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Manila, Philippines – “Don’t treat this like a full dinner. Only take small portions,” a mother warns her son as he reaches for a second helping of zarda – saffron-hued, sweetened rice topped with heaps of raisins and cashews – on the crowded buffet-style table at the Khalsa Diwan Temple in Manila. “We must not waste anything.” I overhear her while standing in line to sample the different varieties of barfi, a dense, milk-based fudge laden with sliced almonds – a popular sweet from the Indian subcontinent. The mother and son are among the 100-plus members of the Metro Manila Sikh…
Mercedes has revealed that Lewis Hamilton has activated the release clause in his contract to leave the team to join Ferrari for the 2025 Formula 1 season.Ferrari announced on Thursday night that seven-time world champion Hamilton will join the team from next season on a multi-year contract. Mercedes announced in a statement: “The Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team and Lewis Hamilton will part ways at the end of the 2024 season.''”Lewis had a release option activated in his contract announced last August, so this season will be his final drive with the Silver Arrows.”Hamilton added: “I've had a great 11 years…
In the end, nothing made sense. Losers felt better than winners. Rarely is the task of lifting a trophy so low-spirited. The victorious visitors looked long-faced and looked like men who had been given a reprieve from the gallows, celebrating their first victory here in 22 years.One of them said this historic victory felt more like a defeat. And it happened. It was one of the most extraordinary tests Scotland have ever taken part in, and it was a wild ride. A journey to the dark side. After 43 minutes of this surreal epic, a rampaging Scotland led 27-0 over…
The Verge reports that Threads is “rapidly growing,” with 130 million monthly active users, according to numbers shared by Mark Zuckerberg during Meta's earnings call.TechCrunch reports: Threads continues to grow, with downloads tripling in December compared to the previous month and ranking in the top 10 most downloaded apps of the month on both the App Store and Google Play.Threads famously had a record-breaking launch, reaching 100 million registered users in the first five days. However, the number of daily downloads of the app decreased from September last year to the end of the year. But in December, Threads returned…
Ivory Coast scored in the second half of regular time and extra time in Bouake to advance to the Afcon semi-finals.Hosts Ivory Coast produced another spectacular escape at the African Cup of Nations, with Oumar Diakité's 122nd-minute winning goal sending the 10-a-side Elephants into the semi-finals at the expense of heartbroken Mali.With Odilon Kosounou sent off for two first-half fouls on Racine Shinayoko, the hosts played at a numerical disadvantage for much of the game and fell behind Nene Dolgeles' classy curler.However, the Elephants equalized in the 90th minute with Simon Adinla's opportune finish, and with virtually the last kick…
Ivory Coast scored in the second half of regular time and extra time in Bouake to advance to the Afcon semi-finals.Hosts Ivory Coast produced another spectacular escape at the African Cup of Nations, with Oumar Diakité's 122nd-minute winning goal sending the 10-a-side Elephants into the semi-finals at the expense of heartbroken Mali.With Odilon Kosounou sent off for two first-half fouls on Racine Shinayoko, the hosts played at a numerical disadvantage for much of the game and fell behind Nene Dolgeles' classy curler.However, the Elephants equalized in the 90th minute with Simon Adinla's opportune finish, and with virtually the last kick…
Academy Award nominee Antonio Banderas said he remains eager to reprise his role as Zorro if offered. Banderas played the role of Alejandro Murietta, aka Zorro, in 1998's The Mask of Zorro and 2005's The Legend of Zorro. Both films received positive reviews and grossed nearly $400 million internationally. Banderas is ready to pass Zorro's mantle In an interview with Comicbook.com, the 62-year-old actor said he would be open to playing Zorro in a new series of movies, but mainly wants to pass the role on to the next actor. In the first film, The Mask of Zorro, Don Diego…
Stuart Broad has responded by saying: “Get your act together” as the cricketing world reacted in disbelief to his controversial sending-off in England's match against Zimbabwe on Sunday night at the U19 Cricket World Cup.England won comfortably by 146 wickets despite the third umpire getting the issue wrong in the 17th over.England's No. 4 batsman Hamza Shaikh picked up the stuck ball and, as it appeared to be dead, first gestured to the Zimbabwe wicketkeeper that he intended to do so, before being picked up by Ryan Kamwemba. He was sent off for throwing the ball.Watch Australia vs West Indies…
According to media reports, about 24 people, mostly journalists, were briefly detained at a protest in central Moscow as the wives and other relatives of Russian soldiers mobilized to fight in Ukraine called for their return home. Relatives of soldiers gathered Saturday to lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, just outside the Kremlin walls. September 2022 marks 500 days since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the “partial mobilization” of up to 300,000 reservists to fight in the war against Ukraine. The call-up was widely unpopular, with the wives and relatives of some reservists campaigning for them to…
Maotai GroupNEW YORK, February 3, 2024 (Globe Newswire) — Mr. Ding Xiongjun, Chairman of Moutai Group and Secretary of Moutai Group's Party Committee, said during the Guizhou Moutai 2024 International Market Activities Conference that “MEI” is just a market activity. It was suggested that this is not the case. This is not only Moutai's development philosophy, but also the ideological expression, goal and formal pattern of Moutai's marketing activities. At the beginning of 2024, Maotai began a new journey to pursue “infinite MEI”. We will actively put into practice our value of “Look forward to MEI” and aim for a…