The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations have pledged to raise $600bn in private and public funds over five years to finance infrastructure in developing countries and counter China’s older, multitrillion-dollar Belt and Road project. US President Joe Biden and other G7 leaders relaunched the newly renamed “Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment” […]
Pix – Family members and friends mourn murdered in the Amazon
Family members and friends paid their last respects on Sunday to British journalist Dom Phillips, who was murdered in the Amazon earlier this month along with Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira.
US readying to provide Ukraine with air defense system – News
US President Joe Biden is set to announce that the US is providing an advanced surface-to-air missile system to Ukraine, as well as additional artillery support, according to a person familiar with the matter, in the latest assistance meant to help the country defend against Russia’s four-month invasion. The US is purchasing NASAMS, a Norwegian-developed […]
Weekend Chicago shootings: 23 shot, 5-month-old girl among 5 killed
Chicago weekend shootings have left at least 23 shot, five fatally, police said. SUNDAY One person was killed and another wounded after gunmen opened fire on a CTA bus Sunday afternoon in Garfield Park. About 1:20 p.m., two armed males entered the bus in the 300 block of South Pulaski Road, walked to the back […]
Birmingham explosion: Man suffers life-threatening injuries
A man suffered life-threatening injuries in a gas explosion that destroyed a house in Birmingham and badly damaged at least three others. Photos of the aftermath show a house completely hollowed out by the blast at 8.38 pm on Dulwich Road, in Kingstanding. Four other men suffered more minor injuries. West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) […]
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Tems Wins Best International Act at The BET Awards 2022 – short speech
“Thank you so much for this, thank you so much. It’s an honour… I mean, this is my first award show that I’m winning something and I just want to use this as an opportunity to speak to every single young, old, whatever, every single woman watching this, every single girl watching this at home. […]
Full list of Winners At The BET Awards 2022
BET’s Connie Orlando oversaw the show, along with Jamal Noisette. Jesse Collins Entertainment is the production company with Jesse Collins, Dionne Harmon and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay serving as executive producers. A full list of winners follows. Check out photos of the red carpet here. Best Female R&B/Pop Artist ARI LENNOX CHLÖE DOJA CAT H.E.R. JAZMINE SULLIVAN (WINNER) […]
Rory McIlroy leads Travelers Championship
In the USA, great start for Rory McIlroy at the Travelers Championship, a PGA Tour tournament. In Cromwell, Connecticut, the world number 2 with a 62 (-8) bogey free trial, supported by eight bogeys, leads the ranking together with the ‘American James Tyree Poston. Rory McIlroy, results On the TPC River Highlands course (par […]
CNN worker resigns – puts family above job…
CNN weekend anchor Christi Paul said tearfully on Sunday that she would be leaving the network after 20 years. “I am part of the Great Resignation,” she said. The New Day Weekend host said she made the decision in January, citing her early schedule keeping her away from her family. “At some point, my husband and I […]