Chris Brown & Soulja Boy Both On Board For Boxing Match

50 Cent was all over Instagram on Wednesday afternoon pushing for Soulja Boy and Chris Brown to settle their recent beef in the ring, and now it looks like the fight might actually go down.seemed as though Soulja Boy was ready to squash the beef on Wednesday — apologizing and offering to make music with Brown — but then Thursday morning, he shared a clip of himself with his “trainer/big brother” FloydMayweather promoting the fight.

Om Puri, Bollywood star, dies in Mumbai

Acclaimed Indian actor Om Puri, well known for his roles in hit movies Gandhi and The Reluctant Fundamentalist, has died at 66 after suffering a heart attack.

Puri died at his residence in Mumbai, the home of Bollywood, the Press Trust of India reported on Friday .

He returned home on Thursday evening after a film shoot but his door bell went unanswered on Friday morning, following which his driver raised an alarm, it said.   

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Puri made a name for himself in the 1980s with alternative art cinema that found a niche audience in India, playing several memorable characters that depicted the anger and angst of those times.

Details about the Fort Lauderdale shooter who killed 5 people and injured 8 emerges

The shooter who left five dead and eight wounded  at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Friday has been identified as 26 year old, Esteban Santiago. An Iraq war veteran, who had been discharged from the Alaska Army National Guard last August for unsatisfactory performance.

The suspect, according to eye witnesses reportedly retrieved a gun from a checked bag, walked into the airport bathroom to load it, walked back out  and started shooting without saying a word.
A fellow passenger said he had gotten into an argument with a passenger on one leg of his trip from Alaska, which ended with a Delta flight to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, according to a CBS News report that quoted federal law enforcement sources.

His brother told AP that he had been receiving mental support from a facility in Alaska.

Brazil: Dozens more killed as prison gang war escalates

Sao Paulo, Brazil - Brazilian authorities have confirmed the deaths of at least 33 prisoners in the northern state of Roraima just days after 56 inmates were killed during a fighting between rival drug gangs in the neighbouring state of Amazonas.

Roraima state's top security official Uziel de Castro Júnior said in a radio interview that the killings could have been committed by inmates affiliated to the Sao Paulo based drug trafficking gang the First Command of the Capital (PCC), Brazilian newspaper Estadao reported on Friday.

Details how and why the killings happened remain sketchy, but several bodies were found decapitated. Calls by Al Jazeera to Castro Junior’s office and the Roraima department of public security were not answered.

It remains unclear whether or to what extent Friday's killings are connected to Monday's riot.

Former Mexican President Vicente Fox Quesada trolls Donald Trump

 

Former Mexican president who has been anti-Trump, took to his twitter account to mock Donald Trump. In his tweets, he said Mexico will not pay for the border wall Donald Trump promised Americans that he would build to keep away illegal Mexicans. He also asked if he was real President. Read the tweets after the cut..

King Sunny Ade to perform at Coachella 2017 alongside Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar

Recently turned 70 and juju legend, King Sunny Ade is billed to perform at this year’s edition of the annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The event is an annual music and arts festival, which takes place at the Empire Polo Club, Indio, California, USA.

Organised by Golden Voice, a subsidiary of AEG Live as of 2001; the event features many genres of music including rock, indie, hip hop, electronic dance music as well as art installations and sculptures.

The Merciful God crooner is to share the stage alongside other international artistes including Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott, Beyonce, Bon Iver, DJ Snake, DJ Khaled, Tory Lanes, Hans Zimmer, Radiohead and more. As at the time of this report, the Juju legend is yet to be scheduled on a date for his performance. This year’s edition of Coachella holds on two weekends between April 14 – 16, and April 21 – 23. Last year’s edition saw Nigerian trio, The Young Fathers of Liberian and Scottish origin participate at the event alongside African acts such as Black Coffee.

US veteran arrested over Fort Lauderdale shooting

A US army veteran who complained that the government was controlling his mind drew a gun from his checked luggage on arrival at the Fort Lauderdale airport and opened fire in the baggage claim area on Friday, killing five people and wounding eight, authorities said.

The gunman was identified as 26-year-old Esteban Santiago of Anchorage, Alaska, who served in Iraq but was demoted and discharged last year for unsatisfactory performance. His brother said he had been receiving psychological treatment recently.

He was taken into custody after throwing his empty weapon down and lying spread-eagle on the ground, one witness said.