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KISS have cancelled the first show on their upcoming U.K. farewell tour. The rock group were scheduled to open the U.K. and Europe leg of the End of the Road Tour at Home Park Stadium in Plymouth, England on 3 June. However, they have had to cancel due to “travel, equipment and logistical complications”. A […]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — Weather-related disasters have surged over the past 50 years, causing swelling economic damage even as early warning systems have meant dramatically fewer deaths, the United Nations said Monday. Extreme weather, climate and water-related events caused 11,778 reported disasters between 1970 and 2021, new figures from the U.N.’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) show. Those […]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — The World Health Organization on Monday won basic approval for a $6.83 billion budget over the next two years, including a 20% hike in mandatory membership fees. As the U.N. health agency kicked off its annual decision-making assembly, member states in a key committee approved the budget without objection. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom […]
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA — Saudi Arabia’s first astronauts in decades rocketed toward the International Space Station on a chartered multimillion-dollar flight Sunday. SpaceX launched the ticket-holding crew, led by a retired NASA astronaut now working for the company that arranged the trip from Kennedy Space Center. Also on board: a U.S. businessman who now owns a […]
U.S. President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are to meet Monday at the White House as they negotiate raising the government’s borrowing limit. Negotiators for the two sides met for more than two hours Sunday, while Biden and McCarthy spoke by telephone in a call that each described positively. “It went well, we’ll […]
Despite some heavy competition throughout the week, Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding manage to pip Loreen to the post, claiming Number 1 for a sixth non-consecutive week. Miracle once again stays strong at the top of the Official Singles Chart, also holding on to its title of most-streamed track in the country, accumulating over 5.1 […]
Alec Baldwin has reacted to becoming a first-time grandfather following the arrival of his daughter Ireland Baldwin’s child. The 27-year-old model announced on Instagram on Thursday that she and her boyfriend RAC, real name André Allen Anjos, had welcomed their first baby, a girl named Holland. Alec, a seven-time father and new grandfather, took to […]
Post Malone’s new album ‘Austin’ was going to be a fully acoustic project. The ‘Circles’ hitmaker, who plays guitar on each track on the upcoming LP, among other instruments, had told his label boss that he wanted to make a stripped-back guitar album. However, it turned into an entirely different record altogether. Mercury Records president […]
U.S. President Joe Biden arrived Thursday in Japan for a summit of leaders from the Group of Seven nations that is expected to focus on countering China’s economic practices and supporting Ukraine in its battle against a Russian invasion. Biden greeted a group of about 400 U.S. and Japanese troops at Marine Corps Air Station […]
Sir Ringo Starr is feeling “ready to rock” ahead of his US tour with his All Starr Band. The 82-year-old former Beatles drummer is finally set to embark on his delayed 22-date jaunt, which he cancelled due to coming down with COVID-19 for a second time in 2022. And the legendary sticksman has insisted he […]
