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North Korea’s Kim touts new large greenhouse farm built on ex-missile test site

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has attended the opening ceremony of a new massive greenhouse farm built on a former air base where the country had test-fired missiles until last year, state media said on Tuesday. The launch on…

Switzerland discriminating against men on pension benefits, ECHR finds

The Swiss government is discriminating against men in its rules on pension benefits, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found. The decision will cost millions in backdated payments, and force the government to rewrite pension law. Currently, women…

Murder, She Wrote star Angela Lansbury dies at 96

Dame Angela Lansbury, who won international acclaim as the star of the US TV crime series Murder, She Wrote, has died aged 96. The three-time Oscar nominee had a career spanning eight decades, across film, theatre and television. Born in…

Coronation on 6 May for King Charles and Camilla, Queen Consort

King Charles III’s coronation is to be held on Saturday 6 May, at Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace has announced. Camilla, the Queen Consort, will be alongside the King and will also be crowned in the historic ceremony. King Charles became…

‘‘Big shoes to fill’’ – Christina Milian on taking over Naya Rivera’s Step Up role

Christina Milian has said there were “definitely big shoes to fill” when she took over Naya Rivera’s role in the Step Up TV series. Rivera played Collette Jones on the show before she drowned, aged 33, in a boating accident…

Philemon Kacheran Lokedi becomes latest Kenyan to be banned for a doping offence

Kenyan marathon runner Philemon Kacheran Lokedi has been handed a three-year ban after being found to have used a prohibited substance. The 30-year-old returned a positive result for “testosterone of exogenous origin” in an out-of-competition test in April. Kacheran was…

Geena Davis opens up about “Bad” experience with Bill Murray on ‘‘Quick Change’’ set

Geena Davis is opening up about a “bad” experience she had with Quick Change co-star Bill Murray on the set of the 1990 film. The star recalled in her new memoir Dying of Politeness an uncomfortable meeting with Murray, who…

Ryan Reynolds and Colin Hanks are making a documentary about John Candy

The beloved life and career of John Candy is getting the documentary treatment. Ryan Reynolds announced Monday that he and Colin Hanks are working on a nonfiction film about the late comedian’s legacy through Reynolds’ Maximum Effort production company, after…

Man, 45, docked for allegedly assaulting bus driver, conductor

For allegedly assaulting a Lagos commercial bus driver and his conductor, a 45-year-old man, Kazeem Jeje, has been dragged before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The defendant is standing trial before Magistrate L.J.K Layeni on a three-count charge bordering…

UN marks International Day of the Girl Child

The United Nations Development Programme on Tuesday marked the 2022 International Day of the Girl Child day. The International Day of the Girl Child celebrates the power of girls and highlight the barriers they face, as declared by the United…

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