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Participants pose with a Guinness World Record certificate for the largest causa in Lima, Peru on Sunday.
Universities in Peru break world record for largest causa
LIMA - Two universities in Peru have set a new Guinness World Record for the largest causa, a traditional Peruvian dish that typically contains potatoes, egg, shrimp and avocado.The schools, Universidad San Ignacio Loyola S.A. and Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco, worked 12 hours together to complete the causa, which weighed in 591 kilograms, beating the minimum by more than 100 kilograms, reports UPI. The causa also contained carrots, peas, beans and was garnished with hopped pepper, slices of olives and parsley. The base featured a mixture of yellow potatoes and cornmeal. The causa was served on a stainless steel tray that was five meters long and 1.5 meters wide. An event was held where attendees finished the food within hours. "We are truly proud to have achieved...
July 02, 2018

Universities in Peru break world record for largest causa

Participants of a wedding ceremony celebrate the victory of Russia over Spain in their soccer World Cup Round of 16 match, in the town of Pushkin outside St Petersburg, Russia on Sunday. - Reuters
Shootout win is perfect gift for Russian newlyweds
PUSHKIN - Russian couple Yekaterina and Dmitry Vasilyev enjoyed a perfect wedding celebration on Sunday as they briefly halted their nuptials to watch the hosts defy the odds by beating Spain in a penalty shootout to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. The couple, along with their family and friends, were huddled around a mobile phone as they witnessed Russia goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev save shots from Koke and Iago Aspas to send unfancied Russia through to the last eight. Their wedding ceremony - in a town outside St Petersburg - started at 1400 GMT, the same time as the Spain vs Russia match kicked off, and the guests kept track of the score in a Round of 16 tie that ended 1-1 after extra-time. The penalty shootout commenced as they sat down for the reception and the soccer took center...
July 02, 2018

Shootout win is perfect gift for Russian newlyweds

Vanessa Paradis and Samuel Benchetrit
Actress Vanessa Paradis marries French director: Report
PARIS - Actress and singer Vanessa Paradis has married French director Samuel Benchetrit, according to a report by magazine Le Parisien. Wearing a cream-colored ruffle dress with flowers in her blonde hair, Paradis married Benchetrit at the town hall in Saint-Simeon, east of Paris, the report said on Sunday.Photographs on the website of Le Parisien showed a smiling Paradis leaving the town hall arm-in-arm with Benchetrit, wearing a navy suit, as wedding guests threw confetti over the couple.The small ceremony was attended by a few dozen guests, including Paradis' 19-year-old daughter Lily-Rose Depp, born during her 14-year relationship with American actor Johnny Depp which ended in 2012, the report said.Paradis and Benchetrit, both 45, made their relationship official in August...
July 01, 2018

Actress Vanessa Paradis marries French director: Report

Adjudicator Swapnil Dangarikar, an official from the Guinness World Records, left, watches the measuring of the famed hand woven scarf known as Krama for the Guinness World Records in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Sunday. - AFP
Cambodia earns Guinness Record for longest woven scarf
BANGKOK - Cambodia won a place in the Guinness book of World Records Sunday for a 1,100-meter-long version of the country's popular krama scarf. Supported by a youth movement with links to the nation's ruling party, more than 23,000 people took part in the six-month weaving marathon outside Phnom Penh's Royal Palace. Thousands of young people then rolled out the krama along a street in the capital Sunday for a visiting Guinness official to measure the garment. "With 1,149.8 meters, you have set a new Guinness World Record!" Swapnil Dangarikar, a Guinness adjudicator, told a large cheering crowd. Long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen earlier gave his own blessing to the campaign by weaving a few strands of thread into the scarf. Youngest son Hun Many, a fast-rising...
July 01, 2018

Cambodia earns Guinness Record for longest woven scarf

Women wearing wedding dresses take part in the so-called
'Brides' enjoy match-making on World Cup stage
KAZAN, Russia - Russian women wearing elaborate bridal dresses took to the pitch in the World Cup host city of Kazan on Sunday for a friendly soccer match intended to show their love for the sport. Wearing floor-length white dresses and running shoes, the women split up into teams of five and played 15-minute halves on gravel in front of a small crowd. "We had a nice appearance but it wasn't very comfortable," said Gulnaz Sharipova, a player on the winning team who had never played soccer before. "It's not only a man's game," said Maryana Raznogorskaya, the team's goalkeeper. "The most important thing is friendship and solidarity." The winning team was awarded a replica of the World Cup trophy, made out of flowers. This unusual match served as...
July 01, 2018

