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Michelle Obama gets candid about not raising a boy with BarackMichelle Obama is proud of having daughters with her husband Mraak Obama.In a recent chat with her guest Angie Martinez on her podcast, IMO, the Light We Carry author opened up about why she is happy she and Obama have only two daughters and no son. When her guest asked why she and the 44th president didn’t “throw in a third,” Michelle replied she is content with having only girls as if they had a son there would’ve been too much pressure on him to follow in Barak’s footsteps.“I’m so…
A girl receives polio vaccine drops, during an anti-polio campaign, in a low-income neighborhood in Karachi, on July 20, 2020. — ReutersPolio case confirmed in Bannu.Sixth case in KP this year.74 cases recorded nationwide in 2024.ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported its 12th poliovirus case of this year from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Bannu district on Friday, the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Islamabad confirmed.The 33-month-old boy from Bannu’s Shamsikhel Union Council (UC) is the sixth polio case reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa this year, according to the press release. Pakistan is one of the two polio-endemic countries…
An EU diplomatic service audit report, seen by Reuters and AFP, looked at Israel’s actions in Gaza and occupied West Bank.There are indications Israel may have breached its human rights obligations under the terms of a pact governing its ties with the European Union, a review of the agreement shows. According to an EU document seen by the Reuters and AFP news agencies on Friday, the European External Action Service said that Israel’s actions in Gaza were likely not in line with rules laid out in the EU-Israel Association. “On the basis of the assessments made by the independent international…
His Highness Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al -Nuaimi, Crown Prince of Ajman, Chairman of the Executive Council, received at the building of the government agencies at the Emiri Diwan, Edward Hobart, UK Ambassador to Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the state. His Highness welcomed the UK ambassador, and reviewed the relations that link the two countries and the two friendly peoples in various fields. They also discussed ways to enhance cooperation in various sectors, based on the bonds of friendship and strategic partnership between the two countries, to achieve progress and prosperity for the two countries. For his part,…
A collage of pictures of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and US President Donald Trump. — X@PakPMO/ReutersISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan has announced its decision to formally recommend US President Donald Trump for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, citing his “decisive diplomatic intervention” and “pivotal leadership” during the recent crisis between Pakistan and India.In a statement issued on X, the federal government said that the international community had witnessed “unprovoked and unlawful Indian aggression,” which it described as a “grave violation” of Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The attack, according to the statement, resulted in the “tragic loss of innocent lives,…
Women carrying earthen pitchers on their heads shout slogans during a protest against the shortage of drinking water outside the municipal corporation office in Ahmedabad, India, May 16, 2019. — ReutersIndian govt says 193 million rural homes to get clean water.Discrepancies found with government claims in six villages.Villagers point to defunct taps, broken motors, empty wells.When construction workers arrived last year in the village of Lat in India’s eastern Jharkhand state to install water taps, Anita Devi rejoiced, thinking this would end her daily struggle to get water. Instead of having to carry large aluminium pots for 400 metres to…
Photo: Victoria Beckham, Nicola Peltz’s feud take shocking turn: ReportVictoria Beckham is reportedly seething as her daughter-in-law Nicola Peltz has grown close to Meghan Markle. According to the latest findings of Radaronline.com, the Beckham family drama has gone “nuclear” since Brooklyn and Nicola recruited Jenny Afia, a UK lawyer best known for representing Prince Harry’s wife in a recent case against The Mail on Sunday newspaper, to help with their distorted public image. Shedding more light on Victoria Beckham’s fears, a spy confided that the fashion designer believes that Nicola and Meghan have “teamed up” against her. “Meghan has become a…
Kathy Brisbourne holds a placard as supporters of assisted dying gather outside the Parliament as British lawmakers debate the assisted dying law, in London, Britain, November 29, 2024. — Reuters Britain’s parliament voted on Friday in favour of a bill to legalise assisted dying, paving the way for the country’s biggest social change in a generation.The legislation passed by a vote of 314-291, clearing its biggest parliamentary hurdle. The “Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life)” law would give mentally competent, terminally ill adults in England and Wales with six months or less left to live the right to choose to end…
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Noor Abdalla, the Columbia University graduate student’s wife, says the family ‘can finally breathe a sigh of relief’.A federal judge in the United States has ordered the release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who has been detained since March by immigration authorities over his involvement in Palestinian rights protests at Columbia University. The decision on Friday to grant Khalil bail came from a federal court in New Jersey, where Khalil’s lawyers are challenging his detention. It is separate from the legal push against his deportation that will continue to take place in immigration courts. It is unclear…
Al -Khaleej – Follow -up Dr. Sultan Al -Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, Monastery Director, CEO of ADNOC and its group of companies, met with the CEO of XRG and Youssef Al -Otaiba, the UAE ambassador to Washington, with US Vice President JD Vans at the White House. Al -Otaiba and Al -Jaber discussed with the US Vice President the UAE investment initiative worth 1.4 trillion dollars with the United States and ways to enhance cooperation in the field of energy and advanced technology. The huge Emirati investment of $ 1.4 trillion in the American economy reflects the…