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U.S. President Donald Trump sued the Wall Street Journal and its owners including Rupert Murdoch for at least $10 billion on Friday, over the newspaper’s report that his name was on a 2003 birthday greeting for Jeffrey Epstein that included a sexually suggestive drawing and a reference to secrets they shared. The lawsuit filed in Miami federal court names Murdoch, Dow Jones, News Corp and its Chief Executive Robert Thomson, and two  Wall Street Journal  reporters as defendants, saying they defamed Trump and caused him to suffer “overwhelming” financial and reputational harm. Epstein, the disgraced financier and sex offender, died by suicide in a New York jail cell in 2019. His case has generated conspiracy theories that became popular among Trump’s base of supporters who believed the government was covering up Epstein’s ties to the rich and powerful. Trump has said he parted ways with Epstein before the financier’s legal troubles became public in 2006. The president has ...

A new K-pop boy band, named ‘1VERSE’ and pronounced as ‘Universe’, which features two defector members from North Korea, have made their global debut. To Read Lifestyle Stories in Urdu – Click Here As reported by foreign media, K-pop quintet 1VERSE, consisting of Hyuk, Seok, Aito, Nathan and Kenny, includes three men from Japan and the United States, in addition to the two who defected from North Korea. They released their debut album on Friday, featuring a song about the consequences of escaping one of the world’s most repressive states. Moreover, the band also performed a live-streamed showcase of their first EP, ‘The 1st Verse’, featuring three tracks, including the debut single ‘Shattered’ , at midnight. According to the details about their members, Yu Hyuk, who hails from the northeastern county of Kyongsong in North Korea, has been living in South Korea since 2013. Besides the freedom that he enjoys to show off his talent to the world, the 25-year-old also appreciates being...

An Israeli strike on Gaza’s sole Catholic Church killed three people and injured several others, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which oversees the small parish, said on Thursday. The Patriarchate condemned “this targeting of innocent civilians and of a sacred place,” saying two women and one man had died in the attack on the Holy Family Church. “This horrific war must come to a complete end,” it said, adding the victims had turned to the church compound as a safe haven “after their homes, possessions, and dignity had already been stripped away.” The Holy Family Church spoke in a separate statement of “a number of injured, some in critical condition.” In a telegram for the victims, Pope Leo said he was “deeply saddened” and called for “an immediate ceasefire.” The pope expressed his “profound hope for dialogue, reconciliation and enduring peace in the region,” according to the telegram which was signed by the Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin and made no men...

After weeks of dating buzz, American rapper Megan Thee Stallion and NBA star Klay Thompson have finally brought their romance out on a red carpet. To Read Lifestyle Stories in Urdu – Click Here As reported by foreign media, Grammy-winning rapper Megan Thee Stallion, who sparked dating rumours with basketball player Klay Thompson of the Dallas Mavericks, earlier this month, made her red carpet debut with him on Wednesday, when the two stepped out together in New York City, to attend the inaugural gala of her Pete & Thomas Foundation. Stallion, 30, looked stunning in a long halter-neck black gown, paired with an intricate silver asymmetrical belt, while her beau, 35, complemented the ‘Captain Hook’ rapper in a classic black-and-white tux. Gushing over her first meeting with the NBA star, she said on the red carpet, “Oh, we met and it was such a meet-cute, it was like a f——- movie.” “I won’t tell you how and I won’t tell you when, but it was a movie that he’s the nicest person ...

ARBIL, Iraq: Explosive-laden drones hit three oil fields in Iraq’s northern autonomous Kurdistan region early Wednesday, Kurdish forces said, a day after a similar attack shut operations at a US-run field. In the past few weeks, Iraq and particularly the Kurdistan region have seen a spate of unclaimed drone and rocket attacks. Wednesday’s attacks have raised the number of oil field hit in Kurdistan to five within a week. “At 06:00 and 06:15 (0300 and 0315 GMT) two explosive-laden drones attacked” the Peshkabir oil field operated by the Norwegian oil group DNO in Zakho district, Kurdistan’s counterterrorism services said. At 7:00 am (0400 GMT) a similar drone struck the DNO-operated Tawke field in the same area, Kurdistan’s counterterrorism services said. The attacks caused only material damage. Another attack at 7:14 am (0414 GMT) targeted an oil field operated by the US firm Hunt Oil in Dohuk province, without causing casualties or material damage. Long plagued by conflict, Ir...

The weather in Karachi is expected to remain partly cloudy and humid on Wednesday, ARY News reported. The Pakistan Meteorological Department has forecast a chance of light rain in the evening, with maximum temperatures expected to reach up to 35 degrees Celsius. In the morning, humidity levels in Karachi were recorded at 69 per cent, contributing to the overall sultry conditions across the city. The PMD further stated in its forecast that sea breezes have resumed, providing some relief from the heat, while winds are blowing from the southwest at a speed of 7 kilometers per hour. Read more: 111 dead, 212 injured in rain-related incidents across Pakistan: NDMA Meanwhile, mainly widespread rain-wind/thundershower is expected in Punjab, Islamabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, while at scattered places in northeast/south Balochistan, southeast/upper Sindh and Gilgit-Baltistan during the next twelve hours. Temperature of major cities recorded this morning: Islamabad twenty-seven degr...

LAHORE: Calamitous rainfall in Lahore since last night submerged several areas of the provincial capital city claiming at least 10 lives in various incidents.  Main traffic arteries of the city have been drowned under the rainwater. Around 10 people killed across the city in incidents of electrocution and falling rooftops during the downpour started at 9:10 PM on Tuesday night. Two children, 15-year-old Awais and 13-year-old Esha died in an electrocution incident in Harbanspura of Lahore. Separately, five persons of a family died and two injured when a roof collapsed at Muridwal in Thokar Niaz Beg, while three others died and scores were injured in roof collapse in Raiwind. The Met Office and the PDMA have predicted heavy rainfall during next 24 hours under the third monsoon spell in Punjab. Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Punjab has advised citizens to observer caution amid heavy downpour. The Water and Sanitation Agency said, Lahore’s Paniwala Talab record...