Kanye West Claims He Has Been Trying to Divorce Kim Kardashian by Raphael Bichene

Kanye West Claims He Has Been Trying to Divorce Kim Kardashian by Raphael Bichene

The 43-year-old rapper, Kanye West claims he has been trying to divorce his wife Kim Kardashian West.

In a series of tweets that have now been deleted, Kanye alleged that he started having thoughts of divorcing his reality star wife after she met with another rapper at a hotel.

“I been trying to get divorced since Kim met with Meek at the Warldolf for ‘prison reform’,” Kanye tweeted.

Kim and Meek Mill spoke at a criminal justice reform summit in Los Angeles in November 2018, it is believed that this was the event Kanye West was referring to.

The rapper’s latest outburst comes only a few days after he broke down in tears at the chaotic launch of his unlikely campaign to oust Donald Trump as president in November elections.

Wearing a bullet-proof jacket marked “security,” West gave a rambling speech in which he claimed he had wanted his wife, Kim Kardashian, to get an abortion and that renowned American abolitionist Harriet Tubman “never actually freed the slaves.”

West told the event in Charleston, South Carolina, how he had wanted his wife to get an abortion when she was pregnant with North, their oldest daughter. He then revealed his father also had wanted to abort him.

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“My dad wanted to abort me. My mom saved my life. There would’ve been no Kanye West because my dad was too busy,” West said, bursting into tears.

He later shouted, “I almost killed my daughter! I almost killed my daughter!”

At another point during his speech, he said, “Harriet Tubman never actually freed the slaves, she just had the slaves go work for other white people.”

West’s speech, clips of which went viral on social media, provoked confusion, anger, and concern for the musician’s mental health.

The event was for registered guests only, and all attendees were required to sign a COVID-19 liability release form as well as wear masks and practice social distancing, US media reported.

Less than four months ahead of November’s election, West, 43, raised eyebrows on July 4 when he announced on Twitter he would challenge Trump.

He has offered virtually no details about his campaign, but the hip-hop star — who famously wore a “Make America Great Again” cap to a 2018 Oval Office meeting with Trump — said he no longer supports the president.

Reports began circulating in US media last week that West had dropped out of the race.

Source: Channels TV

1 Died,11 Injured in Minneapolis Shooting by Raphael Bichene

1 Died,11 Injured in Minneapolis Shooting by Raphael Bichene

One person died and 11 more were wounded in a shooting in the US city of Minneapolis, police said Sunday.

Images streamed live to Facebook showed at least one person lying on the pavement as dozens gather around — some screaming for medical help.

Other footage appeared to show businesses with shattered windows, and police cars at the scene.

“12 people have suffered gunshot wounds,” Minneapolis police wrote on Twitter, “1 adult male died and 11 have no -life-threatening wounds.”

They did not give the age of the man who died or say whether anyone was arrested.

Minneapolis has been a center of anti-racism and police brutality protests that have spread across the US since George Floyd, a black man, died while being restrained by a white officer.

AFP

Ambani, Asia’s Richest Man Joins World Ten Richest Men by Jessy Samuel

Ambani, Asia’s Richest Man Joins World Ten Richest Men by Jessy Samuel

Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director of Reliance Industries (RIL) has entered into the list of world’s top 10 richest, according to the Forbes Real-Time Billionaire list.

Ambani’s net worth rose to $64.6 billion on the back of RIL’s stock price hitting an all-time high of ₹1,738.95 a share on Friday, after he announced that RIL is now a net debt free company.

RIL has raised Rs1.75 trillion against its net debt of ₹1.61 trillion, through a 24.71% stake sale of equity of its subsidiary Jio Platforms to nearly a dozen investors.

At its Friday closing price, RIL has now become the first Indian company to be valued at $150 billion or ₹11.52 lakh crore.

With this, RIL also joins the club of most valued energy companies in the world and has surpassed its strategic partner British oil major BP Plc in terms of market capitalization. Other companies which RIL has left behind in the market capitalization race include Total SA, Royal Dutch Shell.

