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US election: Cruz-Kasich pact ‘desperate’ says Trump
Donald Trump says a pact formed by his two rivals for the Republican presidential crown is a desperate act. He lambasted Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich over the alliance they announced late on Sunday. Under their plan, Mr Cruz and Mr Kasich will give each other a free run in state primary votes next month....
All-Prince top five in midweek chart
Pop star Prince is on course to dominate the UK charts this week, as mourning fans rush to buy his music. The musician holds every spot in the top five in the midweek chart update, with 16 albums set to enter the top 100 the Official Chart Company says. His 2001 retrospective The Very Best Of is at number one, followed by the...
Saudi Arabia agrees plans to move away from oil profits
The Saudi cabinet has approved sweeping economic reforms aimed at moving the country away from its dependence on oil profits. Just over 70% of revenues came from oil last year but it has been hit by falling prices. One part of the plan will see shares sold in state-owned oil giant Aramco to create a sovereign wealth fund....
Angelina Jolie Meets with Ban Ki-moon Leads Today’s Star Sightings
Angelina Jolie was doing some good in the Netherlands. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon met with Jolie, at Special Envoy of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), in The Hague, Netherlands. .@UN_Photo Rick Bajornas's shot of @UN Secretary-General & Mrs Ban with @Refugees Special Envoy Angelina Jolie Pitt....
US ex-Senator Wofford, 90, to remarry to a man
A former US senator will get remarried this week — to someone of a different sex from his first spouse. Harris Wofford, 90, wrote an opinion article in the New York Times voicing strong support for same-sex marriage. He said he felt lucky to live at a time when marriage had been "strengthened" in this way. Mr...
WAR ON ISIS: Obama marches extra troops into Syria in bid to WIPE OUT sick terror group
PRESIDENT Barack Obama is set to put more American boots on the ground in Syria in a bid to wipe out Islamic State. He is set to announce the decision to send 250 more troops into the war torn country to support local forces, a state official has revealed. The decision comes amid growing hopes that the so-called caliphate, also...
President Sisi urges Egyptians to ‘defend state’ ahead of protests
Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has urged citizens to defend the state and its institutions ahead of planned anti-government protests. In a televised speech, Mr Sisi said attempts to destabilize Egypt would not succeed if the country stood united. Security has been stepped up across the country, with officials...
Obama dismisses N Korea proposal to ‘halt’ nuclear tests
US President Barack Obama has dismissed North Korea's proposal to suspend nuclear tests if the US ends its annual military exercises with the South. On Sunday Mr Obama told reporters that the US did not take such a proposal seriously and that Pyongyang would "have to do better than that". The North's foreign...
Nepal still reeling from devastating 2015 earthquake
KATHMANDU, Nepal — Usha Pandey was dancing when the earthquake hit. She was at home with her younger sister and brother on a school holiday, listening to music and having fun. "As soon as the house started shaking, we ran outside," Pandey, 19, said. "The house collapsed right afterward. We're lucky to...
Beyoncé drops brand new album LEMONADE and causes Twitter MELTDOWN
BEYONCÉ has finally dropped her new album LEMONADE and fans of the singer could hardly contain their excitement. The unannounced album launch came after her mysterious TV special on HBO, which turned out to be a visual teaser for the album along with music videos and new music. #LEMONADE the Visual Album....
Kurdish PKK warns Turkey of long fight for freedom
The Kurdish rebel PKK movement has told the BBC that it is ready to intensify its fight against Turkey because Ankara is trying to make it surrender. Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Cemil Bayik said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was "escalating this war". "The Kurds will defend themselves to the...
The dawn of Britain’s shocking art movement
Before the late 1980s, only a handful of contemporary British artists had made it into the mainstream. That all changed in 1988 when 16 students from London’s Goldsmiths College, led by Damien Hirst, staged their exhibition Freeze – the show that became the nucleus of the BritArt movement. Freeze is now legendary...