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Friday 31 May 2019

Japan tells the world it has been saying the name of it's prime minister Abe Shinzo incorrectly 13-years after he took office

It has been revealed that the name of the Japanese Prime Minister has been said incorrectly for 13 years after he took office. Following the coronation of Emperor Naruhito, he has ordered media and the rest of the world to call the leader they have known as Shinzo Abe by his right name, Abe Shinzo.
'I plan to ask international media organisations to do this,' Foriegn Minister Taro Kono said.

At least one person is dead after a powerful 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit the Amazon rainforest in north-central Peru.

Can you rock this nostril hair which has become a trend?

Nostril hair has become a beauty trend that seems to be picking up. For years, men and women have been known to remove their nostril hair. But this new beauty trend sees people leaving their nostril hair to grow out. Some are even installing nostril hair extensions to give them fuller nostril hairs.
The trend was first championed by Instagram user @gret_chen_chen. She attached false eyelashes to her nose to give the impression that she has long and full nostril hair. Others immediately began to copy her and it became a trend. This trend has now given rise to the tag #nosehairextensions.
Below are more photos.

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinabjo have been sworn into office for a second term. They were sworn in by the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad in Abuja.
More pictures after the cut

The Godfather actor Carmine Caridi has died at 85. The actor, who was best known for his role as Carmine Rosato in The Godfather II passed away at Cedars Sinai hospital after falling into a coma on Wednesday.
Caridi's friend, actor and director Chazz Palminteri, confirmed his death to TMZ.
The outlet reports that the veteran actor was hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles where he slipped into a coma and never regained consciousness.

Last male Sumatran rhino in Malaysia dies

The future of the critically endangered Sumatran rhino has been struck a blow, with the death of Malaysia's last male. The rhino once roamed across much of Asia, but has now almost disappeared from the wild, with fewer than one hundred animals believed to exist. The death of Tam, who lived at a wildlife reserve on the island of Borneo, was announced on Monday. A female called Iman is now the only remaining member of the species in Malaysia.

Seven dead and 19 missing as tourist boat crashes and sinks in Budapest

Seven people have been confirmed dead after a sightseeing boat carrying 33 passengers and two crew crashed and sank in the Danube River. A further 19 people are still missing after the boat hit another vessel, sparking the tragedy in Budapest on Wednesday night. The boat was carrying tourists from Korea while the two crew members were identified as Hungarian.

Alphabet GOOGL Inc's Google said Tuesday that it plans to work with China's Huawei over the next 90 days, shortly after the U.S. temporarily eased some trade restrictions on the world's second-largest smartphone maker.

Inter Milan manager Luciano Spalletti has been sacked after two years at the club. Former Chelsea boss, Antonio Conte is now set to replace the 60-year-old at the San Siro.
Spalletti guided the Serie A side to fourth place and the final Champions League spot ahead of rivals AC Milan but they finished 21 points behind champions Juventus and were knocked out of the Champions League during the group stages last season.
A club statement on Twitter today read: 'FC Internazionale Milano can confirm that Luciano Spalletti is no longer head coach of the first team. 'The club wishes to thank Spalletti for his work and the results achieved together.'

Man who set himself on fire outside the White House dies in hospital

The man who set himself on fire on a lawn near the White House on Wednesday has died in the hospital after suffering burns to 85 percent of his body. Arnav Gupta, 33, was identified by US Park Police on Thursday after dying in the hospital.

The glamorous ex-gymnast Alina Kabaeva - rumoured to be Vladimir Putin’s long-time partner - has recently given birth to twins, according to reports. There has been no confirmation from the Olympic gold medal-winner and the Kremlin never discusses the divorced president’s private life, with the state-run media in Russia obediently following suit.

Andre Villas-Boas has been appointed the new coach of Marseille on a two-year deal to succeed Rudi Garcia, who guided the club to a fifth-placed finish in Ligue 1 last season. The former Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea boss has been out of a job since leaving Shanghai SIPG in November 2017 and previously said he was keen to manage in the Bundesliga.

Man sets himself on fire on White House lawn

A man set himself on fire on the White House lawn. Nearby streets have been cordoned off and the man has been rushed to hospital. Emergency services are said to have surrounded the scene in Washington DC. The Secret Service has tweeted: "At approximately 12.20pm. a man lit himself on fire on the Ellipse near 15th and Constitution Ave., Secret Service personnel are on scene assisting (National Park Service) and (US Park Police) in rendering first aid."

