Kylie Jenner and Timothee Chalamet were recently spotted spending time together in France amid their engagement rumors. Since reports about them dating took over the internet in 2023, the power couple has not shied away from flaunting their romance in public.
Last week, the Kylie Cosmetics founder arrived in St. Tropez with her sister, Kendall Jenner, for a summer retreat. Soon after, the actor joined his girlfriend on vacation. Prior to hitting the French coastal town, the Jenners explored Venice, Italy, where they also attended Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s wedding.
Kylie Jenner and Timothee Chalamet are all smiles in Saint-Tropez date photos
Kylie Jenner and Timothee Chalamet’s photos from their vacation in France have recently gone viral amid their engagement rumors. Deuxmoi exclusively shared pictures of the two holding hands on their Saint-Tropez date. The couple was all smiles as they stepped out for a sun-soaked day at Shellona Beach.
The beauty mogul looked gorgeous in a striped black and white dress and chic sunglasses with her hair let loose. Her boyfriend, on the other hand, went for a casual vibe as he wore a “Nigeria” jersey and a green head scarf wrapped over his cap. They seemed comfortable in each other’s company as they wandered around the beach with their staff.
Last week, Jenner and her sister, Kendall, enjoyed a beach outing with their friends at the Lou Lou Beach Club. Several photos on the internet featured the siblings flaunting their bikinis while frolicking in the water. Before that, the KHY founder shared adorable moments from her trip with her kids on Instagram.
After attending Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez’s wedding in Venice, she visited Tuscany with some friends and her children — daughter Stormi (7) and son Aire (3). The reality TV personality uploaded a few photos from the vacation on Instagram, captioning the post: “italian summer yes pleaseeee.”
Besides that, Jenner has been spending some quality time with her beau. Reportedly, Chalamet will soon begin filming for “Dune: Part Three,” which will give the pair less time with each other.
Originally reported by Sushmita Sen on RealityTea.
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Bob Vylan‘s 2024 album Humble as the Sun popped back on to the U.K. charts last week following the band’s controversial set at Glastonbury. Frontman Bobby Vylan celebrated the news on X over the weekend, noting that the music industry needs “artists that speak up.”
“Ban Bob Vylan?” he wrote. “The people said ‘Nah.’ We need artists that speak up. Our album ‘Humble As The Sun’ is back in the charts and, as an independent band releasing music on our own label, it shows the power of the people. You can’t get dropped if you own the label. Thank you all!”
In an accompanying image, Vylan shared that Humble as the Sun is currently at the top of the U.K. hip-hop and R&B albums chart. It also reached No. 7 on the album downloads chart and No. 8 on the independent albums chart.
Ban Bob Vylan? The people said ‘Nah’. We need artists that speak up. Our album ‘Humble As The Sun’ is back in the charts and, as an independent band releasing music on our own label, it shows the power of the people. You can’t get dropped if you own the label. Thank you all! pic.twitter.com/2QsjP00e1i
Bob Vylan has been in the spotlight since their performance at Glastonbury, where the group led the crowd in chanting, “Free, free Palestine,” as well as “Death, death to the IDF,” during their set. The duo, who played ahead of Kneecap on the West Holts stage, was quickly denounced on social media by festival boss Emily Eavis, with organizers saying they were “appalled” by the comments.
“Glastonbury Festival was created in 1970 as a place for people to come together and rejoice in music, the arts and the best of human endeavour,” the festival said in a statement. “As a festival, we stand against all forms of war and terrorism. We will always believe in – and actively campaign for – hope, unity, peace and love.”
Since Glastonbury Bob Vylan have been removed from the lineup at England’s Radar Festival and France’s Kave Fest. The duo’s U.S. visas were revoked ahead of their North America tour, and they were also dropped by the United Talent Agency. Kave Fest in particular pointed to the agency split as the reasoning behind Bob Vylan being removed from the lineup. In addition, Bob Vylan have been blocked from opening for the U.S.-based band Gogol Bordello in Germany later this year by the Live Music Hall venue.