Globally, in the listed universe, Exxon Mobil Corp. is the biggest oil and gas firm. However, the world’s largest energy entity is Saudi Aramco, which pumps out about 10% of the world’s crude.

Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires rankings tracks the daily ups and downs of the world’s richest people.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos tops the list with a net worth of $160.4 billion followed by Bill Gates with $109.9 billion. Ambani is a notch below Google’s co-founder Larry Page with his net worth at $64.8 billion.

Source: Live mint

Katie Hopkins Permanently Suspended from Twitter by Raphael Bichene

Katie Hopkins Permanently Suspended from Twitter by Raphael Bichene

3Controversial commentator Katie Hopkins has been permanently suspended from Twitter for violating its hateful conduct policy, the social media giant said.

Ms Hopkins, who had more than one million followers, was previously suspended in January for a week.

But Twitter said her latest ban is permanent.

The social network did not, however, say which tweets Ms Hopkins had posted, to result in the ban.

“Keeping Twitter safe is a top priority for us – abuse and hateful conduct have no place on our service and we will continue to take action when our rules are broken,” it said.

The cited hateful conduct policy bans promotion of violence or direct written attacks and threats on other people, based on a wide range of personal characteristics such as race, gender or sexual orientation.

Ms Hopkins is well-known for both her media appearances and controversial right-wing viewpoints.

She has been re-tweeted by US President Donald Trump on several occasions.

Twitter has recently taken a firmer line against Mr Trump himself over tweets it says break its policies.

The US President has seen warnings placed on some of his tweets and others hidden from general view, although they remain online.

But leaving such tweets up in the public interest is an exception Twitter makes for world leaders – other accounts like Ms Hopkins’ risk being suspended when they break Twitter’s rules.

Source: BBC

Chelsea Seals £53 m Signing of Timo Werner by Jessy Samuel

Chelsea Seals £53 m Signing of Timo Werner by Jessy Samuel

Chelsea have announced the £53million deal for RB Leipzig striker Timo Werner

Frank Lampard has been desperate to bolster his attacking options and has landed one of the finest strikers in Europe in Werner.

The Germany international, who has two games left to play with RB Leipzig, has signed a five-year deal worth £175,000 a week.

Speaking after the club announced a deal had been struck, Werner reflected on the pride of sealing a switch to the Premier League.

Werner, 24, said: ‘I am delighted to be signing for Chelsea, it is a very proud moment for me to be joining this great club.

‘I of course want to thank RB Leipzig, the club and the fans, for four fantastic years. You will forever be in my heart.

‘I look forward to next season with my new team-mates, my new manager and of course the Chelsea fans. Together we have a very successful future ahead of us.’

Source: Daily Mail

Police in Our Country Have Not Been Treated Fairly by Raphael Bichene

Police in Our Country Have Not Been Treated Fairly by Raphael Bichene

Donald Trump said Wednesday that US police have “not been treated fairly” and appeared to defend a white officer charged with the murder of a black man.

Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe was charged with murder Wednesday for shooting African American Rayshard Brooks in the back, and aggravated the case by kicking the 27-year-old as he lay on the ground bleeding.

The death of Brooks came less than three weeks after George Floyd died while being pinned down by Minneapolis police officers, fuelling a national uproar and anti-police brutality protests across the country.

“I thought it was a terrible situation, but you can’t resist a police officer,” Trump said of Brooks’ death in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity.

“I hope he gets a fair shake because police have not been treated fairly in our country.

“But, again, you can’t resist a police officer like that. And they ended up in a very terrible disagreement and look at the way it ended. Very bad. Very bad.”

Trump also mentioned Floyd, saying he had been unable to watch the nearly nine-minute clip of Floyd’s death.

“Who could watch that?” he said.

On Tuesday Trump issued an order to improve policing — calling for a ban on dangerous chokeholds — but he has stopped well short of demands made at nationwide protests against racism and police brutality.

Critics, including the Democrat speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, have derided his efforts.

“The president’s weak executive order falls sadly and seriously short of what is required to combat the epidemic of racial injustice and police brutality,” she said in a statement this week.

