May 2018

  • Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane has quit as manager of the Spanish football team after an unprecedented Champions League victory against Liverpool, a record which marked the club’s third consecutive CL trophy under his leadership and their fourth in five years. Zidane is currently holding a press conference alongside club president Florentino Perez. Speaking at…

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  • Kim Kardashian’s recent visit to the White House for discussions and a picture with Donald Trump have been the surprising subject of controversy in the media. The last time her hubby Kanye West visited Trump, Kim was nowhere near the White House and she wasn’t missed for the fact that she’s not interested in political…

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  • Instead of “the John,” I call my toilet “the Jim.” That way it sounds better when I say I go to the Jim first thing every morning. Q: Why did the witches’ team lose the baseball game?  A: Their bats flew away. Q: Did you hear about the kidnapping at school?  A: It’s okay. He…

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  • Jesse Duplantis has been called many names – including a false teacher who propagates worldly, man-centered shallow gospel that consistently contradicts God’s word and the true gospel of Jesus Christ – but his recent request for a $54m jet from church funds is totally absurd and has been a subject of controversies. Image: Jesse Duplantis…

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  • Courtney Pieters was murdered with ant poison and after she died, the killer penetrated her with his fingers, the Western Cape High Court heard on Monday. Mortimer Saunders pleaded guilty to killing three-year-old Pieters and performing a sexual act on her corpse. He has been charged on two counts of murder and rape. Image shows Mortimer…

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  • France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor says about 40 convicted terrorists are due to be released from French prisons this year and next, calling the re-entry into society of the unrepentant ones a “major risk.”   Image shows Paris prosecutor Francois Molins delivering a speech in central Paris (Source: AP) Francois Molins said on BFM television Monday that…

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  • A kid accompanied his father to the farm and after watching the old man sweat a long time, he offered to help. The boy said, “I don’t understand why you asked me to rest while you labor, dad…Let me join you.” “No problem,” the man replied, “just tell me how to differentiate between a weed…

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  • Porsche’s official website, carrying an article from the Porsche Klassik magazine, has branded some buyers as ‘immoral’. In the statement, Porsche targeted those who buy its cars purely as an investment rather than as pleasurable transport. Image shows a “flat nose” 911 which sold for nearly £250,000 last year at Silverstone Auctions Some manufacturers, including…

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  • Pornography is much weirder than music, both as concept and as industry, and so, unsurprisingly, the emergent properties of the overturning of the porn industry are much weirder too, and the full extent of their ripple effects have yet to be measured, argues Jon Ronson in his equal parts charming and spellbinding podcast series “The…

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  • China’s military announced on Sunday that it had dispatched warships to challenge two United States Navy vessels that sailed through waters in the South China Sea that China claims as its own. The Chinese confronted the American ships and warned them to leave, the Ministry of National Defense said in a statement posted on its website,…

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  • Q: Why couldn’t the blonde add 10 + 5 on a calculator? A: She couldn’t find the “10” button. Q: Why was six scared of seven? A: Because seven “ate” nine. Q: Can a kangaroo jump higher than the Empire State Building? A: Of course. The Empire State Building can’t jump. In a Catholic school…

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  • After winning 3-1 against Liverpool FC in the 2018 Champions League finals, Real Madrid have taken their overall tally to 13 triumphs in Europe’s top club competition. In his statement after becoming the first player to captain a team to three consecutive UEFA Champions League titles, history maker Sergio Ramos said “the achievement seemed unreachable.” Madrid…

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  • Japanese PM Shinzo Abe presented an Akita dog to Russia’s Olympic icon and skating champion Alina Zagitova during a visit to Moscow on Saturday. Zagitova, 16, who won gold at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games, talked about her fondness for Akitas. You might need one after watching “Hachiko” Zagitova chose the puppy out of numerous…

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  • The leaders of the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have agreed to hold high-level talks on June 1, the DPRK’s state media KCNA reported Sunday, adding that DPRK leader Kim Jong Un’s hopes were “fixed” for a potential summit next month with the US.   Image shows ROK President…

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  • China and Burkina Faso have resumed diplomatic ties after a communique on the re-establishment of diplomatic relations was signed by Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Burkina Faso’s Foreign Minister Alpha Barry on Saturday in Beijing. It came two days after the West African nation cut so-called “diplomatic ties” with Taiwan on May 24. “The…

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