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John McCain dies at 81

Aug 26, 2018 topnews

Senator John McCain, a war hero and towering figure in American politics, known for reaching across the aisle in an increasingly divided nation, died Saturday following a battle with brain cancer. He was 81. The senator’s passing marked the end of a storied, 35-year political career that brought the independent-minded Republican within reach of the White House as his party’s presidential nominee. “It’s been quite a ride,” McCain, who was tortured during five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, wrote in a memoir published earlier this year. “I’ve…

George Clooney named Highest Paid Actor In Hollywood And The Money Is Not From Acting

Aug 23, 2018 topnews

Forbes has named George Clooney as the highest paid actor in Hollywood. According to the annual ranking of Hollywood’s highest-paid actors, he has amassed a total of $239 million. Dwayne The Rock Johnson comes second with $124 million. The 57-year-old attributes his huge money to selling his Tequila company Casamigos for $1 billion. “We never planned on starting a tequila company. You know, we made Casamigos just for us to drink. Once we did launch the company, we thought, ‘Hey, if we could sell a bottle or two, great. If not, at…

Woman bites rapist’s private part

Aug 22, 2018 topnews

Police in Kansas City have reported that a woman escaped an alleged sex attacker by biting down on his penis after he forced her to give him oral sex. The woman, who has not been named, allegedly ate away at Spencer Franklin’s privates after he reportedly broke into her home last Thursday morning. After sneaking into the house in Kansas City, Missouri, he is said to have climbed on top of her and said ‘It’s OK. I’m not going to hurt you.’ He is then said to have forced himself…

Japan send basketball players home for spending night with women

Aug 20, 2018 topnews

Four players have been sent home by Japan from their Asian Games basketball team, for spending the night with women in a Jakarta hotel. The head of the delegation Yasuhiro Yamashita, said on Monday. The players left the athletes’ village, following their game against Qatar on Thursday to eat at a restaurant where they met a Japanese-speaking local. They were then told about a bar where they could meet women, Yamashita told a news conference. The quartet, who were wearing their team uniforms, spent a couple of hours at the…

Woman gets married for the first time at age 60

Aug 20, 2018 topnews

Teresiah Njoki, a 60-year-old woman, on Sunday got married for the first time, to a 78-year-old widower, Ayub Mugo Waitara. Waitara, a grandfather, said he had been lonely for the past 10 years. He revealed how he met his bride, “In 2017 while on a private business in Thika town, I saw a woman who appeared very special to me, a strong feeling of love hit me and I decided to follow her. I stopped and asked her out for tea which she obliged. While at the restaurant, we exchanged phone numbers…

Death toll hits 10 as multiple quakes rock Indonesia’s Lombok island

Aug 20, 2018 topnews

At least 10 people have been reported dead as series of powerful earthquakes rock the Indonesian holiday island of Lombok, killing and setting off fresh waves of panic after nearly 500 died there following a huge tremor two weeks ago. The quakes hit throughout Sunday, with the first measuring 6.3 shortly before midday which triggered landslides and sent people fleeing for cover as parts of the island suffered blackouts. It was followed nearly 12 hours later by a quake measuring 6.9 magnitude and a string of powerful aftershocks. The picturesque…

Kofi Annan dies at 80

Aug 18, 2018 topnews

Nobel Laureate and former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has died after a brief illness, at the age of 80. “It is with immense sadness that the Annan family and the Kofi Annan Foundation announce that Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Laureate, passed away peacefully on Saturday 18th August after a short illness,” his foundation said in a statement. “His wife Nane and their children Ama, Kojo and Nina were by his side during his last days,” it said. Current UN chief Antonio Guterres…

36-Year-Old German Virgin Auctions Her Virginity For $250,000

Aug 17, 2018 topnews

German woman yet to have sex aged 36 has successfully AUCTIONED her virginity online for €250,000 – and says her age drove up the bids Mandy, from Germany, who works as a flight attendant, enlisted the help of Cinderella Escorts to sell her body online after coming across the website in a newspaper, and the lot has been purchased by an anonymous businessman in Munich. The aspiring singer, who said she realised the ‘right man’ she’d been waiting for might never come along, spoke on abstaining from sex: ‘It’s like…

Kerala flood death toll rises up to 324

Aug 17, 2018 topnews

Death toll caused by flood in the Indian state of Kerala has risen to over 300. It is so far the worst flooding to hit the region in a century, authorities said Friday, as troop reinforcements stepped up rescue efforts. The state — a key international tourist draw with its tropical mountains and beaches — has been battered by record monsoon rainfall in recent days and is “facing the worst flood in 100 years”, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said. In a Twitter statement released by his office, he said there…

Turkish club sells 18 players to buy 10 goats

Aug 17, 2018 topnews

Gulspor, a Turkish football club have sold 18 youth players and bought 10 goats in a bid to earn ‘extra money from milk sales’ which will be used to serve the club’s priority needs. The team’s president Kenan Buyuklebleb said the step to buy goats was dictated by a lack of available finance as there is no essential governmental or sponsorship investment for Turkish youth teams performing in lower leagues. “We must have a constant income,” Buyuklebleb told CNN Turkey. “Funds are overloaded because there is no government or corporate…