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Disney to open first theme park in the Middle East

ABU DHABI — The Walt Disney Company announced on Wednesday plans to open its seventh global theme park, and its first in the Middle East, in the United Arab Emirates.The waterfront resort will be built on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, already a major tourism hub home to attractions including the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Ferrari World, Warner Bros. World, SeaWorld, and a major waterpark.The new theme park will be developed in partnership with Abu Dhabi-based developer Miral, which will oversee construction and operations.Disney will lead the design and development while licensing its intellectual property and providing management services.According to a regulatory filing, Disney will not provide capital for the project but will earn royalties based on the resort’s revenues, in...

May 07, 2025

Disney to open first theme park in the Middle East

Shah Rukh Khan wore a look by Sabyasachi to his first Met Gala

Shah Rukh Khan makes Met Gala debut in Sabyasachi

NEW YORK — Shah Rukh Khan is one of the world’s most famous men. And yet, strutting down the Met Gala carpet still gave the Bollywood star jitters.Khan, known as SRK to fans, made his Met debut in understated style, donning a floor-length black wool coat designed by Indian designer Sabyasachi Mukherjee. The look was complemented with several bold accessories, including a large sparkling “K” dangling from a chain and a gem-encrusted tiger head cane.To combat his nerves, perhaps — Khan told Vogue livestream hosts Ego Nwodim and Teyana Taylor that he’s “very shy” and typically skips red carpets — he asked Mukherjee to stick to his style staples.“I told Sabya I only wear black and white, but what we designed for me is what I’m most comfortable in,” he said. “That’s...

May 06, 2025

Shah Rukh Khan makes Met Gala debut in Sabyasachi

Singer Rihanna is expecting her third baby

Rihanna reveals third pregnancy at the Met Gala

NEW YORK — After revealing her second pregnancy in dramatic fashion during her 2023 halftime Super Bowl performance, Rihanna has followed up by debuting her third on the Met Gala red carpet.The last attendee to arrive at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art on Sunday evening, the star wore a pinstripe Marc Jacobs ensemble, accentuating her baby bump, with a polkadot cravat and oversized hat.Rihanna’s pregnancy announcement came on a historic evening, co-chaired by her partner A$AP Rocky, that celebrated exuberant Black style and dandyism. The evening’s theme was inspired by the Met’s accompanying Costume Institute exhibition, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.”A$AP Rocky arrived hours earlier wearing a self-designed outfit that he told Vogue was “a bit of Harlem Nights,”...

May 06, 2025

Rihanna reveals third pregnancy at the Met Gala

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Attenborough at 99 delivers 'greatest message he's ever told'

LONDON — Sir David Attenborough is launching what he says is one of the most important films of his career as he enters his hundredth year. He believes his new, cinema-length film Ocean could play a decisive role in saving biodiversity and protecting the planet from climate change. Sir David, who will be 99 on Thursday, says: "After almost 100 years on the planet, I now understand the most important place on Earth is not on land, but at sea." The ocean is the planet's support system and humanity's greatest ally against climate catastrophe, the film argues. It shows how the world's oceans are at a crossroads. A blue carpet will be rolled out at the film's premiere tonight at the Royal Festival Hall. A host of celebrities are expected to attend...

May 06, 2025

Attenborough at 99 delivers 'greatest message he's ever told'

Sobule's satirical anthem Supermodel featured in the 1995 comedy Clueless

US songwriter Jill Sobule dies in house fire

MINNEAPOLIS — Jill Sobule, a US songwriter, has died in a house fire in Minneapolis, Minnesota, her publicist has said.Sobule, whose satirical anthem Supermodel featured in the 1995 coming-of-age film Clueless, was 66.She had been due to perform on Friday in her home city of Denver, Colorado to showcase songs from her autobiographical stage musical. A free gathering will now take place in her honor.Tributes have been pouring in on social media, including from English musician Lloyd Cole, who said: "I'm really too numb to post much of anything. We loved her. She loved us."Born in 1959, Sobule's career spanned three decades, her music dealing with topics including the death penalty, anorexia and LGBTQ+ rights.Her most famous work came on her eponymous 1995 album, which...

