Taylor Swift: Australia to host academic conference on pop icon
The event will explore the megastar's impact on culture and the music industry.
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Who are Travis Kelce's parents? Jason Kelce 'confirms' brother is dating Taylor Swift
'I think things are going great and I think it's 100 percent true,' said Jason Kelce
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Russian official tries to disrupt Zelensky’s speech at UN and gets told to ‘stop the war’
The Russian envoy attending the United Nations Security Council meeting on president Vladimir Putin’s behalf was told to “stop the war” after he objected to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s speech on Wednesday. Russia’s ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia protested the council president’s decision to allow Mr Zelensky to speak before the 15 council members. “We would like to ask you on what basis you are proposing to allow president Zelensky to speak before the members of the council, many of whom are represented by the heads of states and governments,” the Russian envoy said, accusing the Albanian state of demonstrating “open disregard for the procedures and practices of the UN security council”. Albanian prime minister Edi Rama shot back at the Russian leader: “I must say that coming from you all this lecture of violating the rules in this building is quite an impressive shot.” “You stop the war and president Zelensky will not take the floor,” he said, after noting the objection flagged by the Russian leader over the Ukrainian leader speaking before the council members had addressed the meeting. Mr Rama also cited the council rule allowing a non-member to speak first and added that “this is not a special operation by the Albanian presidency”, eliciting laughter with a quip about Russia’s insistence on referring to its offensive against Ukraine as a “special military operation”. Another heated exchange erupted at the table after Mr Nebenzia referred to Mr Rama as Albania’s prime minister and a Nato member instead of as the council president but Mr Rama declared: “I take note, and we’ll continue with our session.” Shortly after, Mr Zelensky took to X and thanked the Albanian leader for “correctly handling Russia” as he shared a video clip of the heated exchange. “Dear @EdiRamaal, today at the UNSC you showed the world how to correctly handle Russia, its lies, and its hypocrisy. I thank you for steering the presidency in such a principled manner,” he said on Twitter. The second day of the UN meeting in New York was flooded with speculations on the Ukrainian president and Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov clashing for the first time in person since the invasion in Ukraine started in February last year. The two were either expected to clash, speak or totally avoid each other. In the end, Mr Zelensky and Sergei Lavrov avoided staring each other down across the UN Security Council’s famous horseshoe-shaped table as the former left before Mr Lavrov arrived. Mr Zelensky denounced Russia as “a terrorist state” while Russian ambassador Vassily Nebenzia sat facing him near the other end of the table’s arc. As the Ukrainian president launched into his remarks, the Russian briefly looked at his phone, then tucked the device away. Mr Zelensky left before Mr Lavrov’s arrival, which happened as US secretary of state Antony Blinken was accusing Russia of having “shredded” key provisions of the UN Charter. Mr Lavrov blamed the West for “a shaking of global stability as well as the exacerbation and the fomenting of new hotbeds of tension”. He said “the US and its satellites have egregiously and openly interfered in the domestic affairs of Ukraine,” heightening the risks of global conflict. He insisted that Russia has “fully” respected the provisions of the UN charter “in an interconnected way”. Read More Ukraine-Russia war – live: Zelensky says UN ‘incapable’ of stopping Putin’s ‘criminal aggression’ Ukraine kills 130 Russian soldiers in single day in southern push Ukraine rejects defective Leopard 1 tanks from Germany after finding ‘serious faults’ Inside a Ukrainian brigade’s battle ‘through hell’ to reclaim a village on the way to Bakhmut Russian strikes cities from east to west Ukraine, starting fires and wounding at least 14
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Nicki Minaj trolled after husband Kenneth Petty gets put under house arrest for threatening Cardi B’s partner Offset
Nicki Minaj's husband has previously been in legal trouble as he failed to register as a sex offender in 2020 following his 1995 conviction
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Samantha Irvin furious after Logan Paul uses brass knuckles to fight Ricochet during WWE SummerSlam: 'Saw my fiance get hit in the face'
Samantha Irvin said she found it hard to maintain her professionalism until the bout between Logan Paul and Ricochet ended
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‘Today’ host Dylan Dreyer melts fans' hearts as Hoda Kotb captures sweet moment with toddler son Oliver
Dylan Dreyer posted an adorable video of her son Ollie riding a bike
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'Sex Education' Season 4 review: The series' most powerful lesson yet
From the very first season of Sex Education in 2019, Laurie Nunn's teen dramedy series
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IShowSpeed finally talks to Adin Ross after a major fallout, Internet mocks duo: 'Both glazing so hard'
IShowSpeed finally talks to Adin Ross after a major fallout, here's what happened next
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Greta Gerwig 'nearly overwhelmed' by seeing Barbie in IMAX
Greta Gerwig is "nearly overwhelmed" by seeing 'Barbie' in IMAX and explains that the ultra high-definition screening is the best way to watch the summer smash.
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Ed Sheeran and J Balvin are set to drop joint album in 2024
Ed Sheeran and J Balvin are set to "merge two worlds" when they release a joint album next year.
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'Why are people so evil?' Leslie Jones blasts trolls over Ghostbusters death threats
'Ghostbusters' star Leslie Jones received death threats over her female-led reboot in 2016, and she has blasted Jason Reitman's response.
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Fox News host Greg Gutfeld talks about 'friend' Russell Brand's sexual assault allegations, says 'timing is impeccable'
Greg Gutfeld didn't hesitate to make it clear that he and Brand have been 'friends' for a while
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