November 12, 2013
Leonardo DiCaprio Partying With Kanye West and 2 Chainz on 39th Birthday
Leonardo DiCaprio celebrated his 39th birthday in style over the weekend. The movie hunk threw a star-studded party at TAO Downtown in New York Sunday, November 10 with 2 Chainz giving special live performances along with Kanye West who was…
November 12, 2013
Khloe and Lamar selling their home
Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom are selling their marital home. The couple – who tied the knot in September 2009 after just one month of dating – have reportedly put their mansion in Tarzana, California, on the market. The pair’s marriage has been…
November 12, 2013
World Bank warns A&B of effects of climate change
A new World Bank report is warning Antigua & Barbuda and other Caribbean countries to plan for “catastrophic” climate change consequences. The study said the poorest will be the worst affected. The research said if the sea continues to rise at…
November 12, 2013
Caribbean countries to benefit from new health initiative with Canada
Caribbean countries, limited in the care they offer for specialized nature of childhood cancer, have welcomed an initiative involving the University of the West Indies (UWI), The Hospital for Sick Children in Canada, and the Centre for Global Child…
November 12, 2013
Colombia unveils Farc plot to kill ex-president Uribe
The Colombian government says it has unveiled a plot by the country's largest rebel group, the Farc, to kill the former president, Alvaro Uribe. Defence Minister Juan Carlos Pinzon said the assassination was due to be carried out by a rebel column…
November 12, 2013
Venezuelan President Maduro ‘to expand price controls’
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says he plans to extend price controls to all consumer goods, if he is given powers to govern by decree. In a televised address, Mr Maduro said that he wanted to set legal limits on businesses' profit margins. His…
November 12, 2013
Chiefs’ Dwayne Bowe arrested
Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe was arrested early Sunday by police in Riverside, Mo., for possession of a controlled substance (marijuana) and speeding. Chiefs general manager John Dorsey said on a Kansas City radio station Tuesday that he was…
November 12, 2013
Lance Armstrong case ‘done and dusted’ says Wada president
Disgraced former cyclist Lance Armstrong needs "something close to a miracle" for his lifetime suspension to be lifted, says the president of the World Anti-Doping Agency. Armstrong, 42, was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and has…
November 12, 2013
Fifa will use Swiss laboratory to test samples for 2014 World Cup
Fifa has decided to use an accredited laboratory in Switzerland to analyse player blood and urine samples for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Brazil, which hosts the World Cup next summer, does not have a functioning anti-doping laboratory. The World…
November 12, 2013
Jamaica lost way on doping – Wada chief John Fahey
The head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) says Jamaica has "lost its way" on drug testing for athletes. His comments come after the country's senior drug tester said recent failed tests might be the "tip of an iceberg". Wada president John…