Airport authorities in Japan launched a frantic scramble to change security pass codes, an official said Tuesday, the day before Barack Obama arrives, after an airline employee dropped a memo containing the details. The news came as security in the…
Author: Adewale A.
Schoenbrunn Palace was Marie-Antoinette’s summer childhood home and the beautiful and tragic Sissi’s favoured residence. Mozart performed there as a child and Napoleon was so smitten he moved in — twice. And from April 30, tourists too can sojourn…
Coca-Cola was taken to task by the US Supreme Court on Monday, with justices questioning whether a drink sold as fruit juice was the real thing. The US soft drinks giant is being sued by Californian fruit juice maker Pom Wonderful, who accuse Coca-Cola…
Three men were charged in New York in connection with a $33 million scam over two decades making and selling paintings purportedly by world-famous artists but which were in fact fakes. Among the bogus works were pieces supposedly by Mark Rothko and…
The Russian hacker group known as WZOR claims to have some inside info on Microsoft’s forthcoming updates to Windows 8.1, not to mention Windows 9. The group has leaked that info online, and, if true, Microsoft’s plans for the long-running OS could…
Mexico bid farewell Monday to its beloved adopted son, Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez, in a national tribute filled with the late Nobel winner’s favorite roses and music. A coffee-colored urn containing his ashes was placed on a podium, surrounded…
Referees made an incorrect call late in the final seconds of Portland’s 122-120 NBA playoff victory Sunday over Houston, the league said Monday. The over-time road triumph gave the Trail Blazers a 1-0 edge over the Rockets in their best-of-seven Western…
Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah, the mainstay of a team that kept foes to a league-low 91.8 points a game, was named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year on Monday. The son of French tennis legend Yannick Noah and former Miss Sweden Cecilia Rodhe averaged…
Nigerian soldiers and vigilantes are hunting “around the clock” for the Islamist fighters holding scores of schoolgirls hostage, an official said Monday, as locals claimed the number kidnapped was far higher than first reported. The mass abduction blamed…
Manchester United are going to sack manager David Moyes according to the British media who set off a new torrent of speculation surrounding the beleaguered Scotsman on Tuesday. The club had earlier said he had not been sacked, but refused to deny widespread…
Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone insisted Chelsea striker Fernando Torres will be given a hero’s welcome on his first return to the Vicente Calderon as a visiting player. Torres, who left Atletico to join Liverpool in 2007 after making over 200 appearances…
We’ve been hearing word of a new Nexus branded tablet that would sit between LG’s Nexus 7 and Samsung’s Nexus 10 in Google’s lineup for quite some time now, and today we’re getting an update on the oft promised device from none other than …
Aereo, a media startup that streams broadcasted live television over the Internet for paying users, is facing claims against it in the Supreme Court tomorrow. The result of this ruling could very well change not just live television and its ability…
Rebel gunmen in South Sudan massacred “hundreds” of civilians in ethnic killings when they captured the oil town of Bentiu last week, the UN said Monday, one of the worst reported atrocities in the war-torn nation. In the main mosque alone, “more than…
Burnley ended their four-year wait to return to the Premier League in emphatic fashion as their 2-0 win over Wigan clinched promotion on Monday. Sean Dyche’s team kicked off knowing a victory would guarantee their lucrative place among English football…
China’s car market is just gearing up as the world’s largest, yet automakers are already eyeing the next big thing — the market for reselling them. Their eagerness to attract buyers in the world’s largest car market is on full display at the Beijing…
US Vice President Joe Biden was to begin a two-day visit to Ukraine on Monday amid Russian “outrage” over a deadly weekend shootout in the rebel east that shattered a fragile Easter truce. Washington has warned Moscow that time is running out for the…
Fresh clashes erupted in Venezuela’s capital, with hooded anti-government protesters hurling rocks and Molotov cocktails at riot police who returned fire with rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannon. Four people were reported injured in the unrest…
The captain and crew of a South Korean ferry that capsized last week with hundreds of children on board acted in a way “tantamount to murder,” President Park Guen-Hye said Monday, as four more crew members were arrested. Park’s denunciation, in which…
Brendan Rodgers is confident his Liverpool players possess the necessary ingredients to get the better of title rivals Chelsea when the two teams meet at Anfield this weekend. Liverpool will go into that game five points ahead of Jose Mourinho’s side…