Russian airliner crashes in Sinai, Egypt

Russian plane crash: Airbus A321 goes down in Egypt with more than 200 people on board

A Russian passenger plane with more than 200 people on board has crashed in Sinai, Egypt.

Airline Kogalymavia The Airbus A-321, took off from Sharm el-Sheikh and was due to land in St Petersburg, Russia.

The Egyptian Prime Minister has confirmed the crash and formed a cabinet level crisis

committee to deal with the crash.

The aviation ministry said the plane went down in a "desolate mountainous area of central Sinai soon 

after daybreak", according to Reuters.

Russian state news agency RIA Novosti is reporting the crew of the crashed plane had reported

engine problems during the week, according to a source at Sharm el-Sheikh airport.

Technical failure:

Al-Ahram, the Egyptian state-owned news provider, has a report on its website about the crash 

which quotes a pilot saying it was due to a "technical failure".

The report says Ayman Al-Mokadem is heading a committee to monitor the crash's aftermath and quotes him 

saying the aircraft's pilot "sensed a technical failure and reported to the aviation authorities that he wanted to land at the nearest airport"l

The pilot appeared to crash while trying to land in Al-Arish's airport in North 

Sinai, Mr Mokadem said,  according to the report. 

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Maldives Vice-President Adeeb arrested over 'bomb plot'

Maldives Vice-President Adeeb arrested over 'bomb plot'

Maldives vice president arrested over president's boat blast.

MALE - The vice president of the Maldives will be charged with

 high treason after being arrested Saturday in connection with an explosion aboard 

the president's boat last month that authorities 

have called an assassination attempt, officials said.

  President Abdulla Yameen narrowly escaped injury when a blast struck the boat he was using to return home from the airport late last month.

  Vice President Ahmed Adeeb was arrested at the airport when he returned home from 

an official visit to China via Singapore "on suspicion of involvement in the boat blast, 

Adeeb had been taken to a detention center 'police said.

Home Minister Umar Naseer said that Adeeb would be charged with "high treason," 

an offense not specified in the penal code, but a term used in the Maldives 

for terrorism or offenses against the state by government officials, lawmakers, judges and others.

He said evidence against Adeeb was "very strong 

and God willing we'll get to the bottom of it. The investigation is still very raw."

Adeeb's lawyer, Hussain Shameem, denied the allegations against the vice president.

And also for more, with three soldiers, including a former member of Adeeb's security detail and a member of  the army's bomb squad, were also arrested Saturday in connection with the blast, 

Deputy Police Commissioner Abdullah Nawaz said.

     

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Kardashian call off divorce from Lamar Odom.

Kardashian and Lamar Odom giving their marriage a second shot.

Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom are giving their marriage a 

second shot. Kardashian’s lawyer Laura Wasser went before

 a judge to withdraw their divorce filing. 

As previously reported that Kardashian and Odom are still legally

 married despite both signing divorce documents this past July, as a judge had

 yet to sign off on the papers. The KUWTK star first filed for

 divorce in December 2013. Now Media reports 

that "the judge granted the request"

An insider confirms the news to Media "This is a very 

delicate and difficult time for both Lamar and Khloe, and the most sensible

 thing to do at such a time is not make any big moves and put everything

on hold. So that’s what she is doing.”

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HK's white collar workers have a dim view of 2016

HK's white collar workers have a dim view of 2016

Political tension with Beijing, high property prices, and an economic slowdown in mainland China have dimmed Hong Kong's growth outlook for 2016 according to the city's white collar workers, a new study has found.

Professional accounting body CPA Australia, which polled Hong Kong-based professionals working in public and private companies, government and other not-for-profit organizations, found 53 percent of respondents described themselves as pessimistic about the region's prospects – a 13 percent increase in gloomy respondents compared to the year before.

Just 9 percent said they saw the economic outlook as "positive," while 34 percent said it was satisfactory.

Almost a third believed Hong Kong's gross domestic product (GDP), the widest measure of economic growth, would expand by between 1-1.9 percent next year; this was a 7 percent decline in the number that expected similarly positive growth in the CPA's 2014 poll. 

