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Shakira ordered to appear in Spanish court over £12m tax evasion charges BARCELONA - Colombian pop star Shakira has been ordered to appear in a Spanish court for allegedly evading tax in the country, despite her official residence being in Panama. Prosecutors charged the singer in December with evading €14.5m (£12.5m) of tax between 2012 and 2014, as well as alleging that she hid her income through 14 companies based in tax havens. She has now been summoned to a Barcelona court on 12 June to give evidence, according to newly published court papers. The singer denies all the accusations and her Spanish representatives say she has settled all her debts with tax authorities. They previously claimed she did not live in Spain until 2015.
Shakira, 42, is known for hits such as Whenever, Wherever and Hips Don’t Lie - as well as various charity endeavours, including being recognised by the United Nations. She has appeared at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The Colombian, whose full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, lives in Barcelona with her husband Gerard Pique, who plays football for Barcelona and Spain, and their children. Her husband’s teammate Lionel Messi was found guilty of tax fraud in 2016 and was fined €250,000 (£215,500) on top of the unpaid tax, plus interest. Last month, another Spain-based football star, Cristiano Ronaldo, accepted a £17m fine and a suspended two-year jail sentence following allegations of tax evasion. (net)
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Friday, March 1, 2019
Thousands stranded in Thailand after Pakistan closes airspace
Thousands of travellers were stranded in Bangkok on Thursday when Thai Airways cancelled all flights over Pakistan after Islamabad closed its airspace in response to soaring tensions with India.
Ariana Grande
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Ariana Grande to return to Manchester for Pride performance
Nearly thirty flights -- the majority to and from European routes -- were initially affected, the airline said, with three aircraft forced to return to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport and others cancelled or set to be re-routed.
The travel disruption spun out across the region, with Singapore Airlines’ usually direct flights to Europe forced to re-fuel on Wednesday, while a flight to Frankfurt was cancelled. The disruption follows a snow-
balling crisis between nucleararmed neighbours Pakistan and India, which has raised fears of an all-out war. Pakistan claimed it shot down two Indian Air Force planes in its airspace, although it later clarified only one Indian pilot had been captured. India said its forces had also shot down a Pakistani fighter jet as Pakistan suddenly closed its airspace.
Thai Airways said nearly 5,000 passengers had been caught up in the drama, as it struggled to find new routes to Europe with Iran “rejecting” a request to travel over its airspace, according to a spokesperson for the carrier. But a few hours later China gave “permission to Thai Airways ... to bypass Pakistani airspace,” according to Pratana Patanasiri, Thai Airways Vice President, al-
lowing Thursday night’s flights to Europe to resume. But frustration mounted Thursday at Bangkok’s main airport at the sudden delays. “We have waited here for 11 or 12 hours already,” Gerda Heinzel 55, a German tourist flying back to Munich after a holiday in Phuket. “We have not been given anything to eat, anywhere to stay. There are no German-speaking staff to help us.” (afp)
MANCHESTER - Ariana Grande will return to Manchester to headline the city’s Pride event in August, two years after a terror attack at her concert.
Shakira will appear in a Barcelona court in June.
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The singer will perform at a new 9,000-capacity outdoor venue at an old railway depot as part of the LGBT+ event, in her first show in the city since her One Love Manchester concert. The charity event, featuring stars including Liam Gallagher and Justin Bieber, was organised less than two weeks after a suicide bomb at her Manchester Arena show killed 22 people in 2017. Grande recently told fans she would be playing a “special show” in Manchester as part of her Sweetener World Tour, but did not announce details.
She revealed last year she had suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder since the attack and did not think she would ever be able to talk about it without crying. She admitted she found her PTSD “hard to talk about” as “so many people have suffered such severe, tremendous loss”. The 25-year-old US star was given honorary citizenship of Manchester by the city’s council after the bombing. The Pride concert at Mayfield Depot will see her return to Manchester alongside Years
and Years and 80s girl group Bananarama. Organiser Mark Fletcher said: “At Manchester Pride Live we’re truly honoured to be welcoming Ariana back to the city to help us celebrate LGBT+ life.” Grande’s Sweetener tour starts in the US next month and will reach the UK in August, with shows in London, Birmingham, Glasgow and Sheffield. The star urged fans on Sunday to bring clear bags to the shows for security reasons, saying she wanted everything to “go as smoothly and safely as possible”. (net)
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Stranded passengers wait at the check-in area at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok on February 28, 2019. Thai airways cancelled 11 European-bound flights after Pakistan closed its airspace as tensions with India mount, the carrier said February 28, a move affecting thousands of passengers at the height of the country’s busy tourist season.