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Based on a Carnegie prize-winning novel, ‘The Invention of Hugo Cabret’ by Brian Selznick, Martin Scorsese’s Hugo is an adventure, a mystery and a celebration of the grandeur of the past all rolled into one. The opening scene…
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Ahamed Aathil Mohamed Samsudeen was under police surveillance when he attacked a group of people at an Auckland grocery on Friday. Authorities knew he was a threat, but New Zealand’s laws could not keep him in jail. They were…
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Kabul’s airport reopened with domestic flights taking off Saturday after a team of engineers from Qatar repaired parts of the airport’s air traffic control system last week, according to Muhammad Salim Saad, the Taliban commander in…
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Taliban officials have broken up a demonstration by dozens of women in Kabul demanding rights following the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. The group say the Taliban targeted them with tear gas and pepper spray as they tried to…
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Since the beginning of the pandemic, doctors have found that people who become very ill with COVID-19 often experience kidney problems, not just the lung impairments that are the hallmark of the illness. Now, a large study…
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It’s basically over already. It will end this October. Or maybe it won’t be over till next spring, or late next year, or two or three years down the road. From the most respected epidemiologists to public health experts who have…
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Tuna are starting to recover after being fished to the edge of extinction, scientists have revealed. Numbers are bouncing back following a decade of conservation efforts, according to the official tally of threatened species.…
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Hirdaramani Group Director Aroon Hirdaramani noted that the US $ 10 billion goal for Sri Lankan apparel exports by 2025 was unfeasible but that the sector could aim to achieve US$ 8 billion by 2025. He noted the difficulty in reaching…
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Marriott’s CEO warns that the company is in a “fight for talent” as it seeks to hire 10,000 staff at hotels in the United States to accommodate the rapid recovery of bookings. Tony Capuano took over after his predecessor’s death…
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UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday invited all people including the youths to join hands with the new United National Party for a new Sri Lanka. Addressing the UNP’s 75th anniversary virtually yesterday evening,…
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