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Ioan Gruffudd expecting baby no 3 with Bianca WallaceIoan Gruffudd and wife Bianca Wallace are all set to welcome a new member to their family.The 51-year-old Fantastic Four actor and the 32-year-old Bloodline actress took their Instagram account on Monday, June 16, to make an announcement in a joint post that they are expecting their first baby together, which will be Ioan‘s third. In the announcement post, the couple shared a black-and-white snap of Ioan sweetly kissing Bianca’s baby bump.“Baby Gruffudd poppin’ out to say hello!” the expecting parent wrote in the caption alongside their adorable picture.The post came two…
Federal judge on bench for 40 years lambasts grant terminations as ‘racist’ and anti-LGBTQ.A Massachusetts federal judge has declared that cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants made by the administration of US President Donald Trump are “illegal” and “void,” and ordered that many of the grants be restored. In a ruling issued on Monday, Judge William Young vacated the terminations that began in late February and said the NIH violated federal law by arbitrarily cancelling more than $1bn in research grants because of their perceived connection to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Young told the court there…
The “Al -Faris 3” process continues to provide humanitarian and relief actions aimed at supporting the affected people in the Gaza Strip, where it announced through the platform «X» its contribution to supporting the palm trees, in order to provide food to thousands of families in the Ma’isi area in Khan Yunis Governorate, in the southern Gaza Strip, in cooperation with the Sharjah Charitable Society. This initiative comes within continuous efforts to alleviate the humanitarian crisis experienced by Palestinian families in light of the difficult living conditions, as the hospice contributes to securing meals for affected families, especially in areas…
Pakistani soldiers wearing facemasks stand guard at the closed Pakistan-Iran border in Taftan. — AFP/File268 Pakistanis brought back from Iraq via special flights.Overall 214 students reached via buses from Tehran: officials.Pakistan repatriated 450 nationals from Iran a day ago.TAFTAN: Some 714 nationals arrived in Pakistan from Iran via buses through the Taftan border, immigration officials said Monday, as Tehran and Tel Aviv traded attacks for a fourth straight day.The passengers included citizens, traders, and drivers, officials said, adding that special security arrangements had been put in place due to the Iran-Israel conflict. Officials said three buses carrying 154 Pakistani students…
Students walk on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, May 23, 2025. — ReutersA federal judge said on Monday that she would issue a brief extension of an order temporarily blocking President Donald Trump’s plan to bar foreign nationals from entering the US to study at Harvard University while she decides whether to issue a longer-term injunction.US District Judge Allison Burroughs, at the end of a hearing in Boston in Harvard’s legal challenge to the restrictions, extended to June 23 a temporary restraining order that had been set to expire on Thursday. She said she wanted to…
ICC chairman Jay Shah hands over the ICC Test Championship Mace to South Africa’s Temba Bavuma as they pose for a photograph on the podium, Lord’s Cricket Ground, London, Britain, June 14, 2025. — ReutersKARACHI: The International Cricket Council is facing intense criticism after releasing World Test Championship Final highlights that disproportionately featured chairman Jay Shah, overshadowing South Africa’s historic victory over Australia at Lord’s.The 45-second promotional video has drawn widespread mockery for prioritising the administrator over the athletes who decided the match. The controversial video opens with a panoramic shot of the Lord’s before abruptly cutting to Shah’s grand…
Alanis Morissette gets candid about Madonna’s giftAlanis Morissette just opened up about the first gift Madonna brought for her. The 51-year-old popular singer recalled that she didn’t have fancy clothes to wear for her meeting with the La Isla Bonita hitmaker’s manager, manager Guy Oseary. Alanis told The Sunday Times newspaper: “When I moved to LA from Canada in the early 1990s I lived in sweatpants.””I was too frugal to spend money on nice clothes. I was writing [1995 album] Jagged Little Pill and Guy Oseary, at Madonna’s record label Maverick, asked me for a meeting,” the Ironic crooner added.…
It’s been several days now since Israel launched its surprise attack on Iran. The conflict has since escalated with each side launching dozens of strikes. And because the warring sides don’t share a border, the attacks have largely been focused on air strikes. While Iran may have the largest stock of missiles and drones in the Middle East, Israel’s air force is considered one of the most powerful in the world – and its air defence system, one of the most advanced. And more crucially, Israel has the backing of the United States. So is one military at a clear…
His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs …
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif addresses ceremony of soft launch of Pakistan International Maritime Expo and Conference, in Islamabad, June 16, 2025. — X/@GovtofPakistan ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday stated that the blue economy is Pakistan’s “new economic frontier,” calling for a unified national effort to unlock its vast potential.Speaking at the soft launch of the 2nd Pakistan International Maritime Expo and Conference (PIMEC 2025), the prime minister laid out the vision for transforming Pakistan into a regional maritime powerhouse. “It is a great pleasure to see the Pakistan Navy, under the patronage of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and…