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Mel B Meets with Lawyer Amidst Abuse Allegations
This is one time where most Americans don’t want to be No. 1. The Economist Intelligence Unit, the research and analysis division of The Economist Group this week ranked the world’s priciest cities. Of the 10 most expensive cities, five are in Asia. Singapore came out at No. 1, followed by Hong Kong. The third-most expensive city is Zurich, Switzerland, the city with the highest cost of living in Europe. Tokyo and Osaka, both in Japan, are fourth and fifth, followed by Seoul, South Korea. Geneva, Switzerland, and Paris tied for seventh, and New York and Copenhagen tied at No. 9. The study rated the cities according to how expensive it is to buy basic items there at supermarkets, mid-priced stores
Medical experts attending to the eight-year old girl found in the forests of Uttar Pradesh in northern India do not believe that she was raised by monkeys, as media reports have suggested. They think she could have been abandoned in the forest not many days before her rescue because of some "mental illness". The girl will be taken to the state capital on Saturday (8 April) for psychiatric evaluation and treatment in accordance with a court order.
Both Elon Musk of Tesla and SpaceX and Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com are in a race to get humans into space, perhaps as far away as Mars.
On Friday, a Rockets dancer got a special proposal surprise during Houston’s game against the Pistons. It was set up to be a routine entertainment break with Clutch, the Rockets mascot, would dunk over Casey the dancer.
The pair have been friends since their sophomore year.
While we await this year's delayed premiere of Game of Thrones Season 7, HBO has been sending out little nuggets to hold us over. The latest is a general promo about the iconic "Ahhh" that opens every HBO show, which gives us a look at a large chunk of the ensemble cast. The ad , which came out on Friday, shows main players like Cersei, Jaime, and Tyrion Lannister; Jon Snow; Daenerys Targaryen; Sansa and Arya Stark in what looks like their Season 7 costumes. Cersei looks poised in her newfound crown, while Tyrion proudly wears the "Hand of the Queen" pin that Daenerys presented him with in the season finale. Speaking of, the Mother of Dragons looks positively regal in a fur-trimmed outfit, which could be a sly nod to her relation to Jon Snow--or simply due to the fact that she's moving to a colder climate. Jon himself is sporting a spiffy new fur, as is his half-sister Sansa. Arya looks ready to fight in a lace-up leather look, with her trusty Needle by her side. VIDEO: Ed Sheeran Is Going to Be on Game of Thrones Season 7 Hodor even makes an appearance in the promo, fueling rumors that he could appear in Season 7 as something not quite human. To further pique our interest, actress Nathalie Emmanuel, who plays Missandei in the series, appeared on Thursday night's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! but failed to reveal any hints about the upcoming season ("I'm a fortress. You're not going to get anything!"). She did, however, dish on her on-screen language, Valyrian. "There's high Valyrian, low Valyrian, and the words, like, mean stuff. So when they send me my lines, he's like created the word for 'dragon' or created the word for 'queen.' It has meaning," she told Kimmel. Keep scrolling for what we're hoping is a sneak peek at GoT 's Season 7 costumes.
