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November 04, 2018
Tunisia film festival starts under tight security
New York — Six years ago, a doctor told Londoner Julie Creffield that she was too fat to run a marathon. She had none of it, and proved him wrong. On Sunday, the 40-year-old mother of one will be taking part in her fourth marathon -- in New York -- “a dream come true.” The professional life coach began her running career began in 2010, when she took part in a short race and came last. “When I got to the finish line, there was no finish line left, everybody had left and gone home,” she tells AFP, dressed in black leggings and a pink hoodie, her blonde hair in a pony tail after a quick jog in Central Park. She remembers feeling “very embarrassed and thinking maybe I shouldn’t be a runner, maybe I am not welcome in the running world.” So she decided to inspire other women of a...
November 03, 2018
Too fat to run? Never, says Briton in NY marathon
MALMO, Sweden — The dead mouse in the Chinese beverage sure looks nasty, and the maggots in the cheese tend to put people off. But nothing is more horrible to an unaccustomed palate than the Icelandic fermented shark. It's the worst. Or so says the expert."It tastes like chewing on a urine-infested mattress," said Samuel West, who, as curator of the Disgusting Food Museum, knows a thing or two about unpleasant victuals."It's a fermented sort of rotten Icelandic shark," he says. "Anthony Bourdain, the late TV personality, called it the single most disgusting thing he'd ever eaten, and I totally agree with him."From spicy rabbit heads to fruit bat soup, the collection, now on display in the Swedish city of Malmo, aims to challenge perceptions of...
November 03, 2018
A vomit bag for every guest at
the Disgusting Food Museum
November 03, 2018
Colombia must invest in education to have peace: Shakira
NEW YORK — Actor Alec Baldwin, most recently famous for his impersonations of US President Donald Trump, was charged on Friday after a fight over a New York parking spot, police said.The "30 Rock" sitcom actor, 60, "assaulted someone for a parking spot that they were both going for," New York Police Department detective Sophia Mason said.Baldwin was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault and harassment, police said. He was met by dozens of photographers and camera crews on his release from a New York police station on Friday."Normally, I would not comment on something as egregiously misstated as today's story," a post on his foundation's Twitter account said. "However, the assertion that I punched anyone over a parking spot is false. I...
November 03, 2018
Alec Baldwin charged over New York parking spot fight
November 03, 2018
Oprah goes head to head on US campaign trail
November 01, 2018
Musician Neil Young confirms marriage to actress Daryl Hannah
November 01, 2018
Weinstein accused of sexually assaulting 16-year-old: Lawsuit
LOS ANGELES, California — Hollywood celebrities including Jane Fonda, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Amy Schumer will take part in an online telethon on Monday to urge young people to pledge to vote in Tuesday’s congressional midterm elections. The two-hour “Telethon for America,” created by comedian Ben Gleib, will be streamed live starting at 9 p.m. ET on Monday on YouTube, Facebook Live and Comedy Central’s website, organizers said in a statement. This telethon, unlike traditional ones, will not ask for money. Instead, viewers will be urged to call in to a celebrity phone bank and pledge to vote in the next day’s election. More than 50 actors, comedians and YouTube stars will take part, including Judd Apatow, Chelsea Handler and Olga Kay. The celebrities will be encouraged to...
November 01, 2018
Jane Fonda, Amy Schumer among stars to appear on US voter telethon
Saudi GazetteLONDON, the capital of the United Kingdom, standing on the River Thames in the island of Great Britain, has been a major settlement for the past 2,000 years.Today London is a great touristic destination for the lovers of history, culture, shopping, and arts.For history lovers, London contains several World Heritage Sites and lots of remarkable monuments such as the fascinating Tower of London, Marble Arch, the Kew Gardens, Westminster with all its unique sites, Buckingham Palace, St. Paul's Cathedral, and many more.For those inclined to view the past in leisure, London has a wide variety of museums including the British Museum, Natural History Museum, the Imperial War Museum, Churchill War Rooms and others.For art lovers, London provides a magnificent wide range of...
October 31, 2018
Discover London, the jewel of England
