White House accused of smear threat

Two TV moderators assaulted on Twitter by President Donald Trump have blamed him for lying and proposed the White House attempted to extort them. The hosts of MSNBC Morning Joe said they were cautioned a newspaper would run a negative story on them unless they said sorry for their scope of Mr Trump. Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough said Mr Trump's tweets were "horrible"...

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A plea for 'decency' in shaken Silicon Valley

Justin Caldbeck said he was "so so sorry" over harassment claims We may look back and see the events of this week, where multiple scandals at Uber saw Travis Kalanick removed as chief executive, as the beginning of a culture change across Silicon Valley as a whole. On Friday, we saw signs of what shape such a shift may take. In a post on the platform he runs, LinkedIn...

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Wonder Woman continues to smash box office records

Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman film is on track to break box office records by becoming the top grossing live-action film from a female director. The film has generated more than $620m worldwide since its launch 21 days ago, media reports say, and is on course to outperform the $665.7m made by Kung Fu Panda 2 - also directed by a woman. Some analysts predict Wonder Woman...

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Paul Bracewell: Sunderland assistant Bracewell leaves

Paul Bracewell (right) had first-team roles with three Sunderland managers Sunderland assistant manager Paul Bracewell has left the club as they prepare for life in the Championship. The ex-Black Cats player, 54, returned as a coach in 2013 before first-team roles under Dick Advocaat, Sam Allardyce and David Moyes. The club are managerless after Moyes' departure following...

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Cristiano Ronaldo: Is the Real Madrid forward set to leave Spain?

Cristiano Ronaldo signed a new five-year deal with Real Madrid in November that helped him become the best-paid athlete in the world. Ronaldo has scaled the summit of the game with Madrid, but is he now set to leave? But now a source close to the player now says he "doesn't want to stay in Spain" because he is "upset" after being accused of tax fraud in the country. Ronaldo,...

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Jonny Hayes: Celtic sign winger as Ryan Christie returns to Aberdeen on loan

Celtic have signed winger Jonny Hayes from Aberdeen on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee. Jonny Hayes has joined Celtic from Scottish Premiership rivals Aberdeen The 29-year-old Republic of Ireland winger scored against Celtic in the 2-1 Scottish Cup final defeat last season. Hayes, who was under contract at Pittodrie until 2019, had also been linked with...

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Boko Haram attack kills 3, injures many others in Nigeria-Cameroon border

A three-year-old child is among the latest casualties recorded from an attack on Limani, a border community between Nigeria and Cameroon in the night of Thursday, 15. The incident happened in Limani, a border town between Nigeria and Cameroon Chief Bisong Etahoben announced the saddening incident through his Twitter account saying: “3-year-old infant killed, 3 individuals...

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Nigerian man steals over N2.8M from pastor who accommodated him in Austria

A Nigerian pastor based in Salzburg, Austria is currently regretting ever accommodating a homeless country man. PulseNg reports that the young man, Taiwo Abayomi, made away with the pastor's money running into €6,500. Abayomi had approached Pastor Anthony Titus, claiming he was a born again Christian who was stranded and had nowhere to stay. He took him in after the approval...

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Check out beautiful photos of mum who found her soul mate at the age of 42

Like the popular saying goes ‘true love never dies’. However, majority believe in this parlance while others are of the opinion that love does not exist. 42-year-old woman and her soulmate For this woman is different as she did not give not give up on love but made sure she found her soul mate at the age of 42 years old. Her look-alike daughter took to her Twitter handle...

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Notorious kidnap kingpin Evans drops another bombshell, says he was once a victim of kidnap

- The notorious kidnap kingpin, Evans has dropped another bombshell - He said he was once a victim of kidnap in 2015 by another gang of kidnappers in Anambra state - Evans was on Saturday June 10 arrested by the police detectives in Lagos Another shocking revelation emerged on Thursday June 16 as the notorious kdinapper, Chukwudubem Onwuamadike a.k.a Evans, told police detectives...

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Queen's 2017: Dan Evans, Juan Martin del Potro out of Aegon Championships

Evans is ranked 54th in the world, while Del Potro is back in the top 30 after struggling with injury in recent years 2017 Aegon Championships Venue: Queen's Club, London Dates: 19-25 June Coverage: Comprehensive live coverage on BBC One, BBC Two, Red Button, Connected TV and online daily British number three Dan Evans and 2009 US Open champion Juan...

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Cheick Tiote: Ivory Coast midfielder's body flown back home for funeral

Cheick Tiote's body has been flown back to Ivory Coast where a private funeral for the Beijing Enterprises midfielder will take place. Ivory Coast players including Manchester City striker Wilfried Bony (white shirt) carried Tiote's body when it arrived at the airport in Abidjan Tiote, 30, who was a member of the Elephants squad that won the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, collapsed...

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                  Transfers There is "mutual tension" between Chelsea and their manager Antonio Conte after the Italian told striker Diego Costa by text message that he is not part of the plans for next season. (Gazzetta dello Sport - in Italian) The club wish to patch things up with Costa, 28, who is willing to discuss...

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