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Britain’s King Charles greeted well-wishers in an impromptu walkabout after an Easter church service in Windsor on Sunday, his first appearance at a public royal event since his cancer diagnosis was announced in February. A smiling Charles, 75, accompanied by Queen Camilla, shook hands with scores of people gathered outside St George’s Chapel, the resting place of his late mother Queen Elizabeth. Charles had postponed all previous public engagements since Buckingham Palace announced he was to undergo treatment for an unspecified form of cancer. The illness was found in tests after he had a corrective procedure for an enlarged prostate…
QatarEnergy CEO Saad Al Kaabi announced on Sunday that the company has finalised a number of charter contracts with several Asian ship owners to bolster its shipping fleet by 19 LNG vessels ahead of a massive expansion in LNG output. In a ceremony at its Doha headquarters state-owned QatarEnergy signed contracts to charter six vessels from CMES LNG Carrier Investment, six vessels from Shandong Marine Energy, three vessels from MISC Berhad and four vessels from Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha and Hyundai Glovis. QatarEnergy had previously contracted for 77 ships to be built at Korean and Chinese shipyards in the first phases…
American film director and writer David Robert Mitchell’s mysterious new feature film has finally got a release date and a title. It features Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor, reported Variety. Warner Bros. and Bad Robot’s film is titled Flowervale Street and will be released on May 16, 2025, in Imax. Mitchell will direct the script he wrote, and will also produce it alongside J.J. Abrams, Hannah Minghella, Matt Jackson and Tommy Harper. Although the movie’s plot is still unknown, it has previously been described as a thriller. Maisy Stella and Christian Convery complete the main cast, as Variety previously reported.…
Each year, the best horses, jockeys and trainers travel to the UAE to compete in the Dubai World Cup, one of the most iconic races in modern-day horse racing. But only one of them goes home a winner. On Saturday evening, trainer Bhupat Seemar and his trusted stable jockey Tadhg O’Shea, combined to script a fairytale eight-length victory with Laurel River at Meydan racecourse’s most memorable day. Horse racing can be hair-raising, and how Laurel River annihilated his 11 world-class rivals must have given most of the 60,000 racing fans at the venue goosebumps. One of them was Bhupat himself…
March is almost over and, well, it’s a bit sad to see the month end. Why? Well, if you’re a movie fan, you’ve experienced an embarrassment of riches both in theaters and at home. Dune: Part Two brought back the big-budget spectacle while TV shows like Shōgun have reminded people that TV can still churn out Game of Thrones-style epics. Netflix has also had a killer month with entertaining shows like The Gentlemen and original movies like Damsel. Chances are, you’ve probably seen both of those, so if you’re still looking for stuff to watch this weekend, we have you covered. Digital…
An Emirati businessman has announced a donation of Dh150 million to establish an endowment medical complex. Abdul Rahim Mohammed Belghozooz Al Zarooni’s donation is part of an agreement with the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives (MBRGI), under which the proceeds from the hospital will be dedicated to support MBRGI projects. An agreement was signed on Sunday in the presence of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the MBRGI. Mohammad Al Gergawi, Secretary General of the MBRGI, said: “MBRGI draws inspiration from the vision…
Veteran actor Richard Gere paid a glowing tribute to his An Officer and a Gentleman co-star Louis Gossett Jr, who passed away at the age of 87, People reported. Gosset Jr played Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley, a drill instructor who served over Gere’s character Zack Mayo in the acclaimed 1982 film. The film won him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, making him the first African American from Hollywood to win the coveted award in that category. According to a statement quoted by People, Gere remembered his co-star as “a sweetheart” who “took his job very seriously” and “did…
Over the course of the story of Harry Potter, a number of genuinely engaging heroes were created. Alongside those heroes, though, were equally compelling villains that we simply loved to hate. Some of those villains were archetypal, while others came in more unexpected molds — and several even became some of the best villains in movie history. Each one of them was terrifying in their own way, though, and Harry had to face each of them at least once over the course of his journey. While there are more than seven villains in the world of Harry Potter, we’ve narrowed this…
Indian opposition parties united on Sunday to protest against the arrest of a prominent leader weeks before a national election, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party of rigging the vote and harassing them with large tax demands. “Narendra Modi is trying match-fixing in this election,” Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi told a New Delhi rally as the crowd chanted “Shame”! Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, a staunch Modi critic, anti-corruption crusader and a high-profile leader of the 27-member “INDIA” opposition bloc, was arrested on March 21 for alleged graft over granting liquor licences, less than a month before…
The UAE on Sunday (March 31) announced the retail fuel prices for the month of April 2024. The approved fuel prices by the Ministry of Energy are determined every month, according to the average global price of oil, whether up or down, after adding the operating costs of distribution companies. The Fuel Prices Monitoring Committee increased gasoline prices for April by 11 fils per litre for gasoline and diesel price, compared to the prices of March 2024. The new rates will apply from April 1 and are as follows: CategoryPrice per litre (April)Price per litre (March)DifferenceSuper 98 petrolDh3.15 Dh3.03Dh0.11Special 95…