Chelsea have been crowned champions of the Europa League competition after thrashing Arsenal 4-1 to lift the trophy on Wednesday night at Baku Olympic Stadium in Azerbaijan. The Gunners had a good start into the game, but Chelsea ran riot in the second half with three goals in quick succession following a disastrous second-half performance from Arsenal.

Thomas Markle Sr is not impressed with Lifetime's new movie on Meghan Markle and Prince Harry and he's given it a scathing review. Harry & Meghan: Becoming Royal premiered over the weekend and portrayed the drama in Meghan and Harry's life in the months leading up to the Royal wedding. But Thomas Markle says the movie is more fiction than fact and he feels attacked by the way the Markle family were portrayed.

Man goes to the extreme to secure his newly acquired car

Alabama has become the latest US state to move to restrict abortions by passing a bill to outlaw the procedure in almost all cases. The law includes a ban on abortion in cases of rape or incest. Supporters say they expect the law to be blocked in court but hope that the appeals process will bring it before the Supreme Court.
They want the court, which now has a conservative majority, to overturn the 1973 ruling legalising abortion.

Billionaire Heiress and singer, Paris Hilton has revealed she has about 800 wigs. The 38-year-old socialite who has the wigs in different colors says she loves to wear them because they serve as the best form of disguise when she wants to go out without being recognized.
'I probably own like, 800 wigs,' The Simple Life vet to Entertainment Tonight. 'I have every single colour, every style.

Legislators in San Francisco have voted to ban the use of facial recognition, the first US city to do so.
The emerging technology will not be allowed to be used by local agencies, such as the city’s transport authority, or law enforcement. Additionally, any plans to buy any kind of new surveillance technology must now be approved by city administrators.
Opponents of the measure said it will put people’s safety at risk and hinder efforts to fight crime.
Those in favour of the move said the technology as it exists today is unreliable, and represented an unnecessary infringement on people’s privacy and liberty.

It’s a warning that many people have already been ignoring for years, but now Microsoft has finally admitted that you don’t need to ‘safely remove’ USB drives. The tech giant has updated Windows 10’s default setting for USB and Thunderbolt-enabled external devices.
Microsoft said: “This policy manages storage operations in a manner that keeps the device ready to remove at any time.
“You can remove the device without using the Safely Remove Hardware process.”
Essentially, this means that you can feel free to yank out that USB, without having to click ‘safely remove’.

Why does your vagina smell and what can you do about it? Dr Christine Kriel gives us all the intimate details…
So, what should your vagina smell like?
The way your vagina smells is highly individualised and influenced by a couple of different factors. If there is a noticeable odour – associated with symptoms like discharge, itch or burn – there’s a problem and you need to pop in on your gynae.
But without these symptoms, the smell is probably perfectly normal.
But why?

Brazilian star Neymar has lost his national team's captaincy for this summer's Copa America to veteran Dani Alves. Brazil's football confederation, CBF, said in a statement Monday that the 36-year-old defender -- also a teammate of Neymar's with Paris Saint-Germain -- will start wearing the armband in the friendly against Qatar on June 5 in Brasilia.

Thirty people are dead, and dozens of passengers are missing after a boat carrying more than 350 passengers capsized on a lake in the Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials told CNN on Monday. Simon Mbo Wemba, mayor of the town of Innogo in western Congo told CNN local divers leading the search operation have also found 183 survivors from the site of the sinking.

The lawyer representing a man accused of shooting rapper Nipsey Hussle has announced he's quitting the case. Chris Darden said it was because "threats" had been made to members of his family including his children.
In April Nipsey Hussle, whose real name was Ermias Asghedom, was shot multiple times outside a clothing shop he owned in Los Angeles. Eric Holder, 29, is awaiting trial over the shooting and faces life in jail if convicted.

Malaysia will return 450 tonnes of contaminated plastic waste to the countries that shipped it, in a refusal to become a dumping ground for the world's trash.
Nine shipping containers at Port Klang, west of Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday were found to contain mislabeled plastic and non-recyclable waste, including a mixture of household and e-waste.
Yeo Bee Yin, minister of energy, science, technology, environment and climate change, said that the US, UK, Canada, Japan, China, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, Netherlands, and Singapore should expect waste products to be returned.

A man chopped off his penis and testicles because he wanted to become a genitalia-free "nullo."
Trent Gates, 23, cut off his testicles back in April 2016, then, in January 2017, he removed his penis with an ultra-sharp ceramic knife. He carried out the procedure after seeing a photo of another famous nullo called Gelding at the age of 15. Trent, from Washington DC, only used iced water to numb the pain for the first procedure. For the second removal, he took regular painkillers to counter the pain.

