Aaron Rodgers and Shailene Woodley are preparing for their grand wedding ceremony. The groom, howeve, is having a hard time deciding who to invite from his family. “Aaron is still thinking about which family members to invite. It’s something that’s weighing heavily on him,” an insider told Us Weekly about Rodgers who has unconventional family dynamics. “It’ll for sure be a special …

Fans of famous sitcom Friends are in a tizzy after multiple reports confirmed the show will finally record its reunion special episode in   Los Angeles next week. The HBO Max unscripted special will see the cast of the show returning to the original sets, according to Deadline. The famed 90s sitcom had initially planned to record a reunion episode on the 25th anniversary …

MINNEAPOLIS: A Minneapolis homicide investigator testified on Friday that Derek Chauvin used “totally unnecessary” deadly force when kneeling on George Floyd’s neck during an arrest last May that sparked global protests against police brutality. Chauvin, who is white, was fired by the city’s police department the day after he was captured on video on top of a handcuffed Floyd as …

WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday lifted sanctions on International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda that drew international criticism after they were imposed by the administration of former President Donald Trump. The move, announced by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, lifts the sanctions imposed on Bensouda over her investigation into whether American forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan. It …

Eight police officers in Belfast, Northern Ireland were injured on Friday when protesters rioted, attacking with projectiles that included metal rods and fireworks, police said. Police Service Northern Ireland said they arrested seven people in south Belfast after a small protest on Friday evening quickly developed into a riot. The BBC reported about a hundred people had gathered in the …

MOSCOW: A team of doctors successfully completed open heart surgery inside a Russian hospital that caught fire on Friday as firefighters battled the flames from the outside. The wooden roofed building in the far eastern city of Blagoveshchensk caught fire and 60 patients were evacuated as it filled with smoke. But a team of eight doctors performing the operation on …

WASHINGTON: The United States has started reaping the fruits of its vaccination campaign against Covid-19 as it became the first nation on Friday to reach 100 million people, but Europe’s rollout faced fresh impediments and South America tightened restrictions in the face of Brazil’s soaring infections. The United States reported surging job growth and loosened travel curbs as it reached …

WASHINGTON: Pakistan is and will remain the most important neighbouring state for resolving the Afghan dispute, says an official report prepared for members of the US Congress. The report, prepared by the Congre­ssional Research Service (CRS), argues that regional dynamics, and the involvement of outside powers, will continue to affect the conflict in Afghanistan. “The neighbouring state widely considered the most …

RIYADH: Normalisation with Israel would bring “tremendous benefit” to the Middle East region, the Saudi foreign minister said on Friday. But such an accord would depend on progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, he added. Under the “Abraham Accords” brokered by former US president Donald Trump last year, four Arab countries — the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan …

A motorist rammed a car into US Capitol police on Friday and brandished a knife, killing one officer and injuring another and forcing the Capitol complex to lock down in an attack that police said did not appear to be terrorism-related. Police shot and killed the suspect. Yogananda Pittman, acting chief of the US Capitol Police, said the suspect drove …