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Japanese juggernaut “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle” remained on top of the Korean box office for a fourth weekend, grossing $2.6 million from 330,444 admissions between Sept. 12–14. According to KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the anime adaptation has now earned $34.8 million locally. It is also the No. 1 film on the global chart, per Comscore. South Korean mystery thriller “The Ugly” debuted in second with $2.1 million from 281,924 admissions and now has a cumulative total of $2.4 million. Directed and written by Yeon Sang-ho, the film stars…

New Zimbabwe.com senior journalists Mary Taruvinga and Leopold Munhende were on Friday elected to the industry’s labour body, Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) national executive committee. Taruvinga, who was elected vice president of the union, becomes the first female deputy of the institution since its inception. She beat Bulawayo-based freelance journalist Bongi Mpofu to land the post. Munhende, the Young Journalists Association (YOJA) president, was elected a board member with 23 votes against a maximum of 19 from seven other candidates; Elias Maginya (9), Fungai Lupande (14), Miriam Mangwanya (19), Admore Mbonda (9), Flata Kavinga (10), Siphathisiwe Mpofu (19) and…

The governor of New York state, Kathy Hochul, has endorsed Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani, a staunch pro-Palestinian advocate who has campaigned for a more equitable allocation of the city’s resources, for mayor ahead of a closely watched November election in the financial capital of the United States.Writing in The New York Times, the state leader said on Sunday she made her decision after “frank conversations” with her fellow Democrat, who resoundingly won the support of the party’s voters in a primary election in May.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“In our conversations, I heard a leader who shares my…

Sep 14, 2025, 09:30 PM ETNAPA, Calif. — What was looked upon as a Ryder Cup training camp for the American team turned into a typical week for Scottie Scheffler.Scheffler wanted to stay sharp ahead of the Sept. 26-28 matches at Bethpage Black. The world’s No. 1 player looked every bit of that Sunday in the Procore Championship, closing with a 5-under 67 for a one-shot victory over Ben Griffin.It was Scheffler’s sixth PGA Tour title of the year. He joined Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer as the only players since 1960 to win at least six times…

The suspect in the assassination of the conservative American activist Charlie Kirk espoused left-wing views, Utah’s governor has said, amid heightened tensions and recriminations over surging political violence in the United States.In an interview with NBC News’s Meet the Press on Sunday, Utah Governor Spencer Cox said the arrested suspect, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, had a “leftist ideology” despite growing up in a conservative family.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“We can confirm that, again, according to family and people that we’re interviewing, he does come from a conservative family. But his ideology was very different than his family, and…

Kathmandu, Nepal – As Nepal burned on Thursday after two days of deadly unrest that ousted a government accused of corruption, thousands of young people gathered in a heated debate to decide their nation’s next leader.To them, the country’s mainstream politicians across the major parties were discredited: 14 governments representing three parties have taken turns at governing since 2008, when Nepal adopted a new constitution after abolishing its monarchy.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listBut in the wake of a brutal crackdown on protesters by security forces that killed at least 72 people, their trust in the country’s political system…

A room has been opened at a hospital to offer women experiencing miscarriage a calm and private space. Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust ward sister Kelly Colledge said the room “acknowledges the significance of early losses”.It included a private outdoor space and a dedicated shower room. The project was funded by the Spencer Ward team, the hospital’s gynaecology department, which raised £7,000, and through donations to Northamptonshire Health Charity.Matron Jay Briah said: “Before this project, we had no specific space to support people going through early pregnancy loss. “The room we used was functional, but it felt dark and clinical,…

Australian teenage sprint phenomenon Gout Gout has declared his legs are “ready to rumble” ahead of his major international debut on Wednesday at the World Athletics Championships.The 17-year-old participated in a panel session with international press on Monday, his only pre-meet media opportunity, as he prepares to contest the 200m in Tokyo. Gout was asked what his legs would tell him if they could talk.“They’ll be ready to go, like in F1 when the cars are warming up the tyres,” he said, making a swerving gesture with his hands. “They’ll be just … ready to rumble, that’s what they’d say.”The…

There was a time when fan fiction meant furtive scribbles uploaded to shadowy corners of the internet, in which Mr Darcy was recast as a moody vampire flatmate, Captain Kirk discovered his inner romantic, or Gandalf finally got around to opening an artisanal shop in the Shire. It was an underground hobby that could never trouble Tinseltown’s accountants. And yet here we are in 2025, with the news in the Hollywood Reporter that Legendary Pictures has just paid at least $3m – (£2.2m) – an unprecedented amount – for the screen rights to a forthcoming novel called Alchemised that began…

The climate change minister has mounted the case for the federal government to set a strong 2035 emissions reduction target after releasing a “confronting” report that warned no Australian community would escape the worsening risks of the climate crisis.Chris Bowen said the “cost of inaction will always outweigh the cost of action” in a message to political and industry voices warning about the economic price of rapid decarbonisation.The minister made the comments on Monday as he released the long-awaited national climate risk assessment, which provided the most detailed picture of the severe and far-reaching social and economic consequences of the…