May 02, 2025

US songwriter Jill Sobule dies in house fire

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World’s oldest person dies aged 116 – British woman now holds record

BRASILIA — Inah Canabarro Lucas, a Brazilian nun recognized as the world’s oldest person, has died at the age of 116.The Congregation of Teresian Sisters of Brazil announced her death in a statement, praising her life of “dedication and devotion.”Born on 8 June 1908, she became the world’s oldest person earlier this year following the death of Japanese woman Tomiko Itooka, who also died aged 116.On her 110th birthday, Lucas received a special blessing from Pope Francis, who died last week aged 88.When asked about the secret to her longevity, she attributed it to God: "He is the secret of life. He is the secret of everything.”The nun was also a fan of the Sport Club Internacional football club in Porto Alegre. The club paid tribute to her in a post on X, celebrating her...

May 01, 2025

World’s oldest person dies aged 116 – British woman now holds record

The royal couple will mark their anniversary at a self-catering cottage on Mull after a day of official engagements

William and Kate celebrate anniversary on Isle of Mull

LONDON — The Prince and Princess of Wales are spending their 14th wedding anniversary in Scotland on the Isle of Mull.William and Kate will tour the island over two days and visit community halls that their Royal Foundation is helping to refurbish.The couple, who married at Westminster Abbey on 29 April 2011, will stay at a self-catering cottage on Mull following official engagements.William and Kate, known by their Scottish titles the Duke and Duchess of Rothesay when in Scotland, met while studying at the University of St Andrews.This is the first time Kate has been on an overnight stay during an official engagement since her cancer treatment.The princess hasn't traveled too far from home in Windsor – so to come to Mull and Iona and spend some time here is significant.We're...

April 29, 2025

William and Kate celebrate anniversary on Isle of Mull

Outkast's hits include Hey Ya, B.O.B., So Fresh So Clean and SpottieOttieDopaliscious

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame picks Outkast but not Oasis

LOS ANGELES — Innovative rap group Outkast, pop star Cyndi Lauper and 1960s pioneer Chubby Checker have all won places in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.This year's inductees were revealed live on American Idol, with the UK represented by hard rock band Bad Company and gravel-voiced eccentric Joe Cocker, 11 years after his death from lung cancer.However, Manchester bands Oasis and Joy Division/New Order failed to qualify from the shortlist.Performers become eligible for inclusion 25 years after the release of their first commercial recording. The nominations are voted on by more than 1,200 music historians, industry professionals and previously inducted artists.The full list of performers to be inducted this year is:Bad CompanyChubby CheckerJoe CockerCyndi LauperOutkastSoundgardenThe...

April 28, 2025

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame picks Outkast but not Oasis

Police outside the luxury apartment where Kim Kardashian was robbed at gun point

'Grandpa robbers' held Kim Kardashian at gunpoint — but didn't know who she was

PARIS — The morning after the heist, burglar Yunice Abbas went home to catch up on some sleep.When he woke up, his wife was glued to the TV. The headline news of the day was that American reality TV star Kim Kardashian, 35, had been tied up and robbed at gunpoint in a luxury Paris apartment.All her jewelry had been taken for a sum of about $10m (£7.5m) – including the engagement ring her then-husband and rapper Kanye West gifted her, which alone was worth $4m (£3m).Yunice Abbas' wife glared at him. "This has you written all over it," she grumbled.She was right. The 62-year-old had dabbled in crime his whole life, from petty offenses to bank heists.The Kardashian robbery, he later wrote in a memoir, was going to be his last job before retirement.But a series of blunders...

April 28, 2025

'Grandpa robbers' held Kim Kardashian at gunpoint — but didn't know who she was

Artwork of K2-18b, a faraway world that may be home to life

Scientists find promising hints of life on distant planet

LONDON — Scientists have found new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.A Cambridge team studying the atmosphere of a planet called K2-18b has detected signs of molecules which on Earth are only produced by simple organisms.This is the second, and more promising, time chemicals associated with life have been detected in the planet's atmosphere by Nasa's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).But the team and independent astronomers stress that more data is needed to confirm these results.The lead researcher, Prof Nikku Madhusudhan, told me at his lab at Cambridge University's Institute of Astronomy that he hopes to obtain the clinching evidence soon."This is the strongest evidence yet there is possibly life out there. I can...

April 17, 2025

Scientists find promising hints of life on distant planet

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