Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Gunfight at Afghan wedding kills at least 22
At least 22 people were killed when a gunfight broke out at a wedding party in northern Afghanistan, officials said Monday, highlighting the fragile security situation in the war-torn country.
The province has recently been plagued by growing insecurity as the Taliban insurgency rapidly spreads north from its southern and eastern strongholds.The clash, allegedly triggered by quarrels between guests over a young "dancing boy", erupted late Sunday in Deh Salah district in the once-tranquil province of Baghlan.
Rita Ora and pals pictured with bag of suspicious looking herbal substance at London dinner party
Rita Ora and her pals have been photographed with a bag of a suspicious looking herbal substance.
The 24-year-old singer and actress enjoyed a meal with friends on Saturday night and a picture from the gathering shows a plastic resealable bag filled with what appears to be a green plant on the table under a packet of cigarettes.
'X Factor' judge Rita is sitting at the opposite end of the crowded table and there is no indication that the bag is hers.
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Prison worker accused of helping killers escape due in court
York prison worker accused of smuggling hacksaw blades in frozen hamburger meat to two killers who later broke out and spent more than two weeks on the run is due in court Tuesday for arraignment.
The 10 biggest tech billionaire yachts on the high seas
When it comes to buying a yacht, bigger is always better.
Megayachts belonging to tech billionaires like Larry Ellison, Mark Cuban, and Paul Allen are among the biggest privately owned boats in the world.
They have some pretty out-of-this-world features, too. One even has a special deck that can be transformed into a nightclub, while others have multiple helicopter landing pads and submarines nestled inside.
We've ranked the biggest yachts owned by executives in tech.
Take a tour of the most expensive house for sale in America
Courtesy of Christie’s International Real Estate
This 1930s-built estate, called "Briar Patch," in East Hampton, New York, is the most expensive home for sale in the US, according to Zillow Group, the largest real-estate network on the web.
Perched on a well-manicured knoll, the $140 million property skirts 1,156 feet along Georgica Pond and offers views of the Atlantic Ocean. Built in 1931 and renovated in 1990 by renowned architect Peter Marino, it has even earned a spot on the National Register of Historic Places.
The current owners, Chris Whittle and his wife Priscilla Rattazzi, bought the 10,000-square-foot home in 1989. Once the publisher of Esquire magazine, Whittle is the co-founder of Avenues: The World School, an elite private school in Manhattan. Peter Turino of Brown Harris Stevens, associated with Christie’s International Real Estate, holds the listing for the Briar Patch.
Killer robots: Tech experts warn against AI arms race
More than 1,000 tech experts, scientists and researchers have written a letter warning about the dangers of autonomous weapons.
In the latest outcry over "killer robots", the letter warns that "a military AI [artificial intelligence] arms race is a bad idea".
Horror : 16yr old kills 4yr old boy in Lagos, removes his intestines, kidney & penis (graphic photo)
This has got to be one of the most painful/heartbreaking news I've heard in a while. A 16-year-old boy named Tajudeen Azeez, lured his 4 year old neighbour to a primary school in the Ijaniki area of Lagos, stabbed him, strangled him and removed his intestines, his kidney and cut off his penis. He did because a man named Osho had approached him and asked him to get him fresh human parts and would pay him N50,000. N50,000 is what a human is worth to some. N50k. Unbelievably sad!
Birdman Gay, tweets suspcious photo with a half naked man.
Birdman tweeted this photo of him and this other dude on twitter and it's got everyone talking. Homosexual tales have followed the music label exec for years and he seems to be making matters worse...lol. Plus he is holding a KY Jelly, which is for lubrication. Is it his way of coming out? lol
Muammar Gaddafi's son sentenced to death over war crimes
Female rapist faces jail after being found guilty of running paedophile ring which subjected five young children to horrific abuse over more than a decade Marie Black, 34, of Norwich, found guilty of running a paedophile ring
- Ten people - including six women - stood trial for the child sex abuse
- Black denied 26 offences but was convicted of 23 of them including rape, conspiracy to rape and inciting a child to engage in sexual activity
- She played an instrumental role using children as 'sexual play-things'
Monday, July 27, 2015
The 'little' things - by Rubie Targema-Takema
I recently just discovered something, as little and as insignificant as it sounds, it is the absolute truth. As human beings there are a lot of things we seem to take for granted, a lot of times we're not even conscious of it. We don't see it worthy enough to appreciate it by even a 'thank you'.
An engineer spent 3 years building the ultimate high-tech man cave
Jono Williams, a plastics engineer and graphic designer based on the north island of New Zealand, has built the ultimate man cave.
Dubbed the "Skysphere," his getaway is a stunning steel tower surrounded on all sides by glass.
The Skysphere makes an ultra-futuristic statement in a field ringed by trees. The tower's lighting and security system can be controlled using an app Williams built for Android.
Sex worker who shot attacker dead 'may have unintentionally killed serial killer'
A woman who shot her attacker dead may have inadvertently killed a serial killer, police have said.
Neal Falls died last week after being shot with his own gun by a sex worker he had tried to strangle, American media reported.
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