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A few weeks ago, Christopher Nolan’s towering historical blockbuster Oppenheimer landed on Blu-ray. Within days, the disc sold out everywhere, disappearing from online retail inventories and brick-and-mortar shelves alike. In an age when physical media is supposedly on its deathbed, pushed to the brink of extinction by the convenience of streaming, here was what used to be called a “home-video release” so in demand that it started fetching the exorbitant resale rate of a cult classic long out of print. Such is the anomalous power of a pop-culture sensation whose success we’re still finding new ways to quantify. By most metrics…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tarik on Saturday firmed up a vision document to significantly expand bilateral cooperation in around 10 key areas and pushed for concluding a trade pact as early as possible during their “productive” talks. Modi and Tarik also discussed the situation arising out of the Hamas-Israel conflict and the challenge of terrorism as well as the larger need to try and achieve a two-state solution to the Palestine issue as a way forward. At a media briefing, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra described the discussions between Modi and the visiting leader as…
Deepti Sharma and Pooja Vastrakar produced a bowling masterclass as India skittled out England for just 131 runs on Saturday to claim victory by a record margin of 347 runs in their one-off test match in Navi Mumbai. The previous highest winning margin of runs in women’s test cricket was 309, recorded by Sri Lanka against Pakistan in 1998. India captain Harmanpreet Kaur, who opted to not enforce the follow-on on Friday after England were dismantled for 136 in their first innings, declared on 186-6 before the start of play on day three, giving the visitors a massive target of…
أريستا العقارية تدخل السوق الإماراتي بمشاريع فاخرة واستثمارات تتجاوز 5 مليارات درهم أريستا العقارية تضع معايير جديدة للتميز في قطاع العقارات في دولة الإمارات بغية تقديم منظور جديد للحياة الفاخرة من خلال إضفاء أناقة التصميم في كافة مشاريعها. استثمار حوالي 5 مليارات درهم في السنوات الثلاث إلى الأربع المقبلة، وتتمثل باكورة هذا الاستثمار بمشروعها الأول ذي الموقع الاستراتيجي في مدينة محمد بن راشد. القطاع العقاري يحظى بأهمية كبيرة في الاقتصاد الإماراتي، إذ يشكل قرابة 5.5٪ من إجمالي الناتج المحليللدولة. الإمارات العربية المتحدة، دبي، ديسمبر 2023: أعلنت شركة أريستا العقارية عن دخولها المشهد العقاري في سوق دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة، وذلك…
I don’t often get to say this, but this has been a great year for Mac gaming. And I don’t just mean there have been a few positives here and there — I’d go as far as saying it’s been a transformative 12 months for games on Apple’s platform. Of course, things aren’t perfect, and there’s a lot I’d like Apple to change to make the Mac a real home for gamers. But looking back over the past decade or so, I can’t think of a better time to play games on the Mac than right now. Hot hardware How…
One participant just became one of the luckiest Emirates Draw winners of the year — after hitting the whopping Dh15-million jackpot on Friday night. The participant — now the third grand prize winner of the Easy6 game — bought a Dh15 ticket and picked six numbers out of a pool of 39. And that’s it, all the chosen numbers matched the six that popped up in the latest draw: 14, 28, 15, 4, 37, 32. The first Easy6 winner to bag the Dh15-million prize was an Indian driver who was earning a Dh3,200 salary. The second one was a Filipino…
The Indian Navy said on Saturday that it is shadowing a bulk carrier that was boarded by unknown attackers — likely Somali pirates — in the Arabian Sea. The Maltese-flagged MV Ruen, with a crew of 18, had sent a Mayday message on the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations portal on Thursday indicating that six unknown people had boarded the vessel, the Indian Navy said in its statement. The navy responded to the distress call by sending its anti-piracy patrol warship and maritime patrol aircraft to locate and assist the vessel, it added. The aircraft overflew the hijacked vessel early…
Hosts UAE and Bangladesh face their destiny when they meet in the summit clash of the ACC Asia Cup U19 tournament on Sunday but in the end, only one of them will come away holding the trophy. As it has does so many times over the years, the iconic Dubai International Cricket Stadium will play host to what promises to be an epic showdown as a revitalized UAE go in search of that record maiden title in all forms of the game. Bangladesh go into the match with a clean slate having beaten the UAE by 61 runs, Japan by…
International experts review latest methods of diagnosing cancer and difficult diseases Two scientific workshops specialized in modern diagnosis of tissue and cell diseases were launched this morning at the Address Marina Hotel in Dubai, to review modern and latest technologies currently used in the most important international hospitals within the so-called digital pathology and molecular pathologies Dr Hassan Huteit Consultant Histopathologist, Head of Histology Unit at Dubai Health. General Secretary of Emirates Pathology Society. Senior Lecturer, Dubai Medical College said The distinguished group of lecturers specialized in the fields from the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East will…
We’re about one-third of the way through the 2023-24 NBA season, and YouTube TV has dropped a special treat. You can get NBA League Pass for just $50 for the rest of the season. Not $50 a month — $50 total. You need to act fast, through, and the offer ends on December 18. The scheme basically is the same for what we’ve enjoyed this season with NFL Sunday Ticket. You’re able to watch your favorite teams’ out-of-market games, wherever you are. No relying on the cable networks. No resorting to sketchy websites that almost certainly don’t have the rights…