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A fire broke out in a hospital on Rome’s outskirts, killing at least three people and forcing the overnight evacuation of the smoke-filled facility and its nearly 200 patients, officials said on Saturday. The blaze began in the ground floor emergency room of the St. John the Evangelist hospital in Tivoli at around 11pm on Friday, which was a holiday in Italy. The flames spread to a few other wards, “but the smoke went everywhere,” said chief prosecutor Francesco Menditto. Using fire truck ladders to reach patients on high floors, fire and police rescue crews worked through the night to…
The team of Willemijn Roeterdink, Sylvia van Der Tol, Rosine Natali, and Juliette Castell were celebrating the festive season early after winning the annual Ladies Christmas Texas Scramble event at the Jumeirah Golf Estates’s Fire course. All players teed off with the best shot selected, after which each player would then take turns hitting from the selected shot and this process would continue until the ball was holed. Roeterdink and teammates emerged triumphant with a remarkable net score of 54 (-18). Their exceptional performance included an astonishing 14 birdies and two eagles which helped them clinch the title by a…
There are Christmas comedies, action films, and dramas, but there aren’t many holiday-themed thrillers, at least on Netflix. But who can complain when Netflix has one of the best libraries of thrillers that you can stream? In the last month alone, Netflix has debuted two of 2023’s best thrillers, Leave the World Behind and The Killer. Two modern thrillers from other studios, Black Swan and Good Time, are also in our spotlight this month. Thrillers are a really exciting genre to watch because there’s always a sense of danger around the corner. That’s why we like them and why we’ve…
After his school exam, 10-year-old Emirati student Messed Salim AlKhuzaimi rushed to Expo City Dubai all the way from Abu Dhabi with one goal in mind: To display his creation named ‘Mr COP’. This mister is not just any other gentleman, he is a roving battery-powered toy car that carries an important environmental message. Stay up to date with the latest news. Follow KT on WhatsApp Channels. “I created Mr COP as a mascot for COP28. I used a cardboard to form the robot and my old RC (remote-controlled) toy car for the platform,” AlKhuzaimi told Khaleej Times. The roving…
The Biden administration has used an emergency authority to allow the sale of about 14,000 tank shells to Israel without congressional review, the Pentagon said on Saturday. The State Department on Friday used an Arms Export Control Act emergency declaration for the tank rounds worth $106.5 million for immediate delivery to Israel, the Pentagon said in a statement. The shells are part of a bigger sale that was first reported by Reuters on Friday that the Biden administration is asking the US Congress to approve. The larger package is worth more than $500 million and comprises of 45,000 shells for…
Spinners Rahman Rabby and Parvez Jibon spun a web around UAE to secure a 71-run victory for Bangladesh in Match 3 of the ACC Under-19s Asia Cup on Saturday. In another match Sri Lanka bowled out Japan for only 75 runs and chased down the target inside 13 overs. Chasing a target of 230 in 50 overs the UAE made a promising start despite losing opener Aryansh Sharma (22) in the eighth over and Dhruv Parashar (4) in the 13th over at the ICC Academy grounds. Tanish Suri (27) Aayan Afzal Khan (27) and Maroof Merchant (25) chipped in with…
If you haven’t upgraded your phone in a few years, then this 3-day sale from Best Buy is the perfect opportunity to do so. You can take advantage of dozens of unlocked phone deals on everything from budget-friendly phones that cost less than a couple of hundred dollars to high-end folding phones. Whatever it is, there’s likely a deal here that will interest you, so we’ve done our best to find and put together the best deals that will give you the most bang for your buck. That said, there are a lot more deals than we could cover, so…
A missing 22-year-old person of determination was found at a Sharjah hospital today after a rigorous 38-hour search. The family of the missing man Saqlain Munir, a Norwegian national on a visit in the UAE, thanked the Sharjah Police for their swift action. “We received a phone call from the police informing us about his whereabouts on Saturday at noon,” Azhar Munir, Saqlain’s father, told Khaleej Times. Saqlain went missing at 10pm on Thursday, sending his family into a frantic search, especially because of his condition. “Saqlain does not talk to anyone. We were continuously ringing his phone but was…
New York Strikers gained sweet revenge against defending champions Deccan Gladiators when they won the Abu Dhabi T10 final on Sunday, compensating for their loss twelve months ago, on debut. Battng first, Deccan Gladiators were restricted to 91 for five in their quota of ten overs, a target that the Strikers systematically chased down with four balls to spare and for the loss of three wickets. Led by Trinidad’s Kieron Pollard, who captained the West Indies in limited overs cricket, the Strikers delivered another strong all-round performance to win the tournament for the first time at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket…
Getting a bigger TV can be a big upgrade in your home theater system, but that usually means you’re going to pay a premium and a ton of money that can be hard to justify. Luckily, Best Buy is having a massive 3-day sale going on with lots of different deals on TVs you can take advantage of. That includes everything from the budget-friendly to something you can use with a gaming PC, PS5, or Xbox Series X. We’ve done our best to wade through all the options and present you with the best picks we can find, but it’s…