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Bob Vylan responded to the uproar by saying the controversy around the band is “distraction from the real story.” “We are not for the death of Jews, Arabs or any other race or group of people. We are for the dismantling of a violent military machine,” the duo said on Instagram. “A machine whose own soldiers were told to use ‘unnecessary lethal force’ against innocent civilians waiting for aid. A machine that has destroyed much of Gaza. We, like those in the spotlight before us, are not the story. We are a distraction from the story. And whatever sanctions we receive will be a distraction.”
A picture taken on January 14, 2015 shows fossil of a marine organism at the Wadi Al-Hitan Fossile and Climate Change Museum neara Cairo, Egypt. —AFP
A desert site in Egypt known as Whale Valley, or Wadi Al-Hitan, holds more than 400 fossilised whale skeletons that show the remarkable evolutionary journey of whales from land to sea, Live Science reported.
The site, located in the Egyptian Sahara, contains primitive whale remains dating back to the late Eocene epoch — between 55.8 million and 33.9 million years ago — when the area was submerged under the Tethys Ocean, according to UNESCO.
“These fossils represent one of the major stories of evolution: the emergence of the whale as an ocean-going mammal from a previous life as a land-based animal,” UNESCO’s website states.
The first major discovery at Whale Valley came in 1902, when paleontologists unearthed a previously unknown whale species, Basilosaurus isis (formerly Zeuglodon isis). This ancient whale grew up to 60 feet (18 metres) long and likely preyed on smaller whales, crushing their skulls before swallowing them whole, according to a 2019 study.
General view of the natural reserve area of Wadi Al-Hitan, taken on January 14, 2016. — Reuters
“B. isis had a long snout and was armed with pointed incisors and sharp cheek teeth,” Manja Voss, a marine mammal expert at the Berlin Museum of Natural History and lead author of the 2019 study.
In 1989, a team from the University of Michigan and the Egyptian Geological Museum discovered B. isis fossils with preserved hind limbs, feet and toes — a rare find that confirms whales once had legs, according to a 2023 review. Though modern whales lack hind limbs, they retain pelvic bones, indicating their terrestrial ancestry, University of Hawaii researchers noted.
In 2005, a near-complete B. isis skeleton led UNESCO to declare Whale Valley a World Heritage Site. Since then, more marine fossils have been found, including ancient turtles, sharks, rays, sea cows, and crocodiles, preserved thanks to the area’s arid climate since the Pliocene.
The site now functions as an open-air museum with ongoing research and strict protection.
As much as Microsoft would like PC owners to use its Edge browser, that’s just not the case. Chrome has five times as many Windows users as Edge, which makes Google’s browser the de facto default for Windows users around the world.
That makes Google’s confirmation that Chrome is now checking if a PC “is capable of being upgraded to Win11” interesting. As spotted by Windows Latest, this data will help “influence Google’s decision to support the browser in future.”
ForbesMicrosoft Warns 400 Million Windows Users—Upgrade Your PC NowBy Zak Doffman
Around half of all Windows users still run Windows 10, even as Windows 11 overtakes its market share for the first time. Those Windows 10 users divide into around 400 million PCs eligible to upgrade to Windows 11 and around 240 million that can’t.
Those numbers are critical. As I’ve commented before, Microsoft’s recent decision to extend security support for Windows 10, even on PCs eligible to upgrade, risks slowing down the transition to the more secure Windows 11, delaying the cliff edge 12 months.
It would be better to force all PCs that can upgrade to do so, and only extend support for those that can’t, giving those users a year’s grace to buy new hardware.
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On that note, Windows 10 holdouts will have see recent reports into Microsoft “quietly downloading and installing” the KB5001716 update on Windows 10 PCs.
As Neowin points out, “the tech giant pushes this update out whenever it wishes to force-install a new feature update onto PCs.”
