UNITED NATIONS:
US Ambassador Nikki Haley says the Trump administration expects to see two Reuters journalists accused by Myanmar’s government of illegally possessing official documents acquitted of all charges next week.
A Myanmar judge postponed the verdict in the case of Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone on Monday, saying it will be announced on September 3.
The two reporters have pleaded not guilty to violating Myanmar’s colonial-era Official Secrets Act.
They contend they were framed by police while reporting on Myanmar’s brutal crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.
Haley told the Security Council yesterday that “a free and responsible press is critical for any democracy”.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed, without mentioning names, that “we must also continue to press for the release of journalists who have been reporting on this human tragedy”. (AGENCIES)
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Being pitted against Britney Spears was hurtful, says Christina Aguilera
NEW YORK, Aug 29:
Christina Aguilera says she was “hurt” when she was pitted against her contemporary Britney Spears in the beginning of their careers in the 1990s.
The 37-year-old singer said it was difficult to see herself being portrayed as the “bad girl”.
“It’s hard to hear yourself being called names. I remember being hurt by these commercials on MTV, pitting Britney as the good girl and me as the bad girl. It’s like, if I’m going to be demure and innocent, that’s OK. But if I’m going to just be myself, I’m trouble,” Aguilera told Cosmopolitan magazine.
The “Infatuation” singer also recalled her feud with Pink in the 2000s, leading to the duo trying to throw punches at each other in a nightclub.
“We were super young and super new at the whole thing, and I think I’m an alpha, and she’s an alpha. I’m used to taking my altercations physical and she’s used to having them verbal. We’re just very different, we’re very different. And we were very young and new. You have to learn – women have to learn how to support each other. It’s not taught to each other in the playground,” she said.
Asked if she had ever tried to turn their arguments physical, Aguilera added, “Actually, she swung at me in a club. Hilarious! I was like, ‘What’s happening right now? What’s happening?'” (PTI)
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