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Amazon Prime Video is set to premiere The Wheel of Time Season 2 this week, generating significant anticipation. The streaming service is offering a diverse array of content for the week ahead. Amazon Prime Video is introducing multiple new releases in the coming days. A substantial influx of over 300 movies and shows is scheduled to arrive on Friday, September 1, marking a notable surge in offerings. The streaming platform routinely refreshes its library by adding and removing content, encompassing TV shows, documentaries, and movies. This practice is aimed at sustaining viewer engagement and complying with legal obligations.

Peru is believed to be over 4,000 years old and could have been part of a ceremonial temple, according to archaeologists, offering new insights into the region's historic cultures. The wall was first stumbled upon by farmers in 2020 during harvesting work, prompting an extended dig and work to determine its origins, said archaeologist Feren Castillo, head of a research project in the coastal region of La Libertad. «Three years later we started a new procedure whose results showed us its age… Today we are sure it's a building built during the Pre-ceramic Period (the initial period of the Andean civilizations) between 4,000 and 4,500 years ago», the expert said this week", the expert said this week. The remains of the ancient building were revealed in the Viru Valley, some 480 km (298 miles) north of Lima. The wall is estimated to be about three meters (9.84 feet) high and presents triangular geometric lines with occasional shades of red and yellow, Castillo added.

Archaeologists have discovered a small bedroom in a Roman villa near Pompeii that was almost certainly used by slaves, throwing light on their lowly status in the ancient world, the culture ministry said on Sunday. The room was found at the Civita Giuliana villa, some 600 metres (2,000 ft) north of the walls of Pompeii, which was wiped out by a volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago. It contained two beds, only one of which had a mattress, two small cabinets and a series of urns and ceramic containers, in which the remains of two mice and a rat were found. «These details once again underline the conditions of precarity and poor hygiene in which the lower echelons of society lived during that time,» the culture ministry said in its statement. Materials such as furniture and fabric, covered by the devastating blast of rock fragments, gas, and ash from Vesuvius, decomposed over the years, leaving a void in the debris.

By Crispian Balmer

15th annual summit of the BRICS—a group comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—takes place in Johannesburg. For the first time one of the bloc’s leaders will be absent. As host, South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, felt he had a responsibility to welcome his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.

By Valentina Za and Angelo Amante

BRICS Leaders’ Summit is set to be held from 22 August to 24 August, with leaders from Brazil, South Africa, India and China expected to meet in Johannesburg. Mint looks at what is the agenda. – Leaders of the BRICS nations, minus Russian president Vladimir Putin, will meet in later this month in South Africa for the 15th Summit.

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg can’t seem to agree on whether and when to duke it out in a cage match. Still, Italian cities home to famous archaeological venues are jockeying to be the stage for an event that would bring massive global publicity. Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, set off the frenzy among Italian cities last week with a post on X, his social-media company formerly known as Twitter.

MILAN (Reuters) -Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Monday took «full responsibility» for last week's shock decision to impose a one-off bank tax that has been blamed for causing lasting damage to her government's credibility with financial markets.

Mount Etna. The volcano's ash plume has spread across the eastern part of the island, causing significant disruptions to air travel and affecting key airports.

The executive order regulates US investments in China in sensitive technologies. Investors, advisers and an administration official said it is tailored around national security and reflects months of consultations with industry and other stakeholders. Even so, the order, while narrow in scope as expected, is unprecedented.

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, the Meta Platforms chief Sunday said that the Space X CEO is not serious about the competition and it’s “time to move on" from speculation that there will be a cage fight match between him and Elon Musk, Bloomberg reported. In a Threads post, Zuckerberg said he is ready for the challenge if Musk ever gets serious about a real date and official event. “I think we can all agree Elon isn’t serious and it’s time to move on.

Elon Musk is in touch with the government of Italy for hosting the proposed cage fight. The culture minister in the Italian government Gennaro Sangiuliano confirmed that Elon Musk has approached the government and they are considering the request. “The fight will be managed by my and Zuck’s foundations (not UFC).

Murlikant Petkar? I have performed the same drill in many of my talks. Rarely have I seen a hand go up. It’s a painful sight. And a proof that India still has distance to travel to become an inclusive, equal and a multisport nation. Petkar, now 77, is a war hero and the winner of India’s first-ever Paralympics gold medal. He won the gold in the 50m freestyle (swimming) in 1972 in Heidelberg, Germany with a then world record time. And that after he had sustained multiple bullet wounds, nine to be precise, in the 1965 India-Pakistan war. That he was still alive was a miracle. But he did not give up and went on to win multiple international medals thereafter to make his feat one of the greatest ever achievements in the history of Indian sport. Yet, very few know about him. Maybe with Kabir Khan now working on a biopic of Petkar with Kartik Aaryan in the lead, things will change. Like Bhaag Milkha Bhaag made Milkha Singh a household name to the current generation. Singh’s exploits in the 1960 Rome Olympics, which the film revisits and helps contextualise, have been restored to their rightful place in the public imagination. Shah Rukh Khan starrer Chak De! India did the same. Entwining a tale about nationalism with a narrative concerning the neglected state of Indian women’s hockey, Chak De! India brought a known story of indifference and discrimination to light. It helped illuminate how Indian women’s sport remains trapped within traditional gender stereotypes.

Elon Musk vs Mark Zuckerberg cage fight, the Facebook boss has issued a new statement. “I love this sport and I've been ready to fight since the day Elon challenged me. If he ever agrees on an actual date, you'll hear it from me.

Elon Musk today said that an epic location has been found for the cage match with Mark Zuckerberg. The owner of X (formerly Twitter) said that the fight will be managed by his and Zuckerberg's foundation and not UFC. Musk further revealed that the match will be livestreamed on X as well as on Meta platforms.

ROME (Reuters) -Italian banking stocks rose in early trade, regaining some of the ground lost after the government late on Tuesday announced a cap on a windfall tax for the country's lenders.

Italian banking shares took a beating on Tuesday morning after Italy's cabinet approved a 40% windfall tax on lenders' «excess» profits in 2023.

By Philip Pullella and Catarina Demony

ROME (Reuters) -An American publishing executive died after being knocked overboard in a boating accident off the Amalfi Coast in southern Italy, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) said.

An U.S. publishing executive has died in a boating accident off Italy’s Amalfi Coast