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Ariana Grande gets mocked as Pete Davidson meets her namesake


December 15, 2020

Pete Davidson just took a brutal dig at his past relationship with singer Ariana Grande during an interaction with a fan who had the same name. The Saturday Night Live star joked about ‘marrying’ Ariana Grande as he interacted with the singer’s namesake in New York City, outside the show’s studio. In a TikTok video making rounds on social media, the fan …

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The time Denzel Washington told Chadwick Boseman to propose to Simone Ledward


December 15, 2020

American actor and director Denzel Washington revealed an instance where he saw the love between late actor Chadwick Boseman and his wife Taylor Simone Ledward. Speaking to CBS Sunday Morning, the 65-year-old recalled when he watched Taylor care for him when working on the set of Netflix film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. At the time the couple was dating and seeing that …

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BTS reveals true feelings behind their album ‘BE’


December 15, 2020

The boys from BTS recently sat down for a candid discussion and gave their honest thoughts regarding the planning process for BE.  The conversation began on Bangtan TV’s official YouTube account after one of the Polaroid questions asked, “What did you think or feel when you decided to make BE?” During this conversation, J-Hope was the first to open up and admit, “I was actually just …

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Kylie Jenner is the world’s highest paid celebrity according to Forbes


December 15, 2020

Socialite, model, businesswoman and social media star Kylie Jenner clung to her top slot, as Forbes announced its list of the world’s highest paid celebrities of 2020. Bringing in $590 million, Jenner’s payday came from selling a 51% stake ​in her cosmetics firm, Kylie Cosmetics to Coty in January. “While she had exaggerated over the years about the size of her business, …

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Good news for Pakistanis heading to Turkey: Istanbul Airport ranked among top 8 in the world


December 15, 2020

Istanbul Airport gained top global recognition on Tuesday by being named a 5-star airport by London-based air transport rating agency Skytrax, the mega-airport said in a statement. Rising to the top of global aviation rankings with its unique architecture, strong infrastructure, superior technology, and high-level travel experience, Istanbul Airport became one of just eight major 5-star hub Airports in the …

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Canada’s first Covid-19 vaccinations set to start


December 15, 2020

OTTAWA: Canada’s provinces of Quebec and Ontario are set to begin Covid-19 inoculations on Monday after some of the 30,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine arrived over the weekend, making Canada one of the few western nations to start vaccinations. “The number of vaccinations that will take place today are probably pretty small,” retired general Rick Hillier, who is in …

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Afghan president calls for peace talks to be moved home


December 15, 2020

KABUL: The next round of negotiations between the Taliban and the Afghan government should be held at home, President Ashraf Ghani said on Monday, backing calls to move the talks from Qatar. The warring sides have been engaged in direct talks since September at a luxury hotel in Doha, where the Taliban have their political office. Negotiators from both sides …

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Author John Le Carre, who probed murky spy world, dies aged 89


December 15, 2020

LONDON: John Le Carre, the author of spy thrillers like Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, has died aged 89. David Cornwell, known to the world as John le Carre, died after a short illness in Cornwall, south-western England, on Saturday evening. He is survived by his wife, Jane, and four sons. The family said in a brief statement he died of …

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Global outage affects Gmail, YouTube


December 15, 2020

CALIFORNIA: Google services, including YouTube, Gmail and Google Drive, were restored for most users on Monday, following a global outage that affected thousands. Google’s website that logs outages said the services that were affected for nearly an hour should be restored for most users. The company has some of the most widely used services in the world. YouTube records over …

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US removes Sudan from sponsors of terror blacklist


December 15, 2020

KHARTOUM: The United States on Monday removed Sudan from its state sponsors of terrorism blacklist and declared a “fundamental change” in relations, less than two months after the Arab nation pledged to normalise ties with Israel. The move opens the way for aid, debt relief and investment to a country going though a rocky political transition and struggling under a …

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