Ex-Wham! singer George Michael diesBBC News 2016-12-25
Singer George Michael has died at the age of 53, his publicist says. The star, who launched his career with Wham! in the 1980s and continued his success as a solo performer, is said to have "passed away peacefully at home" in Goring, Oxfordshire....
George Michael Cause Of Death Revealed: Manager Says It Was Heart FailureInquisitr 2016-12-26
George Michael’s cause of death has been revealed. The legendary singer’s longtime manager, Michael Lippman, told The Hollywood Reporter that heart failure was the cause of death. Goerge Michael was 53. “I’m devastated,” Lippman said of Michael’s death. “It is with great sadness that we can confirm our beloved son, brother and friend George passed away...
Duped by fake news story, Pakistani minister threatens nuclear war with IsraelCNN 2016-12-26
(CNN)A fake news story led to threats of nuclear war between Pakistan and Israel on Christmas Eve. In an article published by AWDNews on Tuesday December 20, former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon was quoted as threatening to destroy Pakistan if it sent troops into Syria. "We will destroy them with a nuclear attack," the article quoted Yaalon as saying. There is no evidence Yaalon ever said...
India successfully test-fire nuclear capable Agni-5The Times of India 2016-12-26
NEW DELHI: India has successfully test fired its indigenously developed intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear capable ballistic missile 'Agni-5' from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast on Monday. The three stage, solid propellant missile was test-fired from a mobile launcher from the launch complex-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR). It is fourth developmental and second canisterised...
Germany evacuates 50,000 people on Christmas to defuse massive bombCNN 2016-12-26
(CNN)More than 50,000 people had to be evacuated from a city in south Germany on Christmas Day after a 1.8 ton World War Two bomb was found there. The bomb was discovered last week in Augsburg, during construction work on an underground car park. An evacuation area more than a mile (1.5 kilometers) in radius was announced for December 25, including 32,000...
Christmas Typhoon Nock-Ten Threatens Philippine CapitalNDTV 2016-12-26
A powerful typhoon threatened to bring heavy rains and winds to the heavily-populated Philippine capital as it dragged its way across the archipelago on Monday, spoiling the Christmas holidays....
Israeli PM Netanyahu calls in US envoy in fallout over UN voteDNA India 2016-12-26
An official Israeli source confirmed that Netanyahu and US Ambassador Daniel Shapiro had met. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has summoned US Ambassador Daniel Shapiro, two days after Washington abstained in a vote on a UN resolution against Israeli settlements. Their meeting came after Israel on Sunday called in 10 representatives of 14 other states that voted for the resolution. An...
From Obama, a final Christmas tribute to the troops he's ledAtlantic City 2016-12-26
KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (AP) — For eight years, Barack Obama has led a military fighting in multiple theaters overseas, becoming the only president in U.S. history to serve full two terms with the nation at war. On Sunday, he sought ......
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin 'united to trash Hillary Clinton', former US ambassador saysThe Independent 2016-12-25
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin "united to trash" Hillary Clinton, the former US ambassador to Russia has said. Calling the Russian President an "autocrat in the Kremlin team," Micheal McFaul...
Major earthquake jolts Chile tourist region on Christmas DayDNA India 2016-12-26
* About 5,000 people evacuate * Area hit is tourist spot, has industrial salmon farms A major 7.6 magnitude earthquake jolted southern Chile on Sunday, prompting thousands to evacuate coastal areas, but no fatalities or major damage were reported in the tourism and salmon farming region. The quake disrupted Christmas celebration plans for thousands of people who fled their homes on foot, in cars...
Thousands scour Black Sea as Russia mourns 92 plane victimsITV 2016-12-26
More than 3,000 people are involved in a major search operation for...
UN Resolution 2334 Is good For IsraelWorldNews.com 2016-12-25
Article By WN.com Guest Writer Gilad Atzmon On 23 December the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) voted to adopt a resolution condemning Israeli settlement activity as illegal, and demanding that Israel "immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem". For once, the USA decided to join the rest of humanity and didn’t...
