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Michael Ball & Alfie Boe Beat BTS to U.K. Albums Chart Title
Earlier in the year, Ball topped the Singles Chart along with fundraising hero Captain Sir Tom Moore on their charity cover of “You’ll Never Walk Alone.” With Christmas making a big impact, BTS open at No. 2 on the U.K. chart with BE (Big Hit Entertainment), their fifth Korean-language album. It’s the K-pop stars’ fourth Top 10 collection in the territory in the past two-and-a-half years. Meanwhile, AC/DC’s Power Up (Columbia) dips 1-3, and is one of five Australian album releases in the Top 40, a list that includes Kylie Minogue’s Disco (BMG), down 5-10; Nick Cave’s Idiot Prayer (Bad Seed), new at No. 18; Tim Minchin’s Apart Together (BMG), new at No. 27; and ARIA Award-nominated newcomer The Kid LAROI’s F**k Love (Columbia), down 19-33. Taylor Swift’s former leader...
AC/DC’s ‘Power Up’ Plugs In For Second Week Atop Australia’s Albums Chart
BE features the track “Fly To My Room,” produced and co-written with Sydney electronic duo Cosmo’s Midnight, while album track “Life Goes On” is the highest new entry on the Australian singles survey, at No. 27. Homegrown artist, comedian and playwright Tim Minchin bows at No. 3 with Apart Together, his debut solo studio album. It’s not Minchin first appearance on an ARIA chart. He appeared on the singles survey at No. 11 with “Come Home (Cardinal Pell)” in February 2016. Reunited Melbourne trio Something For Kate return to the albums tally with The Modern Medieval, their first LP in eight years. The follow-up to Leave Your Soul To Science (No. 5 in October 2012), Medieval is new at No. 4 It’s the group’s seventh studio album and their sixth Top Ten on the ARIA Albums Chart. Rounding out t...
Ariana Grande’s ‘Positions’ Chasing Sixth Week at No. 1 In U.K.
Ariana Grande is on track for a sixth week at No. 1 in the U.K. with “Positions,” while Liam Gallagher is dreaming of his own career high. Gallagher’s new charity single “All You’re Dreaming Of” is the most downloaded track in the early part of the week, and is heading for the week’s highest debut. The former Oasis and Beady Eye frontman starts at No. 12 on the Official Chart: First Look, which tallies sales and streaming data from the weekend. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
How climate change could spark the next home mortgage disaster
“Anybody who believes in science knows that global warming is only going to cause increases in future risks for major storms,” said Stevens, the former Freddie Mac official, who also was president of the Mortgage Bankers Association trade organization. “I think the key is, what’s predictive here?” Making those decisions would put the mortgage giants in a position to write off whole communities. Susan Wachter, a real estate and finance professor as the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, said that to truly discourage people from locating in climate-sensitive areas, borrowing costs would need to rise so sharply that they would spur a “death spiral,” creating a self-fulfilling narrative that cuts off investment in entire regions. Those higher borrowing costs could also present e...
Sri Lanka coronavirus prison riot leaves eight dead, over 50 wounded
At least eight prisoners were killed and more than 50 injured in clashes with guards at a Sri Lankan prison, officials said on Monday, as authorities tried to quell a protest over rising corornavirus infections in the country’s crowded jails. Sri Lanka has witnessed an upsurge in coronavirus cases in the past month and over-congested prisons across the country have reported thousands of fresh infections. Inmates have staged protests in recent weeks demanding an increase in coronavirus testing and new isolation facilities for infected prisoners. The latest clash at Mahara prison situated on the outskirts of the capital Colombo started on Sunday when some inmates protested against prisoners infected by the Covid-19 virus being transferred from other facilities to Mahara. “We can’t say it for...
Turkish exploration vessel back in port ahead of EU summit
Turkey’s seismic exploration vessel Oruc Reis returned to port on Monday from disputed Mediterranean waters, less than two weeks before a European Union summit where the bloc will evaluate possible sanctions against Ankara. NATO members Turkey and Greece have conflicting claims to continental shelves and rights to potential energy resources in the eastern Mediterranean. Tensions flared in August when Ankara sent Oruc Reis to map out energy drilling prospects in waters also claimed by Greece. Turkey withdrew Oruc Reis from contested waters ahead of a previous EU summit in October to “allow for diplomacy”, but later sent it back after what it called unsatisfactory outcomes from the summit. Earlier this month, Turkey said Oruc Reis would operate in the region until Nov. 29. The energy ministr...
