to terms with his former fiancee’s recent vacation with Ben Affleck. The former MLB player is having a hard time digesting the fact that Lopez has moved on. A source told E!News, “A-Rod is shocked that…
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JERUSALEM – Palestinians wounded in clashes with Israeli police at Al-Aqsa mosque compound filled the halls of an east Jerusalem hospital Monday (May 10), several having lost eyes after being hit by rubber bullets. Ezzedine, a 19-year-old…
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As Bebe Rexha settles into a Zoom call from her Los Angeles home, I preface our interview by letting her know it’s “for Rexhars and Bad Bitches only,” referencing a 2017 viral clip in which the pop star yells at “perverts” telling her to…
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MCKINNEY – Dustin Johnson has withdrawn from the final warm-up event ahead of next week’s PGA Championship with knee discomfort, the world number one said on Monday (May 10). Johnson, whose Masters title defence ended in a missed cut last…
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LONDON – British and Scottish politicians on Sunday (May 9) played down the risk of a legal battle over whether Scotland can hold an independence referendum, but provided little clarity as to how London and Edinburgh would resolve their…
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ROME – Canadian tennis star Bianca Andreescu on Sunday (May 9) pulled out of the WTA Rome tournament over Covid-19 rules in Italy. Andreescu, the world number six, missed last week’s Madrid Open after testing positive for Covid-19 after…
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SINGAPORE – DBS announced on Monday (May 10) that it has issued more than $450 million in Singapore Overnight Rate Average (Sora)-pegged loans as at end-April 2021, just over six months after the bank launched the market’s first…
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LONDON – England will press ahead with plans to ease Covid-19 restrictions further on May 17, including allowing people to meet indoors, thanks to favourable data on infections and vaccines, the government said on Sunday (May 9). The…
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Reality TV star Kim Kardashian made her mother Kris Jenner’s day special with a sweet note for mother’s day. Taking to Instagram, the Skims founder shared a gorgeous snap of her and the momager. The KKW Beauty mogul penned a touching note…
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BEIJING – As China moves closer to rolling out the world’s first major sovereign digital currency, speculation over the global implications has reached a fever pitch. Historian Niall Ferguson is calling the digital yuan a “potentially…
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NEW YORK -Crude oil climbed along with petrol in New York after a cyber attack put the largest oil-products pipeline in the United States out of action. West Texas Intermediate and Brent both rose as petrol surged as much as 4.2 per cent…
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LONDON – Edinson Cavani will remain at Manchester United next season after the on-form Uruguayan signed a one-year contract extension on Monday (May 10). The 34-year-old Uruguayan has scored 15 goals in his first season in England,…
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