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Iceland's entrant for the Eurovision song contest will not perform in this year's live shows after a band member tested positive for coronavirus. Daði og Gagnamagnið will stay in the competition but won't perform live at Wednesday's rehearsal, Thursday's semi-final or the final on Saturday. Footage recorded during a recent rehearsal will be used instead.
Source: bbc.com
US and Iranian negotiators are to aim for a final round of talks in Vienna next week on the terms for Washington’s re-entry to the nuclear deal, the Iranian chief negotiator has said, implying a deal is possible before the Iranian presidential election in June. The delegations, meeting in Vienna in a fourth round of talks, agreed on Wednesday to return to national capitals to receive final instructions on red lines before a definitive round of talks.
Source: theguardian.com
A rollercoaster fan defied vertigo to set a new world record by riding Nemesis at Alton Towers 64 times in just six hours. Sean Evans, 29, smashed the world record for rollercoaster riding after braving the terrifying 3.5 G-force, 32m-high ride during non-stop rain. The YouTuber and blogger averaged ten rides an hour without stopping for food or toilet breaks – hitting his target just as Nemesis was about to close for the day.
Source: metro.co.uk
A day after celebrating their 24th birthday under lockdown in April, twins Joefred and Ralphred Varghese Gregory from India’s Uttar Pradesh state tested positive for Covid-19. Weeks later, the twins who were inseparable in life, died within hours of each other.
Source: independent.co.uk
On Monday, Tesla Inc.’s chief executive officer lost his spot as the world’s second-richest person to LVMH Chairman Bernard Arnault as the electric vehicle-maker’s shares fell 2.2%. That was on top of last week’s slump amid a rout in technology stocks and fresh signs of trouble in its China business. Musk, who held the top spot in the Bloomberg Billionaires Index as recently as March, now has a fortune of $160.6 billion, down 24% from its January high.
Source: aljazeera.com
Millions across Southeast Texas will remain under flash flood watches through Thursday because of the torrential rain that has swept through the region, triggering power outages and reports of localized damage. Tornado watch for areas around Houston and College Station were lifted early Wednesday, but the rain is expected to continue falling until Friday before the system makes its way to the Gulf of Mexico. Coastal areas in Texas should expect to continue getting rain through Monday.
Source: cnn.com
One of China’s tallest skyscrapers was evacuated on Tuesday after it began to shake, sending panicked shoppers scampering to safety. The near 300 metre high SEG Plaza in Shenzhen, southern China, inexplicably began to shake at around 1pm, prompting an evacuation of people inside while pedestrians looked on open-mouthed. Completed in 2000, the tower is home to a major electronics market as well as various offices in the centre of one of China’s fastest-growing cities.
Source: theguardian.com
Serena Williams’s preparations for the French Open suffered another blow with defeat by Katerina Siniakova in the Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma. The former world No 1 took a wild card into the tournament to give her more matches on clay after defeat by Nadia Podoroska in her first match in the Italian Open in Rome last week. She managed her first win on clay this season in the opening round in Parma, against the teenager Lisa Pigato, but Siniakova proved too strong, winning 7-6 (4), 6-2 in the second round.
Source: theguardian.com
A 73-year-old from Pakistan who is the oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre has been notified that he has been approved for release after more than 16 years in custody at the US base in Cuba, his lawyer said. Saifullah Paracha, who has been held on suspicion of ties to al-Qaeda but never charged with a crime, was cleared by the prisoner review board along with two other men, said Shelby Sullivan-Bennis, who represented him at his hearing in November.
Source: aljazeera.com
Defender Leandro Bonucci will miss this week's Italian Cup final against Atalanta due to injury, Juventus coach Andrea Pirlo said on Tuesday. Bonucci, 34, will be sidelined for Wednesday's game in Reggio Emilia but is expected to join the Italy squad for next week's pre-Euro 2020 camp.
Source: france24.com
A nurse who looked after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a hospital intensive care ward as he battled COVID-19 is leaving her job, with a newspaper saying she had become fed up with his government's treatment of healthcare workers. Jenny McGee, from New Zealand, was one of two nurses singled out for praise by Johnson for their care during his spell in hospital last April during which he said the National Health Service (NHS) had saved his life.
Source: reuters.com
Charles Grodin, the versatile actor familiar from “Same Time, Next Year” on Broadway, popular movies like “The Heartbreak Kid,” “Midnight Run” and “Beethoven” and numerous television appearances, died on Tuesday at his home in Wilton, Conn. His son, Nicholas, said the cause was bone marrow cancer.
Source: nytimes.com
Campbell, 50, announced on social media on Tuesday that she has welcomed her first child and shared a photo of her cradling her daughter’s feet. No details of the birth or the baby's name were given.
Source: reuters.com
Paris' former stock exchange, the Bourse de Commerce, will reopen its doors this week having undergone a $195 million transformation into a new landmark museum for contemporary art. Three years in the making, the redesign was led by Japanese architect Tadao Ando and supported by a team of Parisian architects, including NeM Architects Agency. The expansive space, stretching over 10,000 square meters (more than 100,000 square feet), will house the contemporary art collection of French billionaire François Pinault.
Source: cnn.com
Environmentalist actor, with other conservation groups, aims to rewild the entire archipelago and other Pacific islands in Latin America.
Source: theguardian.com
A surfer has died after a suspected shark attack at a popular beach in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. The man in his 50s suffered critical injuries to his upper thigh while surfing Tuesday morning, according to NSW Police. The man's three friends swam over to him and pulled him to shore. He went into cardiac arrest due to blood loss.
Source: cnn.com
A man in China bought a club called Zibo Cuju and then decided who to show the boss. He forced the coach to put his son in the lineup. If the young man weighed 126 pounds, it might not be surprising. The order is that the boss’s son must participate in all games within all 90 minutes, and he is responsible for all interruptions, including fines. The club’s balance of points best shows how wise this decision is. They were the last game after five rounds. They only scored 1 point and only scored 2 goals.
Source: newsline.news
More than 90 people are missing after a barge off the coast of India's Mumbai city sank amid a severe cyclone. The Indian navy said it had rescued 177 of the 270 people aboard and that efforts to find survivors were ongoing. Three other commercial barges carrying about 700 people are stranded at sea in the wake of cyclone Tauktae, which has battered India's western coast. Tauktae weakened after it made landfall on Monday but at least 12 people have already died in the storm.
Source: bbc.com
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