A pilot on the Ethiopian Airlines flight which crashed three weeks ago was heard saying “pitch up, pitch up” just moments before the disaster, the Wall St Journal has reported. The conversation happened when the plane was just 450ft (137m) off the ground as the aircraft begun to point downwards, according to the paper. The plane’s…
Ahead of bilateral talks in Moscow, Karin Kneissl has recalled having smoked a cigarette together with her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, saying she smokes rarely, only when feeling especially comfortable. The Austrian FM is visiting Moscow on March 11-12 and is expected to talk with her colleague Sergey Lavrov, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson confirmed. In…
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s first DLC fighter features Persona 5’s protagonist, Joker. “This gives you a flavor of how we’re approaching the DLC,” Reggie Fils-Aime said at The Game Awards. “There’s going to be five characters. Each character will come with a stage [and] it’ll come with a collection of music. These are characters that are…
This weekend, the other “royal” wedding of 2018, that of Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas, is set to turn the world’s attention to the sumptuous Umaid Bhawan Palace, in Jodhpur, India, where the A-list couple will say their “I dos.” Built over 15 years in the mid-20th century, the palace has all the markings that…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – In a poll that saw a lot of shuffling, Florida remained one of the few constants as it used a dominant 7-0 week to secure the unanimous No. 1 ranking in the USA Today/NFCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll for games played Feb. 15-21. In remaining undefeated, the Gators (11-0)…
Milan’s prestigious La Scala opera house is under fire over negotiations to add none other than Saudi Arabia’s culture minister as a new board member, in a plan that was slammed as being financially motivated and “unscrupulous.” The prospect of a member of the Saudi royal family sitting on the board of directors of one…
Michael Bloomberg, the former New York city mayor, has announced he will not run for the US presidency in 2020, defying widespread predictions of his candidacy. Mr Bloomberg said that while he thought he could beat Donald Trump he was not sure he would win the Democratic nomination given the competitive field. Instead Mr Bloomberg pledged…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Highlighted by a two-home run, seven-RBI performance, Mountain Range (Colo.) High School senior Riley Craig is the MaxPreps/NFCA National High School Player of the Week for contests played August 31 through September 6. Behind the monstrous performance, Craig hit .824 (14-17) with three doubles, a triple, three home runs, 14 RBI, 11…
A Connecticut woman said Joe Biden touched her inappropriately and rubbed noses with her at a 2009 political fundraiser, becoming the second person in three days to accuse the former vice president of unwanted physical contact as he considers a White House run. "It wasn’t sexual, but he did grab me by the head," Amy…
Speedtest’s report on the state of broadband speeds for 2018 has some encouraging news about broadband in the United States. The tests show average broadband speeds up 35.8% over the previous year, ranking the United States 7th in the world overall, nestled “between Hungary and Switzerland.” Upload speeds are also up 22%, but the US only…