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Manchester United strikes deal with Alibaba to boost football club’s engagement with its Chinese fan base Premier League football club Manchester United announced on Friday a new partnership with e-commerce giant Alibaba as it aims to raise its profile and merchandise sales in the world’s second-largest economy. The deal will see Manchester United content, including selected first-team matches, highlights and localized original productions, available to consumers across Alibaba’s platforms (such as video-streaming platform Youku.com). The content will be available to Alibaba’s “around 700 million consumers,” United said. Alibaba’s ecosystem will be the official home for @ManUtd's video content in China. Fans will be able to enjoy first...

‘Sources say’ stories are all fake news? Trump takes aim at media’s penchant for anonymous tip-offs US President Donald Trump has fired off another volley of Twitter wisdom in his endless war against ‘fake news,’ advising people to ignore stories based on information from unnamed sources. “Do not believe any article or story you read or see that uses ‘anonymous sources’ having to do with trade or any other subject,” Trump tweeted on Friday. “Only accept information if it has an actual living name on it. The Fake News Media makes up many ‘sources say’ stories. Do not believe them!” Do not believe any article or story you read or see that uses “anonymous sources” having to do with trade or any other subject. Only accept information if it ...

Scores feared trapped after 6-story building collapses in Kenya (PHOTOS, VIDEOS) At least two people have died after a six-storey residential building collapsed in Kenya’s capital Nairobi. Rescue efforts are still ongoing, with 11 people, including children, pulled from the rubble so far. Residents from the surrounding Tassia estate rushed to the scene and began pulling people from the rubble immediately, rescuing ten people before authorities had even arrived. The brave volunteers used their bare hands to dig through the shattered remains of the building.  Eyewitness video from the scene shows frantic efforts to remove rubble and save the lives of those trapped beneath it. [VIDEO]: Rescue operation underway in Tassia, Embakasi followin...

At least one dead after massive gas EXPLOSION rips through apartment building in Slovakia (PHOTOS) A massive gas explosion has ripped through an apartment building in Presov, eastern Slovakia with at least one person confirmed dead after falling from a balcony, according to police. The initial explosion occurred between the ninth and twelfth floor of the building and several residents are reportedly trapped on balconies. The police said that one of the residents appears to have jumped to their death having been trapped by the blaze. https://www.facebook.com/prezidiumhazz/photos/pcb.2102682713180268/2102682439846962/?type=3&theater “I thought it was an earthquake,” one nearby resident said.  There are major concerns that the st...

Philippines’ north hit by flooding, 66,000 forced from homes The Philippines’ north has been hit by some of its worst flooding in decades, with torrents of muddy runoff forcing 66,000 from their homes, officials said on Friday. Luzon island, the nation’s largest, has been hit by a string of storms that have battered its northern tip while monsoon rains were intensified by the passage of Typhoon Kammuri this week, AFP reports. Large swaths of lush green land were inundated after rivers burst their banks. Landslides have cut off roads to some isolated towns and some bridges are covered by the flooding. The flood waters have forced about 66,000 people to flee their homes, some of whom had to be rescued by emergency crews in boats, local disaster authorities said. Phi...