Microsoft says that “after this update is installed, Windows may periodically display a notification informing you of problems that may prevent Windows Update from keeping your device up-to-date and protected against current threats.”
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This includes notifying you “that your device is currently running a version of Windows that has reached the end of its support lifecycle, [or] does not meet the minimum hardware requirements for the currently installed version of Windows.”
All told, any Windows 10 users expecting a quiet ride until October 2026 after taking Microsoft’s free 12-month support extension could be in a for a rude awakening. Those warnings will not stop. Put mopre simply — if you can upgrade, you should.
As soon as eight-year-old Sidra Al Bordeeni returned from the clinic with her prosthetic arm, she jumped on a bicycle in the Jordanian refugee camp where she lives, riding for the first time since a missile strike in Gaza took her arm a year ago.
Sidra was injured while sheltering at Nuseirat School, one of several Gaza schools converted into makeshift refuges from Israeli strikes. Her mother, Sabreen Al Bordeeni, said Gaza’s collapsed health services and the family’s inability to leave at the time made it impossible to save her hand.
A technician checks a prosthetic limb at the Bioniks, in Karachi, April 29, 2024. — Reuters
“She’s out playing, and all her friends and siblings are fascinated by her arm,” Al Bordeeni said on the phone, repeatedly thanking God for this day. “I can’t express how grateful I am to see my daughter happy.”
The arm was built over 4,000 kilometres away in Karachi by Bioniks, a Pakistani company that uses a smartphone app to take pictures from different angles and create a 3D model for custom prosthetics.
CEO Anas Niaz said the social enterprise startup had fit more than 1,000 custom-designed arms inside Pakistan since 2021 – funded through a mix of patient payments, corporate sponsorship, and donations – but this was its first time providing prosthetics to those impacted in conflict.
Sidra and three-year-old Habebat Allah, who lost both her arms and a leg in Gaza, went through days of remote consultations and virtual fittings. Then Niaz flew from Karachi to Amman to meet the girls and make his company’s first overseas delivery.
Sidra’s device was funded by Mafaz Clinic in Amman, while donations from Pakistanis paid for Habebat’s. Mafaz CEO Entesar Asaker said the clinic partnered with Bioniks for its low costs, remote solutions and ability to troubleshoot virtually.
Niaz said each prosthetic arm costs about $2,500, significantly less than the $10,000 to $20,000 for alternatives made in the United States.
A technician works on computers with prosthetic limb diagram at Bioniks in Karachi, April 29, 2024. — Reuters
While Bioniks’ arms are less sophisticated than US versions, they provide a high level of functionality for children and their remote process makes them more accessible than options from other countries such as Turkey and South Korea.
“We plan on providing limbs for people in other conflict zones too, like Ukraine, and become a global company,” Niaz said.
Globally, most advanced prosthetics are designed for adults and rarely reach children in war zones, who need lighter limbs and replacements every 12–18 months as they grow.
Niaz said they were exploring funding options for Sidra and Habebat’s future replacements, adding the cost wouldn’t be too high.
A technician works on computers with prosthetic limb diagram at Bioniks in Karachi, April 29, 2024. — Reuters
“Only a few components would need to be changed,” he said, “the rest can be reused to help another child.”
Bioniks occasionally incorporates popular fictional characters into its children’s prosthetics such as Marvel’s Iron Man or Disney’s Elsa, a feature Niaz said helps with emotional acceptance and daily use.
A technician checks a prosthetic limb at the Bioniks in Karachi, April 29, 2024. — Reuters
‘Finally hug my father’
Gaza now has around 4,500 new amputees, on top of 2,000 existing cases from before the war, many of them children, making it one of the highest child-amputation crises per capita in recent history, the UN humanitarian agency OCHA said in March.
An April study by the Palestinian Bureau of Statistics found at least 7,000 children have been injured since Israel’s war in Gaza began in October 2023. Local health authorities say more than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed, nearly one-third of them children.
