Jennifer Lopez, who turned 52 on Saturday (July 25), celebrated her big day with beau Ben Affleck on a yacht while enjoying romantic gateway with him. Taking to Instagram on Sunday, the singer/actor lighted up the Internet with a slew of sizzling pictures in stunning swimsuits. She marked the moment with a steamy kiss to ‘fully committed’ boyfriend. She captioned …

Sarah Ferguson is speaking about how she coped with the snub she received by the royal family when Prince William and Kate Middleton got married. In a chat with Town & Country, the Duchess of York touched upon not receiving an invite for the 2011 royal wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. “I didn’t think I was probably worthy …

Britney Spears has launched a legal bid to remove her father from a controversial guardianship controlling her finances and replace him with an independent accountant, according to court documents filed Monday. Mathew Rosengart, who was appointed as the pop star’s attorney this month, had pledged to move swiftly to remove Jamie Spears after the singer delivered two emotional testimonies to …

GENEVA: A new World Bank financing mechanism will allow developing countries to purchase Covid-19 vaccines collectively through the Covax facility, the scheme announced on Monday. Covax was set up to ensure 92 developing territories could access coronavirus vaccines to fight the pandemic, with the cost covered by donors. The new mechanism will allow those countries to buy additional doses on …

MOSCOW: Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Monday visited the disputed Kuril Islands and said authorities wanted to establish a free economic zone there, sparking a protest from Japan. The Kurils, which lie north of Japan’s Hokkaido island, have been controlled by Moscow since they were seized by Soviet troops in the dying days of World War II. The territorial …

PARIS: Heatwaves that obliterate temperature records as in western Canada last month and Siberia last year are caused by the rapid pace, rather than the amount, of global warming, researchers said on Monday. The findings, reported in Nature Climate Change, suggest that humanity is likely to see a lot more deadly scorchers in the coming decades. “Because we are in a …

UNITED NATIONS: The banned militant group Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) still has about 6,000 trained fighters on the Afghan side of the border, warns a report prepared for the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The 28th report of the UN Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team also confirms the presence of hundreds of anti-Beijing Muslim militants close to Afghanistan’s border with China. The …

TUNIS: Street clashes erupted on Monday outside Tunisia’s army-barricaded parliament, a day after President Kais Saied ousted the prime minister and suspended the legislature, plunging the young democracy into a constitutional crisis. Saied sacked Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and ordered parliament closed for 30 days, a move the biggest political party Ennahdha decried as a “coup”, following a day of …

BEIJING: Rancour marked the start of Monday’s talks between Beijing and the highest-level US envoy to visit under President Joe Biden’s administration, as Beijing urged Washington to stop “demonising” China while the US made a “forceful” case against China’s human rights violations. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman’s visit to the northern city of Tianjin is the first major meeting …

Forty-six Afghan soldiers, including five officers who had been provided safe passage by the Pakistan Army on Sunday, were “amicably returned” to Afghan authorities today at Nawapass, Bajaur, the Inter-Services Public Relations statement (ISPR) said in a statement. “These soldiers from the Afghan National Army (ANA) and Border Police were given safe passage into Pakistan, on their own request, by the Pakistan …