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Letitia Wright gets railed at after expressing qualms about COVID-19 vaccine


December 5, 2020

American actor Letitia Wright is under fire after her recent remarks about the COVID-19 vaccines. The Black Panther star had shared her apprehensions and theories through a video regarding the much-awaited vaccine that is being seen as the only cure to curtail the escalating global pandemic. The tweet by Wright was eventually deleted by her following the overwhelming criticism she received over …

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Princess Eugenie to stay rent-free at Meghan Markle, Prince Harry’s Frogmore Cottage: report


December 5, 2020

Princess Eugenie and her husband, who are preparing to move into Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Frogmore Cottage, are reportedly not paying rent to the royal couple. According to Daily UK Express, royal commentators Roberta Fiorito and Rachel Bowie believe Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank will be staying in their Windsor Castle rent-free. “It feels weird to me because …

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BTS’s Jimin leaves ARMYs gushing with new blue hair unveil


December 5, 2020

ARMYs ‘love’ the impact BTS’s Jimin has on social media since, merely a hair change is enough to set Twitter ablaze with blue haired shots of the resident South Korean heartthrob. For those unaware this ‘trinity’ unveiling came after the boys began trending for their new looks at the 2020 Melon Music Awards Red Carpet. No sooner than that did Twitter …

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Katy Perry struggling with sleep after welcoming daughter Daisy Dove Bloom


December 5, 2020

Katy Perry has been struggling with catching up on her REM sleep from the moment she welcomed Daisy Dove Bloom into the family fold The Grammy award winning singer touched upon the pros and cons of motherhood during a virtual interview with David Lynch’s Foundation Meditate America. She admitted, “I’m a new mother. My daughter — she’s such a gift — …

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Kuwait, Qatar optimistic about ending Gulf dispute after ‘fruitful discussions’


December 5, 2020

Kuwait’s foreign minister said on Friday that progress had been made towards ending a Gulf row that has seen Saudi Arabia and its allies boycott Qatar for over three years while his Qatari counterpart voiced optimism a resolution could be reached. The United States and Kuwait have worked to end the dispute after Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain …

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FO chides India for doubting own lawyer in spy’s case


December 5, 2020

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has rejected as ‘incorrect’ and ‘misleading’ the assertions made by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) regarding the legal proceedings currently taking place in the case of Indian naval commander Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav. “It is evident that by casting aspersions on the Indian High Commission’s own legal counsel, the Indian government is looking for an escape from …

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Chinese spacecraft carrying lunar rocks lifts off from moon


December 5, 2020

BEIJING: A Chinese spacecraft lifted off from the moon on Thursday night with a load of lunar rocks, the first stage of its return to Earth, the government space agency reported. Change 5, the third Chinese spacecraft to land on the moon and the first to take off from it again, is the latest in a series of increasingly ambitious …

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BD ships 1,600 Rohingya to controversial island


December 5, 2020

CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh transported more than 1,600 Rohingya refugees to a low-lying island on Friday in the first phase of a controversial planned relocation of 100,000 people. Almost a million Rohingya — most of whom fled a military offensive in neighbouring Myanmar three years ago — live in squalid camps in southeastern Bangladesh. Any return to Myanmar appears unlikely for now. …

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Divers find Nazis’ Enigma code machine in Baltic Sea


December 5, 2020

BERLIN: German divers who recently fished an Enigma encryption machine out of the Baltic Sea, used by the Nazis to send coded messages during World War II, handed their rare find over to a museum for restoration on Friday. The legendary code machine was discovered last month during a search for abandoned fishing nets in the Bay of Gelting in …

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France threatens veto as ‘difficult’ Brexit talks drag on


December 5, 2020

BRUSSELS: European doubts over a post-Brexit trade deal with Britain boiled over on Friday with France threatening a veto as tricky negotiations entered what could be their final hours. As night fell in London, EU and UK negotiators Michel Barnier and David Frost were locked in last-minute debates over fishing rights, fair trade rules and an enforcement mechanism to govern …

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