Trump derided the Democrats during the Fox News interview, claiming: “They do nothing and they want to defund and they want to abolish, they want to abolish police departments.”

Source: AFP

Czechs Drop Compulsory Face Masks July 1 by Raphael Bichene

Czechs Drop Compulsory Face Masks July 1 by Raphael Bichene

Czechs will no longer have to wear face masks as of July 1, apart from in the capital, the health minister said Thursday, lifting a measure adopted to curb coronavirus infections.

Introduced on March 19, the order to cover the mouth and nose led Czechs to sew face masks at home amid a dire shortage in the EU member of 10.7 million people.

“The blanket duty to wear face masks will be abandoned on July 1, 2020… with the exception of regions with a worse epidemiological situation,” Health Minister Adam Vojtech told reporters.

Masks will still be mandatory in shops and on public transport in Prague where city hall has been paralysed after a deputy mayor tested positive for COVID-19.

Masks will also be required in the northeastern Karvina district, where nearly 500 people with ties to the Darkov coal mine recently tested positive.

The Czech Republic has 10,176 confirmed COVID-19 cases of which 333 died.

The cap on public events will increase from 500 to 1,000 participants as of June 22, Vojtech said.

A maximum of 5,000 fans seated in five separate sectors, each comprising 1,000 people, will be allowed at football matches and similar events.

Attendance limits for swimming pools or zoos have been dropped along with social distancing rules for museums, galleries, and castles from June 22.

From July 1, night clubs can reopen and pubs and restaurants will be allowed to operate beyond 11 pm.

Source: AFP

APC Deputy Spokesman Accuses Wike of Killing Governors Forum by Raphael Bichene

APC Deputy Spokesman Accuses Wike of Killing Governors Forum by Raphael Bichene

Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress APC, Yekini Nabena has accused the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike of playing a leading role in “killing” the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, challenging him to explain the part he played when the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Administration introduced the “16 is greater than 19” political formula in the Forum.

Addressing journalists Tuesday in Abuja, Nabena, said Gov. Wike is still living in the past when impunity was the order of the day, adding that the governor needs to wake up to the reality of a new era of justice, fairness and true democracy under the administration of the APC.

The governor had on Monday described the Nigerian Governors’ Forum as “a toothless bulldog”, accusing the APC-led Federal Government of destroying the forum immediately it came to power in 2015.

Nabena, however, asked Nigerians to disregard Wike’s comment, saying the Governors Forum is well alive under “a civilised Governor”, Dr. Kayode Fayemi

He said; “Does Gov. Nyesom Wike think Nigerians can forget in a hurry the major role he as a PDP minister played when the then Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi scored 19 votes, but former Plateau State Governor, Jonah Jang who scored 16 votes was recognized as Chairman of the Forum?

Wike also needs to be reminded on the major role he played as a foot soldier who engineered the banning of the then Bayelsa State Governor Timipre Sylva from participating in the PDP governorship primary election in 2011.

“If the Forum has been ‘killed’ as Wike states, it is clear who the killer and grave digger is”, Nabena submitted

President Buhari Summons IGP Over Rising Rape Cases by Raphael Bichene

President Buhari Summons IGP Over Rising Rape Cases by Raphael Bichene

Buhari summons IGP over upsurge in rape cases

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Monday summoned the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu over the increasing rate of sexual-based violence, especially rape in the country.

The meeting, which took place in the President’s office, State House, Abuja, was held behind closed doors.

Speaking to journalists after the meeting, the Inspector General of Police said that there has been an upsurge on sexual-based violence as a result of the lockdown imposed by the government to contain the spread of the ravaging Coronavirus pandemic.

IGP Adamu, who was flanked by the Ministers of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen and the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said within five months, the Police have recorded 717 rape incidents, arrested 799 rape suspects, 631 of the cases investigated and charged to court, while investigations are ongoing on 52 of the cases.

The Police boss, who said that some people indulge in rape for ritual purposes, assured that all those involved in the criminal act will not go scotched free.

According, “We are here to brief you on sexual and gender-based violence and the action that the government has been taking, particularly the Nigeria Police.

