April 04, 2019 / By mobanmarket
Kanye West has said he identifies with Alexander McQueen after watching a documentary about the late British fashion designer’s life. McQueen was one of the world’s top designers when he took his own life at the age of 40 in 2010 and West spoke about his own suicidal thoughts. In a series of tweets on […]
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Jan Ullrich, the only German ever to win the Tour de France, was held on suspicion of assaulting a prostitute on Friday, as he returned to his native country seeking a fresh start to recover from drug and alcohol problems. The former star was arrested within hours of arriving back in Germany on Friday. He […]
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As Britain and the rest of Europe swelter through a heat wave, a new study suggests that drought had bloody consequences for the rulers of the ancient world. Academics have found that prolonged periods of low rainfall in the Roman Empire led to more emperors being assassinated by restive legions. According to the thesis put forward […]
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Police have placed a travel ban on executives of a South Korean company that claimed to have discovered a sunken Russian warship after suspicions were raised about the veracity of claims it was laden with £100 billion in gold. Investors clambered to sink funds into the Shinil Group last month after it announced the extraordinary discovery of the Dmitrii […]
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Note to tourists visiting Italy this summer – don’t break a limb, at least not in Calabria. Doctors in a cash-strapped hospital in the southern region have resorted to using sheets of cardboard to make splints for shattered arms and legs. Photographs of patients bundled up in scrappy bits of cardboard, bound with surgical tape, […]
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It’s a name that conjures up images of galactic battles depicted in sci-fi movies like Star Wars and Star Trek. Donald Trump’s plans for a "Space Force" were announced on Thursday, a typically theatrical term from the former celebrity businessman for what will be America’s sixth branch of military. The move is more bureaucratic than its colourful title […]
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Influential internet forum NeoGAF has gone offline after an allegation of sexual misconduct surfaced against its owner. The site imploded over the weekend as the claim went viral, the majority of NeoGAF’s moderation team elected to resign in response, and forum users created dozens of threads asking to be banned. Hours later, the site could […]
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Football Manager isn’t the first title that springs to mind when it comes to video game visuals, but developer Sports Interactive has invested in a new graphics engine for this year’s entry to help make the series look less like an interactive spreadsheet, as Football Manager is sometimes called, and more like a game of […]
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The head of cable channel Showtime on Monday heaped praise on comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, saying the risk of broadcasting his satirical new series had paid off and that he hoped there would be more. Showtime President David Nevins said the channel had taken a "leap of faith" with the series "Who is America?" in […]
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Russia has been giving work permits to North Korean labourers despite a United Nations ban on the practice, which funds Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme. On September 11, the UN forbid countries from authorising new employment contracts for North Koreans as part of sanctions meant to starve the Kim Jong-un regime of money following a string […]
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