Billboard apologized to Taylor Swift on Thursday after the publication included footage of an unauthorized nude wax figure of her in a video posted to social media.Billboard has been unveiling its list of the top pop stars of the 21st century over the past few months. The outlet placed Swift in the No. 2 spot on Wednesday and supplemented the announcement by posting a video on Instagram breaking down her career.The video featured a clip from the music video for rapper Ye’s 2016 song “Famous” that depicts a nude Swift. The music video shows several wax figures of naked celebrities, including Swift,...
Video: Legal Migrant Disagrees With “Legal Being A Bad Thing”, Says They Need Amazing Professionals In Some Fields.
“As a migrant who works hard, pays tax, contributes to the economy… Hearing the gentleman at the front say legal migration is a bad thing is actually quite disheartening”“We haven’t got enough nurses, enough doctors, but we have amazing people overseas who want to come, support, work, as if that is a negative, when we need those people right now”
Philippine President Says Impeaching The Vice President Would Be A Waste Of Time As Duterte Refuses To Appear Before National Bureau Of Investigation Upon Subpoena
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Friday that filing impeachment complaints against the vice president, who is facing a legal storm after publicly threatening to have him killed, would be a waste of time for Congress.It was unclear whether Marcos’ remark would stop plans by several groups to file impeachment complaints against Duterte over a number of criminal allegations, including her alleged misuse of confidential government funds and her recent public threat to have the president, his wife and the speaker of the House of Representatives killed if she herself were killed in a plot she has not detailed.The legal troubles facing...
Manchester United’s European Adventure Takes New Live; Red Devils Beat Norwegian side FK Bodø/Glimt 3-2.
Rúben Amorim took on a European adventure in his first home game as Manchester United’s manager. The Red Devils hosted FK Bodø/Glimt in Old Trafford for their UEFA Europa League clash, and the fans didn’t disappoint their players as they pulled up in their numbers, producing a total of 6,714 traveling fans.Manchester United took the lead in less than a minute through Alejandro Garnacho. Rasmus Højlund closed Nikita Haikin down after he failed to clear a shot, and the ball fell to Garnacho, who put it in the back of the net.Håkon Evjen drew FK Bodø/Glimt level with a shot...
SHEINBAUM CONFIDENT OF AVERTING TARIFF WAR WITH U.S.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday said she is confident that a tariff war with the United States can be averted.But her statement — the day after she held a phone call with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump — did not make clear who had offered what.“There will be no potential tariff war,” Sheinbaum said flatly when asked about the issue at her daily morning news briefing.On Wednesday, Trump wrote that Sheinbaum had agreed to stop unauthorized migration across the border into the United States. She wrote on her social media accounts the same day that “migrants and caravans are taken care of before they...
MARRIED FEMALE CORPS MEMBER ALLEGEDLY BEATEN BY A TEACHER IN KWARA STATE FOR “NOT GREETING PROPERLY.”
A yet to be identified serving National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member serving Government Day Junior Secondary School, Kulende, Ilorin, Kwara State was allegedly beaten by a teaching staff of the school.It was reported that the married female corps member had visited the school to collect her clearance letter and was accused of “not greeting properly.”
BIDEN CRITICIZES TRUMP’S THREAT TO LEVY 25% TAX AGAINST TOP SUPPLIERS OF GOODS TO THE U.S. SAYS IT’S “COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.”
Outgoing president of the United State, Joe Biden on Thursday said that President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement that he will implement 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico are “counterproductive.”“I hope he rethinks it, and I think it’s a counterproductive thing to do,” Biden said, responding to a reporter’s question about his reaction.“The last thing we need to do is begin to screw up those relationships,” he said during a Thanksgiving Day visit to a fire station in Nantucket, Massachusetts.Trump said Monday on Truth Social that one of his first executive orders would be to hit Mexico and Canada with a blanket 25% tariff. Mexico and...
Sweden Underage Seeks Killer Contract On Instagram As Country Battles To Rein In Gang Shootings And Bombings
“Bro, I can’t wait for my first dead body,” wrote an 11-year-old boy on Instagram in Sweden, where gangs recruit children too young to be prosecuted as contract killers on chat apps.“Stay motivated, it’ll come,” answered his 19-year-old contact.He went on to offer the child 150,000 kronor ($13,680) to carry out a murder, as well as clothes and transport to the scene of the crime, according to a police investigation of the exchange last year in the western province of Varmland seen by AFP.In this case, four men aged 18 to 20 are accused of recruiting four minors aged 11...