Beckham announces retirement
England’s best known footballer David Beckham announced his retirement on Thursday after a career laden with trophies and glamour that had a worldwide impact that went way beyond football. The...
View ArticleDangers await David Moyes
The news of David Moyes’s appointment as successor to the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United shook the whole football world. That was not because he is not good enough but because the...
View ArticleDavid Beckham’s statement in full
David Beckham will retire at the end of the season. The most capped England outfield player will be hanging up his boots after a career in which he won 19 trophies. He is the first English player to...
View ArticleBlackberry expands BBM chat app to Android and iOS
The Blackberry Messenger (BBM) app is to be offered as a download to run on rival platforms. Blackberry said it would initially offer texts, photo messages and group sharing functions on devices...
View ArticleNokia Lumia 925 slims down its flagship Windows Phone
Rory Cellan-Jones talks to Nokia’s chief product designer Stefan Pannenbecker about the Lumia 925 Nokia has announced a revamped version of its flagship smartphone, ditching built-in support for...
View ArticleWhatsapp dedicated button built into Nokia Asha phone
The Asha 210 is the first phone to feature a WhatsApp-branded button Nokia has released a mobile phone with a dedicated WhatsApp physical button. The feature triggers the cross-platform messaging app...
View ArticleNigerian army begins raids on Boko Haram in Borno
Troops are already present in large numbers in Nigeria’s north-east Nigeria’s army has begun operations against militant Islamists in the north-east, military officials say. They say troops raided...
View ArticleCan Nigeria quell Boko Haram’s insurgency?
There is no doubt that the situation in northern Nigeria is deteriorating fast and now President Goodluck Jonathan has admitted as much. No-one else in the government had dared say a word. The...
View ArticleProfile of Nigeria’s Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau
Abubakar Shekau uses the internet to send out his messages Abubakar Shekau is the leader of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram, which has carried out a series of deadly attacks across northern...
View ArticleProfile: Who are Nigeria’s Ansaru Islamists?
Ansaru says it is fighting to create an Islamic state Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Ansaru has proved to be a formidable threat during its short existence, using dynamite to penetrate...
View ArticleBeyonce ‘runs’ it on ‘Grown Woman’ leak
Just in time to shake those baby rumors, a new Beyoncé track has leaked. Called “Grown Woman,” the song already made its debut in the star’s new Pepsi ad, but that was only a snippet. The track has...
View ArticleVideo game aims to help young cancer patients
“Re-Mission 2,” designed for young cancer patients, turns disease-fighting into games, helping players understand what’s happening in their treatment. – In the battle against cancer, one video game is...
View ArticleWhat stars are seeing at the movies this summer
Even regular movie stars like Diane Keaton still like to kick back in a movie theater when the weather gets warmer – and with plenty of popcorn, while she’s at it. The actress told CNN that she’s a...
View ArticleMariah Carey’s dress drama on ‘GMA’
On “Good Morning America” Friday, Mariah Carey certainly woke viewers up with a near-wardrobe malfunction. The singer was chatting with “GMA’s” Lara Spencer during her performance in Central Park as...
View ArticleBill Clinton’s warning about 2016
- Bill Clinton offered no hints towards his wife’s speculated 2016 presidential run on Tuesday at the Pete Peterson Foundation annual fiscal summit laughing, “Hillary hasn’t mentioned it to me.”...
View Article‘Fast & Furious 6′: What the critics are saying
Typically, the more installments a movie franchise has, the worse the flicks become. But with the “Fast & Furious” series, it seems they’ve put out so many movies the franchise has come full circle...
View ArticleLawmakers ask why Beyoncé and Jay-Z went to Cuba
Two Republican lawmakers are asking a government agency to look into a recent trip to Cuba by Beyoncé and Jay-Z, suggesting the superstar couple violated restrictions on travel to the communist island....
View ArticleObama’s second-term Cabinet
Three months after being sworn in to a second term, President Barack Obama has nearly completed his Cabinet overhaul. But the White House is taking fire from critics complaining about a lack of...
View ArticleTwitter bumps up log-in security after hacks
After a series of high-profile and embarrassing hacks, Twitter has rolled out a new, two-step login to help users prevent unwanted intrusions. The “two-factor” verification system, which will be...
View ArticleWorld’s second-oldest man known dies at 113
Do 41,363 days sound like much time? You very likely won’t live that long, but James Sisnett did. That’s long enough to have seen the first silent movie, when it came out, provided a movie theater even...
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