The actor Charlie Sheen detailed, at the Good Morning America show, some aspects of his fight with the HIV virus, writes UPI. 'The day I was diagnosed, I immediately wanted to eat a bullet. But my mom was there, I wouldn't do that in front of her, or let her find me to clean up that mess', said the actor in the Michael Strahan's show about the moment when he found out that he … [Read more...]
American Marines arrive in Norway and upset Moscow
About 300 American Marines landed in Norway for a deployment of six months, the first time after the Second World War, when the foreign troops are allowed to stand in this Scandinavian country, for the irritation of Russia, reports Reuters and the AFP. Arrived on the board of a rent Boeing 747, the Marines landed with guns and luggage on the airport in Vaernes in the vicinity … [Read more...]
NASA chooses Lucy and Psyche for asteroid missions
NASA has announced the choice of two new projects of space missions to asteroids in the Discovery program, in order to learn more about the start-up period of our solar system which has an age estimated at 4,6 billions of years, according to the AFP. For the first mission, NASA has announced that they will launch a spacecraft in 2021 which will study the so-called 'Trojans … [Read more...]
The attacker from the New Year’s night in Istanbul was coordinated by the Islamic State
The attacker who killed 39 people in a club in Istanbul in the New Year night said to the police that he had to change the target at the last moment in order to avoid strong security devices and that he has acted on the orders of the Islamic State in Syria, according to Hurriyet, quoted by Reuters. The armed attacker, called Abdulgadir Masaripov, had as the original goal to … [Read more...]
A transsexual model will appear in premiere at an Indian fashion parade
A transsexual model will appear on the catwalk for the first time in February, at one of the top events of the Indian fashion, as a sign of an opening of this country in front of a community which continues to be ostracized despite the laws issued in the last period of time in order to ensure such persons a better protection and more chances, informs Reuters. Anjali Blade, … [Read more...]
Donald Trump wants to keep the sanctions against Russia
In an interview for the Wall Street Journal, the elected president of the USA, Donald Trump, said that he will keep, 'at least for a period of time', the sanctions against Russia established in December by the President Barack Obama and that he would not yet engage in the 'One China' policy, informs Reuters. In this interview Trump says: 'If you get along and if Russia is … [Read more...]
The South Korean film ‘The Handmaiden’ – 6 nominations at the Asian Film Awards
The South Korean film 'The Handmaiden' has six nominations in the top of the productions entered in the race for the Asian Film Awards, followed by 'Train to Busan' (China) and 'I am not Madame Bovary' (China) each with five nominations, informs the Hollywood Reporter. The Asian Film Awards will be back in Hong Kong after three years when it took place in Macao, to mark the 20 … [Read more...]
‘Hidden Figures’, ‘La La Land’ and ‘Sing’, in the top Box Office Sales
The film 'Hidden Figures', about three African-American women employed by NASA, who substantially contributed to the success of the American space program in the '50s -'60s, was in the first place of the North American box-office this weekend, according to the preliminary numbers published on Sunday by the Exhibitor Relations and quoted by the AFP. The film, with Kristen Dunst, … [Read more...]
Mars Ice Home made by NASA for the first human mission on Mars looks like an igloo
'Mars Ice Home', the habitat designed by NASA and the winners of a project contest for the first human mission on Mars in 2030, looks like an igloo and has the merit of being an excellent insulator against the cosmic radiation, but at the same time the iced used to raise the structure can be used as fuel for the ship which will take off toward the Earth at the end of the … [Read more...]
Sky Television will not broadcast the episode in which Michael Jackson was subject of a parody
The British Television Sky announced that it would not broadcast a pilot episode of a comedy series because of the criticisms received by them for parodying Michael Jackson, informs the DPA. After the broadcasting of the trailer of the pilot episode in which the British actor Joseph Fiennes plays the role of Michael Jackson, the daughter of the late musician has expressed on … [Read more...]