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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Ancient Masterpieces from Italy Shine Bright in AlUla's Ancient Kingdoms Festival

The National Archaeological Museum of Naples will present a collection of artifacts from Italian ancient sites in AlUla as part of the Ancient Kingdoms Festival. The exhibition, titled 'Masterpieces of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples', will showcase artifacts from Pompeii and Herculaneum, as well as pieces from the famed Farnese Collection. The exhibition will be held at the famed …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Golfing for Dollars: The PGA Tour’s Saudi Deal Leaves 9/11 Families Out in the Cold

Politico

Yet there’s another thing that may have even more to do with it: The PGA Tour, the same organization whose ill-timed meeting Eagleson spent last week criticizing, has gone from ferocious business competitor of the rival Saudi-owned LIV Golf startup to would-be partner. They were donating money to us.” 9/11 Justice also wound up hiring Clout, the politically connected public …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Penises come in all shapes and sizes. Here's the science behind some of the animal kingdom's weirdest

ABC

A lot of reproduction in the natural world happens via "internal insemination", and most is done with a penis. "In essence, the end of their penis is acting like two completely separate penises," Dr Fenelon says. When it's time to mate with a queen bee, which takes a few seconds and is done mid-flight, the drone contracts abdominal muscles that …

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5 months ago

HBO teases ‘Game of Thrones’ spin-off ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ in Max 2024 teaser

The Hindu

HBO has unveiled a first look at A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight, a prequel series to Game of Thrones separate from House of the Dragon. Martin’s Tales of Dunk and Egg novels, in particular the 160-page novella The Hedge Knight, focuses on the characters Ser Duncan the Tall and his squire, Aegon Targaryen a.k.a Egg. pic.twitter.com/n3GrJShydY …

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5 months ago

HBO releases sizzle reel of upcoming shows: The Last of Us 2, A Knight of Seven Kingdoms, White Lotus 3 are highlights

Hindustan Times

As the second season of Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon came to a close this Monday morning, HBO shared an exciting sizzle reel for their next slate of upcoming shows for 2024-25. These include highly anticipated titles such as A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms season 1, The Last of Us season 2 and The White …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Thai authorities intercept crystal meth worth £2m in one of kingdom’s biggest seizures

The Independent

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9 months ago

‘GOT’ prequel series ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight’ finds lead actors

The Hindu

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight, a prequel series to Game of Thrones seperate from House of the Dragon, has found its principal actors. Sol Ansell is a British child actor known from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, the series Emmerdale and others. A logline of The Hedge Knight quoted by Variety reads, …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Game of Thrones’ spin-off ‘The Hedge Knight’ release date announced

The Hindu

The 'Game of Thrones' spin-off 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight', which was on hold due to the writers' strike in Hollywood, has finally got a release date, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Given that 'House of the Dragon' will premiere its second season this summer, the 'Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' release date next year enhances …

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11 months ago

New Game of Thrones spinoff in works with Batman 2 writer exploring Aegon's Conquest

Hindustan Times

Hot on the heels of the successful House of the Dragon, HBO is further expanding the Game of Thrones universe with another prequel series. The house has officially announced a spinoff series exploring the historical event of Aegon Targaryen's conquest, which established the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. HBO teams up with screenwriter Mattson Tomlin for Aegon's Conquest series Game of …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Kingdoms gone but erstwhile royals of Rajasthan still hold sway over voters

The Hindu

Even after they lost their kingdoms and titles way back in 1947, the royal families in Rajasthan continue to taste power and hold sway over people. At present, more than half of the royal families are actively associated with political parties while others are influencing voters due to their sway on other communities who still revere them as their ‘Raja …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Saudi Arabia-owned Newcastle to host two friendlies for kingdom’s national team ahead of Asian Cup

The Hindu

Saudi Arabia-owned Newcastle will host the oil-rich kingdom’s national team for two friendly games in September, including against Jurgen Klinsmann-coached South Korea. The games against Costa Rica on September 8 and South Korea four days later were announced on Wednesday by Newcastle, whose majority owner is the Public Investment Fund that manages $700 billion of Saudi sovereign wealth. Mancini is …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Saudi Arabia-owned Newcastle to host two friendlies for kingdom’s national team ahead of Asian Cup

Associated Press

NEWCASTLE, England — Saudi Arabia-owned Newcastle will host the oil-rich kingdom’s national team for two friendly games in September, including against Jurgen Klinsmann-coached South Korea. The games against Costa Rica on Sept. 8 and South Korea four days later were announced Wednesday by Newcastle, whose majority owner is the Public Investment Fund that manages $700 billion of Saudi sovereign wealth. …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Saudi Arabia, China’s tourists and Sino-Saudi relations

Al Jazeera

Saudi Arabia and China’s strengthening relationship is increasingly important to both Riyadh and Beijing as the kingdom pushes ahead with Vision 2030 and China with its Belt and Road Initiative. In March, Saudi Tourism Authority CEO Fahd Hamidaddin met with China’s Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism Rao Quan to discuss launching joint tourism initiatives aimed at helping the kingdom …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Why has Saudi sovereign fund taken over kingdom’s football clubs?

