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Gal Gadot reveals how she dealt with director Joss Whedon’s threats


May 9, 2021

Famed actor Gal Gadot is opening up about her unpleasant experience of working director Joss Whedon who had threatened her career during the filming of Justice League. In a chat with  N12, the Wonder Woman actor said she “took care of it” when the infamous director threatened to end her career. Gadot said: “He kind of threatened my career and said if I did …

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Elon Musk makes ‘Saturday Night Live’ hosting debut with Dogecoin quip


May 9, 2021

Tech giant Elon Musk made his highly-anticipated Saturday Night Live hosting debut next to Miley Cyrus, claiming he made history as the first host for the NBCUniversal comedy show to have Asperger’s syndrome. The billionaire began his monologue by addressing an audience in more than 100 countries about how he is “the first person with Asperger’s to host SNL. At …

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Sarah Ferguson heaps praise on Meghan Markle after her latest feat


May 9, 2021

Former wife of Prince Andrew, Sarah Ferguson is voicing support for Meghan Markle, merely days after she reportedly backed the latter’s fiercest critic, Piers Morgan following his reproval of Prince Harry’s wife over their Oprah Winfrey interview. The Duchess of York, 61, congratulated the Duchess of Sussex after she published a new children’s book, titled The Bench. In a chat with The …

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FBI unearths file regarding Kurt Cobain’s death after 27 years


May 9, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released a file regarding the death of Kurt Cobain, nearly two years after the singer was believed to have committed suicide. The music legend was said to have taken his own life on April 5, 1994 through a single shotgun blast at that a head, as per the police at that time, who also …

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‘Like UK variant squared’: Expert says Indian variant behind massive outbreak in the country


May 9, 2021

The variant from India is perhaps the most contagious coronavirus mutation on the planet, according to Tom Wenseleers, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Leuven in Belgium. Wenseleers was the first scientist to claim that the UK variant was more transmissible than other versions of the virus, a claim first disputed but later affirmed by other experts. “The new …

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Saudi Arabia, UAE condemn Israel over Palestinian clashes at Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa


May 9, 2021

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday condemned Israel’s plans to evict Palestinians from homes on land claimed by Jewish settlers, following a night of violence in Jerusalem. Israeli police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades towards rock-hurling Palestinian youth at Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa mosque late on Friday. The clashes at Islam’s third holiest site and around East …

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Evidence of nine Neanderthals found in Italian cave


May 9, 2021

ROME: The fossil remains of nine Neanderthal men have been found in a cave in Italy, the culture ministry announced on Saturday, a major discovery in the study of our ancient cousins. All the individuals found in the Guattari Cave in San Felice Circeo, located on the coast between Rome and Naples, are believed to be adults, although one might …

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‘Religious extremists’ suspected in Maldives assassination bid


May 9, 2021

MALE: Maldives police said on Saturday that “religious extremists” staged the attempt to assassinate former president Mohamed Nasheed, who has been taken off life support in hospital. They said two men had been arrested for the bomb attack on the 53-year-old democracy pioneer and climate activist in the capital, Male, on Thursday night. Nasheed underwent 16 hours of surgery to …

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Pakistan calls for probe into seizure of uranium in India


May 9, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Satur­day expressed serious concern over illegal possession of a large quantity of uranium by two unauthorised persons in India and pointed to gaps in state control mechanisms there. “We have noted with serious concern the reports about seizure of more than 7kg natural uranium from unauthorised persons in India,” Foreign Office Spokesman Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said. Indian authorities had …

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