The World Health Organization has said Gaza’s health system is “on its knees” with Israel’s border closures drying up critical supplies, meaning the wounded cannot access specialised care, especially amid waves of wounded patients.
“Where it’s nearly impossible for healthcare professionals and patients to meet, remote treatment bridges a critical gap, making assessments, fittings, and follow-up possible without travel or specialised centres,” said Asadullah Khan, Clinic Manager at ProActive Prosthetic in Leeds, UK, which provides artificial limbs and support for trauma patients.
Bioniks hopes to pioneer such solutions on a large scale but funding remains a roadblock and the company is still trying to form viable partnerships.
Sidra is still adjusting to her new hand, on which she now wears a small bracelet. For much of the past year, when she wanted to make a heart, a simple gesture using both hands, she would ask someone else to complete it. This time, she formed the shape herself, snapped a photo, and sent it to her father, who is still trapped in Gaza.
“What I’m looking forward to most is using both my arms to finally hug my father when I see him,” she said.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Israel’s military launched airstrikes early Monday targeting ports and facilities held by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who responded with missile fire targeting Israel.
The strikes came after the Houthis attacked a Liberian-flagged ship in the Red Sea that caught fire and took on water, later forcing its crew to abandon the vessel. On Monday afternoon, the claimed the attack, which saw missiles and explosive-carrying drone boats set the vessel ablaze in the Red Sea.
The Magic Seas attack raised fears of a renewed Houthi campaign against shipping that could again draw in U.S. and Western forces to the area, particularly after U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration targeted the rebels in a major airstrike campaign.
The ship attack comes at a sensitive moment in the Middle East, as a possible ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war hangs in the balance, and as Iran weighs whether to restart negotiations over its nuclear program following American airstrikes targeting its most sensitive atomic sites during an Israeli war against the Islamic Republic.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also was traveling to Washington to meet with Trump.
Israeli strikes target Houthi-held ports
The Israeli military said that it struck Houthi-held ports at Hodeida, Ras Isa and Salif, as well as the Ras Kanatib power plant. It released footage showing an F-16 launching from Israel for the strike, which came after the Israeli military issued a warning for the area.
“These ports are used by the Houthi terrorist regime to transfer weapons from the Iranian regime, which are employed to carry out terrorist operations against the state of Israel and its allies,” the Israeli military said.
A sunken vessel at a site hit by Israeli forces in the Houthi-controlled port of Hodeida on the Red Sea in December.AFP via Getty Images
The Israeli military also said it struck the Galaxy Leader, a vehicle-carrying vessel that the Houthis seized back in November 2023 when they began their attacks in the Red Sea corridor over the Israel-Hamas war.
“Houthi forces installed a radar system on the ship and have been using it to track vessels in the international maritime arena to facilitate further terrorist activities,” the Israeli military said.
The Bahamas-flagged Galaxy Leader was affiliated with an Israeli billionaire. It said that no Israelis were on board. The ship had been operated by a Japanese firm, NYK Line.
Galaxy Leader in May 2024.AFP via Getty Images
The Houthis acknowledged the strikes, but offered no damage assessment from the attack. Their military spokesman, Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, claimed its air defense forces “effectively confronted” the Israelis without offering evidence.
Israel has repeatedly attacked Houthi areas in Yemen, including a naval strike in June. Both Israel and the United States have struck ports in the area in the past — including an American attack that killed 74 people in April — but Israel is now acting alone in attacking the rebels as they continue to fire missiles at Israel.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened to launch further strikes.
“What’s true for Iran is true for Yemen,” Katz said in a statement. “Anyone who raises a hand against Israel will have it cut off. The Houthis will continue to pay a heavy price for their actions.”
