Miss Zimbabwe's crown is in jeopardy
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Last year, Miss Zimbabwe quit after photographs of the beauty queen posing naked emerged on social media. This year’s Miss Zimbabwe faces a similar scandal.
Miss Zimbabwe's crown is in jeopardy
Oil rally snaps as ample supplies outweigh U.S. stock draw
Oil fell 2 percent on Thursday, wiping out gains from the past two sessions, as euphoria from the first U.S. inventory drawdown in months faded and focus returned to oversupplies in crude and gasoline. North Sea Brent and U.S. crude futures fell more than $1 a barrel, pressured partly by gasoline’s sharpest one-day drop in more than two weeks. U.S. crude inventories fell almost 4 million barrels last week, their
Abu Dhabi to stop hosting international film festival
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Organizers of the Abu Dhabi Film Festival said Thursday they are shutting down the annual international event after eight years, even as the oil-rich emirate attracts greater attention from Hollywood studios.
Greece says sticking to 'red lines', wants concessions from lenders
Greece’s government is sticking to its non-negotiable “red lines” on labour and pension issues and expects its EU and IMF creditors also to make concessions to reach a deal, the government spokesman said on Thursday. Greece’s new leftist government has said further cuts to pension payments and reforms making it easier to fire workers in the private sector are among “red lines” it will no cross. “There should not be
Social media and mourning: Funerals may be the last frontier
NEW YORK (AP) — Taya Dunn Johnson has been living large online for years, embracing Facebook, Twitter and other social streams to frequently share her most mundane and intimate moments.
Citi targeting market share gains in equities in 2015
U.S. bank Citigroup (C.N) is targeting market-share gains in equities in 2015, its European head of equities told Reuters, pointing to fresh technology investment and new hires as financial-market trading picks up. The comments echo a more optimistic stance from trading desks at global investment banks after a bumper quarter boosted by the European Central Bank’s announcement of a bond-buying scheme to spur growth. They contrast with last year’s more
Pitt, Jolie list French Quarter home for sale
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are selling their French Quarter home.
Vergara and ex go head-to-head over embryos on morning TV
NEW YORK (AP) — Morning TV on Thursday hosted dueling exes locked in a dispute over the fate of frozen embryos.
Japan's man-sized mascot bear goes to Cannes
He has lectured at Harvard University and featured on the front pages of a global newspaper, now Japan’s paunchy black bear mascot is to walk the red carpet at Cannes promoting his own movies. Kumamon — a stylised creation with red cheeks and a fixed grin — is to attend the premier global film festival when it opens in the south of France next week. The man-sized mascot, whose name
Paul Shaffer ready to disband the CBS Orchestra
NEW YORK (AP) — Hidden in the attention being paid to David Letterman leading to his May 20 retirement is the knowledge that it will also mean the end of a regular television role for America’s bandleader, Paul Shaffer.