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By Lianne Kolirin for CNN Florence Pugh at the 2024 Academy Awards. Photo: AFP / Frederic J. Brown Hollywood star Florence Pugh has revealed that a surprise diagnosis led her to have her eggs frozen aged 27. Now 28, the British-born actress has opened up about suffering from polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and endometriosis - both of which can affect fertility - in an episode of the SHE MD podcast, released Tuesday. Pugh, star of hits like Oppenheimer, Dune: Part Two and Little Women, said: "I had a bit of a worry last summer and I just wanted to go and get things checked out, and then we ended up finding out information that I probably wouldn't have known until I started having kids in another five years." The podcast is hosted by influencer Mary Alice Haney and gynaecological surg...

By Luc Cohen, Reuters US producer-musician Sean "Diddy" Combs poses during a music awards ceremony on 12 September, 2023, in New Jersey. Photo: Angela Weiss / AFP Rapper and producer seeks release on $50 million bond Prosecutors say Combs may tamper with witnesses Combs has pleaded not guilty, called sexual activity consensual There is no risk Sean 'Diddy Combs will act violently if he is released from jail, a defence lawyer says, asking a judge to release the music mogul from a Brooklyn jail on bail. The case was being presented on Friday (US EST), after Combs had been held for 10 weeks, ahead of his 5 May trial on sex-trafficking charges. Combs' lawyers this month proposed a $50 million bail package backed by his $48m Florida mansion. It also called for Combs to be monitored a...

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. Photo: AFP / ALBERTO PIZZOLI, ABIR SULTAN By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Hussam al-Masri, Reuters Gazans see little hope that International Criminal Court arrest warrants for Israeli leaders will slow down the onslaught on the Palestinian territory, where medics say at least 24 people were killed in fresh Israeli military strikes. In Gaza City in the north, an Israeli strike on a house in Shejaia killed eight people, medics said. Three others were killed in a strike near a bakery and a fisherman was killed as he set out to sea. In the central and southern areas, 12 people were killed in three separate Israeli air strikes. Meanwhile, Israeli forces...

By Luc Cohen, Reuters US President-elect Donald Trump should not have his ability to carry out his presidential duties compromised by the 'hush money' legal cases against him, his lawyers say. Photo: AFP / ANGELA WEISS Trump was convicted in May of 34 felony counts Judge formally delays sentencing Trump Donald Trump may seek dismissal of the criminal case in which he was convicted in May of 34 felony counts involving hush money paid to a porn star, a judge ruled on Friday, while also indefinitely delaying Trump's sentencing in light of his victory in the 5 November US presidential election. The sentencing had been scheduled to take place next Tuesday. Prosecutors with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office this week asked New York state Supreme Court Justice Juan Mercha...

A UNIFIL vehicle drives through Beirut as part of a UN peacekeeping convoy. Photo: AFP / PATRICK BAZ Four UN peacekeepers from Italy were wounded by rockets in Lebanon fired by Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, Italian officials said. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni expressed "deep indignation and concern" over "new attacks suffered by the Italian headquarters of UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) in southern Lebanon" on Friday. "These attacks are unacceptable," she said in a statement, calling on "the parties on the ground to guarantee, at all times, the safety of UNIFIL soldiers and to collaborate to quickly identify those responsible". Meloni did not attribute blame but Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said the rockets were "fired by Hezbollah" and called on bo...