Day: May 11, 2019

Guns N’ Roses suing over rose-style beer, alleging trademark infringement

  The band Guns N’ Roses is suing a Colorado brewery for naming one of its beers “Guns ‘N’ Rose,” saying the alleged trademark infringement has caused the hard rockers “irreparable damage.” The offending craft beer — whose moniker is stylized with an accent on the e, referencing […]

Italy takes in migrants despite ‘closed ports’ policy

Over 60 migrants rescued at sea by the Italian navy and a charity ship disembarked in Italy on Friday, despite far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini’s “closed ports” policy, while three died and dozens more were missing after another migrant boat capsized off Tunisia. Thirty-six people plucked from a […]

G7 ministers pledge to make gender equality ‘global cause’

France’s Minister for Gender Equality Marlene Schiappa and her G7 counterparts on Friday signed a joint declaration to make the issue a “global cause”. “No country in the world has achieved gender equality between men and women and no one can achieve it alone,” Schiappa said at a […]

Klopp backs Liverpool for Premier League miracle

Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool’s astonishing European fightback proves his side will not give up hope of winning the Premier League until Manchester City have the trophy in their hands on Sunday. Klopp’s team staged arguably the greatest comeback in Champions League history on Tuesday when they thrashed Barcelona […]

Everest braces for record year amid overcrowding fears

The tented city at the foot of Mount Everest is bustling as mountaineers brace for potentially the busiest year yet on the world’s highest peak, prompting concerns about overcrowding and safety. Since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay made the first ascent in 1953 more than 4,000 climbers have […]

North Korea’s missile tests not ‘breach of trust’: Trump

North Korean missile launches over the past week have not affected Donald Trump’s relationship with Kim Jong Un, the US president said Friday, in a change of course after initially expressing his dissatisfaction. Pyongyang fired two short-range missiles Thursday following an earlier drill the previous Saturday — the […]

Facebook sues South Korea data analytics firm

Facebook is suing South Korean data analytics firm Rankwave to make sure it isn’t breaking the leading social network’s rules, the US company said Friday. A lawsuit was filed against Rankwave in a California State court in Silicon Valley to enforce terms the company agreed to in order […]

Tiger win electrifies PGA move, but will it boost golf?

Shifting the PGA Championship to May in time to be the first major after Tiger Woods snapped an 11-year major win drought was brilliant timing. An electric atmosphere is expected to greet the 15-time major winner next week at the 101st PGA Championship at Bethpage Black with huge […]

Trump orders tariff hike on remaining Chinese imports

US President Donald Trump cranked up the heat in a trade battle with China on Friday, ordering a tariff hike on almost all remaining imports from the world’s second-biggest economy, but Beijing said talks would continue to resolve the row. After tweeting that two days of trade talks […]

Venezuela braces for unrest as Maduro clamps down

Venezuela braced Saturday for another day of nationwide protests after President Nicolas Maduro clamped down further on opposition leader Juan Guaido, locking up his deputy in a military prison following a dramatic arrest. Edgar Zambrano, deputy speaker of the opposition-majority National Assembly, is being held in preventive detention […]

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