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Kumail Nanjiani can’t contain his excitement for the release of Marvel’s ‘Eternals’


September 10, 2020

Hollywood star Kumail Nanjiani can’t seem to be holding his horses for the release of his superhero film, Eternals. Turning to Twitter, the Academy Award-nominated actor expressed how grateful he was to work with director of the Marvel epic, Chloe Zhao, while also revealing his excitement for the film’s release. “Working with Chloé has been one of the most thrilling and …

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UK’s controversial new Brexit powers law explained


September 10, 2020

LONDON: The UK government on Wednesday published a controversial new bill it admits will break international law by overriding parts of the Brexit treaty it signed with the European Union. What is it? The UK Internal Market Bill sets out how the government will redistribute powers set to return from Brussels at the end of the year. The country formally …

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Investigators launch over 150 probes in French horse mutilations, killings spate


September 10, 2020

Investigators have opened more than 150 probes into a spate of killings and mutilations of horses across France, Agriculture Minister Julien Denormandie said on Wednesday. “We have an unacceptable situation of absolutely sickening cruelty acts,” Denormandie told France Info radio. “I hear the fear, the concerns, the disarray of horse owners,” he said, adding that a toll free number was being made …

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Fire at migrant camp in Greece leaves thousands homeless


September 10, 2020

LESBOS ISLAND: Thousands of asylum seekers were left homeless on Wednesday after a fire gutted Greece’s largest migrant camp on Lesbos, plunging the island into crisis and sparking pledges of help from around Europe. The blaze, which began hours after 35 people tested positive for coronavirus at the Moria camp, sent thousands fleeing for safety into surrounding olive groves — …

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Coming weeks may see progress in negotiations over rift between Qatar and other Gulf states


September 10, 2020

There could be some progress within weeks in resolving a three year-long rift between Gulf Arab states, a senior United States State Department official said on Wednesday, citing signs of “flexibility” in negotiations. The dispute dates from 2017 when the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt imposed a boycott on Qatar, severing diplomatic and transport ties and accusing it …

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Trump admitted he played down virus danger, says author


September 10, 2020

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump admits he tried to minimise the lethal threat of coronavirus at the outset of the pandemic in audio recordings released on Wednesday from interviews with veteran US journalist Bob Woodward. “I wanted to always play it down,” Trump said in an interview with Woodward on March 19, according to a CNN preview of the book Rage, due to …

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Situation along Line of Actual Control tense, says Delhi


September 10, 2020

NEW DELHI: Indian and Chinese troops were facing off on Wednesday, barely a few hundred metres apart, in a remote Himalayan region where shots were fired for the first time in decades, Indian officials said. The nuclear-armed neighbours have accused each other of firing in the air during a fresh flare-up in the Ladakh region on Monday, violating long-standing protocols to avoid …

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S. Arabia reaffirms support for Palestinian state


September 10, 2020

CAIRO: Saudi Arabia told an Arab League meeting on Wednesday it supports all efforts to reach a comprehensive solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. But a statement released by the Saudi foreign ministry on remarks made by Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud included no direct mention of a normalisation deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. The prince said Riyadh …

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