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‘Storage Wars’ Star Dave Hester Says Frenemy Darrell Sheets’ Was Family

‘Storage Wars’ Star Dave Hester Says Frenemy Darrell Sheets’ Was Family

Play video content Another star of "Storage Wars" has broken their silence about the sudden death of Darrell Sheets ... and this one is quite notable. Dave Hester posted a video tribute on Thrusday ...

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Brandi Glanville Backs Lisa Vanderpump Over Scheana Shay’s Memoir Diss

Brandi Glanville Backs Lisa Vanderpump Over Scheana Shay’s Memoir Diss

Brandi Glanville to Scheana Shay Don't Bite The Hand That Pays for Your Teeth!!! Published April 23, 2026 4:12 PM PDT Play video content Brandi Glanville is not on Scheana Shay's side -- shocker --

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Offset Talking About Being Shot, Compares Himself to ‘Energizer Bunny’

Offset Talking About Being Shot, Compares Himself to ‘Energizer Bunny’

Play video content Offset is shaking off a brush with death ... saying he's back on the grind after getting shot. The rapper sat down with Andy Bachman on the "Creators Inc. Podcast" and they

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Stagecoach Music Festival: Hottest Headliners, History Highlights & WTF Moments!

Stagecoach Music Festival: Hottest Headliners, History Highlights & WTF Moments!

Coachella may've wrapped, but Stagecoach 2026 commences this weekend ... The celebs will swap Hollywood for the desert heat and hit the music festival for a full-on hoedown! Pull up your bootstraps -- it’s time

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Sandra Lee’s Ex Ben Youcef Says ‘Beautiful Chapter’ Over After Engagement Ends

Sandra Lee’s Ex Ben Youcef Says ‘Beautiful Chapter’ Over After Engagement Ends

Sandra Lee's Ex Ben Youcef At Peace With Engagement Ending Published April 23, 2026 2:48 PM PDT Sandra Lee's ex-fiancé Ben Youcef is speaking out on their split ... and his message is all about

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Beyoncé Choreographer Walks Back Claim She Was Kicked Off Cruise Ship Stage

Beyoncé Choreographer Walks Back Claim She Was Kicked Off Cruise Ship Stage

Beyoncé's dance captain is apologizing for ripping Virgin Voyages for an alleged incident on the cruise line ... she's walking back her claims, and it sounds like she spouted off before getting her facts straight.

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Sherrone Moore’s Former Mistress Says He Had ‘Complete Control’ During Affair

Sherrone Moore’s Former Mistress Says He Had ‘Complete Control’ During Affair

Sherrone Moore Ex-Mistress He Manipulated Me for Years in Secret Affair!!! Published April 23, 2026 2:17 PM PDT Sherrone Moore's former assistant is breaking her silence after the coach's stunning downfall ... claiming he had

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Taylor Frankie Paul Ditches Social Media After Weeks of Whirlwind Drama

Taylor Frankie Paul Ditches Social Media After Weeks of Whirlwind Drama

It's been a wild couple of weeks for Taylor Frankie Paul ... and she's taking a step back for herself by ditching social media. Here's the deal ... TFP's Instagram and TikTok were deleted on

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Hormuz crisis throws spotlight on world’s largest ‘chokepoint’ — the Malacca Strait

Hormuz crisis throws spotlight on world’s largest ‘chokepoint’ — the Malacca Strait

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has forced policymakers in Asia to face questions over the security of other maritime chokepoints, including the Strait of Malacca, which is the world’s busiest waterway for international trade. The 900-km (550-mile) long Malacca Strait, bounded by Indonesia, Thailand, ‌Malaysia and Singapore, provides the shortest sea route from East Asia to the Middle East ​and Europe. It carries nearly 22% of the ‌world’s maritime trade, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies. This includes oil and ‌gas shipments from the Middle East to ‌the energy-hungry economies of China, Japan and South Korea. Malacca ‌is the largest “oil transit chokepoint” in the world and the only one that outpaces Hormuz, according to the US Energy Information Administration. In the first half of 2025, some 23.2mn barrels of oil per day were transported through the Malacca Strait, accounting for 29% of total maritime oil flows. The next largest chokepoint, Hormuz, saw about 20.9mn bpd pass through. More than 102,500 ships, mostly commercial vessels, transited through the Malacca Strait in 2025, up from around 94,300 in 2024, data from Malaysia’s Marine Department showed. These include most tankers, but some very large vessels avoid the strait because of draught restrictions and go south around Indonesia instead. This ​route allows the Strait of Malacca to be bypassed if it were closed, but it adds to journey time that would delay shipments and drive up prices. At its narrowest point in the ‌Phillips Channel of the Singapore Strait, the Malacca Strait is only ​1.7 miles (2.7km) wide, creating a natural bottleneck, as well as potential for collisions, grounding, or ​oil spills. Some parts of the strait are relatively shallow, with a depth of 25-27m (82-90 ft), restricting the largest vessels, but even very large crude carriers (VLCCs) measuring more than 350m long, 60m wide, and with a draft of more than 20m, make the transit. For years, the strait has been a hotbed of piracy and attacks on merchant vessels. Last year saw criminal attacks spike to at least 104, but these have fallen off in the first quarter of this year, according to the ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre, an organisation established by regional governments to combat piracy. The narrow and congested waterway has been strategically important to Beijing, with around 75% of China’s seaborne crude oil imports passing through it from the ‌Middle East and Africa, data from tanker ‌tracker Vortexa shows. The Iran crisis has crystallised long-standing worries about how chokepoints such as Malacca could be affected if a conflict breaks out in the South China Sea or the Taiwan Strait, where another 21% of global maritime trade transits, according to CSIS. Malaysian authorities say the Malacca Strait is also a growing spot for illegal ship-to-ship transfers, where oil is shifted between tankers at sea to obscure its origin. Indonesian Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa made waves on Wednesday by openly musing about ways countries could impose tolls on ships as a way to monetize the strait, before noting that such an arrangement is not possible. When asked about the ​risks of tolls or other restrictions on movement in the strait, Singapore Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan told CNBC that the nations along the strait share a strategic interest to keep it open, and have agreed not to collect tolls. He also said Singapore had assured the United States and China that the right of passage was guaranteed for all and it would not participate in any efforts to block the strait or impose tolls. Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan told a forum on Wednesday that no unilateral decisions can be made about the strait and that Malaysia is on the same page with Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand, and they conduct joint patrols to ‌ensure the waterway remains open.    

Sports
Rayyan beat Shabab to clinch Gulf Club Champions League

Rayyan beat Shabab to clinch Gulf Club Champions League

Al Rayyan players celebrate clinching the Gulf Club Champions League after a 3-0 win over Saudi Arabia’s Al Shabab in the final at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium Thursday. PICTURE:Noushad Thekkayil Al Rayyan produced a dominant second-half performance to defeat Saudi Arabia’s Al Shabab 3-0 and lift the Gulf Club Champions League trophy at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium. The final remained finely balanced for an hour before the match turned decisively in Al Rayyan’s favour after Al Shabab were reduced to ten men when Belgian winger Yannick Carrasco was sent off for a second booking in the 59th minute. David Garcia broke the deadlock two minutes later, while Aleksandar Mitrovic and Roger Guedes added further goals late on to seal an emphatic victory for The Lions and cap a memorable night in front of their supporters. Both teams created promising openings in a competitive first half marked by physical challenges, with Al Shabab coming closest to scoring just before the break when Hammam al-Hammami found himself one-on-one with Al Rayyan goalkeeper Mahmud Abunada, but failed to convert. Al Rayyan seized control shortly after the hour mark as Garcia rose high to meet a precise delivery from Thiago Silva on the right and powered home a well-placed header to give his side the lead. The advantage was doubled in the 79th minute when Mitrovic climbed above the defence to head in a quality corner from Rodrigo Moreno, leaving Al Shabab struggling to respond. Al Rayyan’s dominance was underlined just two minutes later as they struck again. Ahmed al-Minhali delivered a ball from the left inside the penalty area, and Mitrovic cleverly set it up for Guedes, who calmly finished to complete the scoring. The triumph marked Al Rayyan’s second trophy of the season following their QSL Cup success, and their second title since coach Vicente Moreno took charge last month.  Related Story