April 2024
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Mariah Carey refuses to read anything about herself. The 55-year-old singer has been one of the biggest stars in music for more than 30 years but admitted that one of her “coping mechanisms” when it comes to dealing with having worldwide fame is to avoid looking at anything that is written about her. She told…
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A frightened woman called the cops after a suspicious package was sent to her East Coast apartment on Wednesday (April 3) evening. Winnie, who declined to give her full name, told AsiaOne that the express delivery from China contained 20 grams of “white powder”. “When I opened the package, it had no labels to explain…
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Two Malaysian police officers were arrested on Friday (April 5) for allegedly extorting money from a man in Johor Bahru, The Star reported. The pair detained a 29-year-old man at the Sultan Iskandar Building on Tuesday, claiming that he had a criminal record. After confiscating his passport and mobile phone, they told the man that he had to pay…
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Spitting in public is an offence in Singapore. A woman was caught on camera spitting on someone in a queue for the Bruno Mars concert after allegedly being called out for cutting the queue. She has since apologised but claimed she did not mean to cut queue. The incident took place outside the National Stadium on…
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President Biden wants to raise taxes on Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and their cohort of Americans, who are amassing extraordinary wealth that is not taxable under current law. Biden says his plan would make the system fairer — but experts say it lacks practicality. The president wants to impose a minimum 25% tax on all Americans with…
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a fresh 26-count charge bordering on abuse of office & corruption against the immediate former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele will be arraigned before Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja on Monday, April 8 on counts bordering…
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The Super Falcons of Nigeria have moved a step closer to securing the ticket to the football event of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games after seeing off South Africa 1-0 in a first-leg match in the final round of qualifiers. Rasheedat Ajibade converted a 43rd-minute penalty to hand the Nigerians victory in the encounter in…
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A recent hike in electricity tariff for Band A customers – people who enjoy at least 20 hours per day – had triggered conversation among Nigerians many of whom claim the country is still grappling with the effects of the removal of fuel subsidy and the ballooning inflation. But the Minister of Power Adebayo Adelabu…
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Russia cannot be a target for Islamic fundamentalists, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, nearly two weeks after at least 144 people were killed near Moscow in a mass shooting that was claimed by Islamic State militants. “We have every reason to believe that the main goal of those who ordered the bloody, awful terrorist act in…
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Russia and NATO are now in “direct confrontation”, the Kremlin said as the U.S.-led alliance marked its 75th anniversary on Thursday. NATO’s successive waves of eastern enlargement are a fixation of President Vladimir Putin, who went to war in Ukraine two years ago with the stated aim of preventing the alliance from coming closer to Russia’s…
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US and Chinese military representatives met in Hawaii this week to discuss the safety of forces in the Pacific, marking the first in-person meeting of its kind in years after cancellations by China. The Military Maritime Consultative Agreement Working Group meeting was held in Honolulu on Wednesday and Thursday this week. Eighteen officials from China’s…
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A rare earthquake struck the Northeast on Friday morning, with the epicenter about 45 miles away from New York City. With no major damage or injuries reported, residents were quick to log on to social media and group texts to express and process their reactions together. New Yorkers, especially, seemed shocked about the 4.8 magnitude…
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An 80-year-old man who has been on the run for 27 years has been arrested at Heathrow Airport, police said. Richard Burrows was arrested on Thursday after returning to the UK from Thailand, a spokesman for Cheshire Police said. He has been remanded in custody and is due to appear at Chester Crown Court on Tuesday. The force said…
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Jay-Z’s music festival has been cancelled for the second year in a row – with organisers not explicitly giving the reasons why. Made In America festival, which usually takes place in Philadelphia in September, announced in a vague statement on social media that the event would not be held in 2024. “Since its inception, this…
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Music streaming services have made people’s favorite artists and albums the most accessible they’ve ever been. While preferring analog to digital platforms for music isn’t a new trend, Generation Alpha and Gen Z-ers are contributing to record-high vinyl sales in the United States. What is it about vinyl that teens find so appealing? According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), 43…
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Nigerians will begin to pay more for electricity following a tariff hike announced by the government’s regulatory body on Wednesday. Effective immediately, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission has implemented an upward adjustment in electricity tariffs across the West African nation, said Musiliu Oseni, the head of the commission, during a press briefing in the capital…
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