Australian rugby union star Israel Folau has been sacked after he posted an anti-gay statement on social media. A devout Christian who has made 73 international appearances for the Wallabies, Folau was found guilty of a code of conduct breach last week, following a homophobic social media post, which listed "drunks, homosexuals, adulterers, liars, fornicators, thieves, atheists and idolaters," reading underneath, "Hell awaits you."
The controversial Instagram post in April has not been deleted.
A three-person tribunal decided on Friday that Folau's contract with Rugby Australia should be terminated.

A number of La Liga and second division players and club executives have been arrested in Spain as part of an investigation into match-fixing. Police say 11 people are expected to be arrested in total and at least three matches are being investigated across the country's top three divisions.
A spokesman for La Liga said the police action followed a complaint it had made over a match in May 2018.
"Among those detained are active and retired players," police said.
Presidents and directors of a club have also been arrested the police said.

Johnson & Johnson, one of the world's largest drug manufacturers, has gone on trial in a multi-billion dollar lawsuit by the US state of Oklahoma. Prosecutors accuse the firm of deceptively marketing painkillers and downplaying addiction risks, fuelling a so-called "opioid epidemic".
Johnson & Johnson denies wrongdoing and says it marketed products responsibly.

Her first Fenty fashion line becomes available to purchase online on Wednesday. So it's no surprise that Rihanna is heavily promoting the collection on her Instagram as the clock ticks down.
The pop star and businesswoman has even recruited her mom Monica to help hype the designs, sharing pics of the two of them together on Monday.

Iggy Azalea has deleted all her social media accounts after her topless modelling photos were leaked without her permission. The Australian rapper's Twitter and Instagram accounts were deactivated on Monday, just hours after unpublished 'outtakes' from a 2016 GQ magazine photo shoot were circulated online.

At least two people have died after a tornado ripped through a hotel in Oklahoma. The American Budget Value Inn in El Reno was torn apart last night, with witnesses saying people are being pulled from the rubble.
A nearby mobile home park in the path of the twister was also destroyed. The total death toll it is not yet clear, while City mayor Matt White did confirm the two deaths at the hotel.

English singer-songwriter, Ed Sheeran is set to be a billionaire before he turns 30 in just two years. According to Dail Mail, the 28-year-old pop star has amassed an eye-watering fortune and has millions rolling into his bank account each week thanks to the success of his Divide tour which has reportedly seen him earn close to £500 million so far.

Ethiopia's foreign ministry has apologised after a map of Africa on its website incorporated neighbouring Somalia within its own borders.
"We sincerely regret any confusion and misunderstanding this incident might have caused," the statement said.
Somalia had been completely erased from the map, but the self-declared territory of Somaliland - which is not internationally recognised - was shown.

Chinese engineering student in the U.S.found guilty of using fake iPhones to defraud Apple of 1,500 devices

Over the period of two years, a Chinese national in US sent devices that looked like iPhones to Apple, saying they wouldn’t turn on and should be replaced under warranty. According to police reports, he didn’t just submit a couple of the devices, he delivered in person or shipped to Apple around 3,000 of them. Apple responded by sending almost 1,500 replacement iPhones, each with an approximate resale value of $600, but the devices that Quan Jiang sent Apple were fake.

Referee dies after collapsing during match at world's highest stadium

A referee has tragically died after collapsing during a football match played at the world's highest stadium in Bolivia. Victor Huge Hurtado passed away in hospital after he fainted during the game at the El Alto Municipal Stadium.
The tragic scene occurred during a game between Always Ready and Oriente Petrolero in the Bolivian Premier League.

Warren Buffett revealed how much his stake in Amazon is worth: more than $900 million. The CEO of Berkshire Hathaway has long praised Amazon (AMZN) and its CEO, Jeff Bezos, whose net worth passed Buffett's two years ago on his way to claiming the title as the world's richest man.
Buffett has said he admires Bezos' business skills, and his success creating both the online retailing powerhouse and its cloud computing business. He joined with Amazon and JPMorgan Chase to work on an insurance offering for the three companies' employees that many believe could reshape the health insurance industry. He even joked he would get a blood infusion from Bezos if he could.

A model has been left bed bound by a skin condition that makes her look years older. Sara Geurts, 28, has Dermatosparaxis Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), a genetic condition that leaves her with excessively saggy skin. The Minneapolis, Minnesota woman has extremely soft, doughy skin because of the condition, which also leaves her joints and muscles weak. But she hasn't let the syndrome which only a dozen people have hold her back.