The Houthis then responded with an apparent missile attack on Israel. The Israeli military said that it attempted to intercept the two missiles launched by the Houthis, but they appeared to make impact, though no injuries have been reported. Sirens sounded in the West Bank and along the Dead Sea.
Saree on Monday claimed to launch missiles and drones targeting Israel in its attack.
“We are fully prepared for a sustained and prolonged confrontation, to confront hostile warplanes and to counter attempts to break the naval blockade imposed by our armed forces on the enemy,” Saree said.
Ship attack forces crew to abandon vessel
The attack on the Magic Seas, a bulk carrier heading north to Egypt’s Suez Canal, happened about 60 miles southwest of Hodeida, Yemen, which is held by the Houthis.
The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, or UKMTO, center first said that an armed security team on the vessel had returned fire against an initial attack of gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades, though the vessel later was struck by projectiles.
Ambrey, a private maritime security firm, said that the Magic Seas also had been attacked by bomb-carrying drone boats, which could be a major escalation. It said that two drone boats struck the ship, while another two had been destroyed by the armed guards on board.
UKMTO said the ship was taking on water and its crew had abandoned the vessel. They were rescued by a passing ship, it added.
A European Union anti-piracy patrol in the region, called Operation Atalanta, said that 22 mariners had been on board the Magic Seas.
Saree, the Houthi spokesman, claimed the attack and said the rebels used missiles and bomb-carrying drone boats to attack the ship.
“Our operations continue in targeting the depths of the Israeli entity in occupied Palestine, as well as preventing Israeli maritime navigation in the Red and Arabian Seas … until the aggression on Gaza stops and the siege on it is lifted,” Saree said.
The Magic Seas’ owners didn’t respond to a request for comment.
Houthi attacks came over the Israel-Hamas war
The Houthi rebels have been launching missile and drone attacks against commercial and military ships in the region in what the group’s leadership has described as an effort to end Israel’s offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Between November 2023 and January 2025, the Houthis targeted more than 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking two of them and killing four sailors. Their campaign has greatly reduced the flow of trade through the Red Sea corridor, which typically sees $1 trillion of goods move through it annually. Shipping through the Red Sea, while still lower than normal, has increased in recent weeks.
The Houthis paused attacks until the U.S. launched a broad assault against the rebels in mid-March. That ended weeks later and the Houthis haven’t attacked a vessel, though they have continued occasional missile attacks targeting Israel.
The rise in “sell America” chatter this year seems to have been matched by investor appetite for non-US stocks.
Flows into non-US exchange-traded funds hit more than $20 billion in June, the second-highest monthly amount ever, according to data from State Street.
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The flows into non-US stocks accounted for 45% of all flows, significantly higher than the rolling 12-month average of around 17%.
The breadth of flows into non-US-focused funds was also wide.
“80% of non-US equity ETFs had inflows in June — above the normal hit rate of 74%,” Matthew Bartolini, head of Americas ETF research at the firm, said in a June 30 note. “Comparatively, only 53% of US equity exposures had inflows in June versus their usual 59% monthly hit rate.”
Flows into two types of non-US ETFs were particularly high: developed market funds and emerging market funds. $12.5 billion went into developed-market funds, while $6.8 billion flowed into the latter.
Examples of funds with exposure to these trades might include the iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF (IEFA), the SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF (SPDW), the Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF (AVEM), and the Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund ETF (VWO).
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The heightened flows into international stocks aren’t much of a surprise. Global investors have been on edge about US assets in recent months as the Trump administration placed near-universal tariffs on imported goods, a move which tanked the US dollar, sent bond yields soaring, and caused soaring volatility in stocks.
In recent weeks, investor concerns about Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” and its impact on the federal debt and budget deficit have further fueled the “sell America” sentiment.
Trump’s “policies raise the question of how long US asset exceptionalism can last and place more pressure on Fed policymakers to ease while creating a stronger impulse for non-US central banks to offer stimulus — adding liquidity and supporting growth in those regions,” Bartolini wrote.
