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Tuesday 30 April 2019

US deputy attorney general resigns

US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Special Counsel Robert Mueller in May 2017 to investigate links between the Russian government and President Donald Trump’s campaign, said on Monday he was resigning from his post.
Rosenstein’s departure, effective May 11, was not a surprise. He had been expected to step down in March, and Trump has already nominated Deputy Transportation Secretary Jeffrey Rosen to replace him.

US film director John Singleton dead at age 51

The 51-year-old director was in intensive care in a Los Angeles hospital since he had a stroke on April 17. John Singleton arrives for the premiere Of FX's "Snowfall" Season 2 at Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE Stadium in Los Angeles, California.

Patricia Hill, 69, a woman from Arkansas, United States, ‘flew into a rage’ and killed her husband after seeing that a pornography channel had been added to their satellite television subscription.
She is currently standing trial for capital murder in the death of her husband, Frank Hill, 65, who was found dead at their home.

Spanish club, Barcelona have been crowned champions of Spain after they clinched the La Liga title for the 2018-19 season on Saturday night. The Spanish gaint defeated Levante 1-0 after Argentine striker Lionel Messi came from the bench to score in the 62nd minute to seal the La Liga title. This is Barcelona's eighth league title in the last 11 years and 26th overall.

President Donald Trump has lashed out at "Empire" star Jussie Smollett at a rally on Saturday, calling him a "third-rate actor" and excoriating him for allegedly staging a hate crime against himself.
"We may have the greatest theme in the history of politics: It's called Make America Great Again.
MAGA. It's called MAGA country," Trump told his supporters in Green Bay, Wisconsin. "You know, I didn't hear that term until that third-rate actor in Chicago went out and he said, 'I was beaten up by MAGA Country.' Can you believe that?"

On Saturday, four people were killed in Seattle when a crane collapsed and fell from the roof of a building onto vehicles in the street. Two of the dead were crane operators and two were in cars smashed by the crane, Seattle Fire Chief Harold Scoggins said at a news conference. The victims included three males and one female, Fire Department spokesman Lance Garland said.

Parents at a Los Angeles elementary school have voted on whether to drop Michael Jackson’s name from the auditorium after damaging pedophilia allegations made against the late pop singer in a documentary.
Gardner Street school’s Michael Jackson Auditorium has become a thorny issue ever since the airing of “Leaving Neverland”, an HBO documentary which alleges the singer molested two boys when they were seven and 10 years old.

The Archbishop of Colombo in Sri Lanka has announced that Sunday Masses have been cancelled until further notice following the Easter bombings in the country. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith made the announcement during a news conference in the Sri Lankan capital on Friday over concerns about possible further attacks.
He also appealed for financial support to rebuild the lives of the victims of the terror attack and to reconstruct the churches targeted. St. Sebastian Catholic Church in Negombo, north of Colombo, was one of the churches targeted.
Over 250 people were killed in suicide bombings carried out by The Islamic State on Easter Sunday.
Police have so far arrested 75 people with officials still searching for more suspects.

Face coverings banned in Sri Lanka to prevent terrorists hiding their identities

Henceforth, it will be illegal for people to wear items of clothings that cover their faces in Sri Lanka Following the multiple terror attacks on Easter Sunday and the explosions and shootouts that broke out on Friday, Sri Lanka government has issued an emergency law making it unacceptable to wear clothings that hides the face.

More than 60 people have been killed in southern and eastern parts of South Africa after heavy rains caused flooding and mudslides. South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa visited the affected region today.
"This situation calls on all of us to pull together as a country to reach out to affected communities," he said in a statement.

A gynaecologist has admitted giving dozens of expectant mothers the same 3D ultrasound scans. Belen Aguilera was the first to spot the bizarre situation when she saw an ultrasound scan an expectant mother posted on Facebook , that looked exactly the same as hers. The Chilean woman wrote online: “Some days ago I found an ultrasound scan on Facebook, it rang a bell, and I compared it with the ultrasound of my daughter.

Togolese footballer, Emmanuel Adebayor, who plays as a striker for Turkish club ?stanbul Ba?ak?ehir has revealed how close he came to taking his own life at the age of 16. The 35-year-old striker started his football journey in France after moving to Europe from Togo as a youngster in a bid to fulfill his dream of becoming a top footballer.

A New Orleans teenager, Antoinette Love has been accepted to 115 colleges and Universities across the United States. She was accepted at every school she applied to and was offered a total of more than $3.7 million in scholarships. She says she plans to visit schools over the next few weeks and make a decision by May.
Born to teen parents and surrounded by four siblings she helps raise. The International High School of New Orleans senior is in several honour societies and will be a first-generation college student.
She has maintained a 3.5 grade point average while dual enrolled at a community college and has been described as a gifted painter. Her mother, Yolanda, says Love’s accomplishments have inspired them as parents to consider returning to school.

