Small earthquake shakes Southern California desert near site of Coachella music festival
Read full article: Small earthquake shakes Southern California desert near site of Coachella music festivalA small earthquake has shaken the Southern California desert near where the Coachella music festival is being held this weekend.
Doja Cat announces massive 2023 North American tour with Ice Spice, Doechii
Read full article: Doja Cat announces massive 2023 North American tour with Ice Spice, DoechiiThe rapper-singer Doja Cat — the Grammy Award winner, fashion muse, and creator of many viral TikTok hits — is set to embark on her 2023 North American tour this fall.
Becky G shares Coachella stage with other Latin artists, honoring her Mexican-American culture
Read full article: Becky G shares Coachella stage with other Latin artists, honoring her Mexican-American cultureBecky G took the stage at Coachella Friday and shared her appreciation for her Mexican-American culture by pulling out all the stops with multiple surprise guests. She said, "I am proud to be Mexican-American... and we share so much in our culture... I couldn’t come to Coachella and not share this stage.”
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China not convinced by Canada's Wu-Tang Clan explanation
Read full article: China not convinced by Canada's Wu-Tang Clan explanation(John Shearer/Invision via AP)BEIJING – A ruckus brought by China over Canadian T-shirts bearing an altered logo of the New York hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan continued Wednesday, with China’s Foreign Ministry saying it didn’t buy Canada’s explanation that the shirts were not an insult linked to the coronavirus. Canada's Foreign Ministry said this week that the shirts using the “W” logo of the Wu-Tang Clan but with the group’s name replaced with “Wuhan” was not intended as a slight. The Chinese-made T-shirts were reportedly ordered last summer by someone at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing and word of them began circulating recently on the internet in China. China says her case is politically motivated as part of a U.S. effort to stifle the nation’s global economic expansion. In apparent retaliation, China detained former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor, placed restrictions on various Canadian exports to China, and sentenced a convicted Canadian drug smuggler to death in a sudden retrial.
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Sophie, pioneering trans-artist, dies at age 34
Read full article: Sophie, pioneering trans-artist, dies at age 34In a statement, U.K. label Transgressive said the musician, whose full name was Sophie Xeon, died in the early hours of Saturday morning. “Tragically, our beautiful Sophie passed away this morning after a terrible accident," the statement said. “True to her spirituality she had climbed up to watch the full moon and accidentally slipped and fell." A police spokesperson in Athens confirmed that Sophie slipped and fell from the balcony of an apartment where she was staying and no foul play was suspected in her death. Tributes have poured in from across the LGBT community Sophie, who was transgender and widely considered one of the most pioneering artists in the music industry.
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