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Brittney Griner’s legal team has filed an appeal following her sentencing in Russian court earlier this month to nine years behind bars. As previously reported, the U.S. said back in May that Griner had been “wrongfully detained” after Russian officials found vape cartridges containing a small amount of hash oil. On Aug. 4, she was sentenced […]
During a 400-meter race at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia on Thursday, Italian decathlete Alberto Nonino suffered a wardrobe malfunction that kept him from winning the race. Nonino, 18, started off strong in the sprint, gaining pace against his competitors, before cameras captured him reaching down to hold his crotch a couple of […]
While rumors were flying on social media overnight positing that Drake had been arrested in Sweden, his team says that’s simply not true. As seen via a sampling of tweets below, calls of “Free Drake” were swift in response to the quickly circulated rumor, despite no one from Drake’s team having confirmed its veracity. In […]
Fresh off founding a pediatric cancer foundation in honor of his late son, Nick Cannon paid a visit to Power 106 on Tuesday to spit some bars for the L.A. Leakers. Cannon kicked things off with a freestyle over EarthGang’s “Power,” a track from their latest album Ghetto Gods, which features Cannon and Cee-Lo Green on […]
A Russian energy supplier has halted electricity deliveries to Finland as the country is expected to announce that it’ll be joining NATO. In what Forbes is calling an apparent retaliation to the NATO move, Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Finnish President Sauli Niinisto that a NATO application could potential harm the relationship between the two countries, because […]
More than 300 civilians were evacuated Saturday from a steel mill in Mariupol, Ukraine, following an ongoing Russian assault at the plant ahead of Victory Day festivities in Moscow. “All women, children and elderly people have been evacuated from Azovstal. This part of the Mariupol humanitarian operation has been completed,” Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchu announced via social […]
Back in March, Instagram model Liziane Gutierrez became the latest foreigner to travel to Ukraine to join the war-torn country’s battle against Russia. Gutierrez returned home this weekend after spending nearly a month between Poland and Ukraine. While catching up with TMZ at the airport, the Brazilian model opened up about what it was like to […]
The U.S. is expected to announce plans to welcome as many as 100,000 people from Ukraine who are fleeing the country amid Russia’s invasion. The Biden administration, per a source cited in an NBC News report, will allow for entry via a number of options, including the Refugee Admissions Program. Other avenues mentioned in the […]
A Boeing 737 operated by China Eastern Airlines has crashed in the Guangxi province, regional authorities said Monday. 132 people have been confirmed to have been on board. Per a report from the Associated Press, the flight in question was en route from Kunming (in the western province of Yunnan) to the port city of […]
Netflix service in Russia has been suspended amid ongoing concerns over the country’s invasion of Ukraine. As reported by Reuters and others on Sunday, the company has suspended its service in Russia after earlier this week temporarily stopping projects in the country. Last month, the streaming platform was among those to confirm it would not be adding […]