Indonesia election: More than 270 election staff die counting votes

More than 270 election workers in Indonesia have died, mostly of fatigue-related illnesses caused by long hours of work counting millions of ballot papers by hand, an official says. Arief Priyo Susanto, spokesman of the General Elections Commission (KPU), said 1,878 other staff had fallen ill. Some seven million people were helping count and monitor the 17 April vote.

Liverpool centre-back , Virgil Van Dijk has been officially crowned the Professional Footballers' Association's Players' Player of the Year for 2019 after a stellar season. The Dutch defender succeeds team-mate Mohamed Salah in winning the award after beating Manchester City stars, Raheem Sterling, Sergio Aguero, Bernardo Silva, and Chelsea forward Eden Hazard to claim the prestigious prize.

PSG star, Neymar, might have just landed in trouble again after he was caught on camera throwing a punch at a fan after his team lost the Coupe de France final to Rennes in a penalty shootout on Saturday night. The Brazilian star was walking up the steps at the Stade de France to collect his losers' medal, minutes after his side had lost 6-5 in a penalty shootout, when he stopped and confronted one man who was pointing a phone camera at him.

Manchester City attacker Raheem Sterling has been recognized by his peers as the winner of the PFA Young Player of the Year award. It's the first time Sterling, a three-time nominee for the PFA's honor for players who began the season 23 years old or younger, has won the accolade.

Neymar will be unavailable for half of Paris Saint-Germain's Champions League group stage matches next season after UEFA suspended the Brazilian three games for insulting match officials, the league announced Friday.

At least 15 people have died as explosions went off when Sri Lankan police raided a "suicide vest factory" last night. According to police, 3 men blew themselves up during a shoot out with security operatives at a jihadist hide-out near the eastern town of Kalmunai. The bombs and gunfire killed 3 women and 6 children, along with another three suspected jihadists outside.

Sri Lanka's top police official, Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara, has resigned over failures that led to the deadly Easter bomb attacks, the country's president said on Friday.
"The IGP has resigned. He has sent his resignation to the acting defence secretary. I'll nominate a new IGP soon," President Maithripala Sirisena told reporters.
Sirisena's nominee has to be confirmed by a constitutional council. The resignation comes after the country's top defence ministry official, defence secretary Hemasiri Fernando resigned on Thursday.

Sunday 28 April 2019

Leader of Sri Lanka bombings died in Shangri-La hotel attack

The Islamic extremist, who is believed to have led the Sri Lanka bombings at various churches and hotels on Easter Sunday, died at the Shangri-La hotel, authorities have said. Zahran Hashim is believed to be one of two terrorists who carried out the deadly attack at the Shangri-La hotel in Colombo.

Burundi midfielder Papy Faty has passed away after he collapsed during a game in Piggs Peak town in north-western eSwatini. He collapsed while playing for Melanti Chiefs against Green Mamba in the Burundian topflight league after just 15 minutes on the pitch.

After thousands of people attended Kanye West's Sunday Service during Coachella's second weekend, the rapper is now said to be considering starting his own church. A source close to West told PEOPLE: "He is extremely passionate about his faith and wants to share it more regularly with people. He spends a lot of time studying and praying, and wants to share his journey.”

10-year-old girl who was born without hands wins the 2019 Zaner-Bloser National handwriting contest

Sara Hinesley, a 10-year-old girl who was born without hands has just won the 2019 Zaner-Bloser National Handwriting Contest.
She said she found writing in cursive to be easy and practiced it a lot. "She can do just about anything often times better than me or my husband," said her mom, Cathryn Hinesley.

A man who removed his condom during consensual sex with a prostitute has been jailed for 12 years for raping her. Lee Hogben, 35, ignored his female victim's repeated objections and carried on having unprotected sex with her in a hotel room. In doing so Hogben 'broke the agreed terms of consent' with the escort who then went to the police.

Horacio Sala, 58, has died of a heart attack three months after his son Emiliano Sala died in a plane crash on his way to Cardiff. The father of Premier League footballer Emiliano Sala suffered a heart attack on Friday, April 26, 2019, his friend and president of his local club confirmed.

The strongest cyclone ever to hit Mozambique has made landfall in the country’s north, five weeks after Cyclone Idai devastated its centre, according to meteorologists. Surpassing both Idai and the 2000 cyclone that had been the strongest to date, Cyclone Kenneth hit Cabo Delgado province with wind speeds of 140mph (225km/h), bringing the threat of extreme rainfall.

