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Spears lawyer 'moving aggressively' to remove father as guardian
Britney Spears' lawyer is moving "aggressively and expeditiously" to remove her father from the controversial guardianship controlling her affairs, he said Monday.The attorney updated reporters after a very brief Los Angeles court hearing held to discuss security costs for the singer's professional conservator, who said she has received threats over the globally followed case."My firm and I are moving aggressively and expeditiously to file a...
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Prince Harry to publish 'intimate' memoir
Britain's Prince Harry is penning an intimate and honest memoir that will expose the "mistakes" and "lessons learned" across his life, publisher Penguin Random House said Monday. The announcement comes at a time of strained relations between Harry and the British royal family, amid allegations by his wife Meghan of bullying and royal racism, and the couple's shock move to the United States last year.It will be the first time a senior British...
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LVMH takes majority stake in Virgil Abloh streetwear label Off-White
French luxury conglomerate LVMH said Tuesday it intends to take a majority stake in the luxury streetwear label Off-White created by Virgil Abloh, the first black American creative director of a top French fashion house. LVMH will take a 60 percent stake in Off-White for an undisclosed sum, according to a statement. Abloh will retain 40 percent and remain creative director for the men’s collections of LVMH’s Louis Vuitton fashion house.The...
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Bollywood star Shetty's husband arrested in porn case
Mumbai police have arrested Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty's husband Raj Kundra for allegedly producing and broadcasting pornographic films online, six years after the businessman was banned from cricket-related activities over match-fixing charges. Police announced Kundra's arrest late Monday, calling the 45-year-old "the key conspirator" in a case involving the creation and publication of adult films via internet apps."We have sufficient evidence...
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Rocket attack on Afghan capital as president performs Eid prayers
KABUL: At least three rockets landed near the Afghan presidential palace on Tuesday as the country’s leader Ashraf Ghani held outdoor prayers with top officials to mark the start of the Muslim Eid Al-Adha holiday.Although there was no immediate claim of responsibility, it was the first rocket attack on Kabul since the Taleban launched a series of offensives to coincide with the final drawdown of foreign troops from the war-wracked country.The...
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Video claiming Kuwait drilled for oil on border fabricated: Iraq
Basra Oil Company of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil denied on Monday the authenticity of a video clip on social media about purported oil drilling by Kuwait at a location very close to the Kuwaiti-Iraqi border. The company said in a statement that the circulated video clip is fabricated, noting that the culprit manipulated the zooming to wrongly show that the drilling had taken place not more than 100 meters from the border. Basra Oil Company...
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MoH: New update for ‘Immune’ app
Kuwait’s health ministry announced Monday that a new update is available for the ‘Immune’ application that allows users to add their vaccine information and COVID-19 test results for one or six companions. Management Information System Director at the Ministry of Health Ahmad Al-Ghareeb said in a press release that this update helps accessibility for transportation and travelling, especially for civilians and residents, and those who do not...
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Chinese popstar Kris Wu denies sexual assault allegation
 Chinese pop idol Kris Wu denied date raping a teenage student Monday, as brands began severing ties with the star. Wu shot to fame as a member of the South Korean boy band EXO, and has racked up a slew of lucrative acting, modelling and singing gigs in China since leaving the group in 2014. Du Meizhu, 19, accused the 30-year-old popstar of date-raping her when she was 17 in a Sunday interview with Chinese news portal NetEase. She also said...
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Crisis-hit Libya faces lean Eid as livestock prices spiral
BENGHAZI: Muslims in war-scarred Libya mark Eid Al-Adha from Tuesday, but few will be able to afford the sheep or goat traditionally slaughtered during the festival.The guns may have fallen silent in the North African country, but its people are now fighting a deep economic crisis worsened by the COVID pandemic and drought. Few customers were stopping in the days before Eid at the Sidi Khalifa roadside market outside Benghazi in Libya's east,...
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US reaches deal with Vietnam on currency manipulation
 WASHINGTON: The United States and Vietnam on Monday said they had reached an agreement to resolve a dispute over the value of Hanoi's dong currency, which Washington had briefly accused it of manipulating. Washington in April withdrew its accusation, but Vietnam remains on the US Treasury's "Monitoring List" for scrutiny of its currency policies.The new agreement will resolve the dispute between the two countries, according to the joint...
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Sons guide hajj pilgrims in tribute to COVID victim dad
Makkah: Family members of late "mutawwif", or pilgrimage guide, Talaat Tounsi pose for a picture at the al-Zaidi reception station, on July 18, 2021, as his six sons and wife decided to volunteer their services for the 2021 Hajj season in tribute to their father. — AFPMAKKAH: In Makkah, the site of the annual hajj, the sons of a prominent Saudi guide who died of COVID after three decades serving pilgrims have taken up the torch in tribute....
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Flood death toll rises to 165 in Germany
German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2ndR) and Rhineland-Palatinate State Premier Malu Dreyer (R) talk to residents during their visit in the flood-ravaged village of Schuld near Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate state, western Germany, on July 18, 2021. —  AFPBERLIN: The death toll from Germany's worst floods in living memory rose to 165 on Monday as emergency services continued to comb through decimated towns in search of dozens of...
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HATHRAS, India: Policemen carry a person who died in a melee during a sermon in Uttar Pradesh state on July 2, 2024. - AFP
Stampede at India religious event kills 116
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BEIRUT: Lebanese Uber driver Hussein Khalil shows his GPS jammed geolocation as Gaza's southern city of Rafah, as he sits in his vehicle in Beirut's Hamra Street on June 11, 2024.- AFP
Zionist jamming disrupts Lebanon ground, air traffic
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GAZA: Displaced Palestinians from areas in east Khan Yunis flee after the Zionist army issued a new evacuation order for parts of the city and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on July 2, 2024. - AFP
Arabs reaffirm Zionist boycott
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NAVI MUMBAI, India: Billionaire tycoon Mukesh Ambani (front third left) along with his family attends a mass wedding ceremony at Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai on July 2, 2024. -- AFP
Ambanis celebrate son’s nuptials with mass wedding