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Rupert Murdoch Uses Own Newspaper To Announce Engagement To Jerry Hall

Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall at the Golden Globe Awards 2016 in Beverly Hills
Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall at the Golden Globe Awards 2016 in Beverly Hills

No need for Twitter if you are a media baron. Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch placed an announcement in the Births, Marriages and Deaths page of The Times, the storied London-based newspaper he owns, to share the news of his engagement to American actress and former supermodel Jerry Hall.

Murdoch, 84, is the executive chairman of News Corporation, which owns The Times. He has six children from his three previous marriages. Hall, 59, was previously in a long-term relationship with the Rolling Stones' lead singer Mick Jagger, with whom she has four children.

No date has been set for the Murdoch-Hall wedding, but this latest power couple certainly won't go unnoticed.

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In Nicaragua, A Tour Of Nightlife Under Dictatorship

Nicaraguan publication Divergentes takes a night tour of entertainment spots popular with locals in Managua, the country's capital, to see how dictatorship and emigration have affected nightlife.

In Nicaragua, A Tour Of Nightlife Under Dictatorship

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MANAGUA — Owners of bars, restaurants and nightclubs in the Nicaraguan capital have noticed a drop in business, although some traditional “nichos” — smaller and more hidden spots — and new trendy spots are full. Here, it's still possible to dance and listen to music, as long as it is not political.

There are hardly any official statistics to confirm whether the level of consumption and nightlife has decreased. The only reliable way to check is to go and look for ourselves, and ask business owners what they are seeing.

This article is not intended as a criticism of those who set aside the hustle and bustle and unwind in a bar or restaurant. It is rather a look at what nightlife is like under a dictatorship.

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