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WASHINGTON: Melania Trump dismissed Friday the widespread talk about her husband President Donald Trump's reported affairs with an actress and others, saying she has "more important things to think about." Addressing for the first time allegations that have swirled around her husband the first lady brushed off speculation that her marriage is troubled and insisted she loves life in the US capital. In a lengthy ABC television interview, Trump did not deny the many stories of her husband's philandering. But she also made…

It’s often been a common question among the young that what’s the perfect age to get married? One of the UK’s best-known marital therapists perhaps has a researched-based answer to it. Andrew G Marshall, feels that we may be trying too hard to show we’re in the “perfect relationship”. He suggests that these superstitions take place, in part, in the wedding day, where some couples will spend hundreds of thousands of pounds on everything from the “perfect” dress to the “perfect” location. “They think: ‘if I’ve said it…

TAKAMATSU, Japan: Japan is known for its abundance of centenarians and can now lay claim to having the world’s oldest living married couple, with a combined age of 208 - a feat the wife credits to her patience during 80 years of marriage. Masao Matsumoto, 108, and his 100-year-old wife, Miyako, have been confirmed as the oldest living spouses by aggregate age by Guinness World Records, having been married since October 1937. “I am so glad. It’s thanks to my patience, really,” said Miyako with a laugh, posing with Masao…

LOS ANGELES: Actress Michelle Williams has quietly married, telling Vanity Fair magazine she never gave up on love after the death of her partner Heath Ledger 10 years ago. Williams, 37, the fiercely private Oscar-nominated star of “Brokeback Mountain,” told the magazine in an interview published on Thursday that she married American indie musician Phil Elverum at a private ceremony earlier this month in the rural Adirondacks region of upstate New York. She described her relationship with Elverum, whose first wife died…

LONDON: Actors Kit Harington and Rose Leslie, who played on-screen lovers Jon Snow and Ygritte in fantasy TV saga "Game of Thrones"  tied the nuptial knot in Aberdeenshire area of Scotland on Saturday. The ceremony was held at the remote Wardhill Castle in Aberdeenshire, which has been in Leslie's family for 900 years, according to the Daily Mail. The couple, who met on set in 2012, announced the engagement in the Times newspaper last September, and the wedding date was submitted to the local registry office last…

PARIS: Even if marriage is sometimes more a bed of nails than roses, living into old age with a partner may help ward off heart disease and stroke, researchers said Tuesday. A sweeping survey of research conducted over the last two decades covering more than two million people aged 42 to 77 found that being hitched significantly reduced the risk of both maladies, they reported in the medical journal Heart. The study examined ethnically varied populations in Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia, adding weight…

NEW YORK: Married people may be more likely to spot a deadly skin cancer sooner than their counterparts who aren’t part of a couple, a U.S. study of melanoma patients suggests. For the study, researchers examined data on 52,063 adults diagnosed with early-stage melanoma from 2010 to 2014. The study included 36,307 married patients, 7,570 never-married people, 3,650 individuals who were divorced and 4,536 who were widowed. Compared to married patients, widows were 70 percent more likely to have early-stage melanoma…

MUMBAI: Indian actor and music composer Himesh Reshammiya has tied the knot with actor Sonia Kapoor at his residence in Mumbai on Friday night; this is the second marriage of the composer. Sonia is a television actor and has starred in shows such as Kaisa Ye Pyar Hai, Jugni Chali Jalandhar, Yes Boss and Remix. Himesh earlier said he had not invited any of his friends from the fraternity to the wedding. The wedding was a close-knit affair with just the parents of the couple and Himesh’s son from his first marriage,…

LUCKNOW: Visibly upset over viral reports of marriage with India’s Congress President Rahul, Gandhi, the female MLA from the same party has expressed her link-up with Gandhi scion. "I am really saddened by such baseless rumours being spread. Rahulji is like an elder brother to me. I ritualistically tie rakhi on his wrist. Those behind the link-up are absolutely wrong and aim to malign my image as also that of Rahul Gandhiji," Aditi Singh told the Indian media. Aditi said, "Talk of my marriage with Rahul Gandhi is a…

LAHORE: The Lollywood actress known for heaps of scandals than performances, Meera is caught in yet another a mire as her nikah khawan (marriage registrar) has authenticated solemnising her wedding with Atiq-ur-Rehman. Appearing before a family court in Lahore, nikah khuwan Hamid Khan confirmed that he solemnised Meera’s nikah with Attiq in presence of witnesses as per shariah and law. He also furnished evidence to support his statement saying that the marriage paper presented before the court was original. Earlier…