Reese Witherspoon reflected upon the cruel media scrutiny she had to live her life in. While talking about how the media was unforgiving towards Spears, Witherspoon said she was still lent an easy hand. “My children will tell you stories about being in preschool and people climbing on the roofs of our cars,” the actress told TIME. When Witherspoon and Ryan …

Willow Smith talked about the idea of having multiple partners while coming as polyamorous on the latest episode of Red Table Talk. The singer talked to her mother, Jada Pinkett Smith, on her idea of love and relationships, saying monogamy is restrictive. She told Will Smith’s wife Jada, and her grandmother Adriene, that “antiquated” monogamy too often ends up in one …

John Legend is using his voice to raise awareness around coronavirus encouraging people to get vaccinated. The famed singer-songwriter said vaccines instill a sense of hope amid the virus outbreak. Speaking with PEOPLE about his partnership with Walgreens and its This Is Our Shot campaign, Legend said, “I am so encouraged by the availability of the vaccine as a way of preventing the spread …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan and Bill Gates, co-chair of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, on Wednesday discussed matters relating to Covid-19 response, polio eradication and climate change, and agreed to continue working together on the shared objectives. In their telephonic conversation, they ag­­reed on the importance of urgently stopping the spread of coronavirus, polio and other vaccine-preventable diseases in …

WASHINGTON: Amer­ican astronaut Michael Collins, who stayed behind in the command module of Apollo 11 on July 20, 1969, while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin traveled to the lunar surface to become the first humans to walk on the moon, died on Wednesday at age 90, his family said. A statement released by his family said Collins died of cancer. …

NEW YORK: Federal investigators raided the New York apartment of president Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani early on Wednesday as part of a probe into his dealings in Ukraine, US media reported. Investigators with search warrants combed Giuliani’s residence and a separate office, seizing electronic devices, The New York Times said, citing unnamed sources familiar with the investigation. …

WASHINGTON: The top US general said on Wednesday that it was not possible to predict Afghanistan’s fate after the US troop withdrawal, warning of the “worst-case” outcome of a collapse of the government to the Taliban. “Tough situation, no good answers to any of it,” Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley told the Sedona Forum when asked about the future …

UNITED NATIONS: China has assured Pakistan and other South Asian nations of its continued cooperation in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic by providing both medical supplies and economic assistance, says a joint statement issued at the UN headquarters in New York. China gave this assurance at a video conference on the joint response to Covid-19 on Tuesday, attended by the foreign …

Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bat in the first Test against Pakistan at the Harare Sports Club on Thursday. The home team gave three players their Test debuts for the series opener: batsmen Milton Shumba and Roy Kaia and left-arm seamer Richard Ngarava. Zimbabwe captain Sean Williams is sidelined with injury, as is fellow batsman Craig Ervine. Former captain Brendan …

PARIS: Nearly all of the world’s glaciers are losing mass at an ever increasing pace, contributing to more than a fifth of global sea level rise this century, according to unprecedented research released on Wednesday. Glaciers — vast bodies of frozen water that sit above ground — have been melting fast since the middle of the 20th century, but until …