WASHINGTON — Hundreds of Americans fleeing two weeks of deadly fighting in Sudan reached the east African nation’s port Saturday in the first U.S.-run evacuation, completing a dangerous land journey under escort of armed drones. American unmanned aircraft, which have been keeping an eye on overland evacuation routes for days, provided armed overwatch for a bus […]
Ocean temperatures have spiked well above record levels in the last few weeks, and scientists are trying to figure out what it means and whether it forecasts a surge in atmospheric warming. Some researchers think the jump in sea surface temperatures stems from a brewing and possibly strong natural El Nino warming weather condition plus […]
Legendary talk show presenter Jerry Springer has died at the age of 79. The Jerry Springer host passed away “peacefully” at his home in Chicago, Illinois on Thursday, according to his family. “Jerry’s ability to connect with people was at the heart of his success in everything he tried whether that was politics, broadcasting or […]
Amy Winehouse’s innermost thoughts will be laid bare in a book being released ahead of what would have been the singer’s 40th birthday. Fans of the ‘Back to Black’ singer, who died aged 27 in 2011 from alcohol poisoning, are set to get a deeper understanding of her life as ‘In Her Words’ will features […]
Toni Braxton has revealed she underwent emergency heart surgery in September to treat a life-threatening lupus complication. The Un-Break My Heart singer, who was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease in 2008, underwent a procedure after doctors discovered that one of her coronary arteries was 80 per cent blocked following a series of routine blood and […]
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK — The European Union’s environment agency on Wednesday urged member states to reduce pesticide use over concern that sales of harmful chemicals remain strong despite its effects on human health and biodiversity. The warning comes amid findings that one or more pesticides were detected above thresholds of concern at 22% of all monitoring sites […]
LONDON — British antitrust regulators on Wednesday blocked Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of video game maker Activision Blizzard, thwarting the biggest tech deal in history over worries that it would stifle competition for popular titles like Call of Duty in the fast-growing cloud gaming market. The Competition and Markets Authority said in its final report that […]
Duran Duran want to release a Halloween album. The ‘Hungry Like The Wolf’ hitmakers are huge fans of the spooktastic holiday after playing a pair of Halloween-themed shows in Las Vegas last year, where they donned ghoulish outfits and performed covers of ‘Spellbound’ by Siouxsie And The Banshees, ‘Ghost Town’ by The Specials and ‘Super […]
Katy Perry has vowed to release new music “very soon”. The ‘American Idol’ judge’s fans – who are nicknamed Katy Cats – are in store for a treat in the not-so-distant future. She teased in an interview with ‘Extra’: “I’m gonna give them what they deserve very soon.” The ‘Roar’ hitmaker – who released her […]
EU countries Tuesday gave the final approval to the biggest revamp to date of Europe’s carbon market, which is set to make it more costly to pollute and sharpen the 27-member bloc’s main tool for cutting carbon dioxide emissions. The world’s first major carbon trading system has since 2005 forced power plants and factories to […]
