All-American girl Taylor Swift honoured the US women's football team by bringing them on stage on Friday. Fresh off their World Cup championship, the players joined Swift for a performance of Style at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Swift her famous friends then recreated her Bad Blood video. Lena Dunham, Hailee Steinfeld, Gigi Hadid and Lily Aldridge – all dressed as characters from the song's action-filled music video – joined the pop star for the dance track. – AP
Rajkumar Rao: FTII needs to be in safe hands
Rajkumar Rao is the latest Bollywood celebrity to come out in support of student protests against the appointment of actor Gajendra Chauhan as the new chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) last month. "FTII needs to be in safe hands. Students need somebody who they can trust and look up to. It's their future that is at stake here," Rao, who is an FTII alumnus, tweeted on Friday. Students, who have been boycotting classes, say the Chauhan's appointment was "politically motivated". Chauhan is best known for playing Yudhisthira in popular mythological TV serial Mahabharata. – IANS
Injury made Foo Fighters stronger, says Grohl
Dave Grohl says his broken foot is healing. Even though the injury reduced the Foo Fighters frontman to performing from a chair, he insists his injury has not set his band back, but strengthened it. “I think these have been the best shows the Foo Fighters have ever done,” he said. “I think because of this situation and because of the challenge of just getting onstage to do the shows, the shows are more passionate; they’re more energetic.” Grohl fell onstage in Sweden last month and fractured his foot. – AP
John Fogerty sues former Creedence bandmates
John Fogerty is suing two of his former Creedence Clearwater Revival bandmates for unpaid royalty fees since December 2011. The singer is claiming they haven’t paid him in years for performing the band’s hits with their new group. Fogerty filed the lawsuit on Friday in Los Angeles against Stuart Cook and Douglas Clifford, two founding Creedence members who now perform — without Fogerty — under the name Creedence Clearwater Revisited. Fogerty previously sued the men over using the Creedence Clearwater name, but settled with them in 2001 for a share of their touring and merchandise income. – AP
Cinco in numbers
Dh3.7 million
The estimated cost of Victoria Swarovski’s gem-encrusted Michael Cinco wedding gown
46
The number, in kilograms, that Swarovski’s wedding gown weighed.
1,000
The hours it took to create Cinco’s vermillion petal gown, as seen in his atelier [note, is the one he’s playing with in the corner of a room]
50
How many looks Cinco has created in a new collection to celebrate Ballet Philippines’ 50th birthday
3,000
The hours needed to create the butterfly gown worn by Aishwarya Rai to the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
1.1 million
The number of followers that Michael Cinco’s Instagram account has garnered.
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The rules on fostering in the UAE
A foster couple or family must:
- be Muslim, Emirati and be residing in the UAE
- not be younger than 25 years old
- not have been convicted of offences or crimes involving moral turpitude
- be free of infectious diseases or psychological and mental disorders
- have the ability to support its members and the foster child financially
- undertake to treat and raise the child in a proper manner and take care of his or her health and well-being
- A single, divorced or widowed Muslim Emirati female, residing in the UAE may apply to foster a child if she is at least 30 years old and able to support the child financially
Brief scores:
Southampton 2
Armstrong 13', Soares 20'
Manchester United 2
Lukaku 33', Herrera 39'
What is hepatitis?
Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver, which can lead to fibrosis (scarring), cirrhosis or liver cancer.
There are 5 main hepatitis viruses, referred to as types A, B, C, D and E.
Hepatitis C is mostly transmitted through exposure to infective blood. This can occur through blood transfusions, contaminated injections during medical procedures, and through injecting drugs. Sexual transmission is also possible, but is much less common.
People infected with hepatitis C experience few or no symptoms, meaning they can live with the virus for years without being diagnosed. This delay in treatment can increase the risk of significant liver damage.
There are an estimated 170 million carriers of Hepatitis C around the world.
The virus causes approximately 399,000 fatalities each year worldwide, according to WHO.
Cryopreservation: A timeline
- Keyhole surgery under general anaesthetic
- Ovarian tissue surgically removed
- Tissue processed in a high-tech facility
- Tissue re-implanted at a time of the patient’s choosing
- Full hormone production regained within 4-6 months
Real estate tokenisation project
Dubai launched the pilot phase of its real estate tokenisation project last month.
The initiative focuses on converting real estate assets into digital tokens recorded on blockchain technology and helps in streamlining the process of buying, selling and investing, the Dubai Land Department said.
Dubai’s real estate tokenisation market is projected to reach Dh60 billion ($16.33 billion) by 2033, representing 7 per cent of the emirate’s total property transactions, according to the DLD.
In numbers: PKK’s money network in Europe
Germany: PKK collectors typically bring in $18 million in cash a year – amount has trebled since 2010
Revolutionary tax: Investigators say about $2 million a year raised from ‘tax collection’ around Marseille
Extortion: Gunman convicted in 2023 of demanding $10,000 from Kurdish businessman in Stockholm
Drug trade: PKK income claimed by Turkish anti-drugs force in 2024 to be as high as $500 million a year
Denmark: PKK one of two terrorist groups along with Iranian separatists ASMLA to raise “two-digit million amounts”
Contributions: Hundreds of euros expected from typical Kurdish families and thousands from business owners
TV channel: Kurdish Roj TV accounts frozen and went bankrupt after Denmark fined it more than $1 million over PKK links in 2013