Austin Okocha: Super Eagles don’t have natural offensive midfielders
Former Super Eagles captain, Austin Okocha, has revealed that the current team lacks ‘natural’ offensive midfielders, newsmen report. Okocha believes the Eagles need midfielders who can get on the ball and pick a pass as well as drive at the opposition consistently. Gernot Rohr in the last one year played Alex Iwobi and Joe Aribo in the No.10 role for the Eagles but both players have not been convincing in recent games. “What the Eagles need now are natural midfielders who can create chances and change the course of a game. “We need midfielders who can run at defenders and a pick their teammates with good passes,” Okocha said during a radio programme ‘No Holds Barred’ on Brila FM. “We have good midfielders but not in at that level at the moment. Some of them are just scared and the fact th...
OPU: Security situation in Nigeria coloured with nepotism
The Oodua Progressive Union, OPU, Sunday, lamented that the security situation in Nigeria is being coloured with nepotism, sectionalism, and lack of competence. The group, in a communiqué at the end of the meeting, said: “OPU is disturbed with the news coming from home, regarding the killing of a first-class Yoruba monarch, the Olufon of Ifon, Oba Adegoke Adeusi in Ondo State. “We also condemn, in totality, the dastardly acts of Fulani herdsmen who yearly burn down Chief Olu Falae’s farm. In the same vein, we commend Amotekun in the rescue of the wife of the Chief of staff to the governor of Ondo State. “After careful observation of the 1999 Constitution, we realised that the document was unfit and unproductive, making it the source of nearly all our problems. “As a group that is poised fo...
Chris Brown Is Top Winner at 2020 Soul Train Awards: Complete List of Winners
Summer Walker’s debut album, Over It, which reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200, won album of the year. Megan Thee Stallion, whose “Savage” reached No. 1 on the Hot 100 (via a remix featuring Beyoncé), won the rhythm & bars award for that smash. Beyoncé shared the video of the year award for “Brown Skin Girl” with her eight-year old daughter, Blue Ivy, as well as Saint Jhn & Wizkid. That video is also nominated for a Grammy for best music video. Snoh Aalegra, a Swedish singer/songwriter based in Los Angeles, took best new artist. Aalegra’s 2019 sophomore album, Ugh, Those Feels Again, reached No. 73 on the Billboard 200. Brandy and Monica, who teamed to record the 1998 classic “The Boy Is Mine,” each received an award. Brandy took the Soul Train certified award. Mon...
UN: Over 110 people killed in attack on Borno rice field
United Nations (UN) has revealed that not less than 110 civilians were killed by Boko Haram in the attack on a rice field in Borno State. Earlier reports had put the death toll of Saturday’s deadly Boko Haram attack on rice field in Borno at 43 while several others were said to be missing. A statement by the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon, on Sunday, while describing the attack as horrifying, said not less than 110 people were killed with many other persons injured in one the deadliest attack by the terrorist group, who have laid siege to the Northeast for over a decade. Kallon said: “I am outraged and horrified by the gruesome attack against civilians carried out by non-state armed groups in villages near Borno State capital Maiduguri. “At least 110 ...
Nigerian government given N81 million bill to cut Abuja stadium grass – minister
The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has said the Federal Government was given a bill of N81 million to cut the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. He said this in a series of tweets on Sunday. According to Dare, the sports ministry rejected the bill. The minister explained that fund was not available, adding that there would be an outcry if Nigerians were told that N81 million was used to cut grass. He tweeted, “The ministry was given a bill. The Ministry did not accept. It will be detrimental to spend such an amount. And it can be better invested. “If we tell Nigerians we used N81m to cut grass, which is not even available, there will be an outcry. “The funds are not really there for us and that is why we are partnering with private investors to bring back the...
UNFPA set to inaugurate two youth-friendly centres
Wikipedia The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) says it will inaugurate additional two youth-friendly centres in Lagos State to enhance sexual and reproductive health information and services for youths. Its Head in Lagos Liaison Office, Dr Omolaso Omosehin, also the Assistant Reps, UNFPA, made this known in Lagos. Omosehin said that the youth-friendly centres, which fall under the “Hello Lagos Project”, would be opened before December in Yaba and Ikorodu areas of Lagos State. Hello Lagos Project, an Adolescent/Youth Sexual Reproductive Health Unit of the Lagos State Ministry of Health, was initiated in 2002, funded and supported by UNFPA. The centre aims at bridging the gap by providing a “safe, accessible and confidential centre for young people” in the state for health and personal...
