US: Kris Jenner, to put it mildly, is a very busy woman. At 4 a.m. every day, she gets out of bed in her silk pajamas. (5 a.m. is too late, according to her) As soon as she finishes her Pilates routine and takes a shower, she jumps right into responding to emails and putting out fires caused by managing …

MANILA: From this effort to exist openly came up The Gay Liberation Front (GLF). The Stonewall Inn riots in 1969 were a response to police raids that targeted persons who were clearly LGBT or non-conforming of gender — a historical predecessor to what we now know as Pride in America. Equally in the 1960s and 1970s, the term “safe place” …

US: Over the weekend, “Minions: The Rise of Gru” was a huge hit. “Despicable Me 3,” starring a would-be villain and his wacky, yellow minions, had the largest July 4th weekend debut ever. At least in part, Universal Pictures can thank the “Gentleminions” for bringing viewers back to the movies. In the latest “Minions” movie, young individuals dressed in formal …

BRUSSELS: To the dismay of French publisher Les Editions P Amaury, which holds exclusive rights to the football prize Ballon d’Or, a European court on Wednesday upheld a patent agency’s ruling that stripped the French company of its television broadcasting and book publishing rights. This trademark was revoked by the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in error, however, and the …

NORTH KOREA: On Thursday, official media stated that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hosted an extraordinary meeting aimed at strengthening the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea’s “monolithic” leadership across society (Jul 7). The first-of-its-kind meeting aimed to “realize the organizational and ideological convergence of the Party ranks in every way” and “enhance the party’s leadership position,” according to state …

ITALY: The trial of 59 defendants charged with manslaughter and undermining transportation safety in the case of the Genoa bridge collapse in 2018, which claimed the lives of 43 people, begins in Italy on Thursday (July 7). Four years ago, on August 14, the Morandi bridge, a vital artery linking Italy and France, collapsed under the weight of heavy rain, …

ROME: One of Italy’s most wanted men, Rocco Morabito, was extradited from Brazil to Rome on Wednesday (Jul 6) after 28 years on the run. Morabito, a top Ndrangheta mafioso, was flown back to Italy from Brazil. Morabito, who was apprehended in Brazil in May of 2021 for a variety of narcotics offenses, will now serve a 30-year prison sentence. …

SINGAPORE: On Wednesday, a man and a woman got into a brawl near Beach Road (Jul 6). In response to questions from CNA, the police stated that the event occurred at 9 a.m. on Wednesday. A minute-long video of a woman with a black baseball cap waving at a man in a white car is circulating on social media. The …

HONG KONG: There was “unnecessary bother and discomfort” for Hong Kong residents, the government said on Thursday, suspending an individual flying restriction for COVID-19-infected travelers (Jul 7). Flights have been restricted in the city more than 100 times this year. Businesses and individuals who had become accustomed to the ease and efficiency of transit in the former British colony found …

US: Carlos Santana collapsed on stage at a concert in the United States on Tuesday night because of dehydration and heat exhaustion. This happened at the Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan, where the 74-year-old Grammy Award winner was performing. The McLaren Clarkston medical center’s emergency department stated he was taken there for observation and was doing fine, according …