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Gwen Stefani reacts to allegations of ‘Harajuku Girls’ cultural appropriation


May 29, 2021

American singer Gwen Stefani defended herself against allegations  of appropriating Japanese culture in her  2004’s ‘Harajuku Girls’ promotional campaign. The musician, who   recently announced engagement to Blake Shelton after five years of dating, has responded to the criticism over her ‘Harajuku Girls’ promotional campaign for her album Love. Angel. Music. Baby. The pop star was accused of appropriating  Japanese culture …

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53 countries seek answers from WHO over abuse claims


May 29, 2021

GENEVA: Dozens of countries voiced alarm on Friday at reports that World Health Organisation leaders knew of sexual abuse allegations against the UN agency’s staff and failed to report them. Fifty-three countries, including the United States, the European Union, Britain and Japan, issued a joint statement demanding WHO chiefs display “strong and exemplary leadership” on preventing sexual abuse, following media …

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Water shortages worsen for Punjab, Sindh


May 29, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The water shortages for Sindh and Punjab went up to 32 per cent on Friday as river flows continued to drop and storages at both Mangla and Tarbela dams neared dead level. The Indus River System Authority (Irsa) said it reviewed the overall water situation on Friday and decided to apply 32pc shortages to the two larger provinces instead …

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Regional exports post paltry growth of 1.8pc


May 29, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports to nine regional countries posted a paltry growth of 1.818 per cent while imports from the region grew by nearly 31pc in first 10 months of the ongoing fiscal year (10MFY21) from a year ago, latest data released by the State Bank of Pakistan showed. The country’s exports to Afgha­nistan, China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Iran, Nepal, …

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Germany admits to Namibia genocide, but critics want more


May 29, 2021

BERLIN: Germany on Friday recognised it had committed genocide in colonial-era Namibia and promised a billion euros in financial support to descendants of the victims, in a move welcomed as a “first step” by Namibia but slammed as insufficient by activists. “We will now officially refer to these events as what they are from today’s perspective: genocide,” said Foreign Minister …

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Bulls toss index above 47,000 after four years


May 29, 2021

KARACHI: The spectacular rally at the stock market concluded the week with the benchmark KSE-100 index storming past the 47,000 level — a feat accomplished after about four years. The index had last stepped over that level on June 15, 2017. After a day’s breather, the bulls returned to the market on Friday with a vengeance and tossed the index …

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Laporta ‘moderately optimistic’ Messi will stay at Barca


May 29, 2021

BARCELONA: With a month left on Lionel Messi’s contract, club president Joan Laporta said he is ‘moderately optimistic’ that Barcelona’s greatest player will stay put. “There will be a new contract for Messi, but it is not done yet,” Laporta said on Friday in his first news conference since he started his second stint in charge of the Spanish powerhouses. …

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India, NZ to share WTC title if final is undecided


May 29, 2021

DUBAI: India and New Zealand would be crowned joint winners of the World Test Championship (WTC) should next month’s final end in a draw or a tie, the game’s governing body said on Friday. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has discontinued the use of the controversial boundary count rule, which saw New Zealand lose the 2019 World Cup to England …

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City, Chelsea eye CL glory in ‘all-English’ final


May 29, 2021

PORTO: Looming over Liberdade Square, the giant European Cup replica that supporters of Chelsea and Manchester City crane their necks to photograph is a reminder of the prize being sought in Saturday’s Champions League final. And the footballing heritage their clubs tried to wreck only a month ago. The all-English final in Porto is a meeting of two of Europe’s …

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FIFA’s unusual silence on PFF NC and its issues is deafening


May 29, 2021

KARACHI: Nine days since an explosive news conference in Lahore where evidence was presented of the rampant manipulation and perversion in the working of the Pakistan Football Federation Normalisation Committee, there has been nothing but silence from FIFA. And it’s a deafening one. During that time, the FIFA Congress which met last week, ratified the suspension on Pakistan which was …

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