The Kardashians are a close family, sharing everything with their television audience – and each other. And last night’s grand finale of Keeping Up With The Kardashians was no different, with the birth of little Penelope Scotland witnessed by the entire clan. Sisters Kim and Khloe, brother Rob Kardashian, younger half siblings Kendall and Kylie Jenner, mother Kris and long-term boyfri…
Sep 17 2012 | Posted in
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cated.” Kris Jenner admits during interview with Bethenny Frankel she felt no hesitation putting “all” of her girls on the birth control pill as soon as they expressed an interest in sex Kris Jenner, 56, reveals the doctor who gave “all” her daughters birth control was the same doctor who delivered them as babies, and that her older girls were “different ages” when they went on the pill. Kris Jen…
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…Beyoncé has spent the bulk of the last few months in New York, which is understandable if she has been expecting her new arrival around the New Year. The appearance of the Beyoncé’s mother Tina, 57, sister Solange, 25, and nephew Julez in the city in recent days has added weight to the reports that the birth was imminent. Designer Tina and sister Solange were spotted leaving vintage store St…
…e following the death of his father, Kim Jong-Il, who had succeeded his own father, “Great Leader” Kim Il-Sung. According to South Korean media, citing intelligence reports, the couple were married in 2009 and already have one child. But that has never been confirmed. Ri Sol-Ju is said to have come from an “ordinary family” – although her father being an academic and her mother a doctor raises the…
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s analyzed data from 401,149 pregnancies between 1996 and 2008 – 1,677 women had diabetes. The risk of birth defects went from 19 in every 1,000 births for women without pre-existing diabetes to 72 in every 1,000 births for women with diabetes. The report suggests that sugar levels in the run-up to conception were the “most important” risk factor which could be controlled. The le…
…se patriotism classes, after weeks of protests The decision comes ahead of elections on Sunday, when voters will elect just over half the members of a legislative assembly that is expanding from 60 to 70 seats. The protests had given a boost to pro-democracy legislators hoping to win a landmark election on Sunday. The government’s surprise announcement has led some to speculate it is a move…
…re said to have been introduced by Xu Ming, a Chinese businessman who is said to be worth $700 million but is reportedly under investigation by the Beijing government over alleged corruption. Xu Ming, 41, has reportedly claimed to authorities that he paid Zhang Ziyi $950,000 to have sex with him for the first time in 2007 and that he later negotiated a deal for a similar liaison with Bo Xilai. Xu…
iers – after the SPLM-N attacked and destroyed a Sudanese military convoy in the area. Sudan’s army said the rebels had attacked the compound of a Chinese construction company and captured 70 civilians. “Most of them are Chinese. They are targeting civilians,” army spokesman Sawarmi Khalid Saad told Reuters news agency. He said the army had launched an operation to rescue t…
Snooki has given birth this morning to a baby boy at a New Jersey hospital. Jersey Shore star and her fiancé, Jionni LaValle have called their first child Lorenzo Dominic LaValle, and he weighs a healthy 6 lbs, 5oz. The reality TV star tweeted after the birth: “I am SO IN LOVE with my son Lorenzo Dominic ! I had my little man last night, healthy at 6lbs! HE’S MY WORLD!” Snooki later gushed:…
Aug 26 2012 | Posted in
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ing who would be the future king or queen would fall, in theory, to Alan Farthing – the royal gynaecologist still better known as the former fiancé of murdered BBC presenter Jill Dando. Alan Farthing, 47, now a distinguished figure in the world of obstetrics, has held the royal post since 2008, and experienced himself the joy of fatherhood for the first time early last year when his wife Janet, 33…
Dec 5 2012 | Posted in
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eatment compared to 5.8% of those conceived naturally. According to the study, in vitro fertilisation (IVF) posed the least risk to women opting for assisted conception, with defects occurring in only 7.2% of pregnancies. ICSI is primarily used for male fertility problems and this risk is decreased using frozen eggs, according to the study’s lead author, Associate Professor Michael Davies. “I don&…
Jessica Simpson is due to give birth any day now but she is still waiting to go into labor. While Jessica Simpson, 31, must be getting incredibly impatient, her fellow stars are also eager for the baby to be born. Katy Perry and Chelsea Handler each took to their Twitter pages to wonder why Jessica Simpson still hasn’t given birth. The pop star and comedienne even expressed concern as they…
Apr 28 2012 | Posted in
