Day: January 16, 2020

Mariah Carey, the Neptunes in Songwriters Hall’s 2020 class

9:36 pm January 16, 2020

NEW YORK: It’s one sweet day for Mariah Carey: the pop diva, who has co-written 18 of her 19 No. 1 hit songs, will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Joining Carey for the 2020 class are the Neptunes (the duo of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo), former Eurythmics members Annie Lennox and […]

Demi Lovato to sing the national anthem at the Super Bowl

Demi Lovato to sing national anthem at the Super Bowl

9:29 pm January 16, 2020

New York: Grammy-nominated pop singer Demi Lovato will perform the national anthem at the Super Bowl. NFL and Fox on Thursday announced the performance, which will take place ahead of the big game on Feb. 2 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. Jennifer Lopez and Shakira will headline the halftime show. Lovato has mostly taken […]

Watchdog: White House violated law in freezing Ukraine aid

9:23 pm January 16, 2020

WASHINGTON: The federal government’s watchdog agency said Thursday a White House office violated federal law in withholding security assistance to Ukraine. The Government Accountability Office said in a report that the Office of Management and Budget violated the law in holding up the aid. The freeze is at center of the impeachment of President Donald […]

Alleged bookie Sanjeev Chawla loses UK appeal, set to be extradited to India

9:19 pm January 16, 2020

London: Alleged bookie Sanjeev Chawla is set to be extradited to India to face charges of match fixing after he lost a last-ditch appeal attempt in the UK High Court on Thursday. Chawla, wanted in India to face charges of cricket match-fixing dating back to 2000, has been fighting against his extradition on human rights […]

Nirbhaya case: 4 convicts hanged at 5:30 am after nightlong court hearings

Give us Delhi police for 2 days, we will hang Nirbhaya convicts: Sisodia

9:15 pm January 16, 2020

New Delhi: “Give us Delhi Police and law-and-order responsibility for two days and we will hang Nirbhaya convicts,” Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Thursday, hitting back at the BJP for holding the AAP government responsible for the “delay” in the hanging. Sisodia’s retort came hours after Union minister Prakash Javadekar blamed the AAP […]