Whitney Houston's lesbian lover Robyn Crawford to finally open up about their relationship in new memoir

Robyn Crawford is set to tell it all in her new memoir, and this tell-all includes her love affair with late singer Whitney Houston. Robyn and Whitney had a year-long affair. Both women were very close friends and Robyn was present at Whitney's wedding to Bobby Brown.

The UK remains one of the worst counties in western Europe for freedom of the press, according to the latest report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Ranked 33rd in the list of 180 countries, Britain was placed behind Jamaica, Surinam, Ghana, Namibia, South Africa, Latvia and Lichtenstein in the advocacy group’s 2019 World Press Freedom Index.

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has been named in the PFA Team of the Year 2018-19 - the only player not from either Manchester City or Liverpool. City have six of the 11, voted for by fellow players - goalkeeper Ederson, centre-half Aymeric Laporte, midfielders Bernardo Silva and Fernandinho and forwards Sergio Aguero and Raheem Sterling.

Southampton forward Shane Long broke a Premier League record for the quickest-ever goal when he scored on 7.69 seconds against Watford on Wednesday as the hosts struck late to earn a 1-1 draw.
The previous fastest goal was scored in 9.82 seconds by Ledley King for Tottenham against Bradford in 2000. Long beat Ben Foster after intercepting an attempted clearance by Watford's Craig Cathcart just after kickoff.

A 28-year-old woman has been arrested in Chachoengsao's Phanom Sarakham district, Thailand for allegedly selling her five-year-old daughter for sex in exchange for payments of Bt200 to Bt300 each time, provincial police deputy chief Pol Colonel Kriengkrai Boonson told the press on Monday.
The woman and the 52-year-old unnamed customer were arrested and the girl rescued on Sunday evening in an isolated location in Tambon Nong Yao.

Almost 220 victims of human trafficking have been rescued by police in Benin and Nigeria in an operation coordinated by INTERPOL, the organization said on Wednesday. A number of victims were also rescued from premises where they were forced into prostitution.
With a number of investigations ongoing, police arrested 47 people and seized vehicles, cash, mobile phones and computers.

Elon Musk, the chief executive of electric car company Tesla, has said he expects the firm to have self-driving "robotaxis" on the road by 2020. The entrepreneur made the pledge as he announced an improved microchip for its driverless vehicles.
Mr Musk told investors he expected regulators to approve ride-hailing in some areas for autonomous vehicles.

The shocking moment a crocodile surfaced with a missing man in its jaws a day after dragging him under water by biting his crotch was captured on video. Darlin Uti, 30, was snorkelling in the river to fix an underwater pipe near his home in Sulawesi, Indonesia, when the crocodile attacked him. His sister, who was on the river bank, tried to help Darlin by pulling the hose he was using to breathe underwater. But the crocodile plunged its teeth into Darlins crotch, thrashed around with him in the water, then disappeared into the depths of the water.

A French coastal community has finally cracked the mystery behind the Garfield telephones that have plagued its picturesque beaches for decades. Since the 1980s, the Iroise coast in Brittany has received a supply of bright orange landline novelty phones shaped like the famous cartoon cat.
Anti-litter campaigners have been collecting fragments of the feline for years as they clean the beaches. But now, the source of the problem has been found - a lost shipping container.

A telegraph of Adolf Hitler's suicide note is up for auction. In the telegraph dubbed 'Adolf Hitler's suicide note', the German chancellor refused to flee Berlin just days before taking his own life.
Hitler sent the telegraph to one of his favourite commanders, Field Marshal Ferdinand Schörner, who had urged him to flee Berlin after it was beseiged. But the Nazi leader refused to leave in order to be seen as a valiant leader.

Three men from Pennsylvania have been jailed for decades for having sex with nine female horses, a cow, a goat, and dogs. The men, Matthew Brubaker, 31, Terry Wallace, 41, and Marc Measnikoff, 34, were all sentenced to 20 to 41 years in prison on Monday after regularly abusing at least 12 animals for years.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in the Russian city of Vladivostok ahead of his planned summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russian state television showed Kim stepping out of his green private train at a railway station in the eastern port city on Wednesday afternoon wearing a black homburg and overcoat, he was greeted at the station by officials and a brass band but Putin was not part of the welcoming committee.

At least 17 people - mostly children - have died after heavy rains in eastern Uganda caused flooding.
The rains hit the districts of Kamuli and Buyende during the night, with some people drowning in the flood waters and others hit by collapsing walls, the region's police spokesperson Michael Kasadha said.
"Many of the children could not quickly run away from the floods and it's probably the reason why they died in large numbers," he said.
More than 50 injured people have been taken to hospital, and police say they expect to retrieve more bodies.

