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Taeil, former member of the K-pop band NCT, poses for the camera at a press conference in Seoul

K-pop singer jailed three and a half years for rape

SEOUL — South Korean singer Taeil, formerly from the K-pop band NCT, has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison for rape.Taeil, 31, and two accomplices, named in South Korean reports only as Lee and Hong, admitted in June to taking turns assaulting their victim - a Chinese tourist.A district judge in Seoul described the crime as "extremely grave", but handed them just half the seven-year sentence requested by prosecutors, noting they were first time offenders.The court also ordered the three men to complete 40 hours of a treatment programme designed for perpetrators of sexual violence.The court heard they had met their victim at a bar in the Itaewon district in Seoul.She became "heavily intoxicated" after drinking with them, the court heard. They then...

July 10, 2025

K-pop singer jailed three and a half years for rape

King George island is part of the the continent of Antarctica, and is claimed by Chile

American teen pilot detained on small island in Antarctica

SANTIAGO — An American teenager has been detained on an Antarctic island, creating a major delay in his attempt to fly his small plane to every continent that is being followed online by more than a million people.Chilean authorities stopped Ethan Guo, 19, after he submitted a false flight plan, according to CBS News.His deviation from that plan in the air had "activated alert protocols", Chile's General Directorate of Civil Aeronautics said in a statement.Guo was taken into custody after landing on King George Island, home to a number of international research stations and their staff, where July temperatures typically stay well below freezing.Guo's small Cessna 182 aircraft took off from the city of Punta Arenas, near the southernmost point of Chile, and flew to the...

July 04, 2025

American teen pilot detained on small island in Antarctica

Actor Michael Madsen arrives at the Hollywood Film Awards in Beverly Hills, California November 1, 2015

Michael Madsen, actor of ‘Kill Bill’ and ‘Reservoir Dogs’ fame, dead at 67

LOS ANGELES — Actor Michael Madsen, a stoic actor who worked frequently with director Quentin Tarantino and appeared in various acclaimed films from the 1980s onward, has died, according to his publicist Liz Rodriguez. He was 67.Rodriguez told CNN that Madsen had a cardiac arrest and was found unresponsive in his Malibu home Thursday morning.“Michael Madsen was one of Hollywood’s most iconic actors, who will be missed by many,” said a joint statement from his managers Susan Ferris and Ron Smith of Bohemia Entertainment and Rodriguez.Sgt. Christopher Jauregui, watch commander for Los Angeles Sheriff Department Lost Hills Station confirmed to CNN Thursday that deputies responded to Madsen’s home in Malibu this morning and found him “unresponsive.”He was pronounced dead at 8:25...

July 04, 2025

Michael Madsen, actor of ‘Kill Bill’ and ‘Reservoir Dogs’ fame, dead at 67

The Virtual Telescope Project captured an image of the object on Wednesday

Astronomers spot an interstellar object zipping through our solar system

PASADENA, California — A newly discovered object speeding through our solar system is sparking excitement among astronomers because it’s not from around here. Believed to be a comet, the object is only the third celestial body from beyond our solar system ever to be observed in our corner of the universe.This interstellar visitor, now officially named 3I/ATLAS, became known when the NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) telescope in Chile reported spotting it on Tuesday. Since then, astronomers reviewing archival observations from multiple telescopes have tracked the object’s movements as far back as June 14 and found that the comet arrived from the direction of the Sagittarius constellation.The comet’s speed and path through the solar system are two...

July 04, 2025

Astronomers spot an interstellar object zipping through our solar system

West has long sparked controversy for his alleged anti-Semitic remarks

Kanye West blocked from entering Australia over Hitler song

SYDNEY — American rapper Kanye West has been blocked from entering Australia over a song glorifying Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.Australia's home affairs minister Tony Burke revealed that his department had cancelled West's valid visa after the song Heil Hitler was released in early May.West's song has been widely condemned and has been banned on most platforms.The highly controversial rapper, also known as Ye, identifies as a Nazi and is known for his anti-Semitic comments. He is married to Australian designer Bianca Censori.Burke revealed the visa cancellation in an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, during a discussion about the visa cancellation of another person over their Islamophobic comments."If someone argued that anti-Semitism was rational, I...

