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Flea with the plea! The legendary bassist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers is less than impressed with the Lakers’ winless start and delivered a dire message for general manager Rob Pelinka on Thursday. “Either blow it all up and rebuild, or mortgage the future to fix the lack chemistry and skill on this basketball team,” Flea tweeted. Flea, whose real name is Michael Peter Balzary, petitioned not to let another season “meander its way down the drain” and waste the remaining years of star player LeBron James’ career. In recent days, James posted a cryptic message on social media that…

Fitness trackers can count steps, monitor daily activities, measure sleep, track calorie burn, and offer health tips through an app. This article lists 12 of the best fitness trackers available to buy online, discusses how useful they are for health, and answers some frequently asked questions.A quick look at 12 of the best fitness trackersThe best fitness tracker depends on a person’s health goals, budget, and the specific fitness activities or health metrics they wish to track.Different fitness trackers monitor a range of activities and metrics. These devices offer several benefits, including: tracking activity, including calories burnedmonitoring sleepmonitoring heart rateViewing…

CNN  —  The gunman who killed two people and wounded several others in a school shooting in St. Louis, Missouri, on Monday was flagged by an FBI background check but was still able to purchase the AR-15-style rifle he used in the attack from a private seller, police said. When 19-year-old Orlando Harris first tried to purchase a gun from a licensed dealer, the background check blocked the sale, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Sgt. Charles Wall said Thursday. But Harris could still legally buy the rifle from a private individual who had bought the firearm from a licensed dealer in…

YANGON: Myanmar’s junta has warned a regional bloc working to defuse its political crisis that setting a timeframe for a peace plan could lead to “negative implications”. Myanmar has been in chaos since a coup in February last year, with more than 2,300 killed in the military’s brutal crackdown on dissent, according to a local monitoring group. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has led so far fruitless efforts to solve the bloody impasse. The bloc’s foreign ministers met in Jakarta on Thursday (Oct 28) to discuss the crisis. The junta was not represented after it declined an invitation…

DIPLOMATIC BALANCE “What’s a life, in this kind of prison cell for almost 10 years?” asked Thai senator Zakee Phithakkumpol, one of the leaders of the Islamic Central Council, which represents the kingdom’s eight million Muslims. Support for the detainees has stepped up in recent months, with eight Thai human rights organisations urging authorities in July not to send them to China. The renewed attention comes as Thailand prepares to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit next month, with China and the US both increasingly vying for influence in Southeast Asia. Thailand’s junta cosied up to Beijing after seizing…

The one-off electric toy car comes as almost half of children revealed they want their families to make the switch to an electric vehicleVideo LoadingVideo UnavailableThe video will auto-play soon8CancelPlay nowThe iconic “Little Tikes” toy car has gone electric – as nearly half of children revealed they want their parents to make the switch to an electric vehicle, to help save the planet. The classic red-and-yellow Cozy Coupe has been a childhood staple for over 40 years, giving millions of children their first taste of “driving” a car. But now, the plastic vehicle has gone green – with an all-electric…

Four Australian capital cities are being warned to prepare for “unseasonably cold temperatures” as more storms are on the way for the eastern states.While calmer and drier conditions are expected for parts of the eastern states throughout the Saturday and Sunday, widespread rain and storms are coming next week.The Bureau of Meteorology said South Australia, western Victoria and New South Wales will see showers and storms increase on Sunday which will then spread across other parts of the country.Stream more Australian news with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Offer ends 31…

A well-known Haitian journalist survived an assassination attempt in which he was shot in his car while on his way to work in the capital Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, officials said. Roberson Alphonse, who works at the daily newspaper Le Nouvelliste and radio station Magik9, has undergone two operations so far and is hospitalised and expected to recover, according to Frantz Duval, chief editor for both media. The incident highlights the deteriorating security situation in a country racked by gang violence. Haiti’s Ministry of Culture and Communication said it learned “with horror the news of the assassination attempt” that occurred in…

Lismore MP Janelle Saffin says the buyback program from the government “gives people choice – and it gives them clarity, and it gives them that safety”.Thousands of homeowners in the most flood-prone areas of northern NSW will be eligible to raise, repair, retrofit, or even sell their homes to the government under a new major buyback program worth $800 million.“The next step will be how we live with our flood plains when we have some retreat from it, what do we do to make it still livable right across our community,” she told Sky News Australia. Ms Saffin said none…

A police officer in Southern California was killed in an accidental shooting on Thursday afternoon, according to authorities.Colton Police Department announced the death of Officer Lorenzo Morgan on Thursday evening. Additional details surrounding his death have not been released as of early Friday morning.The fallen officer began his law enforcement career at the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Academy, beginning in April 2019 and graduating in September 2019.Morgan completed his field training at the Colton Police Department in May, months before his death.TWO LOS ANGELES-AREA POLICE OFFICERS DIE AFTER SHOOTOUT WITH SUSPECT Colton police honored the fallen officer in a Facebook…