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Thursday, May 1, 2025

Blake Lively Honored by TIME 100 While Facing Legal Drama

Blake Lively has been named to TIME's 100 Most Influential People list amid her ongoing legal battle with It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni.

Hermes to hike US prices to offset tariff impact

French luxury group Hermes said Thursday it would hike its prices in the United States to offset the impact of 10-percent import tariffs imposed...

Trump rejected Israel’s plan to attack Iran – NYT

The Jewish state reportedly intended to conduct strikes on nuclear sites next month

UK supreme court rules on definition of ‘woman’

The UK Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the term “woman” refers to biological sex, not gender identity, meaning that transgender individuals who were born male are not legally considered women for the purposes of single-sex protections.

IS claims Pakistan bomb blast killing three policemen

The Islamic State group has claimed a bomb explosion targeting police in Pakistan's turbulent southwest that killed three policemen and wounded more than a dozen.

Gaza has become ‘mass grave’: MSF

Medical aid agency Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Wednesday said Israel's military operations and blockage of humanitarian aid had turned Gaza into a graveyard for Palestinians and those helping them.

Automakers hold their breath on Trump’s erratic US tariffs

US President Donald Trump's aggressive but fast-changing trade policy has foisted difficult questions on carmakers that they have not yet been forced to answer.

Details of Iran’s nuclear demands revealed – media

Tehran is reportedly willing to provide guarantees that its atomic program is non-military in exchange for sanctions relief

US could cancel ‘almost all’ NATO funding – NYT

The potential move is part of a proposal to cut nearly half of the State Department’s budget, according to the newspaper

Tragedy in Sheikhupura: KFC Employee Killed Amid Growing Anti-Israel Unrest

Amid escalating anti-Israel protests in Pakistan, a KFC employee was shot dead in Sheikhupura after unknown assailants stormed the outlet.

USAID cuts rip through African health care systems

In South Sudan, USAID-funded clinics have closed amid a cholera outbreak. Children are walking hours to the next closest treatment centre, with at least five dying along the way in the country's eastern Jonglei state, British charity Save the Children reported earlier this month.

Ukraine conflict is ‘Biden’s war’ – Trump

The former US leader could have prevented the hostilities “if he had any brain,” the current president has said