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July 12, 2019
Tour de Impossible? Pakistan hosts 'world's toughest cycle race'
HAVANA — For decades, their songs were banned, and even called the "music of the enemy." But Cuba's rockers have finally found their place in a nation where salsa, rumba and reggaeton usually reign.This year, Havana will celebrate the International Day of Rock and Roll — which falls on Saturday — with three days of concerts.Each day, 13 groups will take the stage at Maxim Rock, the club that also serves as the home of the government-sanctioned Cuban Rock Agency, for a 10-hour marathon.It will be a far cry from the many years when the classic rocker look — long hair, tight jeans and leather bracelets — was at odds with the "new man" image, hard-working and serious, vaunted by the authorities during Fidel Castro's revolution.Despite the obvious...
July 12, 2019
Cuba's aging rockers finally earn their due
CHICAGO, Illinois — Grammy Award-winning singer R. Kelly, who already faces state sexual assault charges, has been arrested in Chicago on federal charges after having been indicted there and in Brooklyn, New York, a law enforcement source said on Friday.The source, who requested anonymity because the indictments were still under seal, declined to characterize the nature of the charges. NBC News, citing unidentified law enforcement officials, said they were for alleged sex crimes.Kelly, 52, an R&B singer, was arrested on Thursday by New York police detectives and investigators with the Department of Homeland Security, and is expected to appear before a judge in Chicago later on Friday, the law enforcement source said."He’s expected to be arraigned today in federal court in Chicago...
July 12, 2019
R. Kelly arrested on federal sex trafficking charges
PORT SAID, Egypt — When Mohamed Ghaly's workshop was reduced to rubble in February, he could never imagine that a new cultural center dedicated to an instrument with Pharaonic roots would thrive just months later.The semsemia, similar to a harp and made of beechwood with steel strings, is believed to have ancient Egyptian roots. It appears on ornate engravings on tombs.Ghaly, a carpenter by trade, is one of the last craftsmen in Egypt keeping the cultural heritage of the instrument alive. "It's an enchanting instrument that summons you in a way, and I answered its call," he told AFP.In the last century, the triangular lyre-lookalike with a round bottom has become associated with the coastal towns dotted around the Suez Canal, especially Port Said. It was brought over by...
July 12, 2019
Ancient Pharaonic harp strums along to new tune
NEW YORK — Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein got approval from a New York judge to hire a new legal team two months before his scheduled rape trial.The two new lawyers, Donna Rotunno and Damon Cheronis, appeared at a brief hearing in Manhattan Supreme Court before Justice James Burke to make their formal applications to take over Weinstein's defense before the Sept. 9 trial date."Mr. Weinstein, is that what you want?" Burke asked."Yes," Weinstein answered.Weinstein, 67, is charged in New York with sexually assaulting two women, in July 2006 and March 2013. He has pleaded not guilty to the five charges against him, which include rape, and faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted.Weinstein hired the new lawyers, both based in Chicago, last...
July 11, 2019
Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein gets approval for new lawyers
July 10, 2019
The $280,000 lab-grown burger could be a more palatable $10 in two years
WELLINGTON — A guilt-ridden neighbor of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern revealed Wednesday that he was responsible for accidentally killing the nation's "First Cat" Paddles while reversing out of his driveway.Paddles died in November 2017, shortly after Ardern won office, but the full circumstances of the death were never publicly revealed, leading to curiosity about who killed the cat.The much-loved feline was a popular member of the prime ministerial household, with a Twitter account set up in her name, @FirstCatofNZ, attracting more than 11,000 followers.US magazine Vanity Fair praised the tech-savvy feline for "helping establish Ardern as the latest hip, cool world leader that America wishes it had".Paddles, who was "polydactyl", with extra...
July 10, 2019
New Zealand PM's neighbor lets the cat out of the bag
July 10, 2019
Making waves: Female round-the-world crew to fight ocean plastic
July 10, 2019
Spain court rules 43-year-old man is son of Julio Iglesias
July 09, 2019
World invited to watch museum restore Rembrandt's 'Night Watch'
