• Azealia Banks posts cryptic messages on social media, alarming fans

    Azealia Banks posts cryptic messages on social media, alarming fans

    Azealia Banks sparked concern from fans on Sunday after a series of disturbing messages were posted to her Instagram story. “Yea, I think I’m done here,” the initial post began. “This pandemic, extreme lack of social interaction, no intimacy, combined with the constant public ridicule is making life harder than its worth. “I think I …
  • Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson wants to tap the XFL’s reality-TV potential

    Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson wants to tap the XFL’s reality-TV potential

    The XFL has new owners — and they plan to tackle their investment with Hollywood flair. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and a group of investors have scooped up the floundering football league for just $15 million in a deal that got rubber-stamped by a US bankruptcy judge on Friday. But instead of rushing to push …
  • Goldman Sachs restates quarterly earnings on 1MDB settlement

    Goldman Sachs restates quarterly earnings on 1MDB settlement

    Goldman Sachs on Friday lowered its previously stated quarterly earnings as the bank set aside more money to pay for its settlement with the Malaysian government over the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal. Goldman lowered its net earnings applicable to common shareholders to $197 million from $2.25 billion, in a filing published Friday. The revised earnings reflect …
  • U.S. ready to help Lebanon

    U.S. ready to help Lebanon

    According to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, new measures will be announced to help the people of Lebanon. “We stand ready to assist the government of Lebanon as it grapples with this horrible tragedy,” he stated. “You’ll see the United States announce a number of things we intend to do to assist the people of …
  • Def. Sec. Esper Says ‘Most Believe’ Beirut Explosion ‘Was An Accident,’ Contradicting Trump

    Def. Sec. Esper Says ‘Most Believe’ Beirut Explosion ‘Was An Accident,’ Contradicting Trump

    “Most believe” the explosion in Beirut on Tuesday “was an accident, as reported,” Defense secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday after President Donald Trump called the incident an attack one day earlier. The U.S. is “still getting information on what happened” and reaching out to the Lebanese government, Esper said in a discussion at the annual …
  • Fairway’s new owner says ex-owner trying to steal its customers

    Fairway’s new owner says ex-owner trying to steal its customers

    Will the real Fairway please stand up? The supermarket chain that bought Fairway Market out of bankruptcy in March says the former owners of the Big Apple grocer have been engaging in shady tactics to steal its customers for a new business. Village Super Market, which operates the ShopRite chain of groceries, claims in a …
  • At Least 100 Dead, Thousands Injured in Beirut Explosion

    At Least 100 Dead, Thousands Injured in Beirut Explosion

    Lebanon will officially observe three days of mourning beginning Wednesday after a massive explosion in Beirut killed at least 100 people and injured at least 4,000 more on Tuesday, according to Lebanon’s state media, NNA. “The disaster is unprecedented,” secretary general of the Lebanese Red Cross George Kettaneh told NNA. The explosions were fueled by …
  • Lebanon PM Blames Beirut Explosions on Shipment of Ammonium Nitrate Sitting in Port Since 2013

    Lebanon PM Blames Beirut Explosions on Shipment of Ammonium Nitrate Sitting in Port Since 2013

    Massive explosions that rocked the city of Beirut on Tuesday were fueled by a 2,750-ton shipment of ammonium nitrate that had been stored in port since 2013, Lebanon’s prime minister announced. “I will not rest until we find the person responsible for what happened, to hold him accountable and impose the most severe penalties,” Prime …
  • Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic Airlines files for US bankruptcy protection

    Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic Airlines files for US bankruptcy protection

    Virgin Atlantic, the airline founded by British businessman Richard Branson, filed Tuesday for protection in U.S. bankruptcy court as it tries to survive the virus pandemic that is hammering the airline industry. The airline made the Chapter 15 filing in U.S. federal bankruptcy court in New York after a proceeding in the United Kingdom. A …
  • Massive Explosions Devastate Beiruit

    Massive Explosions Devastate Beiruit

    A series of massive explosions detonated in Beirut on Tuesday, with footage showing a mushroom cloud and shockwave emanating from the city port. Video of the explosion that rocked #Beirut not long ago pic.twitter.com/Lt1kahDXEt — Intel Air & Sea (@air_intel) August 4, 2020 It is still unclear what caused the explosions. Lebanese security forces claimed …