The busted black Fender Stratocaster has been put back together, but is no longer playable, says Kody Frederick of Julien’s Auctions A guitar smashed on stage by Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain sold for nearly $600,000, several times its original estimate, an auction house said Saturday. The busted black Fender Stratocaster has been put back…
US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Friday said it has already undertaken extensive fraud investigations, denied and revoked petitions. The computerised drawing of lots devised to select successful H-1B applicants every year has resulted in abuse of the system and a sharp increase in fraudulent efforts, a federal agency said Friday. In an unusual statement, US…
The leaders of the G7 — Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States — are meeting at the site of the world’s first nuclear attack. US President Joe Biden will attend the G7 leaders’ summit in Hiroshima, Japan, from May 19-21, the White House announced Tuesday. On the agenda will be the…
‘Gost Rider’ actor Nicolas Cage has cited a real estate crash for his multi-million dollar debt. Landing at the centre of reports he had blown his $150 million fortune, owed the IRS $6.3 million in property taxes, and was taking every acting role he could in order to get out of debt, the 59-year-old has…
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Taipei, Taiwan – A United States government agency grounded its drone fleet over concerns China could use the unmanned aircraft for spying despite internal warnings that a ban would in fact increase security risks, documents obtained by Al Jazeera reveal. The US Department of Interior (DOI) also disregarded warnings the ban could…
Tesla cut prices on its entire US electric vehicle model lineup for the third time this year in an apparent effort to lure more buyers amid rising interest rates. The largest of the cuts that appeared Friday on Tesla’s website were $5,000 per vehicle for the company’s slower-selling more expensive models, the S large sedan…
The top defence and diplomatic officials from the United States and Philippines agreed on Tuesday to complete a road map in coming months to cover the delivery of US defence assistance to the Philippines over the next five to 10 years. US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said the long-time allies discussed delivery of “priority defence…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is about to take its most daring leap yet with a round-the-world test flight of its mammoth Starship. It’s the biggest and mightiest rocket ever built, with the lofty goals of ferrying people to the moon and Mars. Jutting almost 400 feet (120 meters) into the South Texas sky, Starship could blast…
