Author: Kerkula Blama

The attorney for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has filed a motion seeking a lesser sentence in the murder of George Floyd ahead of his June 25th sentencing hearing. His attorney Eric Nelson, asked a Minnesota judge this week to give him a lighter prison sentence, either with a probation term or a much lighter sentence than state guidelines currently suggest, citing that he is a “victim of a broken system.” Chauvin, 45, was convicted in April on counts of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd\’s May 2020 death. Judge Peter Cahill scheduled Chauvin\’s sentencing hearing for…

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, who recently united years after they separated, couldn\’t keep their hands off each other during dinner date. The couple was photographed together outside the Pendry in West Hollywood after they arrived in Affleck\’s car. A sourced told Page Six that they continued to cuddle inside the hotel during dinner. \”They were very affectionate, very cuddly,\” the insider said. \”He had his arm around her the whole time.\” The source said they stayed for a couple of hours and were joined by Lopez’s longtime manager, Benny Medina, and her producing partner, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas. Affleck, 48, and…

The African Union has suspended Mali from its membership in response to last week\’s military coup and threatened sanctions if a civilian-led government is not restored, the union has announced. The military led by Assimi Goita (pictured above) arrested interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane last week and pressured them to resign, halting a transition to democratic elections after ousting the previous administration through a coup last August . Former vice president Assimi Goita, a colonel who led the August coup and last week\’s revolt, was declared president on Friday, last week. The African Union has now called…

Jewish Agency chairman, Isaac Herzog has been elected as the11th president of the State of Israel after receiving 87 votes from parliamentary members in a secret ballot vote in the Knesset plenum. 60-year-old Herzog\’s opponent, Israel Prize-winning educator Miriam Peretz received 27 votes and three Members abstained. Had she been elected, Peretz would have become Israel’s first woman president. It was the largest victory in any presidential election in Israel’s history. Herzog will take over from President Reuven Rivlin when his term ends on July 9. Wednesday’s presidential vote came as Israeli politicians from across the spectrum were holding 11th-hour negotiations to cobble together a new administration…

Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Juventus are reportedly set to be banned from the Champions League this week. The three European giants are facing disciplinary proceedings from FIFA over their plans to form the European Super League. They have insisted that they are within their rights to form a new competition and claim that UEFA and FIFA have no right to get in their way. Of the dozen clubs to form the new breakaway league outside UEFA\’s control, only Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus are still on board. The other nine, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Atletico Madrid, Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester United,…

Chelsea and Leicester have both been fined £22,500 by the Football Association following an on-field clash between the teams towards the end of a Premier League fixture at Stamford Bridge on May 18. Players and staff from both teams squared up to each other after Ricardo Pereira\’s challenge on Ben Chilwell. Antonio Rudiger sparked the ugly scene when he first squared up to Pereira before the clash turned into a bigger altercation between the other players and substitutes. Daniel Armartey, who was an unused sub for the Foxes, was booked for his involvement in the scrap while Pereira was shown…

Six white people including two boys aged 13 and 14 have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 14-year-old black boy was stabbed to death in the street of Birmingham, UK during a \’gang fight\’. Witnesses claimed a \’gang of white lads\’ killed the 14-year-old boy like a \’pack of feral animals\’. Witnesses say the boy who died was black. But police today ruled out a racially motivated attack . The 13-year-old was detained in the Walsall area of Birmingham on Tuesday, June 1, while the 14-year-old was arrested along with a 38-year-old man in a vehicle in Cheshire. …

Lionel Messi has reportedly agreed to a fresh two-year contract to stay at Barcelona. The 33-year-old\’s future at the Catalan giants had been in doubt, with his current deal expiring at the end of this month. But according to Spanish outlet Cadena Cope, the Argentine playmaker has accepted the club\’s financial package as well as the payment structure that they have proposed as part of the deal. The outlet adds that finer details still need to be ironed out, but the expectation remains that Messi will extend his 17-year career as part of the Barcelona first team, in which he…

A Tanzanian Member of Parliament (MP), was thrown out of the parliament by the Speaker of the House for wearing trousers. Condester Sichwale, arrived at the parliament on Tuesday, June 1, wearing a yellow peplum blouse and black trousers. A male colleague, Hussein Amar, complained about how she was dressed, Global Publishers reports. \”Parliament is a mirror of society and Tanzania, and some of our sisters are wearing strange clothes and are legislators. What are they showing to the society?\” Amar complained in a video shared by Tanzanian journalist, Jay Maudaku. The Speaker asked who he was referring to and Amar pointed…

Singer, Rihanna took to Instagram to share these new photos of herself posing in a strapless bra and panties from her lingerie line, Savage X Fenty. See full photos below.