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Titanic viewers saw Kate Winslet, playing the role of Rose, struggling to stay afloat on a wood plank after the iconic ship sank, taking the life of her lover Jack. In reality, the RMS Titanic, which was a British ocean liner back in 1912, sank after hitting an iceberg, enroute New York from Southampton, England and was considered one of the biggest maritime accidents of all time after around 1,500 passengers in the ship died. Now, the new edition of the Titanic is in the works, funded by an Australian business tycoon by the name of Clive Palmer and will have no shortage of lifeboats onboard so that the issue of scrambling to stay afloat does not arise in the case of an untoward incident involving this new ship, according to a Daily Star report.

Lululemon has unveiled its Team Canada designs for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, giving Canadians a glimpse of what the country’s Olympians and Paralympians will be wearing at the opening and closing ceremonies.Lululemon and the Canadian Olympic team unveiled the official uniforms Tuesday.Team Canada will enter the stadium for the official kickoff to the Olympics in red bomber jackets and red shorts and pants, worn over red short-sleeved shirts and paired with Lululemon sneakers.Look closely and you’ll notice the print on the tracksuits gives a fun nod to Canada’s history and biodiversity — the one-of-a-kind print celebrates the diversity of Canada and interprets the art, architecture and nature found throughout the country, including provincial flowers.The brand also shared a number of other designs, which will be worn by the athletes during medal ceremonies and the closing ceremony of the Games.Lululemon said its designs are “designed to support more bodies and more abilities,” and feature unique features like magnetic-close zippers, pull-on loops, sensory touch guides and braille love notes.Seated athletes will find more comfort in two key adaptive designs, the Seated-Fit Carpenter Pant and the Seated-Fit Poncho, which allow better functionality when sitting.The kit is also designed to wick sweat and features breathable mesh and convertible styles, to keep athletes comfortable in Paris’ changing weather.If we’re being honest, this year’s kit looks somewhat subdued compared to team uniforms of days gone by.Who can forget the time Team Canada showed up in bucket hats to the 2000 Games in Sydney, Australia?Or how about the time they sported these wild shirts, over-size earrings and straw hats at the 1992 Olympic games in

Rafael Nadal returned from injury at the Barcelona Open, marking his first ATP Tour appearance since January due to a hip issue. The 22-time Grand Slam winner missed several tournaments in 2023 due to injuries.

The cost of betting on further dollar gains in the options market rose to the highest since November as the US economy’s resilience drives demand for the currency.

A Native American-led nonprofit says it has purchased about 40 acres of land in South Dakota's Black Hills area

Asian shares have skidded following a slump on Wall Street after higher yields in the U.S. bond market cranked up pressure on stocks

An Instagram-famous magpie and dog duo have been reunited, after their separation became the subject of an Australian scandal.

knife attack during a service at an Assyrian church in Sydney was a terrorist act motivated by suspected religious extremism, Australian police said on Tuesday. At least four people were wounded in the attack, including Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel of the Assyrian Christ The Good Shepherd Church, during a service live streamed at the western Sydney suburb of Wakeley on Monday.

India has showcased itself as a global leader, the top intelligence official from the US Department of Defense has told the Congress that in 2023, India took steps to modernise its military to compete with China and reduce its dependency on Russian origin-equipment. «During the past year, India has showcased itself as a global leader by hosting the Group of 20 economic summit and demonstrated a greater willingness to counter PRC (People's Republic of China) activity throughout the Indo-Pacific region,» Lt Gen Jeffrey Kruse, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency told members of the House Armed Services Committee — the subcommittee on intelligence and special operations during a Congressional hearing on defence intelligence countering China. India, he said, has advanced partnerships in the Indo-Pacific with regional South China Sea claimants, such as the Philippines, through training and defence sales and deepened cooperation with the US, Australia, France and Japan.

Hindustan Times. Meanwhile, the New South Wales police said that they have arrested a 15-year-old accused, adding an officer has been injured. They also added that several were vehicles damaged in unrest after church stabbing. According to details, reported by CNN, the incident took place during a Monday evening sermon at the Good Shepherd Church in Sydney's suburban city of Wakeley.