Al Jazeera

As more international players join Saudi league, country announces launch of investment and privatisation project in a bid to grow the sport. “Now, they are trying to culturally transform these organisations from being state dependent into being much more purposeful strategic and businesslike organisations.” According to the state-run Saudi Press Agency, the process aims to encourage the sport’s growth by …

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1 year, 7 months ago

With Saudi-PGA deal, once-shunned crown prince makes dramatic move to extend kingdom’s influence

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — After years of isolation over his human rights abuses, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince is elevating his standing in the United States in part by diving into American sports, business and culture. Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, who in 2018 had promised a “tsunami” of opposition against the crown prince over Saudi Arabia’s killing of U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi, tweeted …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Free concert, other celebrations in Jordan ahead of kingdom’s first major royal wedding in years

Associated Press

AMMAN, Jordan — Several thousand cheering and flag-waving Jordanians packed a sports stadium for a free concert in the capital of Amman as part of celebrations leading up the kingdom’s first major royal wedding in years. Crown Prince Hussein, 28, is to marry Saudi architect Rajwa Alseif, 29, on Thursday at Zahran Palace in downtown Amman, the same wedding venue …

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1 year, 7 months ago

A ‘middle kingdom’ dawns on India’s west

The Hindu

The 32nd Arab League Summit held in Jeddah was unique in multiple ways. The Saudi angle These subtle nuances would hint at the emergence of Saudi Arabia under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the main arbiter of the Arab world’s agenda for the foreseeable future. During the months of the run-up to this summit, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Saudi astronauts, including kingdom’s first woman space traveler, blast off on private flight

LA Times

A SpaceX rocket stands ready for launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on May 21, 2023. Saudi Arabia’s first astronauts in decades rocketed toward the International Space Station on a chartered multimillion-dollar flight Sunday. If me and Ali can do it, then they can do it too.” Rounding out the visiting crew: Knoxville, Tennessee’s John Shoffner, …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Nintendo reveals The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s final trailer

Hindustan Times

Nintendo finally released the most anticipated final trailer of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, prior to one month before it was released. Image Credit: Nintendo Breath of The Wild’s sequel featured a three minute trailer that reveals vistas of Hyrule, major character return, new friendly faces and one old not so gold foe. Fans took Reddit and …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Saudi Arabia Frees American Citizen Imprisoned for Posting Tweets Critical of Regime

News 18

A US citizen sentenced to 19 years in a Saudi prison for social media posts criticising the kingdom’s rulers has been released, his son told AFP on Tuesday. The State Department said last year it had “consistently and intensively raised our concerns regarding the case at senior levels of the Saudi government”, and that “exercising freedom of expression should never …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Saudi envoy says relationship with India will be upgraded to 'highest level'

Firstpost

New Delhi: Underlining the strong relationship between the Kingdom and India, Saleh Eid Al Husseini, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to India said that he wants to bring this relationship to the highest level. Speaking on the celebrations of the Kingdom’s founding day here, the envoy said he was happy to have strong and friendly relationship between the …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Netflix adds three new mobile games to its catalogue: Know more

India TV News

Netflix has added three new mobile games to its catalogue, named: 'Three Kingdoms' from Devolver Digital, 'Cats & Soup' from Neowiz 'Hello Kitty Happiness Parade' from Rogue Games. The mobile games catalogue comes included with a Netflix membership without ads or in-app purchases. About Hello Kitty Happiness Parade game The 'Hello Kitty Happiness Parade' is a relentlessly cute rhythm game …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Book Review | 'Maharanas' isn't just about the Sisodia clan: It also weaves together stories of other Rajput kingdoms

Firstpost

Do read the book and internalise the pains and sacrifices of our brave forefathers who saw to it that we could live a free life under a wonderful civilisation called Bharat There has been a lot of research in recent years and very good attempts at writing the correct history of our nation, Bharat with meticulous research. Their sheer bestiality …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Saudi Arabia’s powerful crown prince is named prime minister

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was appointed prime minister on Tuesday by royal decree. The crown prince, who is heir to the throne held by King Salman, already wields wide powers and is seen as the kingdom’s day-to-day leader. The 37-year-old crown prince, widely known by the acronym MBS, has taken the …

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Ancient Masterpieces from Italy Shine Bright in AlUla's Ancient Kingdoms Festival

Golfing for Dollars: The PGA Tour’s Saudi Deal Leaves 9/11 Families Out in the Cold

Penises come in all shapes and sizes. Here's the science behind some of the animal kingdom's weirdest

HBO teases ‘Game of Thrones’ spin-off ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ in Max 2024 teaser

HBO releases sizzle reel of upcoming shows: The Last of Us 2, A Knight of Seven Kingdoms, White Lotus 3 are highlights

Thai authorities intercept crystal meth worth £2m in one of kingdom’s biggest seizures

‘GOT’ prequel series ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight’ finds lead actors

‘Game of Thrones’ spin-off ‘The Hedge Knight’ release date announced

New Game of Thrones spinoff in works with Batman 2 writer exploring Aegon's Conquest

Kingdoms gone but erstwhile royals of Rajasthan still hold sway over voters

Saudi Arabia-owned Newcastle to host two friendlies for kingdom’s national team ahead of Asian Cup

Saudi Arabia-owned Newcastle to host two friendlies for kingdom’s national team ahead of Asian Cup

Saudi Arabia, China’s tourists and Sino-Saudi relations

Why has Saudi sovereign fund taken over kingdom’s football clubs?

With Saudi-PGA deal, once-shunned crown prince makes dramatic move to extend kingdom’s influence

Free concert, other celebrations in Jordan ahead of kingdom’s first major royal wedding in years

A ‘middle kingdom’ dawns on India’s west

Saudi astronauts, including kingdom’s first woman space traveler, blast off on private flight

Nintendo reveals The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s final trailer

Saudi Arabia Frees American Citizen Imprisoned for Posting Tweets Critical of Regime

Saudi envoy says relationship with India will be upgraded to 'highest level'

Netflix adds three new mobile games to its catalogue: Know more

Book Review | 'Maharanas' isn't just about the Sisodia clan: It also weaves together stories of other Rajput kingdoms

Saudi Arabia’s powerful crown prince is named prime minister