According to the new poll, 25 percent said GDP growth would decline in 2016, a 13 percent rise in the number of pessimistic votes on the year preceding.

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State Cybersecurity suffered under Hillary clinton

State Cybersecurity suffered under Hillary clinton

The State Department was among the worst agencies in the federal government at protecting its computer networks while Hillary Rodham Clinton was secretary from 2009 to 2013, a situation that continued to deteriorate as John Kerry took office and Russian hackers breached the department's email system, according to independent audits and interviews.

The State Department's compliance with federal cybersecurity standards was below average when Clinton took over but grew worse in each year of her tenure, according to an annual report card compiled by the White House based on audits by agency watchdogs. Network security continued to slip after Kerry replaced Clinton in February 2013, and remains substandard, according to the State Department inspector general.

In each year from 2011 to 2014, the State Department's poor cybersecurity was identified by the inspector general as a "significant deficiency" that put the department's information at risk. The latest assessment is due to be published in a few weeks.

Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, has been criticized for her use of a private email server for official business while she was secretary of state. The FBI is investigating whether her home server was breached by hackers.

State Department officials don't dispute the compliance shortcomings identified in years of internal audits, but argue that the audits paint a distorted picture of their cybersecurity, which they depict as solid and improving. They strongly disagree with the White House ranking that puts them behind most other government agencies. Senior department officials in charge of cybersecurity would speak only on condition of anonymity.

"We have a strong cybersecurity program, successfully defeating almost 100 percent of the 4 billion attempted intrusions we experience each year," spokesman Mark Toner said.

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Bollywood and shave seena and Naseer-uddin-shah

"My name is Naseer uddin Shah and I believe that's why I was targeted.

If it had been something else, perhaps what I said wouldn't have made so much news...," Naseer uddin Shah told India Today TV.

in MUMBAI Naseeruddin Shah, who was trolled on Twitter for his comments
during the book launch of former Pakistani foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri,
today said he does not need to justify his patriotism to anyone.

The 66-year-old Bollywood actor said he was left "dejected" with the way the incident

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Playboy magazine to end publishing fully nude female photos.

Playboy will no longer publish photos of nude women as part of a redesign,
The magazine will still feature women in provocative poses,
 but they will no longer be fully nude,

Founder and editor-in-chief Hugh Hefner, 89, who in his trademark silk pajamas has

embodied the Playboy lifestyle, agreed last month with a suggestion by
top editor Cory Jones to stop publishing images of naked women, the Times said.
Playboy said in a statement.
The change, to take place in March, represents a major shift for the magazine,
 which broke new ground when Hugh Hefner created it and featured
Marilyn Monroe on its debut cover in 1953. It marks the latest step away from depictions
of full nudity, which were banned from the magazine's website in August 2014.

The magazine claims it website audience soared with that move,
averaging a 400 percent increase in monthly unique visitors.

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For 31 days, Yahoo Style staffers have been running
around the world in our high heels from fashion show to fashion show,
taking in every runway we possibly could in order to report back
on the upcoming trends. Now that it’s officially wrapped
and we’ve had some time to digest every ruffle, crop top,
slip dress, and booty short that strutted down the catwalks in
New York, London, Milan and Paris, we’ve each picked out our
favorite pieces. For the next few months, we’ll be saving every penny
we earn in order to add these statement items into our already
overflowing closets. Without further ado,
the Yahoo Style team reveals their preferred pieces from Spring-Summer 2016.

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Watch Exclusive Pictures from Lux Style Award--2015

LUX STYLE AWARDS 2015

14th LUX Style Awards gives the fans a chance to show support for
their favorite celebrities and make them win by voting  on:
Viewer’s Choice Awards 2015! Fans can vote for their favorite stars for

Album of the Year

Andholan by Mekaal Hasan
Dareeche by Zoe Viccaji
Tamaam Alam Mast by Abbas Ali Khan
Song of the Year

Badnaam by Sibti & Spoonful
Billi by Saima Iqbal in Na Maloom Afraad
Nadiya Par Par Karke by Jimmy Khan
Roiyaan by Farhaan Saeed
Sub Akho Ali Ali by Asrar

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