Author: AFP
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‘Game of Thrones’ movie in early development
Could the dragons of Westeros finally be coming to the big screen? At least one “Game of Thrones” movie is in very early stages of development, trade outlets The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline reported Thursday. The original HBO “Game of Thrones” television show became a global cultural phenomenon during its eight-season run from 2011-2019, garnering…
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Hezbollah appoints Naim Qassem as successor to Hassan Nasrallah
Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement announced Tuesday it has chosen deputy head Naim Qassem to succeed Hasan Nasrallah as leader after his death in an Israeli strike on south Beirut last month. “Hezbollah’s (governing) Shura Council agreed to elect… Sheikh Naim Qassem as secretary general of Hezbollah,” the group said in a statement, more than a month after…
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‘Amazing’ AI de-ages Tom Hanks in new film ‘Here’
Tom Hanks has praised the “amazing” use of artificial intelligence to de-age him “in real time” on the set of new movie “Here,” even as he accepted that the technology is causing huge concern in Hollywood. “Here,” out in theaters Friday, stars Hanks and Robin Wright as a couple striving to keep their family together…
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Argentine police raid hotel where Liam Payne fell to death
Argentine police raided on Wednesday the Buenos Aires hotel where former One Direction star Liam Payne died after falling from his third-floor balcony, a police source told AFP. Police officers from the special investigations and technology divisions were sent to the Casa Sur Hotel by the prosecutor’s office “to seize elements of interest for the…
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Pakistani among seven beheaded in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia executed seven people on Wednesday, including five for drug trafficking, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said. The deaths brought the total number of executions carried out this year in the Gulf kingdom to 236, according to an AFP tally based on official statements. Yahya Lutfullah, Ali Azib, Ahmed Ali and Salem Nahari…
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Taliban government welcomes Muhammad Ali’s ex-wife
A former wife of legendary US boxer Muhammad Ali arrived in the Afghan capital, a Taliban government official said Friday, to reportedly open a stadium in a country where women are barred from sports. The head of the Taliban government’s sports directorate, Ahmadullah Wasiq, told AFP that Khalilah Camacho-Ali, who was married to the boxer for…
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Ariana Grande concert attack survivors win UK harassment case
Two survivors of a deadly 2017 suicide attack on an Ariana Grande concert in northern England in 2017 won a harassment claim on Wednesday against a former television producer who claims the attack was a hoax. Martin Hibbert and his daughter Eve sued Richard Hall for harassment and data protection breaches over his assertions in several…
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Erdogan’s rival Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen dies in exile
US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, who was accused by Ankara of organising a failed 2016 coup, has died in exile in the United States aged 83, his movement and the Turkish government said Monday. Turkish-born Gulen, who had lived in the United States since 1999, was once a close ally of Turkish President Recep Tayyip…
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Fans gather to mourn Liam Payne’s death at UK and other vigils
Fans mourning Liam Payne’s death turned out across Britain and beyond at organised vigils Sunday, with at least 1,000 gathering in central London to pay tribute to the former One Direction star. It came four days after Payne died aged 31 following a fall from the balcony of his Buenos Aires hotel room, prompting an…
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Liam Payne: One Direction singer swept up by teenage stardom
Liam Payne, who died aged 31 after plunging from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, spent more than half his life in the public eye as a member of one of the world’s most successful boy bands. The singer from Wolverhampton in central England was first unsuccessful in his audition on the hugely popular television…