Jessica Simpson could not help but shower Britney Spears with words of encouragement over her tumultuous life journey. Speaking to PEOPLE, Simpson said Spears has had many challenges in her life and faced them all with great valour. “I honestly choose not to watch the documentary,” she told the outlet referring to theFraming Britney Spears unauthorized documentary. “I didn’t want to watch …

Kristen Stewart is has stepped into the shoes of Princess Diana and her new photo from the late royals’ biopic proves just that. Stewart who portrays the Princess of Wales in the movie Spencer looks like a spitting image of her, bearing uncanny resemblance. In the photo, the actress can be seen wearing a red and green plaid jacket and white top, …

WASHINGTON: A 66-year-old Pakistani American, Mohammed Anwar, was killed after two teenage girls assaulted him with a Taser while trying to snatch his car, police said. A 13-year-old from Southeast Washington and a 15-year-old from Fort Washington, Maryland, have been charged with felony, murder and armed carjacking. Anwar, an UberEats driver from Springfield, Virginia, was buried in a Muslim graveyard …

YANGON: The US and Britain announced sanctions against a huge military-owned conglomerate in Myanmar on Thursday, as security forces continued to launch brutal crackdowns against anti-coup protesters. The military junta has unleashed a deadly wave of violence as it struggles to quell nationwide protests against the Feb 1 ouster and arrest of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. International condemnation …

KOLKATA: The populous Indian state of West Bengal has emerged as a key battleground for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party, which is looking to extend its national domination and dislodge one of Modi’s sharpest critics. To win power in the eastern state, where a month-long election begins on Saturday, Modi’s right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has deployed its formidable election …

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies do not have the necessary parliamentary seats to form a majority coalition, results from this week’s election showed on Thursday, as vote counting drew to a close. The central election committee said it had counted nearly 100 percent of the ballots from Tuesday’s vote, with the results indicating a 59-seat bloc …

BRUSSELS: Gavi Alliance  says vaccine supply to poor countries could face a setback as India was delaying exports of much-needed jabs. The widening gap for vaccine access complicates the world’s eventual exit from the pandemic through a global immunisation drive, as third waves sweep several countries and force governments to reimpose tough anti-virus restrictions. At the centre of much of …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday extended felicitations to his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina Wajed on the 50th anniversary of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. In his letter to Ms Wajed, Prime Minister Khan said: “Let us renew our resolve to jointly work for a better future for our peoples and even closer ties between our two countries.” The …

CAIRO: The owners of a giant container vessel blocking the Suez Canal said on Thursday they faced “extreme difficulty” refloating it as Egypt temporarily closed one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. Salvage experts warned the shut-down could last days or even weeks, potentially forcing businesses to re-route cargo ships around the southern tip of Africa in a blow to …

DHAKA: Deadly heatwaves in South Asia are likely to become more common in the future, with the region’s exposure to lethal heat stress potentially nearly tripling if global warming isn’t curbed, researchers said. But the threat could be halved if the world meets a goal set under the Paris Agreement on climate change to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius …