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Japan animator Miyazaki's first film in a decade released
Oscar-winning animator Hayao Miyazaki's highly-anticipated film -- his first feature in a decade and probably his last -- was released in Japan on Friday.The 82-year-old Miyazaki, co-founder of the celebrated anime house Ghibli, came out of retirement to make "How Do You Live?".It was years in production, with the studio taking the unusual step of keeping details about the plot tightly under wraps and offering minimal publicity.The only clue...
'Orange like the sun': visitors flock to Iceland volcano
Despite warnings to stay away from Iceland's latest volcanic eruption near Reykjavik, a group of curious visitors told AFP they couldn't resist the lure of lava that is "orange like the sun".While volcanologists say the eruption remains "low intensity" for now, initial estimates indicate that its flow is significantly more powerful than the two previous eruptions in 2021 and 2022 on the Reykjanes peninsula."When the wind is coming in this...
Mexican mayor weds a reptile - and couldn't be happier!
As onlookers clapped and danced, a mayor of a small southern Mexico town entered into holy matrimony with a female reptile in a traditional rite to bring good fortune to his people.Victor Hugo Sosa, mayor of San Pedro Huamelula, a town of Indigenous Chontal people in the Tehuantepec isthmus of Mexico, took as his betrothed a reptile named Alicia Adriana, re-enacting an ancestral ritual.The reptile is a caiman, an alligator-like marsh dweller...
Strategic alternative payroll system still under deliberation: Minister
A government project to overhaul the public sector's payroll system remains under deliberation and still needs to be completed in order to serve the interests of the state and national economy, Finance Minister Manaf Al-Hajri said on Saturday, noting that rumors currently circulated on social media regarding public sector salaries are "inaccurate" and "unrealistic." The project known as the strategic alternative payroll system was initially...
Living near green space makes you 2.5 years younger: study
City parks and green spaces help counter heat, boost biodiversity, and instill a sense of calm in the urban jungle.They also help slow biological aging, with people who have access to green spaces found to be on average 2.5 years biologically younger than those who do not, according to a new study published Wednesday in Science Advances."Living near more greenness can help you be younger than your actual age," Kyeezu Kim, the study's lead author...
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse banned in region: report
KUWAIT: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will not be released in UAE, Saudi Arabia and across the Middle East, according to a report by Esquire Middle East. The movie, a sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, was supposed to release in cinemas in the Middle East during the Eid Al-Adha holiday, but reports now indicate that it will no longer have a theatrical run in the region.In Kuwait, the movie was pulled from the Cinescape schedule....
South Korea celebrates 10 years of K-pop megastars BTS
Fans of K-pop megastars BTS flocked to hotspots around Seoul on Monday to mark the supergroup's 10-year anniversary, with South Korea unveiling a special commemorative stamp series to celebrate. The group's fans -- known collectively as ARMY -- gathered outside the offices of its agency HYBE to take selfies and record TikTok videos in front of a huge mural of the stars being painted on a wall.Korea Post unveiled a special edition series of stamps...
Saudi Arabia, Oman agree to launch unified tourist visa
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and Oman have agreed in principle to launch a unified tourist visa and a joint tourism calendar. This topic was discussed during Saudi Minister of Tourism Ahmed Al-Khateeb's recent visit to Oman in which he met with Oman’s Minister of Heritage and Tourism Salim Al-Mahrouqi.The unified visa was among a number of joint tourism programs and initiatives discussed during the meeting and aimed at attracting international...
GCC, Jordanian travelers can soon visit UK for £10 ETA
Nationals from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states and Jordan will soon only be required to pay £10 to apply for an ETA, which will allow them to visit the UK multiple times over a two-year period, the UK government announced. This is compared to Gulf nationals currently paying £30 per visit to the UK under the current Electronic Visa Wavier (EVW) scheme and Jordanian nationals £100 for a visit visa.The scheme is set to launch for Qatari...
Baby boys more chatty than girls, according to large study
Baby boys babble more than girls, according to a scientific paper out Wednesday that upends a common belief that females hold a language advantage over males early on in life. The findings, published in iScience after the largest ever study on the subject, came as a surprise even to the paper's authors.They say it might be the result of an important sex difference that emerged during our species' evolution. A team led by D. Kimbrough Oller of the...
Once hostile, NASA holds first public meeting on UFOs
The truth is out there -- but we're going to need to look harder. Scientists at NASA's first ever public meeting on unidentified flying objects (UFOs) called Wednesday for a more rigorous scientific approach to clarify the origin of hundreds of mysterious sightings.The space agency announced last year it was analyzing observations in the sky that can't be identified as aerial or natural phenomena - a subject that has long fascinated the public...
Manpower authority's shelter receives 412 Filipina workers
KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Manpower's labor shelter received 412 Filipina workers after the Philippines embassy's illegal shelter was shut down, the authority said on Tuesday.Coordination with immigration authorities revealed that 150 workers have valid visas while 262 have absconding cases filed against them, of whom 224 were sent to deportation while coordination is ongoing with the Philippines embassy to send the rest home in flights...
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