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BANGKOK — A 38-year-old Burmese hip-hop artist has been discovered responsible of criticizing Myanmar’s military-controlled authorities and sentenced to twenty years in jail, a member of the family mentioned Thursday. ...

LONDON — King Charles III and Queen Camilla will go to France in September, Buckingham Palace mentioned Thursday, after their deliberate state go to in March was postponed amid widespread demonstrations towards President Emmanuel Macron’s retirement age reforms. ...

Shannon Sharpe will likely be becoming a member of ESPN’s “First Take” speak present as a contributor beginning Sept. 4, the cable sports community introduced Thursday. ...

A youngster with a machete threatened to chop off singer Aled Jones's arm throughout a theft, a court docket has been informed.The 16-year-old boy, who can't be legally recognized, robbed the singer of his £17,000 Rolex watch whereas he was out strolling together with his son.The 52-year-old who's initially from Bangor, North Wales, was strolling alongside Chiswick High Road in west London at round 5.40pm on 7 July when he was attacked.The defendant was resulting from stand trial at Wimbledon Youth Court on Thursday however pleaded responsible to theft and possession of an offensive weapon after he turned up late for his trial, which was already beneath approach.Prosecutor Robert Simpson informed the court docket Mr Jones was strolling together with his son when he was "appro...

A world-renowned British conductor who featured within the King's coronation has pulled out of the Proms after being accused of assaulting a singer.Sir John Eliot Gardiner, 80, allegedly punched bass singer William Thomas following a efficiency on the Festival Berlioz in France, after the performer left the rostrum within the improper course. The incident is claimed to have occurred backstage, out of sight of the viewers, however in entrance of a few of the forged. Image: Pic: Sebastian Willnow/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Sir John reportedly withdrew from an additional present on the competition and can now not participate within the BBC Proms in September. His assistant Dinis Sousa will take his place.A...

CANBERRA, Australia — Australian prosecutors dropped a possible prison case in opposition to American actor Amber Heard over allegations that she lied to a court docket about how her Yorkshire terriers Pistol and Boo got here to be smuggled into Australia eight years in the past, the federal government mentioned Wednesday. ...

PHILADELPHIA — Jason Kelce spent an offseason hanging drums, pounding beers, combating off retirement and knocking out podcasts together with his NFL tight finish brother. ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A New Mexico decide on Wednesday rejected a request by Alec Baldwin’s attorneys to dismiss a civil lawsuit by three “Rust” crew members who allege cost-cutting endangered the solid and crew because the actor-producer skipped his personal security coaching. ...

Twitter’s morphing into X might have led to some eye-catching headlines, nevertheless it didn’t translate into extra downloads.  When Twitter modifi...

TV journalist Louis Theroux has interviewed everybody from porn stars to prisoners, recognized for deftly encouraging even probably the most combative or non-public interviewees to open up.Theroux, who rose to fame together with his Weird Weekends collection 25 years in the past, was requested to ship this 12 months's James MacTaggart Memorial lecture on the Edinburgh TV Festival, protecting the challenges going through broadcasters "in the multi-platform universe". He follows within the footsteps of historian David Olusoga, actress and producer Michaela Coel, and former BBC journalist Emily Maitlis - who hit out at her former employer when she gave the lecture in 2022.In his speech, titled The Risk Of Not Taking Risks, Theroux made his case for the kind of journalism he's re...