R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in sex trafficking case
R. Kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for using his R&B superstardom to subject young fans to systematic sexual abuse.
Six million UK households owe over £200 to energy suppliers, according to a survey.
Preliminary results from Kenya's presidential election showed a tight race between the two main candidates vying to replace outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta. The frontrunners, Deputy President William Ruto and veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga, were neck and neck with 1.2 million votes each, results tabulated by the private Citizen Television early on Wednesday showed, putting them at just over 49% each. The election commission, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), posted images of more than 90% of election result forms, from a total of 46,663 polling stations.
China's ambassador to Australia said that more needed to be done to reset relations between Canberra and Beijing and that the two nations were not at the stage of solving political and trade disputes. Speaking to the National Press Club in Canberra on Wednesday, China's ambassador, Xiao Qian, also said there had been no meeting between leaders from the two trading partners in recent years because Beijing believed a face-to-face meeting could worsen strained ties.
Shohei Ohtani withstood another injury scare and pitched six scoreless innings to go with his team-leading 25th home run, reaching yet another monumental milestone as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 5-1 on Tuesday night. The two-way Japanese star joined Babe Ruth (1918) as the only players in major league history to have at least 10 home runs and 10 wins in the same season. According to the Angels, two players from the Negro Leagues also did it: Bullet Rogan of the 1922 Kansas City Monarchs and Ed Rile of the 1927 Detroit Stars.
Frost & Sullivan's recent analysis, Indian Water and Wastewater Treatment Industry find that the Indian water and wastewater (WWW) treatment market will experience a boom as the country witnesses increase in private investments and the government implements new business models to attract remote market participants in the industry and expedite its growth. Additionally, according to the World Bank, implementing effective water management strategies will aid India in achieving additional 0.5% econo
Sabre Insurance Group plc ( LON:SBRE ) has announced that on 22nd of September, it will be paying a dividend of£0.028...
Cornerback Terrell Bonds has talked about being a member of the NFL 's Tennessee Titans since he played in college at Tennessee State. Five years after his college days ended, he's finally on the Titans' roster as a training camp signee. “For it to actually come true now, it's crazy and I'm thankful for it,” Bonds said.
Serco Group's (LON:SRP) stock is up by a considerable 16% over the past three months. Given that the market rewards...
COMMENT: The ‘Game of Thrones’ star is facing a backlash to comments he made about the use of intimacy co-ordinators. But, post-#MeToo, they’ve improved the industry immeasurably, says Nicole Vassell
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reshuffled his cabinet on Wednesday, removing some ministers with links to the Unification Church in a bid to stem plunging support amid growing public outrage over the ruling party's ties to the controversial group. Kishida, in office since last October, announced his new government team in a shake-up that came earlier than analysts had expected. While key personnel like foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and finance chief Shunichi Suzuki held on to their posts, some high-profile ministers were removed, including Nobuo Kishi, the younger brother of slain former premier Shinzo Abe, replaced as defence minister by Yasukazu Hamada.
A couple of days before Serena Williams claimed the 22nd of her 23 Grand Slam singles titles at Wimbledon in 2016, she was asked what she makes of it when people refer to her as one of history's greatest female athletes. Her reply: She prefers being characterized as "one of the greatest athletes of all time.” That one, brief response from Williams said quite a lot — about her one-of-a-kind talent with a racket in hand, about her status as an icon, about her willingness to stand up for herself, a
Gilbert residents are opposing the idea of a commuter rail claiming it will bring more homeless people to the area.
Brother of Muslim man killed speaks about murder suspect's arrest
‘Being 19, walking around without my underwear on – like, are you kidding me?’ the star said
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -E.ON, Europe's largest operator of energy networks, on Wednesday cut the value of its stake in the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline by around 700 million euros ($715 million), citing "heightened uncertainty" over the impact of Russia's war on Ukraine. E.ON in March said that the 15.5% stake, held indirectly via the firm's pension fund, has a book value of 1.2 billion euros, translating into a 58% decline of the participation's value. The value decrease was recognised in equity in other non-operating income, E.ON said, adding that the situation "indicated no triggering events that would necessitate impairment charges on non current assets".
Newton-John told her niece Tottie Goldsmith she wasn’t afraid of dying because ‘I’ve done more in my life than I could’ve ever imagined’
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U.S. consumer prices are expected to have risen at a much slower pace in July due to a sharp drop in the cost of gasoline, delivering the first notable sign of relief for Americans who have watched inflation climb over the past two years. The report, however, is still likely to show that underlying inflation pressures remain elevated as the Federal Reserve mulls whether to embrace another super-sized interest rate hike in September. The Fed has indicated that several monthly declines in CPI growth would be needed before it lets up on the aggressive monetary policy tightening it has delivered to tame inflation currently running at a four-decade high.
An arrest has been made in a Mesa hit-and-run that left a little girl hospitalized.
Jeremy’s story moved people across the country, bringing his GoFundMe donations to more than $24,000