“It has come to the public knowledge now that because of the COVID-19 restrictions, we have surged in cases of rape and gender-based violence. These are cases that are now coming up but we want to let members of the public know that, rape and gender-based violence have been there.

“The law enforcement agents have been dealing with these cases, in most cases, members of the public are not aware of the actions that the law enforcement agents have been taking.

The Nigeria police so far from January to May 2020, we have recorded about 717 rape incidents that were reported across the country, about 799 suspects have been arrested, 631 cases conclusively investigated and charged to court and 52 cases are left and under investigation.

“The police and other security agencies and other Non-Governmental Organizations have been collaborating, to see to it that these cases of rape and gender-based violence are dealt with.

The NGOs and CSOs (Civil Society Organizations) that have the capacity to deal with this kind of offenses, have been cooperating with law enforcement agencies in capacity building, management of victims of rape and similar offenses and procedures for collecting evidence, towards successful prosecution.”

IGP Adamu said the upsurge of rape cases in recent times has made the government take a more drastic approach towards curbing the menace.

He called on every Nigerian that has or comes across to any victim of sexual offenses or rape or gender-based violence, to quickly report to law enforcement agents.

He said, “Keeping it without reporting it will give room for the perpetrators to continue to commit the offenses. It is a very wicked offense, it is a very serious offense, it is very wicked of an individual to engage in rape or defilement

And there are a lot of causes, some are doing it for ritual purposes, some are doing it because they are within the family and they see the victims and have the urge to go into it and do it.  But such people should not be allowed to go scotch free.

“I am just to inform you that the government is doing something about it and you can see me with the Ministers of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed and Women Affairs Development, Pauline Tallen.

From now onward, a national partnership with every stakeholder is what we are going into. It will not only be within the country but within the sub-region. We have to partner with organizations that are involved in this.”

IGP Adamu said the Police and the government have been working with UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) and other civil society organizations to curtail sexual-based violence in the country.

25% Cut Looms for EFL And PFA Players in April by Jessy Samuel

25% Cut Looms for EFL And PFA Players in April by Jessy Samuel

The English Football League and Professional Footballers’ Association have proposed that clubs defer up to 25% of players’ wages in April because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The agreement applies to Leagues One and Two, with Championship clubs expected to make individual decisions.

Under the limits of the deferral, players earning less than £2,500 a month would still be paid in full.

Any reduction in wages must not take a player below earning that amount.

In a joint statement, the EFL and PFA said the move was a “recommendation and not a directive as there are clubs who have stated no requirement to take immediate action at this time”.

In addition, the two bodies said that they will “form a working group of six club captains/PFA delegates from the third and fourth tiers, supported by a representative nominated by the PFA, to engage in dialogue in respect of players’ wages”.

The statement continued: “In establishing the new group, the EFL and PFA acknowledge the common problems faced by the League and member clubs, and the need for all parties to be part of a solution.

“Dialogue with the working group will enable the League both to listen to the concerns of players and to explain the extent of the financial challenges.

“It will focus not just on the short term (May and June) but will address the medium-term position from the start of July onwards and into next season.”

‘Clubs at every level are at risk’ – the financial nightmare facing football

The statement added that a number of Championship clubs have made local agreements with players and other teams will hold talks this week.

English football is stopped indefinitely and there has been no play in any of the top four tiers since Tuesday, 10 March.

At present there has been no suggested date for when football could return.

On Tuesday, Luton Town chief executive Gary Sweet said that clubs throughout the EFL were “at risk” unless the game’s authorities took action.

On 3 April, the Premier League agreed to advance £125m in payments to the EFL and National League, although only £2m of it will go to the 68 National League clubs.

However, the situation in the EFL is so bad that Tranmere Rovers chairman and former Football Association chief executive Mark Palios said that without a strong plan this week it “will potentially lead to carnage, for clubs players, owners and fans alike.”

Writing in the Daily Telegraph on Tuesday he said: “This week is absolutely critical for the EFL and the survival of many of the 71 clubs that it represents.”

Source: BBC