Getty The sister of the despot was also attacked on social media Kim Yo Jong was the first member of the hermit kingdom’s ruling bloodline to cross the peninsula since the Korean War, which started in 1950, and she displayed an incredible change of behaviour when she was not meeting […]
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The three British tourists who died in a helicopter crash at the Grand Canyon on Saturday were there to celebrate the 30th birthday of one of the passengers, relatives said Monday. Speaking to the British Press Association, Peter Dobson said his daughter, Becky, was there for a long weekend to […]
The City skipper says Pep Guradiola’s runaway Premier League leaders have the quality, experience and focus to go all the way and match Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich. Kompany says City have come a long way since their first game in the competition – a 1-1 draw with Napoli […]
A Colorado man accused of killing 19-year-old Natalie Marie Bollinger told police he shot her after he replied to her Craigslist ad seeking a hitman — for herself — investigators said in court documents obtained Monday. But before the killing, the man, Joseph Michael Lopez, 22, tried to talk her […]
Antonio Conte has been under pressure this month following shock defeats against Bournemouth and Watford. The Italian made it clear he was feeling the heat and issued a desperate plea to the Chelsea board for a vote of confidence last week. It never came and it looked as if Roman […]
Daniel Serrano, 24, had uploaded the picture of himself as Jesus, complete with nose piercing, to his social media accounts. A religious brotherhood asked him to take the picture down, and when he refused, they took the case to court in Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. Serrano pleaded guilty to a crime […]
1. The word “shrove” is the past tense of the old verb “to shrive”, meaning to hear a confession or impose a penance. 2. Apart from Shrove Tuesday, the only surviving use of the term is in “short shrift”, originally a quick confession for a condemned criminal. 3. The traditional […]
China has become increasingly hostile towards Taiwan, claimed by Beijing as its own, since the election in 2016 of Tsai Ing-wen from the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party, and has increased diplomatic pressure. In a statement late last night, Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said China had forced Papua New Guinea to change […]