By RFI French fashion designer Christian Audigier has died in Los Angeles at the age of 57. Raised by his single-parent mother in the southern French city of Avignon, he made fortune by designing street wear that was adopted by stars, including Justin Timberlake, Kim Kardashian, Madonna and France’s own Johnny Hallyday. «He is someone who […]Load more...
Associated Press October 29, 2015 12:49 PM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—Rock superstar Rod Stewart is well-known for his love of soccer, especially the Celtic Football Club in Glasgow, Scotland.Hockey, it turns out, is another matter. «All he knows is if my team scores. That’s about it,» said his son, Liam Stewart. «I was like, `Dad, that’s all […]Load more...
Associated Press October 29, 2015 1:56 PM LOS ANGELES—Halle Berry has amended her divorce filing from French actor Olivier Martinez, this time using their real names. The Oscar-winning actress filed for divorce on Monday using the names «Hal Maria» and «Oliver Martin,» but her new filing Wednesday listed their legal names. Martinez filed his own […]Load more...
NEW YORK—Caitlyn Jenner, Reese Witherspoon, Misty Copeland and five women touched by the South Carolina church massacre and lauded in the aftermath as «The Peacemakers of Charleston» are among this year’s honorees as Glamour magazine’s Women of the Year. Victoria Beckham, billionaire entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes, Planned Parenthoood’s Cecile Richards and the women’s FIFA soccer Team USA round […]Load more...
VOA News October 29, 2015 1:29 PM «Spectre», the latest James Bond movie is breaking British box office records, Sony Pictures Entertainment said on Wednesday. The latest installment in the Bond series, starring Daniel Craig as secret agent 007 made $9.2 million its first full day in theaters. Sony said it was the biggest Tuesday […]Load more...
Miami, FL. October 29, 2015- The voice of Colombia, Charlie Zaa returns to the small screen in the United States with the world premiere of his new music video for «Un Idiota». The video will be premiered on the Telemundo and NBCUniverso network, and on the artist’s VEVO channel. The artist, who since the […]Load more...
Pamela Dockins Last updated on: October 29, 2015 10:18 AM VIENNA—U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting separately with his Iranian and Russian counterparts in Vienna Thursday, ahead of international talks on Syria that the top U.S. diplomat has called the «most promising» opportunity in years to end the country’s «nonstop horror.»In addition to […]Load more...
Michael Bowman October 29, 2015 CAPITOL HILL—Legislation to keep Washington’s chronic fiscal battles at bay through next year’s elections and beyond is expected to get Congress’ final approval by Friday. The bill sets U.S. government spending levels for two years and raises the borrowing limit into early 2017, avoiding the threat of a partial federal […]Load more...
The white sheriff’s deputy caught on video flipping a black high school student out of her classroom chair in Columbia, South Carolina, has been fired, a sheriff said on Wednesday. Deputy Ben Fields violated agency policy when he picked up the teenage girl and threw her across a classroom as he attempted to make an […]Load more...
The Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives has elected conservative stalwart, Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan as the new House speaker. After endorsing him in a party caucus Wednesday, Republicans formally selected the 45-year-old Ryan in a vote Thursday on the House floor. Ryan received 236 of the 247 House Republican votes. Nine Republicans […]Load more...