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Jessica Alba, television and film actress, gave birth to a girl on Saturday, August 13 and this message appeared on her Facebook page on Sunday. “Hi Everyone, Hope you’re enjoying the weekend. Cash and I are so excited to announce the birth of our daughter, Haven Garner Warren. She was born on Saturday, weighed 7 lbs [3.175 kg], and was 19 inches [48 cm] long. Healthy and happy! Big…
Beyoncé made her first public appearance after she gave birth to her baby daughter last month in a simply striking red dress to showcase her enviable figure without a hint of an unwanted lump or bump. Beyoncé, who gave birth to the couple’s first child Blue Ivy Carter last month on January 7, embraced her voluptuous silhouette and smiled proudly as she paraded her curves. She made her first…
Jessica Simpson looks like she’s ready to drop, but she says she still has a few weeks to go until she gives birth. Jessica Simpson, 31, also admitted she had the fright of her life recently during a bout of contractions which seemed like her first child was about to be welcomed into the world early. Speaking on an episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, which aired today, Jessica Simpson shar…
Mar 13 2012 | Posted in
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fine near-white body and ivory colored glaze”. The only known bowl of the same form, size and almost identical decoration has been in the collection of the British Museum in London for more than 60 years, after being left to the museum by the prominent British collector Henry J. Oppenheim in 1947. Sotheby’s said Song ceramics are increasingly being sought after by Chinese art collector…
Mar 20 2013 | Posted in
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anently manned space station. It is merely the prototype for the modules China expects to build and join in orbit. Mastering the rendezvous and docking procedures is central to this strategy. At about 60 tons in mass, this proposed station would be considerably smaller than the 400-tonne international platform operated by the US, Russia, Europe, Canada and Japan, but its mere presence in the sky w…
Chinese Olympic swimmer Ye Shiwen has denied taking performance-enhancing drugs, after smashing a world record at the London Olympics. Ye Shiwen, 16, won gold in the 400 m individual medley after breaking her personal best by at least five seconds. She swam the last 50 m quicker than the men’s champion, prompting leading US coach John Leonard to describe her performance as “disturbing…
Jul 31 2012 | Posted in
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…wolf. In the story the boy only lied once, and nobody believed him afterwards and he was eaten by a wolf. “The Chinese propaganda machine is luckier – they have been telling lies for over 60 years, and now, everything they say is doubted.” In fact, Chinese netizens are skeptical about many other aspects of the trial as well. Many think it was overtly political, with no judicial…
Aug 24 2012 | Posted in
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…for the mass tourism market. Thierry Gillier had urged the magazine to modify his quotation from “Chinese tourists” to “busloads of tourists”. The Zadig hotel is due to open in 2014 on Paris’s chic Left Bank. …
Chinese authorities have arrested activists and placed others under increased surveillance to stop them from marking the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. Searches on social media sites have also been restricted to try to prevent any reference to the 1989 events. The foreign ministry expressed “strong dissatisfaction” over a call from the US to free those still in prison…
A key US Senate committee has reported a vast numbers of counterfeit Chinese electronic parts are being used in the country’s military equipment. A year-long probe found 1,800 cases of fake parts in US military aircraft, the Senate Armed Services Committee found. More than 70% of an estimated one million suspect parts were traced back to China, the report said. The report blamed weaknesses in the…
A Chinese recruit has to stand and take a bottle smashed over her head if she wants to qualify as one of country’s first female bodyguards. The female bodyguards training session, which took place in Beijing, involved 20 women, most of whom are university graduates. The four-week programme is run by trainers from Tianjiao Special Guard Consultant Ltd and is the first open group training for…
…posts, amid an official investigation into corruption and allegations that his wife was involved in the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood. Neil Heywood was found dead in Chongqing in November 2011. China routinely blocks web content that it deems inappropriate, but reports on Boxun are often repeated on micro-blogging sites in China by people who use software to circumvent internet restri…
Bo Guagua, the son of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai, has defended his lifestyle in an open letter to his university. In the letter to the Harvard Crimson, Bo Guagua said he was “deeply concerned” about his family. Bo Guagua, 24, denied he was a bad student, citing his grades, and set out how his education had been funded. The whereabouts of his father are unknown and his mothe…
