A 6-year-old Manila boy killed in his sleep is among the latest victims in the ongoing violence against suspected drug criminals in the Philippines. “There was a knock on the door,” said Elizabeth Navarro, who is pregnant and already a mother of five at 29. “My husband said who’s that? Then I heard two gunshots.” … Read more
First team squad were involved in a plane accident on their way to a first ever continental final The Brazilian football team which lost most of its squad in a plane crash in Colombia last month will return to action for the first time at the end of January, club officials have confirmed to CNN. … Read more
Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox (FOXA. O) said on Thursday it had agreed to buy European pay-TV firm Sky (SKYB.L) for $14.6 billion, sticking to its earlier offer despite complaints from some investors. Fox said it would pursue a Scheme of Arrangement, meaning it would need the backing of 75 percent of Sky’s independent shareholders … Read more
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte should be impeached after he admitted to personally killing drug suspects, one of his top critics told CNN. On Monday, Duterte said that when mayor of the southern city of Davao, he would patrol the streets “looking for an encounter so I could kill.” Since taking power in June, Duterte has … Read more
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” answers the question of whether that galaxy far, far away is big enough to sustain multiple offshoots with an emphatic yes, delivering an extremely muscular and satisfying expansion of what had been, under George Lucas, a rather underdeveloped universe. Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm came with a pragmatic mandate to … Read more
The Lion King and Thelma & Louise are among 25 films that will be preserved by the US Library of Congress. Each year the library chooses films for preservation which are “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant”. This year’s 25 additions bring the total number of preserved films to 700. Other inductees this year include The … Read more
They’re the islands where World War II never ended and now they’re the focal point of a rare meeting between the leaders of Japan and Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin makes his first visit to Japan in 11 years on Thursday with Tokyo hopeful of progress in getting Russia to return islands in the Kuril … Read more
Now it’s my turn to make the most difficult phone call. The call many world leaders dread. I’m calling Gambia President Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh. I don’t know where he got Jemus Junkung from. He was born Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jammeh. But anyway, that’s beside the point. Well let me start it this way, if … Read more
After the recent Ghanaian elections, CNN published an article that angered a number of Ghanaians. In the piece, Ralph Ellis (reporting from Atlanta) and Stephanie Busari (reporting from Lagos) stated, “Oil reserves were discovered off the coast of Ghana in 2007, but Ghanains struggle to obtain food and day-to-day services. Rolling blackouts are common and … Read more
As some of you are aware of, Ghana has finally elected a new President, Nana Akufo-Addo from the New Patriotic Party. For Ghanaians in Ghana and based abroad, this comes as a sigh of relief and the genuine feeling of change. For the past couple of years, the economy has dwindled significantly. The unemployent rate … Read more
In an unprecedented public display of acrimony, President-elect Donald Trump and the CIA are engaged in a war of words over the extent and details of Russian efforts to interfere with the American presidential election. “There must be big smiles this morning at the Kremlin,” said former White House cyber security official Richard Clarke, now … Read more
Sumner Redstone’s privately-held National Amusements on Monday withdrew its merger proposal for CBS (CBS. N) and Viacom (VIAB.O), according to three sources familiar with the situation who wished to remain anonymous. Shares of Viacom tumbled 6.8 percent in early New York Stock Exchange trading to $36. CBS shares were down 3.6 percent at $60.33. A … Read more
It was a match made in pop-music heaven — or at least it could have been if not for Madonna’s judge-y comments. On a Dec. 7 segment of “Carpool Karaoke,” Madonna revealed to CBS late-night host James Corden that she and the late Michael Jackson had hooked up back in the day. After she got … Read more
US media giant 21st Century Fox has made a takeover approach for Sky that values the UK-based satellite broadcaster at £18.5bn. The proposed offer is worth £10.75 a share in cash, a premium of 36% to the closing price on 8 December. Sky shares ended 26.6% higher at 999.8p in London following the announcement. Media … Read more
Adele and Beyoncé are set for steep competition at this year’s Grammy Awards. Both artists were nominated for record of the year, song of the year and album of the year. Nominations for the 59th Annual Grammy Awards were revealed Tuesday on “CBS This Morning.” Meghan Trainor, winner of the best new artist award in … Read more
U. S. stocks ended little changed on Friday after a payrolls report did little to recast expectations for an interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve this month and bank stocks cooled to round out their fourth straight week of gains. A U.S. Labor Department report showed employers in private and public sectors hired more … Read more
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.-Walt Disney It was the great Sharon Hull who once said, “A dream is the seed of possibility planted in the soul of a human being, which calls him to pursue a unique path to the realization of his purpose”. A dream … Read more
Fawlty Towers star Andrew Sachs, who played hapless Spanish waiter Manuel in the BBC sitcom, has died aged 86, his family has confirmed. The actor died on 23 November and was buried on Thursday, his wife Melody said in an interview in the Daily Mail. She told the paper that Sachs had been diagnosed with … Read more
Remembering the man who proved TV could be good Television today is awash in great entertainment, literally too much for most viewers to take in. In the early 1980s, NBC was at the lowest point in its history. Its shows were not only low-rated, but they were achieving that status completely on merit: they stank. … Read more
Myanmar is seeking the ethnic cleansing of the Muslim Rohingya minority from its territory, a senior UN official has told the BBC. Armed forces have been killing Rohingya in Rakhine state, forcing many to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh, says John McKissick of the UN refugee agency. The government of Myanmar, also known as Burma, has … Read more