Author: Jose Taylor

The pair met in 2016, got engaged in 2019 and welcomed their daughter, Daisy Dove, in 2020 Distance made Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom’s hearts grow fonder. In a new interview with Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast, the 39-year-old pop star opened up about what caused her and Bloom’s 2017 breakup and how they reconciled before getting engaged in 2019 and welcoming daughter Daisy Dove in 2020. “We weren’t, like, really in it from day one,” admitted Perry, who met Bloom at the 2016 Golden Globe Awards — as they fought over a burger from In-N-Out. “I mean, he was in a way, because he had just done…

Sanjiva Weerawarana is a Sri Lankan success story. He founded enterprise software firm WSO2 in 2005, got it close to $100 million in ARR as its CEO, then sold it to private equity firm EQT for $600 million in May. He sometimes drives for Uber, too. Sri Lanka isn’t renowned for its startup ecosystem, but one company has been something of an outlier in the South Asian island nation these past two decades. WSO2, an open source enterprise software provider with customers such as Samsung, Axa, and AT&T, recently agreed to be acquired by private equity giant EQT, at a valuation TechCrunch reported at the time…

Tajikistan officially banned the hijab, imposing hefty fines in its latest move to curb Islamic influence. The Central Asian nation of Tajikistan officially prohibited the wearing of hijabs and other “alien garments” this week, as the country’s parliament passed a new bill regulating Islamic clothing and Eid celebrations. The bill, approved by the upper house of parliament, Majlisi Milli, on June 19, comes after years of an unofficial clampdown on the hijab in the Muslim-majority country. Under the new law, individuals wearing hijabs or other banned religious clothing could face hefty fines of up to 7,920 somonis (approximately $700). Companies…

Ahead of the upcoming US election scheduled for November, President Joe Biden is trailing behind his main opponent Donald Trump in six of the seven battleground states, according to a latest opinion poll.Voters are broadly dissatisfied with the national economy and there are deep doubts about Biden’s capabilities and job performance, the survey conducted by the Wall Street Journal revealed.Trump leads between two and eight percentage points in six battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina. However, Biden is leading Trump by three points in Wisconsin.In every state in the survey, negative views of the president’s…

Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Vietnam on Tuesday seeking to further deepen ties with the Southeast Asian nation, weeks after it elevated its diplomatic relations with Western-aligned countries. In his first visit since 2017, Mr. Xi will meet with Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, President Vo Van Thuong and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry said. “This reflects Beijing’s concerns about Hanoi’s advances with the West,” said Nguyen Khac Giang, a visiting fellow with the ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore. “Concerns that Vietnam may join an anti-China alliance and gang up against China.” The Chinese…

My thoughts continue to be with the people of Israel and the many families who have lost loved ones as a result of the abhorrent terrorist attack by Hamas. Today, in response to this Hamas attack on Israel, and following detailed discussions with President Biden, I have directed several steps to strengthen Department of Defense posture in the region to bolster regional deterrence efforts. I have directed the movement of the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group to the Eastern Mediterranean. This includes the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS…

At least 45% of the nation’s tap water is estimated to have one or more types of the chemicals known as per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances, or PFAS, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey. There are more than 12,000 types of PFAS, not all of which can be detected with current tests; the USGS study tested for the presence of 32 types.  This USGS research marks the first time anyone has tested for and compared PFAS in tap water from both private and government-regulated public water supplies on a broad scale throughout the country. Those data…

Republicans have removed Jim Jordan as the party’s nominee for Speaker, after he lost three successive votes in the US House of Representatives. The right-wing lawmaker was defeated in a secret ballot of colleagues following his failure to win a majority on the House floor on Friday morning. Republicans now must scramble to find a solution, and the House will be in recess until Monday. The chamber has been without an official Speaker for over two weeks. ADVERTISEMENT The Republicans’ slim majority over Democrats in the chamber meant Mr Jordan could only afford to lose a handful of votes if…

Hamas has released two US hostages who were abducted during the Palestinian group’s deadly raid on Israel this month. Israel confirmed they had received mother and daughter Judith and Natalie Raanan from Hamas at the Gaza boundary. The pair were freed for “humanitarian reasons”, Hamas said. US President Joe Biden said he was overjoyed at their release and confirmed he had spoken with the Raanans on the phone. They were the first captives released since the gunmen raided Israel on 7 October, killing 1,400 people and taking around 200 hostages. Palestinian officials say more than 4,000 people have been killed…

A mother-of-four who died with two of her children in an Israeli air strike on Gaza has been described as intelligent and kind by her family in Minnesota. Heba, 42, was killed when her family home was hit. An ocean away in Blaine, Minnesota her relatives were glued to social media, hoping to hear news of their safety. Instead, they were devastated to learn that in total, five relatives were killed. ADVERTISEMENT “Our life has come to a standstill,” Jehad Adwan told the BBC, adding that he and his wife have been gripped with anxiety and grief since learning of…