Red Sea crisis and high freight rates, said EEPC India Chairman Arun Kumar Garodia. Engineering exports in FY24 rose to US$ 109.31 billion from US$ 107.04 billion in the previous financial year thus registering a growth of 2.13%. The FY24 closed on a strong note with engineering exports rising 10.66% year-on-year to US$ 11.28 billion in March this year as against US$ 10.19 billion in the same month last year.

ALSO READ: MI vs CSK: Mumbai crowd 'boos' Hardik Pandya despite Virat Kohli's request | Watch “Hardik Pandya bowling the last over showed the lack of faith on Akash Madhwal’s bowling and his own lack of skill as a death over bowler," he tweeted. However, former Australia cricketer Adam Gilchrist sees this differently. He says that it only showed Hardik's confidence.

The dollar scaled a fresh 34-year high against the yen on growing expectations that sticky inflationary pressures in the United States will keep rates there higher for longer.

seeks to return land to Indigenous people. The Cheyenne River Youth Project announced in an April 11 statement that it purchased the tract of land adjacent to Bear Butte State Park in western South Dakota. “One of the most sacred places for the Lakota Nation is Mato Paha, now part of Bear Butte State Park," the statement said.

ALSO READ: 'There are players but…': Sunil Gavaskar explains why MS Dhoni is 'Thala for a reason' Meanwhile, former Australia captain Aaron Finch felt that Dhoni should not let his fans wait and bat earlier for CSK. Speaking on Star Sports, he said, "Yeah, I think everybody's been waiting for MS Dhoni to bat for a little bit longer and get out there early on. But, I mean, it's just unbelievable to watch, I think just seeing the sheer excitement that he brings people, when he walks out the bat.

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals is recalling 6,528 bottles of a medication used to treat high blood pressure in the American market due to failed dissolution specifications, the US health regulator said. The US-based arm of the Mumbai-headquartered drug firm is recalling the affected lot of Diltiazem Hydrochloride extended-release capsules, the US Food and Drug Administration said in its latest Enforcement Report. The affected lot has been produced in India and is being recalled by New Jersey-based Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc for «failed dissolution specifications», the USFDA said. «Out of Specification (OOS) was reported in a test of dissolution at the 12th month time point in long-term stability study,» it noted.

PBKS batsman Ashutosh Sharma slogged a delivery from Yuzvendra Chahal to the leg side for two runs. However, debutant Tanush Kotiyan was quick to the ball and flicked it to deep midwicket. The throw wasn't exactly accurate and Samson had to stretch to get to the ball and then use the pace of the delivery to smash the stumps and take the vital wicket of Liam Livingstone.

everywhere and nowhere. It is everywhere because political leaders, including Joe Biden, Narendra Modi, Emmanuel Macron and Xi Jinping, have recently adopted the term. And yet it is nowhere.

new video game this week. One can play "Harold Halibut" video game on platforms like PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S and PC. The second thing you’ll notice about «Harold Halibut» video game — after its goofy title — is its distinctive graphics. German indie studio Slow Bros. has built an entire game around hand-crafted models, and the result looks like stop-motion animation. The setting is a city-sized spaceship, the Fedora, that fled Earth 250 years earlier but unfortunately landed at the bottom of an alien ocean. Harold himself is the awkward young assistant to the ship’s chief scientist, who’s trying to figure out how to get it back into space. Will Harold help with that relaunch — or will he find himself drawn into the mystery of this strange planet? Dive in Tuesday on PlayStation 5, Xbox X/S and PC, as per an AP report.

Sydney mall. The man was seen stopping the attacker from getting off the escalator by holding what appears to be a bollard (short post used to prevent traffic from entering an area) from the shopping centre.

Octa, a globally recognised investing platform since 2011, cannot help but draw parallels between some distinctive aspects of this wonderful game and Forex trading. At Octa, it is believed that cricket and Forex trading have many things in common despite the former being a team game and the latter—a strictly individual endeavour. The prerequisites for success are very similar for both occupations, and the overwhelming popularity they both reached in the last couple of decades constitutes another common trait.