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Prosecutors say former South African President Jacob Zuma will go on trial for corruption next April. It'll be four years after he was officially charged with taking bribes in connection with a multi-billion-dollar arms deal and 20 years after he was first implicated. Zuma is charged with corruption, racketeering, fraud, tax evasion and money laundering in relation to a huge deal the South African government signed to revamp its armed forces in 1999. The charges relate to a time before he was president. Читать дальше...

These Manhattan homes share a secret: Behind them are two of New York City’s most stunning urban oases.

Talk of Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan not running in the Preakness raised questions about the second leg of horse racing's Triple Crown, which has in recent years fallen on hard times. The gimme of horses winning or even running…

The House Judiciary Committee advanced a resolution Thursday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports.

The sports streaming platform planned by ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery finally has a name.

At least seven people have died in northeastern Iran amid severe flooding and heavy rainfall in the city of Mashhad, with local authorities warning the death toll may rise as rescue operations continue.

22.oz, assorted scents.

The TikTok video opens with a harp Robyn Hearts plucking away amid the urban hustle. But a sourpuss gatekeeper just couldn't let tranquility reign.

Hunkie Cooper, who played for the UNLV football team in 1990 and 1991, is among a class of eight that will enter the school’s Athletics Hall of Fame on Friday.

The Woodview Lane area in Bancroft was among the hardest hit after a beaver dam broke and flooded the area on Wednesday evening.

The opening reception, held at the Westin in Downtown D.C., will be headlined by comedienne and actor Paris Sashay.

It's tiny, but it's there. By now, we're all used to seeing amazing photos of Jupiter courtesy of NASA's Juno mission on a routine basis. Many of these are processed by volunteer "citizen scientists," and they show the swirling cloud-tops of Jove courtesy of the spacecraft's JunoCam in stunning detail.

1. Supreme Court Rejects Conservative Challenge to CFPB Funding, Saving Consumer Watchdog Agency  The Wall Street Journal
2. Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to CFPB Funding  The New York Times
3. Opinion: Clarence Thomas led Supreme Court majority in upholding consumer protections. What that means  CNN
4. Supreme Court rules in favor of CFPB, brainchild of Sen. Elizabeth Warren  Fox News

MORRISONS was blasted yesterday for selling addictive vapes in a bargain bin.

Dean McDermott asked for spousal support and joint custody in his response to Tori Spelling's divorce filing, days before he showed off his new girlfriend on Instagram.

Newcastle United have reportedly joined the long list of clubs that want to sign Leeds United star Crysencio Summerville this summer. The 22-year-old Dutch winger has been setting the Championship alight with his exceptional performances for Leeds United, tallying an impressive 20 goals from 45 Championship matches this campaign, including a brace in Leeds United’s […]

Lean on Anthony Edwards getting his dimes on Thursday

Leaving Washington behind, prominent far-right House Republicans who have pushed this Congress into chaos showed up at Donald Trump’s hush money trial. They stood outside Trump Tower filming their support for the indicted former president. They filed into the Manhattan courthouse “standing back and standing by,” as Rep. Matt Gaetz put it, invoking Trump’s call to the extremist Proud Boys. And they commandeered the spotlight to rant against what they called the “kangaroo court” and the “political persecution” of Trump. Читать дальше...

Kinshasa, May 15, 2024 – Congolese authorities should take swift and comprehensive actions to investigate all threats against journalist and Radio Communautaire Amkeni Biakato (RCAB) director Parfait Katoto, ensure his safety, and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Wednesday.  On May 3, 2024, three armed soldiers with the DRC military arrived at...

Threads is testing “pinned columns” on its web application. Mark Zuckerberg, founder, chairman and CEO of Meta, which owns the text-based social media app, announced the test in a Thursday (May 16) post on Threads. This feature is currently available only to members of a test group, Bloomberg reported Thursday. It allows users to pin […]

1. Archaeologist's theory may have finally solved mystery of Egypt's pyramids  The Independent
2. The Egyptian pyramid chain was built along the now abandoned Ahramat Nile Branch | Communications Earth & Environment  Nature.com
3. Secret of Great Pyramid construction revealed by dried-up river  The Telegraph
4. Scientists find buried branch of the Nile that may have carried pyramids’ stones  The Guardian
5. Discovery of lost branch of Nile may solve mystery of Pyramids... Читать дальше...

The long-lost branch of the River Nile would have provided an essential water route for transporting goods to build Egypt’s ancient pyramids

The Mountain View-based tech titan shared a bunch of accessibility-focused news spanning its Google I/O developer conference and Global Accessibility Awareness Day.

More than a year after a Travis County jury convicted Daniel Perry of murdering a protester in Austin, Gov. Greg Abbott pardoned the former U.S. Army sergeant on Thursday shortly after the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended a full pardon.

Taken from her long-awaited debut album I Hear You. 'Lobster Telephone' is a perfect distillation of the kind of balmy, technicolour house music that Gou is globally renowned for, evoking career-defining earlier Peggy Gou releases such as 'Starry ...