Kim Kardashian has lashed out at critics who questioned the dress she rocked  for a Vatican City visit, insisting she adhered to the dress code. The ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians star  received flak  over  wearing a sheer, cutout dress to the Vatican City. She was photographed with Kate Moss and her daughter Lila Grace while touring to the independent …

Eminem’s oldest daughter Hailie Jade turned up the heat as she posed in a very tight pink workout outfit to show off her killer curves. The 25-year-old model gave her fans a summer treat when she shared a snap of herself getting ready for a workout, looking stunning in pink gym gear. She took to Instagram on Thursday and shared …

NEW YORK: Donald Trump’s company and its long-time finance chief were charged on Thursday in what prosecutors called a sweeping and audacious tax fraud scheme in which the executive collected more than $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation, including apartment rent, car payments and school tuition. The former US president himself was not charged, but prosecutors noted that he signed some …

ANKARA: Turkey on Thursday formally exited a treaty combatting femicide and domestic abuse, in a controversial move by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemned by the West and rights groups. Erdogan sparked outrage in March by pulling out from the world’s first binding treaty to prevent and combat violence against women, known as the Istanbul Convention. The 2011 pact, signed by …

PARIS: A total of 130 countries have agreed a global tax reform ensuring that multinationals pay their fair share wherever they operate, the OECD said on Thursday, but some EU states refused to sign up. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said in a statement that global companies, including US behemoths Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple would be taxed …

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s 168 million people on Thursday began a strict coronavirus lockdown while Indonesia announced emergency curbs as infections surged across parts of the Asia-Pacific. A European Union-wide coronavirus travel certificate was also set to come into force on Thursday, but concerns persisted about a resurgence of the disease as the World Health Organisation said cases in the continent were …

American actress Scarlett Johansson was doubly responsible for making her upcoming female superhero movie a blockbuster success. The 36-year-old actress put in all the hard work she could to do justice to her character. However, it is she who brought around Cate Shortland to direct the project. It was because of Scarlett Johansson’s unshakeable confidence in Cate Shortland that convinced …

WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday added Pakistan and Turkey to its Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA) list, a designation that could lead to strict sanctions on military assistance and listed countries’ participation in peacekeeping programmes. The designation is included in the US State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, which ranks countries in various tiers in accordance with their …

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday that any Covid-19 vaccines it has authorised for emergency use should be recognised by countries as they open up their borders to inoculated travellers. The move could challenge Western countries to broaden their acceptance of two apparently less effective Chinese vaccines, which the UN health agency has licensed but most European and …

BERLIN: Austrian authorities have arrested three Afghans as suspects in the rape and killing of a 13-year-old girl, a crime that has prompted strong condemnation and tough talk from the country’s leader on crimes committed by migrants. The girl’s body was found next to a tree in Vienna’s Donaustadt district on Saturday. Two Afghan youths, aged 16 and 18, were …