18-year-old student sues Apple for $1 Billion after facial recognition allegedly led to his false arrest

An 18-year-old student from New York is suing Apple after being falsely identified and arrested for robbery using the company's facial recognition software. The student, Ousmane Bah filed $1 billion lawsuit against the company on Monday, April 22.
In the lawsuit, the teenager claims that the software incorrectly identified him as the robber in multiple thefts in Apple Stores across several states, according to a report from The Verge.
A photo was reportedly a part of the warrant that was used to arrest Bah who vehemently denied that it was him in the image.

Two of the suicide bombers who killed scores on Easter Sunday at hotels in Sri Lanka were well-educated brothers from a wealthy family and photos of these brothers have now emerged. Wealthy brothers Inshaf Ibrahim (left) and Ilham Ibrahim (right) were the sons of a millionaire spice trader and were privately educated in Colombo.
On Sunday, April 21, both brothers calmly walked into the luxury Shangri-La and Cinnamon Grand hotels and detonated their vests as guests were eating breakfast. Their attacks led to the death of at least 41 foreigners.
Hours later, as police raided their £1 million mansion in an exclusive neighbourhood of Colombo, Ilham's pregnant wife Fatima blew herself up, killing her three children and three officers.

Ariana Grande gets hit with lemon during Coachella

Four-time Grammy nominee Ariana Grande was pelted with a wedge of lemon during her headlining set at the Coachella Festival in Indio on Sunday night. In a video captured by a fan, the 25-year-old pop diva got hit in the chest with the fruit while heading on the main stage to perform her song NASA in a wine-colored Michael Ngo outfit.
Watch the video after the cut

Thieves have stolen 35 rare saxophones from an well-known Italian collection but missed the crown jewel: one which belonged to jazz great Sonny Rollins. Attilio Berni told AFP Tuesday that his collection of 600 saxophones, which has been exhibited at the Louvre museum in Paris, had been built up over 25 years. They did not touch the Sonny Rollins saxophone... which suggests that they did not really know what they were doing," he said.

The toll in a series of suicide bomb blasts on Easter Sunday targeting hotels and churches in Sri Lanka has risen to 359, police said Wednesday. The additional deaths were the result of the wounded dying of their injuries. At least 500 people were injured in the attacks.
The blasts have been claimed by the Islamic State group, with Sri Lanka's government pointing the finger at the little-known local Islamist group National Thowheeth Jama'ath, but saying the group likely had "international" help.

Liverpool defender, Virgil van Dijk has beaten Manchester City forward Raheem Sterling to become the PFA Players’ Player of the Year for 2019. The official announcement is due on Thursday but the Liverpool centre-half has won the backing of his fellow professionals for his outstanding contribution in the best defence in the Premier League this season, according to Daily Mail.
Victory for the Dutch defender means the prize remains with Liverpool, following Mohamed Salah’s triumph last season.
The 2019 PFA Awards will be held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Sunday, April 28.
The Holland international joined Liverpool in January 2018 in a £75million transfer from Southampton has made 44 appearances in all competitions for Liverpool so far this season.

Dutch doctor at the center of IVF scandal is father to at least 49 children

A Dutch doctor at the centre of an IVF scandal fathered at least 49 children, DNA tests have shown. Jan Karbaat, who died in 2017, used his own sperm instead of sperm from a chosen donor as his clinic in Rotterdam. Defence for Children, an organisation representing parents and children born through his now-closed clinic, said DNA tests conducted yesterday confirmed 49 children in the case are direct descendants of Karbaat.

A two-year-old boy is in a coma after his grandfather, 53, threw him into a scalding oven because he "saw the devil in the boy". The toddler from Omsk, in Russia, was rescued from the oven but is in a "grave" condition after suffering acute burns over 50 per cent of his body. The child is fighting for his life in a coma and on a breathing machine, doctors said.

Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri has been charged with misconduct by the Football Association following his late dismissal in Monday’s 2-2 draw with Burnley. The 60-year-old Italian has until Friday to answer to the charge. Sarri’s assistant Gianfranco Zola claimed after the match that the decision to send his compatriot to the stands was unfair as he “was just trying to tell our players to get in position”

Rapper, Offset charged with felony gun possession by prosecutors after summer arrest in Georgia

Migos rapper, Offset, has been charged with felony gun possession after he was arrested for allegedly carrying three firearms while on probation last summer. According to TMZ, the Clayton County D.A.'s Office confirmed that prosecutors filed three charges against the Migos rapper in February, including the felony charge for firearms possession by a convicted felon, and misdemeanor charges for marijuana possession and an improper lane change.

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