Justin Baldoni has issued a response after Blake Lively requested a judge to grant a protective order prior to her upcoming deposition. For those unfamiliar, the 37-year-old American actress’s legal representatives formally requested Judge Lewis J. Liman on Friday, July 11, 2025, to issue a protective order. According to legal documents obtained by PEOPLE magazine, they seek to have her deposition conducted on Thursday, July 17, at a confidential location. They further stipulated that all individuals slated to attend the deposition must be identified in advance. On Sunday, July 13, Baldoni’s legal team submitted a letter to Judge Liman, in…
Author: Raja Zahid Khanzada
In a significant blow to Pakistan’s efforts to combat infectious diseases, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has reduced its financial support to the country for the current grant cycle. The decision, citing global funding pressures and the need to reprioritize allocations, was reported by The News. This cutback comes at a critical time, as Pakistan grapples with a sharp rise in HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria cases, compounded by leadership gaps and administrative mismanagement within its national health programs. Details of the Funding Cut According to an official letter sent by the Global Fund…
SpaceX has reportedly committed $2 billion to xAI as part of a $5 billion equity round, further intertwining tech billionaire Elon Musk’s various ventures. This investment aims to bolster his artificial intelligence (AI) startup’s efforts to compete with rival OpenAI, as reported by the Wall Street Journal on Saturday. The substantial investment follows xAI’s merger with X, valuing the combined company at $113 billion. According to the report, xAI’s Grok chatbot currently powers Starlink support and is being considered for future integration into Tesla’s Optimus robots. In response to a post on X regarding whether Tesla might also invest in…
New research suggests that at any given time, Earth may temporarily capture up to half a dozen fragments from the Moon, known as minimoons, before they continue their journey around the Sun. However, due to their small size and rapid movement, these objects are difficult to detect, as reported by Space.com. When impacts occur on the Moon, they eject debris into space. While some larger pieces may be launched, most of the fragments are small—under 6.5 feet (2 meters) wide—and travel at high speeds. Typically, this lunar debris ends up in solar orbit, but occasionally, some of it is briefly…
The European Union has already compiled a list of tariffs totaling 21 billion euros ($24.52 billion) on US goods, to be implemented if a trade deal between the two blocs fails, Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani stated in a newspaper interview on Monday. This comes after President Donald Trump’s Saturday threat to impose a 30% tariff on imports from Mexico and the EU starting August 1, following weeks of unsuccessful negotiations with major US trading partners. Tajani also told daily Il Messaggero that to bolster the Eurozone economy, the European Central Bank should consider a new “quantitative easing” bond-buying program…
On Sunday, President Donald Trump announced that Washington would send Patriot air defense systems to Kyiv and hinted at new sanctions on Russia. He once again voiced his displeasure with Russian leader Vladimir Putin over Moscow’s ongoing war in Ukraine. The US President’s announcement of these much-needed weapons for Ukraine came after he had previously indicated he would make a “major statement… on Russia” on Monday. The announcement could coincide with a diplomatic flurry scheduled for Monday, with the US special envoy beginning his latest trip to Ukraine and Trump set to meet with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in…
A German doctor is set to go on trial on Monday, facing charges of killing 15 patients with lethal injections. Investigators fear this grim tally may only be “the tip of a deadly iceberg.” The 40-year-old palliative care specialist, identified by German media as Johannes M, is accused of murdering 12 women and three men between September 2021 and July 2024 while working in Berlin. He allegedly injected the victims, aged between 25 and 94, with a deadly cocktail of sedatives. In some cases, he is accused of setting fire to their homes in an attempt to cover up his…
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Boeing have privately issued notifications affirming the safety of fuel switch locks on Boeing planes, according to a document seen by Reuters and confirmed by four sources with knowledge of the matter. This FAA’s Continued Airworthiness Notification, issued on July 11, follows a preliminary report into the Air India Boeing 787-8 crash last month, which killed 260 people and raised questions regarding engine fuel cutoff switches. The FAA’s notification to Civil Aviation Authorities, reviewed by Reuters, stated: “although the fuel control switch design, including the locking feature, is similar on various Boeing airplane…
Two major commercial pilots’ associations in India have rejected claims that human error caused an Air India crash that killed 260 people. These rejections come after a preliminary investigation report indicated that the plane’s engine fuel switches had been turned off. The report, issued Saturday by India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), did not offer any conclusions or assign blame for the June 12 disaster. However, it stated that one pilot had questioned the other about why he had cut off fuel, to which the second pilot reportedly responded that he had no knowledge of doing so. No further details…
In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was compelled to scale the boundary wall of the Mazar-e-Shuhada at Naqshband Sahib in Srinagar to pay his respects to the martyrs of July 13, 1931. This desperate measure was taken amidst severe restrictions imposed by Indian forces. On July 13, 1931, approximately 22 Kashmiris were martyred by the troops of Dogra Maharaja. They had gathered outside the Central Jail in Srinagar to show support for Abdul Qadeer, who faced charges of instigating people to defy the Dogra Rule. Indian forces had sealed the graveyard and imposed restrictions…