A US judge, Michael Kwan has been suspended for six months without pay after making derogatory comments about Donald Trump, including criticising his “inability to govern and political incompetence.”
Kwan’s suspension earlier this week by the state’s supreme court says that his behaviour was in violation of the judicial code of conduct and sullied the reputation of the judiciary.
“Judge Kwan’s behaviour denigrates his reputation as an impartial, independent, dignified, and courteous jurist who takes no advantage of the office in which he serves,” the court said in a 19-page opinion.

Mel B has addressed the backlash to the Spice Girls' debut tour date performance. Early on Saturday morning, Scary Spice uploaded a video to Instagram in which she admitted there were sound and vocal problems at the group's debut Dublin gig - and pledged to improve the sound quality for the next show.

Harvey Weinstein has reportedly reached a tentative $44million compensation deal with victims who have accused him of sexual misconduct. According to the Wall Street Journal, the deal was reached on Thursday following negotiations between Weinstein, his accusers, his former film studio's board members and the New York attorney general's office.

Donald Trump says he "feels badly" about Theresa May resigning as Prime Minister but he added that it was "for the good of her country."
Speaking outside the White House ahead of a visit to Japan, he told reporters: "I feel badly for Theresa, I like her very much. She worked very hard, she’s very strong.
"She decided to do something that some people were surprised at, some people weren’t. It’s for the good of her country."
He added: "But I like her very much. In fact, I’ll be seeing her in two weeks."
One of Mrs May's last acts in office will be to take part in President Trump's state visit to the UK.
But one Cabinet minister fears the US President will throw a hand grenade into the Tory leadership race - by endorsing Boris Johnson on his State Visit.

Mike Ashley 'agrees to sell Newcastle for £350m' to Man City owner's cousin

Mike Ashley has agreed to sell Newcastle for £350million, according to reports. The buyer it is claimed is the cousin of Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour, Sheikh Khaled bin Zayed Al Nehayan.
According to The Sun, contracts have already been signed and submitted to the Premier League between the two parties with Ashley ready to stand down after 12 years in charge on Tyneside.

India college fire kills at least 17 students

At least 17 students have died as a fire ripped through their classrooms in India, officials said. Students were seen jumping and falling from the building in the western city of Sura as black smoke billowed from windows.
Most of the victims were teenagers who had been studying at a tuition centre. The cause of the fire is not yet clear, but officials said the blaze spread through packed classrooms because of the material used in the roof.

Mauricio Pochettino's joke backfires as Real Madrid release official statement

Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino's apparent joke about where his team would stay in Madrid for the Champions League final appears to have backfired - and prompted Real Madrid to release an official statement.
The Argentine, who has been linked with a move to the Bernabeu in the past, was discussing Spurs' plans for the final against Liverpool at Atletico Madrid's Wanda Metropolitano Stadium on 1 June.
"Ahead of the final, we will train at Valdebebas [Real's training complex] and sleep in a nearby hotel," he told El Partidazo de Cope.

A bus passenger has been charged with murder after he slit the throat of a bus driver in Tampa, Florida. Justin McGriff was on a Hillsborough Area Regional Transit bus on Saturday afternoon when he began arguing with the driver. As Thomas Dunn, 46, drove the public bus down Nebraska Avenue during their argument, McGriff walked up to him brought out a sharp weapon and slashed Dunn's throat after telling him, "God bless you," twice.

A man reportedly died from a heart attack after allegedly attempting to strangle a female passenger in an air rage incident. He is also said to have threatened fellow passengers on the flight by saying: “If you want to live, put up your hands.
“We are going to die, the pilots are asleep!” The Airbus A320 plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Moscow, Russia, after the distressing mid-air drama on a flight by Red Wings airline.

The Spice Girls have kicked off their long-awaited reunion tour, as the iconic band took to the stage for their first performance in Dublin on Friday. Emma Bunton, 43, Geri Horner, 46, Mel Brown, 43, and Mel C, 45, delighted the crowd of around 58,000 fans with a medley of their greatest hits, and Ginger Spice even paid homage to her iconic Union Jack dress with a red and blue Renaissance-style gown.

Move over Bitcoin. Facebook is reportedly gearing up to launch its own cryptocurrency called GlobalCoin as soon as next year. Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg met Bank of England governor Mark Carney last month to discuss the plans, according to the BBC .

Facebook on Thursday said it recently disabled billions of bogus accounts set up by "bad actors" and that five percent of active accounts are likely fakes. An estimate of how many of the online social networks accounts are fake and actions taken against the creation of more during the first three months of this year was disclosed in Facebook's latest report on enforcement activity.

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