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Penn Badgley’s character of Dan Humphrey was never supposed to be Gossip Girl


July 6, 2021

With Gossip Girl reboot kicking off, the show has been making headlines over previously undisclosed secrets about the original drama. Showrunner and creator of the series, Joshua Safran spoke to the Daily Beast and revealed that Penn Badgley’s character of Dan Humphrey was never supposed to be Gossip Girl according to his original storyline, which got changed after he left the show …

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Katie Price feared she would die after surgery


July 6, 2021

Katie Price opened up on a formidable moments of her life, saying she thought  she would die on the operating table after her latest round of cosmetic surgeries in Turkey. The former glamour model had lifts on her lips and eyes, as well as full-body liposuction last month. But the Brighton-born star said her latest surgeries left her looking “like …

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Opec+ abandons policy meeting after Saudi-UAE clash


July 6, 2021

LONDON: After failing last week to agree on crude oil output levels, the 23 members of the Opec+ group of producers called off a meeting planned on Monday to overcome the impasse, a source close to the alliance said. No new date was given for them to reconvene. Since May, the group has raised oil output little by little, after …

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Pope in ‘good’ condition after surgery


July 6, 2021

ROME: Pope Francis was doing well on Monday after surgery for an inflamed large colon, but the 84-year-old was expected to spend around seven days recovering in hospital, the Vatican said. The pontiff was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Sunday for a scheduled operation under general anaesthetic for symptomatic diverticular stenosis of the colon. Pope Francis “is in good …

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Azerbaijan probes impact of offshore mud volcano eruption


July 6, 2021

BAKU: Emergency services in Azerbaijan on Monday were gauging the environmental fallout of a mud volcano eruption in the Caspian Sea, the latest occurrence of the natural phenomenon in the oil-rich nation. The eruption occurred on Sunday evening near the island of Dashlyg in the vicinity of offshore oil and gas fields, with plumes of fire reaching 100 metres (330 …

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RSF report a charge-sheet against govt: PML-N


July 6, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) information secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb has claimed that the latest report of the Reporters Without Borders is a charge-sheet against the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government. In a statement on Monday, she said Imran Khan’s alleged “authoritarian attitude” and character was defiling Pakistan’s image abroad. Ms Aurangzeb said the global community had unequivocally condemned the government’s suppression of the …

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Pakistanis in US take initiative to bolster ties amid Afghan turmoil


July 6, 2021

WASHINGTON: Pakistanis in the United States have stepped up efforts to maintain a close relationship between their adopted homeland and the country of their origin amid apprehensions that the US exit from Afghanistan can also jeopardise bilateral ties. Recently, a Washington public relations firm Fenton/Arlook registered for a Pakistani American group under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) to “inform …

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Israel sees drop in Pfizer vaccine protection against infections


July 6, 2021

Israel reported on Monday a decrease in the effectiveness of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in preventing infections and symptomatic illness but said it remained highly effective in preventing serious illness. The decline coincided with the spread of the Delta variant and the end of social distancing restrictions in Israel. Vaccine effectiveness in preventing both infection and symptomatic disease fell to …

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Search back on after rest of Florida condo demolished


July 6, 2021

SURFSIDE: Rescuers searched for victims of a collapsed South Florida condo building through fresh rubble on Monday after crews set off a string of explosives that brought down the last of the structure and allowed search efforts to resume. Three more victims were discovered in the newly accessible pile, Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief Raide Jadallah told family members, raising the …

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Hackers ask US firm to pay $70m after attack


July 6, 2021

PARIS: Hackers were on Monday demanding $70 million in bitcoin in exchange for data stolen during an attack on a US IT company that has shuttered hundreds of Swedish supermarkets. Researchers believe more than 1,000 companies could have been affected by the attack on Miami-based firm Kaseya, which provides IT services to some 40,000 businesses around the world. The FBI …

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