Bird's fishy antics baffles nature reserve expertsBBC News 2016-12-26
Photographs showing a kingfisher appearing to hang fish out to dry has baffled experts at...
Russian plane with 93 aboard crashes into the Black SeaBoston Herald 2016-12-25
MOSCOW — A Russian plane headed to an air base in Syria with 93 people aboard, including members of a well-known military choir, crashed into the Black Sea on Sunday minutes after taking off from the resort city of Sochi, Russia's Defense Ministry said. There was no indication anyone survived the crash of the Tu-154, which belonged to the Defense Ministry and was taking the Alexandrov Ensemble to...
China's 1st aircraft carrier heads for Western PacificDeccan Chronicle 2016-12-25
Beijing: China's first aircraft carrier has set off for the Western Pacific for an open-sea training exercise, the Defense Ministry said. State media said on Sunday that it is the first time that the Liaoning, which was commissioned by the Chinese navy in 2012, has headed to "distant sea waters." The Western Pacific region stretches from China to New Zealand and encompasses countries...
Arsene Wenger: Arsenal boss says he is 'immune to excessive reactions'BBC News 2016-12-26
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says he is "immune to excessive reactions" as...
2016 was the end of the world as we know it. So what's next?The Guardian 2016-12-25
Trump and Brexit challenged fundamental beliefs, while the Syrian war left many in despair. And there’s more to come in 2017...
‘xXx: Return Of Xander Cage’ Trailer Goes Full Throttle, But Vin Diesel Flops With Unwanted ...Inquisitr 2016-12-25
Just as Vin Diesel begins to recover from the blows his reputation took as a result of his feud with his Fate of the Furious co-star, Dwayne Johnson, the action film star is again facing some bad press. This time, Diesel is bringing that unflattering spotlight to bear on xXx: Return of Xander Cage, as a recent interview with Vin for the film turned painfully awkward with some unwanted sexual...
Aleppo’s Christians Celebrate Christmas and Hope for the Return of PeaceTime Magazine 2016-12-26
AMMAN (Reuters) – Christians in Aleppo celebrated under a giant Christmas tree lit up for the first time in five years, hailing what many described as the return of peace to a city that came back under full government control last week. The fall of rebel-held east Aleppo was the biggest victory of Syria’s nearly six-year-old civil war for supporters of President Bashar al-Assad, and...
Facebook ‘reacts’ to star trek anniversaryDeccan Chronicle 2016-12-26
Almost every day, we see a Google Doodle play prank on its home page celebrating and remembering special occasions and people. This time around, it was the turn of Facebook as Star Trek...
Brexit To Send UK Economy Plummeting Down Global Scale To 8th PlaceHuffington Post 2016-12-26
The Brexit-hit pound will diminish the UK’s economic power and send it crashing down the table of the world’s largest economies to eighth place by 2030, new analysis has said. France is on course to leapfrog the UK to become the fifth largest economy this year, according to a report by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr), as sterling’s...
Donald Trump inauguration: Rockettes 'will not be forced to perform'BBC News 2016-12-24
Rockettes dancers will not be forced to perform at Donald Trump's inauguration, managers say. ......
More than six million 'will book a holiday between Christmas and New Year's Eve'Belfast Telegraph 2016-12-26
More than one million people each day will book their next holiday between Boxing Day and New Year's Eve, according to new research. The six-day period will see a total of...
A symbolic resolution against Israeli settlementsAl Jazeera 2016-12-25
Observers are divided on whether the recent UNSC resolution will lead to any substantive change. ......
Xi sends Putin condolences over plane crashChina Daily 2016-12-26
President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolence to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday over the crash of a Russian military plane. On behalf of Chinese government and people, Xi expressed deep sympathy over the accident and extended his...