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US Emmy award-winning actress Mary Tyler Moore has died aged 80, her publicist says. She was best known for her television roles in the 1960s sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show and the eponymous The Mary Tyler Moore Show in the 1970s. 
She was also nominated for a best actress Oscar in 1980 for the film Ordinary People. 
Mara Buxbaum said in a statement she died in the company of friends and her husband, Dr S. Robert Levine.
She had suffered from diabetes since her 30s and underwent brain surgery in 2011.
'Changed television'
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Moore moved to Los Angeles when she was eight years old and started her career in show business as a dancer aged 17. 
Her first appearance was in a Hotpoint advert in the 1950s, dressed as an elf. 
But her parts grew in size during that decade, before she landed the role of wife Laura Petrie in The Dick Van Dyke Show in 1961. 
Later, she starred as TV producer Mary Richards in her self-titled sitcom. Running for seven seasons from 1…

Arnold Schwarzenegger, former governor of California and action movie giant, greeted Pope Francis at the Vatican during the weekly General Audience.
Schwarzenegger has been promoting his NGO, “R20 – Regions of Climate Action”which helps sub-national governments around the world develop low carbon projects, Vatican Radio reports. Schwarzenegger showed Pope Francis some of the NGO’s work in a brief exchange.

Schwarzenegger, who rose to fame as a bodybuilder and actor, had previously met Pope John Paul II. He tweeted a picture of the meeting and called the Pope a “a true leader for the Church.”
Schwarzenegger recently inherited a role as the face of The New Celebrity Apprentice from President Donald Trump — who quickly taunted him on Twitter after his ratings didn’t live up to when Trump hosted the show.

Pop star Madonna has applied to adopt two more children in Malawi. The 58-year-old appeared in court in the Malawian capital Lilongwe to make the application.
She previously adopted two children from the African country: David Banda in 2006 and Mercy James in 2009. The star has two other children - Lourdes and Rocco - from previous relationships. Last year saw her involved in a custody dispute over Rocco with ex-husband Guy Ritchie.
She eventually lost the case, with the 16-year-old moving to London to live with his father. 'Embarrassment of riches' Madonna has yet to comment on her attempts to adopt two further children, but a government spokesman confirmed the singer had appeared in High Court on Wednesday.
She flew into the country on Tuesday, fresh from the Women's March in Washington, where her comments on Donald Trump caused an uproar.
Court spokesman Mlenga Mvula said the star would have to wait a week before hearing the court's decision. Madonna explained her dec…

Thae Yong Ho, North Korea's highest diplomat to ever defect from the secretive state in almost 20 years, has revealed that the country's supreme leader Kim Jong Un wants to meet new America president Donald Trump and that the country will never stop production of nukes, and will one day use those nukes to attack the U.S..

Thae Yong Ho escaped with his wife and two sons from North Korea, arriving in South Korea in August,  causing his brothers and relatives to be punished for his defection, but has revealed that cases of human rights abuses in North Korea will never stop as long as Kim is alive. As long as Kim Jong Un is in power, there'll be no chance for the world to improve the human rights issue" or cancel "the nuclear program," he says.

"If Kim Jong Un decides to kill someone, if he thinks that he is a threat or he scared him, he just wants to get rid of him, that is the present reality of North Korea,"  Thae says he feel surprised T…

Kuwait on Wednesday hanged seven people including a member of the ruling family and a woman who burned dozens of people to death during a wedding party, state media said.
They are the first executions in the oil-rich Gulf state since mid-2013.
Those executed included two Kuwaitis, two Egyptians and one each from Bangladesh, the Philippines and Ethiopia, the KUNA state news agency reported, citing a source at the public prosecution.
Sheikh Faisal Abdullah Al-Sabah, the first royal to be executed in the emirate, was convicted of killing another member of the ruling family in 2010 over a dispute.
Nusra al-Enezi, the other Kuwaiti, was convicted of setting fire to a tent in 2009 during a wedding party for her husband, killing around 57 people, many of them women and children.
It was an apparent act of revenge against her husband for taking a second wife.
She threw petrol on the tent, where dozens of women and children were celebrating inside, and burned it down in one of the most deva…

Bruno Mars will perform at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards on Feb. 12, the Recording Academy has announced. 
This will mark the Grammy-winning superstar's fifth Grammy performance and his fist in four years. He is also nominated in this year's album of the year category for his work on Adele's 25. 
Mars joins previously announced performers Adele, John Legend, Metallica, Carrie Underwood and Keith Urban. 
The Grammy Awards will take place Feb. 12 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles with host James Corden.

Usain Bolt has been stripped of one of his nine Olympic gold awards after it was affirmed that his 4x100m transfer partner Nesta Carter tried positive for a prohibited substance at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

An inconsistency was found in Carter's accommodation taking after a choice by International Olympic Committee (IOC) to retest 454 doping tests from Beijing utilizing the most recent logical investigation techniques. It was found to contain restricted stimulant, methylhexaneamine.
Carter was additionally part of the group that won the occasion in London in 2012. He ran the main leg for Jamaica's 4x100m transfer group in Beijing, which additionally included Michael Frater, Asafa Powell and Bolt. The group won in a then world record of 37.10 seconds, in front of Trinidad and Tobago and Japan, who will now have their decorations overhauled.

