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Bhutan cuts daily tourist fee by half to lure more visitors

Published On: August 26, 2023 03:40 PM NPT By: Reuters

KATHMANDU, Aug 26: The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is to halve the $200 daily fee it charges tourists in an effort to boost a sector still struggling to recover a year after the end of COVID-19 restrictions.

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Sam Asghari seeks divorce from Britney Spears 14 months after wedding

Published On: August 18, 2023 01:00 PM NPT By: Reuters

LOS ANGELES, Aug 18: Sam Asghari, the husband of pop superstar Britney Spears, is seeking to divorce the singer he married last year after she was released from a legal conservatorship.

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Ecuador presidential candidate Villavicencio assassinated

Published On: August 10, 2023 01:20 PM NPT By: Reuters

QUITO, Aug 10: Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, a vocal critic of corruption and organized crime, was killed at a campaign event on Wednesday, authorities said, amid an upsurge in violence in the Andean nation blamed on drug traffickers.

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Rapper Tory Lanez sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting Megan Thee Stallion

Published On: August 9, 2023 11:58 AM NPT By: Reuters

Canadian rapper Tory Lanez was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 years in prison, more than seven months after he was convicted of shooting fellow musical artist Megan Thee Stallion during an argument in 2020.

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Warner Bros movie 'Barbie' ticket sales top $1 billion

Published On: August 7, 2023 12:46 PM NPT By: Reuters

NEW YORK, Aug 7:The blockbuster film "Barbie" has topped $1 billion in box office ticket sales worldwide since its July 21 debut, Warner Bros. Pictures, a unit of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD.O), announced on Sunday.

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Angus Cloud, star of TV show 'Euphoria,' dead at 25

Published On: August 1, 2023 11:05 AM NPT By: Reuters

July 31: Angus Cloud, cast member of the HBO teen drama series "Euphoria," died on Monday at age 25 just days after the death of his father, his family said in a statement.

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UK band The 1975 cancels Indonesia, Taiwan shows after Malaysia LGBT controversy

Published On: July 23, 2023 01:25 PM NPT By: Reuters

July 23, British band The 1975 said on Sunday they have cancelled shows in Taiwan and Muslim-majority Indonesia, a day after Malaysia banned them from performing there after their frontman kissed a bandmate on stage and criticised the country's anti-LGBT laws.

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Global retailers cash in on Barbie movie craze

Published On: July 21, 2023 12:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

Shoppers are snapping up Barbie hoop earrings, perfume, jumpsuits, and dresses as retailers seek to cash in on Friday's Barbie film release, reigniting the craze for the plastic doll and her hot pink, sequin-adorned universe.

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Russian scientists warn of powerful solar flare activity on Monday

Published On: July 17, 2023 12:15 PM NPT By: Reuters

Powerful solar flare activity is forecast for Monday which may interfere with short-wave communications, Russian scientists said after three flares were observed on the sun on Sunday.

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Global public debt hits record $92 trillion, UN report says

Published On: July 15, 2023 04:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, July 15: Global public debt surged to a record $92 trillion in 2022 as governments borrowed to counter crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, with the burden being felt acutely by developing countries, a United Nations report said.

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K-Pop supergroup BTS' Jung Kook releases solo single

Published On: July 14, 2023 02:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

SEOUL, July 14: Jung Kook, a member of K-Pop supergroup BTS, officially launched on Friday his solo career with the release of single "Seven", a track also featuring American rapper Latto.

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India readies takeoff for mission to land spacecraft on moon's south pole

Published On: July 14, 2023 12:53 PM NPT By: Reuters

BENGALURU, July 14: India's space agency made final preparations on Friday for the launch of a rocket that will attempt to land a robotic rover on the moon's south pole, a first in space exploration.

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Timothee Chalamet debuts as Wonka in prequel's first trailer

Published On: July 12, 2023 02:07 PM NPT By: Reuters

LONDON, July 12:Timothee Chalamet follows in the footsteps of Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp to play Willy Wonka in a new prequel film that looks at how Roald Dahl's fictional character came to love chocolate.

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Christopher Nolan returns with latest blockbuster 'Oppenheimer'

Published On: July 8, 2023 11:30 AM NPT By: Reuters

NEW YORK, July 7: Acclaimed film director Christopher Nolan turns his attention to J. Robert Oppenheimer for his new blockbuster movie, taking audiences back to when the American theoretical physicist oversaw the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II.

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'Rogers: The Musical,' first Marvel musical at Disneyland opens

Published On: July 1, 2023 01:07 PM NPT By: Reuters

ANAHEIM, California, July 1: For the first time ever, Marvel fans will be able to watch heroic super soldier Steve Rogers sing and dance on stage in Disneyland Resort's one-act musical theater production “Rogers: The Musical.”

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Popstars could be powering inflation as concert prices surge

Published On: June 27, 2023 11:55 AM NPT By: Reuters

LOS ANGELES/GLASTONBURY, England, June 27: Call it Beyflation. Or maybe Swiftflation.

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Elton John enthralls Glastonbury in final UK show

Published On: June 26, 2023 01:30 PM NPT By: Reuters

GLASTONBURY, England, June 26 : Elton John enthralled a massive Glastonbury crowd on Sunday night in possibly his last show in Britain, delighting loyal fans but disappointing others who had hoped for star guest appearances.

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Pixar film 'Elemental' opens as studio's second-lowest box office debut

Published On: June 19, 2023 01:25 PM NPT By: Reuters

LOS ANGELES, June 19: Pixar's animated movie "Elemental" took in roughly $30 million at U.S. and Canadian box offices over the weekend, the second-lowest debut in the history of the acclaimed studio behind the "Toy Story" franchise, "Finding Nemo" and other classics.

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Fighter jets chase small plane in Washington area before it crashes in Virginia

Published On: June 5, 2023 11:50 AM NPT By: Reuters

WASHINGTON, June 5: The United States scrambled F-16 fighter jets in a supersonic chase of a light aircraft with an unresponsive pilot that violated airspace around Washington D.C. and later crashed into the mountains of Virginia, officials said.

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Indian train crash death toll jumps to 233, another 900 injured

Published On: June 3, 2023 09:05 AM NPT By: Reuters

June 3: At least 233 people were killed and 900 were injured when two passenger trains collided in India's Odisha state, a government official said on Saturday, making the rail accident the country's deadliest in more than a decade.

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