'Brides' enjoy match-making on World Cup stage

Nicolas Lopez
Eight women accuse Chilean film director of harassment
SANTIAGO - Famed Chilean film director Nicolas Lopez has been accused of sexual harassment or abuse by eight actresses and models, a magazine reported Sunday.The report said Lopez, whose humorous films have brought him success in Chile, was accused of summoning the women to casting calls or work meetings either at his production company or at his home, where he sought to induce them to have sex in exchange for promises of work.Lopez has denied the allegations. He said there were "many jokes, things one says," but he denied ever doing anything "serious or criminal."But the cover story in Sabado magazine, owned by the mass-circulation El Mercurio newspaper, quoted several of the women as describing pressure from Lopez to have sex.Other actresses were quoted as accusing...
July 01, 2018

Eight women accuse Chilean film director of harassment

James Arthur
Singer James Arthur urges more mental health support in music
LONDON - More support should be given to music artists dealing with mental health problems and singers, DJs and musicians should talk more openly about their concerns, British singer-songwriter James Arthur has said.The 30-year-old former "The X Factor" winner, who has previously spoken about his battle with anxiety, said awareness of the pressures facing performers has increased."Mental health... is of paramount importance in the music industry I think and maybe there should be more (help) in place," Arthur, an ambassador for British mental health charity SANE, said in an interview."It's very important that people speak out and... aren't condemned for cancelling gigs," he said.The death of 28-year-old Swedish DJ Avicii in April shocked the music...
June 30, 2018

Singer James Arthur urges more mental health support in music

Drake
Drake on course to smash streaming records with 'Scorpion'
LOS ANGELES - Canadian rapper Drake, the world's best-selling artist of 2016, looked on course to set records tumbling again on Saturday with his soul-baring new album "Scorpion," in which he reveals he is a father. Spotify said the album was streaming at an average rate of 10 million times an hour on Sunday, while Apple Music said "Scorpion" was the No. 1 streamed album in 92 countries.On the 25-track double album, Drake, 31, confirms long-standing rumors that he has fathered a son, but does not name the mother."Single father, I hate when I hear it," he raps on the final track "March 14."The album also features collaborations with Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Ty Dolla Sign, and posthumous vocals by Michael Jackson."Scorpion" follows Drake's...
June 30, 2018

Drake on course to smash streaming records with 'Scorpion'

The inside of a new
All aboard! Hello Kitty bullet train debuts in Japan
TOKYO - A sleek "Hello Kitty" bullet train festooned with images of the global icon from Japan began services on Sunday, drawing hundreds of fans to its opening ceremony. The special white and shocking pink shinkansen or bullet train departed from Hakata station in Fukuoka for Osaka, waved off by a conductor dressed in a Hello Kitty outfit - complete with the character's trademark pink ribbon - and watched by a crowd of some 400, according to local media. The train will run for the next three months between the western cities of Osaka and Fukuoka, the West Japan Railway Company said, hoping that one of the country's most famous exports will boost tourism. Inside the train, Hello Kitty smiles down from the shades of every window, while one car features a "life-sized...
June 30, 2018

All aboard! Hello Kitty bullet train debuts in Japan

Cher
Cher makes glamorous entry in "Mamma Mia" sequel clip
LONDON - Fans of the musical box office hit "Mamma Mia!" have gotten another taste of what to expect in the film's highly-anticipated sequel, with a clip dedicated to singer and actress Cher's dazzling new role in the film filled with singing and dancing.With bouffant white hair, a fitted suit and cane, the chart-topper and Oscar winner, 72, makes a stylish entry in the movie featuring Abba songs in which she plays the glamorous mother of Meryl Streep's character Donna."I come in a helicopter and then I land and then I come walking up with a cane. I'm different," Cher says in the clip, in which her co-stars also talk about working with her.The chart-topper, known for hits such as "Dark Lady", "If I Could Turn Back Time" and...
June 30, 2018

Cher makes glamorous entry in "Mamma Mia" sequel clip

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