Shakira plans a Latin tribute at upcoming Super Bowl

Colombian music star Shakira says she will pay homage to Latin culture alongside Jennifer Lopez at the 2020 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show in Miami. Speaking Monday in Barcelona, Spain where

Annette Bening to receive AARP Movies for Grownups award

Annette Bening will receive AARP the Magazine’s lifetime achievement honor at the Movies for Grownups Awards next year. The magazine announced Tuesday that Bening will accept the career achievement award at

The Buzz | Striking teachers rally in Croatia for higher wages

More than 2,000 teachers and other employees in Croatia’s education system have rallied in the capital of Zagreb to press for higher wages after being on strike for nearly a

Bank of England awaits election outcome before moving rates

Under normal circumstances, the Bank of England would be looking to cut interest rates. The economy is slowing and inflation is below target. But these are no normal times in Britain,

World Briefs

CHINA President Xi Jinping yesterday hailed a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron as giving a boost to multilateralism and free trade, amid ongoing economic tensions with Washington. The two

UK parties promise end to Brexit agony if they win election

Britain’s three major political parties wooed weary voters yesterday, all promising an end to Brexit wrangling if they win next month’s national election — but offering starkly different visions of

Turkey says it captured slain IS leader’s sister in Syria

Turkey captured the elder sister of the slain leader of the Islamic State group in northwestern Syria on Monday, according to a senior Turkish official, who called the arrest an

This Day in History | 1996 – ‘Comeback Kid’ wins second term

He is the first Democratic President in US history to be re-elected since Franklin D Roosevelt, taking 49.2% of the popular vote to Mr Dole’s 40.8%. With voter turnout at its

Offbeat | SEC: ‘King Perry’ used Ponzi cash to live like royalty

The fraudster called himself “King Perry,” and for a while he lived like royalty. Perry Santillo masterminded a long-running investment scam that collected more than $115 million from 1,000 investors around

Carol Burnett returning to ‘Mad About You’ revival

Carol Burnett will be among the familiar faces gracing the “Mad About You” revival. Sony Pictures Television announced yesterday that Burnett will reprise her Emmy-winning role as the mother of

Dutch Olympic sprinter jailed in drug smuggling case

The Dutch Olympic sprinter Madiea Ghafoor was sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison on drug charges in Germany. The court in the town of Kleve found Ghafoor knowingly imported around

George Orwell New Mexico exhibit bares ‘doublespeak’ legacy

War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. Those were the slogans of the Party in George Orwell’s 1949 novel “1984” that allowed the superstate of Oceania to keep its

The Buzz | EU hopes US will rethink choice to pull out of climate pact

The European Union has voiced regret at the U.S. government’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement and expressed hopes that one of the world’s biggest CO2 emitters

World Briefs

CHINA President Xi Jinping promised more gradual market-opening steps at the start of an import fair yesterday but no initiatives on technology policy and other irritants that sparked a tariff

From toast of town to toxic: Facebook CEO on outs with Dems

Mark Zuckerberg’s social network in Washington is shrinking. Bipartisan hostility against Facebook has been building for months, fueled by a series of privacy scandals, the site’s role in Russian meddling in

This Day in History | 1991 – Publisher Robert Maxwell dies at sea

The body of the millionaire newspaper publisher, Robert Maxwell, has been found in the sea off the coast of Tenerife. Mr Maxwell’s body was discovered at approximately 1800 local time (1700

Offbeat | Chick-fil-A backs Sunday’s National Sandwich Day – oops!

Everyone who is a fan of Chick-fil-A knows that the chicken chain is closed on Sundays, in keeping with its founder’s Christian faith. But the Georgia-based fast-food chain apparently forgot when

Three ancient shipwrecks discovered off Aegean island of Kasos

Greece’s Culture Ministry says three shipwrecks from ancient and mediaeval times and large sections of their cargoes have been discovered off the small Aegean island of Kasos. A statement yesterday said

Seoul police investigating BTS member over traffic accident

Police said they’re investigating a member of K-pop superstar group BTS over a traffic accident that left him and a taxi driver with minor injuries. BTS’ agency, Big Hit

The Buzz | Columnist sues Trump for calling her sex assault claim a lie

An advice columnist who says President Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in a New York City department store dressing room in the 1990s is now suing him for defamation. E. Jean

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