July 02, 2025

Kanye West blocked from entering Australia over Hitler song

BTS wearing yellow suits, pictured on stage at the American Music Awards in 2021

BTS are back: K-pop band confirm new album and tour

SEOUL — The wait is over, K-pop fans — BTS are back. The South Korean band confirmed their highly anticipated comeback on Tuesday, scheduling a new album and tour for next year.Announcing the news during their first live stream since all band members completed their mandatory military service, the seven-strong group said they would head to the US later this month to begin working on new music."Hey guys, we are back," Jimin said, with the group adding that their album would be released in spring 2026."We're also planning a world tour alongside the album. We'll be visiting fans all around the world, so we hope you're as excited as we are," the band said.It will be BTS's first world tour since the group's Permission to Dance on Stage tour back in...

July 02, 2025

BTS are back: K-pop band confirm new album and tour

Young people grieve and pray during a memorial service held by the bishop of Roskilde, Jan Lindhardt, Saturday, July 1, 2000

'How fragile we are': Roskilde Festival tragedy remembered 25 years on

COPENHAGEN — Today, 25 years ago, one of the worst accidents in rock history occurred at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark: nine young men lost their lives in the chaos that unfolded during a Pearl Jam concert.Rasmus Thirup Beck, a journalist who attended the Pearl Jam concert in 2000 shared his memories with Danish TV on the anniversary:"At some point, we see on the big screen that a completely lifeless body is lifted up over the barrier, and another one a little later and so on. We were completely shaken, and people began to cry around us and so on. We did not know what had happened. We only knew that something really bad had happened."During the show, frontman Eddie Vedder tried to get the thousands of fans to stop pushing forward, but it was too late. The US rock band have...

July 01, 2025

'How fragile we are': Roskilde Festival tragedy remembered 25 years on

Tens of thousands of fans had bought tickets for Taylor Swift's Vienna shows

Syrian charged over plot to attack Taylor Swift Vienna concert

VIENNA — A young Syrian national has been charged with supporting a foreign terror group over a foiled plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna last August.Mohamed A, who is described by German authorities as a juvenile and not in custody, is accused of following the ideology of jihadist group Islamic State (IS) and helping another suspect to prepare the attack.Concert organisers called off Taylor Swift's three sold-out gigs on the eve of the first show at Vienna's Ernst Happel Stadium last year, disappointing tens of thousands of fans during her Eras Tour.Authorities arrested several suspects at the time saying they appeared to have been inspired by IS and al-Qaeda."Mohammad A has adhered since April 2024 at the latest to the ideology of the terrorist organisation...

June 27, 2025

Syrian charged over plot to attack Taylor Swift Vienna concert

Actor Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt's Los Angeles home 'ransacked', police say

LOS ANGELES — Actor Brad Pitt's home in Los Angeles has been ransacked by a trio of thieves.Three suspects broke into the home in Los Feliz late on Wednesday through a front window and "ransacked the location," according to the Los Angeles Police Department.Police did not confirm the home belonged to the Oscar-winning actor, but the address matched that of a home Pitt purchased in 2023.Authorities said the suspects fled with stolen items, though it's unclear what was taken. The actor was not home at the time of the burglary, US media reported.Pitt was in the UK earlier this week for the London premier of his new film F1, which is released on Friday. He was accompanied by fellow Hollywood star Tom Cruise and Lewis Hamilton, who has seven Formula One World Drivers'...

June 27, 2025

Brad Pitt's Los Angeles home 'ransacked', police say

These machines used to read human DNA may soon be used to write sections of it

Work begins to create artificial human DNA from scratch

LONDON — Work has begun on a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life from scratch, in what is believed to be a world first.The research has been taboo until now because of concerns it could lead to designer babies or unforeseen changes for future generations.But now the world's largest medical charity, the Wellcome Trust, has given an initial £10m to start the project and says it has the potential to do more good than harm by accelerating treatments for many incurable diseases.Dr Julian Sale, of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, who is part of the project, told BBC News the research was the next giant leap in biology."The sky is the limit. We are looking at therapies that will improve people's lives as they age, that will lead...

June 26, 2025

Work begins to create artificial human DNA from scratch

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