Serena Williams has revealed that her coach told her to stop breastfeeding to improve her tennis, saying the advice was "hard to take from a guy". The tennis champion described how she chose to nurse her daughter for her first eight months – despite believing it was harming her return to peak physical form. However,…
Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen said that Mr Trump knew in advance about a June 2016 meeting in Trump Tower at which Russians offered to provide damaging information about his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, according to reports. CNN and NBC, citing unnamed sources with knowledge of the matter, said Cohen is willing to make that assertion to…
Rick Gates, a longtime business associate of US President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, on Monday testified at trial that he helped Manafort file false tax returns and hide his foreign bank accounts. Gates is expected to be the government’s star witness in its case against Manafort. Gates, who also served on Trump’s campaign, pleaded guilty in February…
Civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton has waded into New York City’s Uber debate, defending the ride-sharing app and arguing that it helps minority communities. The city is considering proposals to freeze the number of Uber licences, owing to overcrowding on roads and dwindling revenues for yellow cab drivers. Six drivers of yellow cabs have…
Vote counting began in Mali on Sunday evening with expectations of low turnout in presidential elections following threats by Al-Qaeda-linked jihadists who have tightened their grip on the fragile West African nation, and targeted attacks on polling centres. President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita is seeking a second five-year term, but his popularity has plummeted as insecurity once confined…
A Thai court has sentenced a disgraced former monk to 114 years in prison for charges including fraud, money laundering and computer crime. Wiraphon Sukphon became known as the “jet set monk” after he was appeared in a 2013 YouTube video on private jet, wearing sunglasses and showing off wads of cash and Louis Vuitton…
Greek authorities said Thursday there were serious indications that a deadly wildfire that gutted a vacation resort near Athens was started deliberately, while experts warned that the devastated coastal town had been built like a "fire trap," with poor safety standards and few escape routes. The death toll from Monday’s blaze east of the Greek…
UPDATE 23/10/17 6.10pm: Warner Bros. has confirmed that Lego Dimensions is no more. “Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games, and The Lego Group would like to thank fans for their ongoing support of Lego Dimensions,” the company said in a statement posted to Twitter, “After careful consideration, we will not be producing new expansion packs…
President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened to shut down the government if Democrats refuse to back Republican demands to fund a border wall with Mexico. Mr Trump has endured a series of setbacks in his efforts to tighten the US immigration system and deliver on his election pledge to build a wall along the southern…
Bungie will rework the rewards system for future iterations of Destiny 2’s Iron Banner event, following fan feedback. Iron Banner debuted in Destiny 2 earlier this month with several changes from Destiny 1. It no longer featured power advantages for players of a higher level. It also spat out random rewards using Destiny 2’s blanket…