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“Twilight” Star Taylor Lautner Is Officially Married

13Nov

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Entertainment

“Twilight” Star Taylor Lautner Is Officially Married

The Twilight actor and his longtime fiancée exchanged vows exactly one year after their engagement and ruined the chances for all the "Team Jacob" fans like me on Friday, November 11. Taylor said the pair actually met while he was on hiatus after taking a long break from his acting career. "I wanted to take a step back and enjoy life and spend some time with my family and friends," he said. A year ago, Lautner proposed to his girlfriend on November 11, 2021. He posted a picture of the moment to his gram for the world to see with the caption, "And just like that, all of my wishes came true." It was a setting like something out of a YA novel film adaptation. Surrounded by rose petals, candlelight, and a neon sign that read "Lautner" just above a fireplace, Taylor Lautner got do...

Popular Philippine Radio Journalist Gunned Down

5Oct

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International news

Popular Philippine Radio Journalist Gunned Down

A popular Philippine radio host and prominent critic of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. and his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte was shot and killed late Monday night. Authorities say Percival Mabasa was sitting in his car outside his home in Las Pinas when two people on a motorcycle opened fire and later escaped. Mabasa, known professionally as Percy Lapid, accused Philippine government officials of corruption and other abuses and irregularities on his popular radio program for decades. The New York Times says Mabasa criticized ex-President Duterte’s violent anti-drug campaign and perceived attempts by supporters of the Marcos family to portray the current president’s father, who ruled the Philippines as a dictator from 1965 to 1986, as a victim of his political enemies. Maba...

Musk Offers To Close Twitter Buyout Deal At Original Price

5Oct

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Technology

Musk Offers To Close Twitter Buyout Deal At Original Price

Elon Musk on Tuesday offered to push through with his buyout of Twitter at the original agreed price, as a trial over his efforts to withdraw from the deal loomed. The world's richest man said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that he sent Twitter a letter vowing to honor the contract. The latest twist in the long-running saga came ahead of the high-stakes court battle launched by Twitter in an attempt to hold the Tesla chief to the deal he signed in April. Musk's potential stewardship of the influential social media site has sparked worry from activists who fear he could open the gates to more abusive and misinformative posts. "We write to notify you that the Musk Parties intend to proceed to closing of the transaction," read a copy of the letter to ...

Jaguar protests after Mbugua is handed Starehe UDA ticket

22Apr

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Politics

Jaguar protests after Mbugua is handed Starehe UDA ticket

Starehe MP Charles Njagua 'Jaguar' has suffered a major blow after his rival was handed a UDA ticket for the Starehe Parliamentary seat. Njagua who was contesting against East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) MP Simon Mbugua lost in the opinion polls that took place on Wednesday. It is believed that supporters of Starehe MP Njagua and his opponent MP Simon Mbugua clashed leading to the postponement of the exercise. The National Elections Board announced that the party will use opinion polls to settle on popular candidates. But Njagua has argued that his constituents were denied their democratic right to go to the ballot and choose their leader. “The people of Starehe were denied their democratic right to go to the ballot again for the nominations and choose their lea...

Vietnam’s Deputy Foreign Minister Arrested Over Pandemic Flight Bribe Scandal

16Apr

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International news

Vietnam’s Deputy Foreign Minister Arrested Over Pandemic Flight Bribe Scandal

Vietnamese police arrested the country's deputy foreign minister on Thursday for allegedly receiving bribes connected to a repatriation flight program during the pandemic, officials said. In recent months the communist nation has ramped up an anti-corruption drive, targeting government officials and business people. On Thursday, the Ministry of Public Security issued a statement saying To Anh Dung and two other officials had been arrested as part of an investigation into a bribery scandal connected to repatriation flights for Vietnamese citizens since 2020. Police searched the residences and workplaces of the three on Thursday. No other details on the case were revealed. The 58-year-old Dung was appointed Vietnam's deputy foreign minister in 2019, after holding various ...

13 Elephants To Be Flown Into Kenya From The UK

4Apr

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Travel

13 Elephants To Be Flown Into Kenya From The UK

Kenya is set to receive a troop of 13 elephants from the United Kingdom to be released into the Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary in Kwale County. The elephants which were raised at the Howletts Wild Animal Park in Kent, UK, will be transferred in a joint project by UK-based nonprofit Aspinall Foundation, the Kenya Wildlife Services and the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. According to the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), the project involves returning captive elephants in Europe across the 7,000-kilometer journey to Africa for rewilding The authority says that the herd has been living as a family in the UK and needs to be rewilded together to maintain the family bonds of the animals’ social structures. The 13 were born in captivity in Europe and their anc...