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Britney Spears ‘hopeful’ about conservatorship change since return from getaway


July 3, 2021

Britney Spears is hopeful she would get rid of her controversial conservatorship ever since she got back from Hawaii with boyfriend Sam Asghari. According to a source, the singer has high hopes that there will be important changes to her conservatorship. “Britney and Sam had a wonderful time in Maui,” the insider told PEOPLE about the couple’s safe haven. She is “ready …

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Jamie Lee Curtis to collect lifetime achievement award at Venice Film Festival


July 3, 2021

LONDON: Hollywood star Jamie Lee Curtis will receive a lifetime achievement award at the Venice International Film Festival in September, where the latest instalment of her “Halloween” movies will screen out of competition, organisers said on Wednesday. Curtis made her film debut in John Carpenter’s 1978 horror flick “Halloween”, playing babysitter Laurie Strode, who faced off against deadly serial killer …

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Biden says ‘no’ final pullout in next few days


July 3, 2021

WASHINGTON: Presi­dent Joe Biden on Friday said there is no plan for an imminent withdrawal of the final US troops in Afghanistan. “No. We’re on, we’re on track exactly as to where we expect to be,” he told reporters at the White House, following growing speculation the final contingents were due to leave within the next few days. Biden has …

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Kim Kardashian, Kanye West in regular touch about kids since split


July 3, 2021

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West communicate on a daily basis with each other over their kids. “It’s not daily, a lot of it is done mostly through their assistants. Divorce and business issues is left to the attorneys to discuss. Kim and Kanye are not haggling over petty possessions. That’s pretty much all been worked out already,” a source said. …

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Israeli settlers leave West Bank outpost after deal with govt


July 3, 2021

BEITA: Israeli settlers left an illegal outpost in the occupied West Bank on Friday in adherence to an agreement struck with nationalist premier Naftali Bennett’s new government, reporters and a settler leader said. With Israeli military and police on site, the last cars streamed out of Eviatar — near the Palestinian city of Nablus — in compliance with the 4pm …

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Power outages hit Iraq amid scorching temperatures


July 3, 2021

BAGHDAD: A widespread power outage hit Iraq on Friday as temperatures reached scorching levels, affecting millions of Iraqis, including those in affluent areas in the capital of Baghdad and stirring concerns of widespread unrest. Iraq’s grid was generating just over 4,000 megawatts, according to Ministry of Electricity data on Friday morning significantly less than the 12,000-17,000 megawatts the grid generates …

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Indian soldier, five fighters killed in occupied Kashmir


July 3, 2021

SRINAGAR: Five fighters and an Indian soldier were killed on Friday in the latest of a series of clashes in India-occupied Kashmir that have left 17 dead in two weeks. The six died in Rajpora in a gunfight that started on Thursday night. Police said the five fighters were members of the Lashkar-e-Taiba group. The occupied region has seen a …

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Statues of British queens toppled in Canada


July 3, 2021

WINNIPEG: Protesters have toppled statues of Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II in the Canadian city of Winnipeg as anger grows over the discovery of the remains of hundreds of children in unmarked graves at former indigenous schools. A crowd chanted “no pride in genocide” before pulling down the statues of the monarchs. The action took place on Canada Day …

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US scouts reach $850m deal with thousands of abuse victims


July 3, 2021

WASHINGTON: The Boy Scouts of America has reached an $850 million settlement with groups representing tens of thousands of men with sexual abuse claims, a major step towards addressing a deluge of accusations that sent the organisation into bankruptcy. In a filing on Thursday with the US Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, the Boy Scouts (BSA) said the settlement with the …

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