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Feb42021 by adminNo Comments

Floyd Mayweather and Jake Paul exchange insults after Mayweather reveals he wants exhibitions with Jake and 50 Cent following next bout against Logan Paul

Sports

Floyd Mayweather and Jake Paul have bizarrely exchanged words on social media. On Wednesday night, the retired 50-0 pound-for-pound great listed the YouTuber as an opponent he wants to face in an exhibition later this year. Chris Farina/Top Rank Floyd Mayweather retired with a perfect 50-0 record Floyd is already set to face Jake’s brother, Logan Paul, in an exhibition which is currently postponed. After this, he wants to fight Jake and rapper 50 Cent. Mayweather said: “This year I will focus on several exhibitions. “I will have an exhibition in Tokyo, Japan again. Of course the one with Logan Paul and I. “And if Jake Paul can get past his next opponent Ben Askren, I will have an exhibition with him as well. Ed Mulholland/Matchroom ...

Dec112019 by adminNo Comments

YouTube bans ‘malicious insults and veiled threats’

Technology

YouTube will no longer allow videos that "maliciously insult someone" based on "protected attributes" such as race, gender identity or sexuality.The video-sharing platform will also ban "implied threats of violence" as part of its new harassment policy.A row erupted in June after a prominent video-maker said he had been the target of abuse by another YouTube star.At the time, YouTube said its rules had not been broken. But it has now deleted many of the videos in question."Even if a single video doesn't cross the line, with our new harassment policy we can take a pattern of behaviour into account for enforcement," Neal Mohan, chief product officer at YouTube, told the BBC.As a result of the policy change, the Google-owned business also considered taking d...

Aug272019 by adminNo Comments

Amazon fires: Brazil will only accept help if Macron withdraws ‘insults’

World

Brazil's president says he will only accept an offer of international aid to fight the devastating Amazon fires if French leader Emmanuel Macron withdraws his "insults".Jair Bolsonaro said Mr Macron had called him a liar and he accused the French president of questioning Brazil's sovereignty. It comes after Brazil's government said it would reject $ 20m (£16m) in aid from G7 countries to battle wildfires in the Amazon. Image: Emmanuel Macron (L) and Jair Bolsonaro (R) have been embroiled in a public war of words Mr Bolsonaro told reporters: "First of all, Macron has to withdraw his insults. He called me a liar."Before we talk or accept anything from France... he must withdraw these words then we can talk. ...

Sep222017 by adminNo Comments

North Korea's Kim responds to Trump's U.N. speech with insults, threats

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Sept. 21 (UPI) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un responded to President Donald Trump's United Nations speech in a lengthy statement Thursday that included several insults.Kim mostly responded to Trump's threats to "totally destroy" North Korea if the reclusive nation attacks a U.S. ally. Trump also dubbed Kim, "Rocket Man," a reference to the North Korean leader's proclivity for launching test missiles."I'd like to remind Trump to exercise prudence in selecting words and be considerate of whom he speaks to when making a speech in front of the world," Kim said. "The mentally deranged behavior of the U.S. president openly expressing on the U.N. arena the unethical will to 'totally destroy' a sovereign state, beyond the boundary of threats of regime change or overturn of social system, makes...