May 2018
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Taylor Swift, Shawn Mendes and Kelly Clarkson were awesome in their choice outfits at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 20, 2018 in Las Vegas. Here are a few pictures you probably missed from the event: Shawn Mendes Kelly Clarkson Taylor Swift Christina Aguilera Khalid Camila Cabello Quavo Grace…
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In homes and pubs, on leaflets and lampposts, debate is raging in Ireland over whether to lift the country’s decades-old ban on abortion. Pro-repeal banners declare: “Her choice: vote yes.” Anti-abortion placards warn against a “license to kill.” Online, the argument is just as charged — and more shadowy, as unregulated ads of uncertain origin battle…
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Stephanie Adams, the American model and spirituality author who jumped off Manhattan hotel with her son, lived a life plagued with pain and sorrow. The Playboy Playmate and her 7-year-old son fell from a New York City hotel last weekend in an incidence better described as “filicide” by legal practitioners, a circumstance where a parent…
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The 2018 Europa League winners, Atletico Madrid, are scheduled to play against the Super Eagles of Nigeria in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state on May 22. In this Multichoice and LaLiga-sponsored encounter tagged the GOtv MAX Cup, Nigerians expect their Team B to put up a courageous, tactical and entertaining show against the Europa League reigning champions…
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As I travel around the world, I am continually reminded of how much smaller the world seems to be getting. Thanks to technology—especially the Internet, mobile phones, and social media—nearly everyone can see how everyone else lives. For many, living standards in the most developed countries, once unknown to the world’s poor, are now as…
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Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin told Fox News on Sunday that the U.S.-China trade war is “on hold” while “we try to execute the framework” for a larger deal between the two countries. Following multiple days of meetings between Chinese and U.S. trade representatives in Washington this week, the two countries issued a joint statement on Saturday that appeared optimistic…
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Another 200 children were released by armed groups in South Sudan this week, bringing the total of such releases to 806 this year. They freed fighters came primarily from the SPLA-IO opposition group, with eight of them associated with the National Salvation Front (NSF). “Every a time a child is released and able to return…
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On a very lovely Easter day some years back, I decided to visit my 5-year-old granddaughter Julia, and had to dress my best for the memorable encounter. I wore my most expensive suit with a bowler hat, tie, jacket and staff to match. It was supposed to be a perfect outing. On getting to the…
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Ten people, mostly students, were killed when a teenage classmate armed with a shotgun and a revolver opened fire in a Texas high school Friday, the latest deadly school shooting to hit the United States. The gunman, arrested on murder charges, was identified as Dimitrios Pagourtzis, a 17-year-old junior at Santa Fe High School. He…
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Prince Harry was given the title Duke of Sussex by his grandmother Queen Elizabeth on Saturday, Buckingham Palace said, meaning his American fiancee Meghan Markle will become a duchess after the couple wed later. Image: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Traditionally the monarch bestows titles on princes and their spouses in the day of their…
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A royal fan puts on masks in Windsor, Friday, May 18, 2018. Preparations are being made in the town ahead of the wedding of Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle that will take place in Windsor on Saturday May 19. Residents hang flags to decorate their house along the route that the carriage carrying Prince…
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The royal wedding between Meghan Markle and Prince Harry has been the rave of the moment and a long-awaited event for Prince Charles, who is expected to walk his daughter-in-law down the aisle. As a gesture of welcome into the royal family, and a first time for the 69-year-old Prince of Wales to play this…
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Sergei Skripal, the former Russian former spy who was left critically ill after exposure to nerve agent, has been discharged from Salisbury hospital. According to a statement from health officials in the UK, Skripal’s release follows that of his daughter, Yulia, and DS Nick Bailey, who were also exposed to novichok in March. Almost 100 police have received…
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Dolly Parton represents different things to fans and critics – a Christian woman, role model and sex symbol – but her audaciousness remains an outstanding trait we can’t ignore. The larger-than-life singer identified her faith in God as the only reason her marriage to longtime friend Carl Thomas Dean stayed alive through rough times, stressing that…
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The need to embrace love and strengthen partnerships was highlighted by the United Nations (UN) ahead of this year’s AIDS Day celebrations. On a possibility that the world can end AIDS epidemic by 2030, Michel Sidibé (Executive Director of the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS) delivered a lecture for the Day, which which goes by…
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