A major earthquake hit Mexico on Tuesday, resulting to panic as it damaged a lot of buildings and caused homes in the capital to bounce like “trampolines”. Office workers fled into the street when the 7.4-magnitude quake shook Mexico City for more than a minute. Phone lines went down, buildings were evacuated, traffics worsen and […]
The fashion and modeling industry has long debated the use of ultrathin girls as models in magazine covers or advertisements. Finally, lawmakers in Israel are attempting to ban the notion. On Monday, a new law was passed requiring that male and female models in Israel must have a body mass index or BMI (a measure […]
Anticipation is heightening for the Duchess of Cambridge’s first public speech, which is scheduled on Monday at a hospice the duchess recently became a patron of. The duchess accepted the position of Royal Patron of EACH in January after visiting a hospice in Milton last fall. The duchess is scheduled to visit The Treehouse, a […]
Audiences feel like their heading back to school again with “21 Jump Street,” which opened as the No. 1 weekend movie with $35 million. Sony’s action comedy film stars Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum acting as cops going undercover as high school students put the animated hit “Dr. Seuss’ the Lorax,” behind which had been […]
United Parcel Service Inc. announced on Monday it has agreed to buy TNT Express NV for $6.77 billion (€5.16 billion) in a deal supported by TNT’s boards. UPS’s cash offer of €9.5 ($12.51) per share for TNT – Europe’s second-largest express delivery company after DHL – comes a month after TNT management turned down a […]
The Slow Loris, one of the 25 most endangered primates in the world, shot to fame after various videos of the animal’s cute antics on YouTube went viral. A public enamored by its cute and cuddly appearance is fueling the illegal trade with little realization that Slow Loris infants are often stolen from their mothers […]
John Henson proved his injury wouldn’t stand in the way to help North Carolina’s latest push for the Final Four. Henson got 13 points, 10 rebounds and 4 blocks in his return from a wrist injury during the second half of North Carolina’s 87-73 victory over Creighton in the third round of the NCAA tournament […]
Rosie O’Donnell’s “The Rosie Show” was axed by Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network on Friday, after the show failed to attract a large number of viewers in five months on the air. The show premiered in October to about 500,000 viewers but lost about half that audience within days of its debut. “I was welcomed with […]
North Korea’s announcement on Friday that it would launch a long-range rocket carrying a “working” satellite to mark the centenary of founder Kim Il-sung’s birth next month, stirred and sparked condemnation from the United States and other countries, saying that the action would be in breach of a U.N. resolution. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary […]
Actor George Clooney and his father were arrested on Friday during a protest outside the Sudanese Embassy. The actor claimed to have asked President Barack Obama to engage China in stopping a humanitarian crisis in northern Africa. The protesters accuse Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir of provoking a humanitarian crisis and disallowing the entry of food […]
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