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US President Donald Trump said Friday he would not proceed with his stated plans to designate Mexican drug cartels as terror groups following a request from his counterpart Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Trump called for a “war” on the cartels last month after the killings of nine women and children from a US-Mexican Mormon community. […]

by Elia VAISSIERE and Clement MELKI The suspect for the rape and murder of a young woman in northern France almost two decades ago was under guard in hospital Saturday after he swallowed  pesticide in an apparent suicide bid following his conviction. Willy Bardon, on trial over the murder of Elodie Kulik in 2002 in […]

Qatar has postponed to next year the opening of Education City stadium, its second newly built venue for the 2022 football World Cup, FIFA said on Saturday. The venue was due to be inaugurated when it hosted the semi-final of the Club World Cup between Liverpool and an as yet undetermined side on December 18. […]

Celebrity couple Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth filed for divorce three months ago following which Miley started dating Kaitlynn Carter in a whirlwind romance before dating Cody Simpson. Reports said the singer is already making peace with her ex-husband and calling a truce between them. Radar Online said both have agreed to put their differences […]

We are approaching the end of 2019 at a dizzying rate. This year has been jam-packed with a theme of crises and threats. From the political, economic, sociological and even environmental aspects, these continue to shape human behaviour and perspectives. This trend is reflected all year in the news and in popular culture, but interestingly, […]

The loss of oxygen from the ocean due to climate change risks “dire effects” on sea life, fisheries and coastal communities, a global conservation body said Saturday. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said that around 700 sites had been identified globally with low oxygen levels — up from only 45 in […]

by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA / Jalees ANDRABI Indian police on Friday shot dead four gang-rape and murder suspects, prompting celebrations but also accusations that they were extrajudicial executions. The men, who had been in custody for a week over the latest rape case to shock India, were shot in the early hours during a re-enactment of […]

Jung Joon-young and Choi Jong-hoon, K-pop stars were jailed for several years after a court sentenced them for gang-raping unconscious women and secretly filming their vile attacks. 30-year-old Joon-young is jailed for six years after raping women who were “drunk and unable to resist, filmed them nude while having sex with them, then spread recording […]

K-Pop singer and songwriter Kang Daniel is on a hiatus from the entertainment industry. Konnect Entertainment, his management company released a statement to the media saying that the 22-year-old is focusing on recovering from health problems. K-Pop culture website Soompi quoted Konnect’s statement saying that Kang had been diagnosed with depression and panic disorder. The K-Pop […]

by Julie JAMMOT Ridesharing leader Uber, under fire around the world for its safety record, said it had tallied nearly 6,000 sexual assaults in the United States over the past couple of years. That included more than 450 cases of rape, according to Uber’s first public report into the issue Thursday, which counts attacks by […]

Boris Johnson came under fire on Friday for failing to face one of Britain’s top political interviewers as he prepared for a final head-to-head debate with the main opposition leader before next week’s election. Four other major party leaders have subjected themselves to an uncomfortable grilling from the BBC’s Andrew Neil but the prime minister […]

Singer Camila Cabello is dating singer Shawn Mendes, but he is on tour at the while Camila is slated to perform at two Jingle Ball shows for the month of December. With the busy schedules of the pair, Camila Cabello has found the best red carpet date and no, it’s not her boyfriend Shawn Mendes. […]

Justin Timberlake made the headlines on November 23 but it was not for the right reasons after he was photographed with Alisha Wainwright, his Palmer co-star in a questionable posture for a married man. The Sun reported that the two were spotted holding hands with one photo showing the 30-year-old actress with her hand on Timberlake’s knee. […]

by Su Xinqi Hong Kong pro-democracy activists on Friday vowed to hold another massive rally over the weekend and warned the city’s pro-Beijing leader not to think a recent lull in violence means public anger is weakening. The semi-autonomous financial hub has been battered by six months of increasingly violent protests pushing for greater democratic […]

by Anuj Chopra with Luc Olinga in New York Saudi Aramco on Thursday priced its long-awaited IPO at the high end of the target range, raising $25.6 billion and giving the energy giant a valuation of $1.7 trillion in the world’s biggest stock sale. Aramco priced its initial public offering at 32 riyals ($8.53) per […]