London, United Kingdom The high-profile American talk show host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres and her wife, Portia de Rossi, have reportedly completed a quiet relocation, making the United Kingdom their permanent residence. According to RadarOnline.com, the couple acquired a sprawling 10,000-square-foot estate named Hiaven in the upscale Cotswolds region, reportedly purchased for $26 million. Sources close to the couple have suggested that the relocation is more than a simple lifestyle upgrade, signalling a strategic move for DeGeneres’s career. An insider told the outlet, “The whole point of Ellen going to the U.K. was to let the dust settle on the…
Author: Raja Zahid Khanzada
Hollywood, United States Martin Scorsese, one of the most celebrated and enigmatic directors in the filmmaking world, is turning the lens inward in the trailer for “Mr. Scorsese,” a five-part docuseries set to premiere on Apple TV+. The teaser opens with the filmmaker grappling with the profound moral and creative struggles that have defined his cinematic career. In a reflective voiceover, Scorsese asks: “Who are we? Are we intrinsically good or evil? This is the struggle. And I struggle with it all the time.” He continues, setting the stage for an examination of his artistic evolution: “Where are we going?…
Washington, D.C. In a high-stakes press conference at the White House, President Donald Trump unveiled his long-awaited plan aimed at resolving the conflict in Gaza, stating that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu is “very close” to agreeing to the deal. Standing alongside the visiting Israeli leader, Trump framed the proposal as part of a larger, ambitious push for what he termed “eternal peace in the Middle East.” President Trump acknowledged the global coalition involved in developing the plan, specifically thanking leaders from Arab and Muslim nations. He singled out Pakistan, claiming that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal…
Washington, D.C. The moon is often characterized as “two-faced” due to the stark surface differences between the side perpetually facing away from Earth and the side we always see. Now, analysis of rock and soil retrieved in 2024 by China’s Chang’e-6 robotic lunar spacecraft reveals that these differences run deep into the moon’s interior. Scientists determined that the chemical makeup of minerals in the material obtained from a location on the moon’s farside indicates it formed from lava within the lunar mantle about 60 miles (100 km) beneath the surface some 2.8 billion years ago, crystallizing at approximately 2,000 degrees…
Islamabad / Washington Just a day after US President Donald Trump unveiled his ambitious 20-point plan aimed at ending the war in Gaza, clear signs have emerged that the draft, made public by the White House, is meeting staunch opposition from key regional allies. The discontent was evident during Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar’s press conference on Tuesday, where he stated unequivocally that the US peace plan would be unacceptable unless amendments jointly proposed by eight Muslim countries were fully incorporated. Despite Trump’s prior claims that both Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir were “100pc” behind the deal,…
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has sentenced former President Joseph Kabila to death in absentia on charges of “treason.” Kabila, 54, was neither present nor legally represented at the High Military Court trial in the capital, Kinshasa. He was found guilty of complicity with the M23 anti-government armed group, which has seized vast swathes of the resource-rich Congolese east, allegedly with support from Rwanda. The former president left the vast Central African nation in 2023 but briefly resurfaced in M23-occupied Goma in May, a move that immediately caused disquiet in…
Riew, Arunachal Pradesh, India On a remote football field framed by misty Himalayan mountains, the air resonated with defiant speeches as local tribesmen protested a planned mega-dam, the latest move in India’s escalating contest with China over shared water resources. India argues the proposed new structure is a necessary countermeasure to China’s massive project upstream in Tibet. The dam is intended to stockpile crucial water and guard against the potential release of ‘weaponised torrents’ from its rival’s likely record-breaking dam. But for the indigenous communities residing at one of the dam’s proposed sites, the project feels like a profound threat…
Beirut, Lebanon (From International Waters) Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, currently sailing towards Gaza as part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, has vehemently condemned Israel for launching a coordinated smear campaign against the convoy, which Jerusalem claims is funded by Hamas. In an Instagram post on Tuesday, Thunberg accused the Israeli government of attempting to pre-emptively justify a violent response. “Israel think they can get away with only recycling their old arguments to lay the groundwork for violence against us and justify their atrocities without addressing the evidence of them committing a genocide and continuously committing war crimes,” she wrote.…
Manila, Philippines The death toll from the powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake that struck the central Philippines has climbed to 69, a disaster official confirmed on Wednesday, as the government mobilised agencies to search for survivors and restore critical power and water supplies to affected regions. The shallow quake, which struck off the coast just before 10 pm on Tuesday, caused widespread damage. In Bogo city in the north of Cebu province, which was near the epicentre, the main hospital has been “overwhelmed,” Civil Defence official Raffy Alejandro told reporters, underscoring the severity of the crisis. The reported toll of 69, based…
Washington, D.C. The United States federal government entered a partial shutdown just after midnight on Wednesday as lawmakers and President Donald Trump failed to resolve a bitter budget impasse centered on Democratic demands for healthcare funding. This marks the first shutdown since the longest in history—lasting 35 days—almost seven years ago. The stoppage will immediately halt operations at multiple federal departments and agencies, affecting hundreds of thousands of government workers. President Trump quickly blamed Democrats for the stalled talks and escalated the political confrontation by threatening to punish the party and its voters during the stoppage. He suggested targeting progressive…