It was accounted for by Reuters in June that Carter's An example had been found to contain methylhexanamine, which has been on the Wor…

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has named COP David Asante-Apeatu as the acting Inspector General of Police (IGP).
The former IGP, John Kudalor earlier today (Wednesday), went to the Flagstaff House to bid the president farewell having officially retired from the service.
Mr. Kudalor was appointed by former President, John Dramani Mahama to the position in an acting capacity in November 2015.
He was later confirmed IGP in February 2016.
The appointment of  IGP has been political since independence.
A substantive IGP will named subsequently by the President in consultation with the Council of State. Roles played by the new IGP
Director General Research & Planning of the Ghana Police service
He was once the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the service. In 2007 he was appointed Director of the Specialised Crime and Analysis (SCA) Unit at the INTERPOL headquarters in Lyon France.
Internationally, he had worked at the Sarajevo Police Academy as an Ins…

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A man's been jailed for nine months for hacking into the online accounts of celebrities, including Jennifer Lawrence. Edward Majerczyk, 29, stole private information, including nude videos and photos. 
He was accused of organising a phishing scheme that tricked victims into giving him usernames and passwords. 
Majerczyk, from Chicago, was ordered to pay one unnamed celebrity £4,900 after their photos were later shared online. 
He wasn't charged or accused of selling or posting the material online. 
He pleaded guilty last year to one count of unauthorised access to a protected computer to obtain information. 
No victims' names were mentioned in the court documents. In 2014, private pictures of celebrities including Lawrence, Kirsten Dunst and model Kate Upton were posted online and shared on various websites. 
The case became known as "celebgate", with Jennifer Lawrence telling Vanity Fair magazine that the hacking was a "sex crime".
In a sentencing memo, Ma…

Quote of the day!! "In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure." By:  Bill Cosby

The fear of failure is a sticking point of any business undertaking. ... Confidence, courage and an insatiable desire to succeed are needed to bring to life your business initiative.

John died from cancer on Jan. 18, and the family is raising funds to help cover medical costs incurred during his final weeks."I love you guys very much," Kylie  wrote alongside her generous contribution on the John Woods Wheels to Wings Fund campaign page.
The page has raised more than $17,000 of a $50,000 goal since the page was launched on Jan. 19.
"This is unbelievable and our souls and hearts are hurting," Jordyn's mother, Elizabeth, wrote on the campaign site. "He is supposed to be out riding his Harley with the crew and enjoying his time off. He now is on the ride of his life and we will forever be grateful for him."
Jenner, 19, also publicly offered her support following her friend's loss last week, sharing a photo of the pair with a heartfelt caption.
"My Fire Ox, My Brother, My Soul Sister. Give Jordy & her family some support and prayers right now," Kylie she on Instagram. "I love you the long way @jordynwoods .…

Individuals from Airtel Ghana's senior initiative group joined His Majesty, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the whole Asanteman Traditional Council and a huge number of sympathizers to grieve the Asantehemaa Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II at an internment benefit held at the Manyhia Palace on Thursday nineteenth January 2017.

The group, drove by CEO, Lucy Quist incorporated the organization's Sales and Distribution Director, Samuel Sarpong, Head of Corporate Communications, Richard Ahiagble, the Business initiative group responsible for the Ashanti Region – Kwaku Asiedu and Patrick Seidu.

The group made a gift as custom requests and joined a large number of grievers to document past and pay their last regards to the adored withdrew Queen Mother who was a mother, coach and a mainstay of quality for the whole Ashanti Kingdom and past.

Airtel Ghana's CEO, Lucy Quist marked the book of sympathy in the interest of the Board, Management and workers of the Smartphone Network.
The internmen…

Michael Jackson's daughter, Paris Jackson, who was on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, revealed to the magazine that she is convinced that her father Michael Jackson was murdered. She says claims that he died from a drug overdose was false and she believes it is "obvious" to all his family and true fans.
In regards to the rumours that her father could possibly have been murdered, she responded:

"It's obvious"."All arrows point to that. It sounds like a total conspiracy theory and it sounds like bulls**t, but all real fans and everybody in the family knows it. It was a setup. It was bulls**t."When asked who could have wanted to kill her father, she said "a lot of people" had issues with him. She continued:
"Of course I want justice". "I definitely do, but it's a chess game. "And I am trying to play the chess game the right way. And that's all I can say about that right now."18 year old Paris added …

UK-based International Gospel Act, Sonnie Agyemang Badu has engaged the Black Stars of Ghana to invest much push to win the current year's African Cup of Nations (AFCON), at present continuous in Gabon.
In an enthusiastic interest to the senior national group on his Instagram account he begged the Stars to give the container a chance to touch the Ghanaian soil. He urged them to put in their best to bring the container home as Ghanaians have been nursing broken hearts since Senegal 1992.

He rebuked a portion of the senior players who are expected to resign ahead of schedule, to at any rate try to win the come. He visualized that triumphant the glass would make Ghanaians glad for them once more.

Sonnie who posted his "private letter to the Black Stars on his Instagram account preceding the match with the falcons of Mali wished the Stars fortunes and composed "Dear Ghana Black Stars , this time round all we are approaching you to accomplish for us is let the AFCON CUP touch …