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Inside Out 2" has emerged as the biggest blockbuster of the year after going past «Dune 2». The animated film has so far collected $285.7 million. "Dune: Part Two" had a box-office collection of $282 million to become the highest-grossing film in the North America. «Inside Out 2» has achieved the feat within just eight days of running in theaters after collecting $30.5 million on Friday.

Edi Rama’s best friend during the World Cup summer of 1982 just so happened to be the one person he knew who owned a color television. So every evening, Rama would find himself crammed into his kitchen with countless others, desperately hoping that the fuzzy, flickering signal would hold. Albania was an island back then, under the repressive, conspiracist rule of Enver Hoxha. Foreign travel was banned for all but a select few insiders. Even communication with the outside world, particularly the West, was limited. Rama and his friends could only follow that World Cup through what he has subsequently called a “dark network” operated by RAI, the Italian state broadcaster. In a recent interview with Italy’s Tuttosport, he said that he still remembers that month warmly. Italy served as Albania’s avatar for the tournament; the two countries, in Rama’s estimation, are “a people divided by the sea, but united in everything else, similar as two drops of water.” When Dino Zoff, the Italian captain, eventually lifted the trophy in Madrid, it felt like victory in Tirana, too. “We saw it in his hands, as if it were also in ours,” Rama said.

iPhone models have become victims of the scorching heat across the United States this summer, with temperatures likely to increase in the coming days. When mobile devices, tablets and laptops heat up due to high external temperatures, it hurts the overall device performance, shortens battery life and can often damage the device' internal circuit, leading to a short circuit.

Wild Thang, the 8-year-old Pekingese who recently clinched the top spot in the 2024 World's Ugliest Dog contest in Petaluma, California. This annual competition, held during the Sonoma-Marin Fair, featured eight contestants, most of whom were rescued from shelters and now have loving homes. Wild Thang has been a familiar face in the contest, having participated five times. He came close to winning before, securing second place three times, but this year, he finally claimed the coveted title. Originally from Los Angeles, Wild Thang now resides in North Bend, Oregon, where he enjoys his retirement days.

Boeing is in the news once again for the wrong reason. In the latest addition of Boeing mishaps that have taken place this year, a fire broke out 15 minutes after the Boeing 738 aircraft took off from the Indian city of Hyderabad and the Kula Lumpur-bound flight returned, reports 'Business Insider'. A video going viral on social media sites shows the engine of the plane on fire with sparks flying out behind it. The plane returned to make an emergency landing at Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.

gas crater in the Turkmenistan desert known as the "Gates of Hell" has been blazing for more than fifty years. The Darvaza gas crater is another name for it, and it was named after a nearby village. There is fire and methane gas inside the crater.

Nifty kept marking incremental highs, the intraday trend remained practically absent. The volatility also did not change much as compared to last week. The India Vix inched higher by just 2.79% to 13.18 on a weekly basis. The weekly trading range for the Nifty too remained much capped. The index oscillated in just 268.90 points range before posting a negligible weekly gain of 35.50 points (+0.15%).

Sonakshi Sinha and Zaheer Iqbal are set to wed on June 23 in a civil ceremony, marking a significant moment in their relationship. The announcement has sparked widespread interest and speculation, primarily due to their differing religious backgrounds. However, Iqbal Ratanasi, Zaheer's father, has confirmed that Sonakshi will not convert to Islam following their marriage. He emphasized that the wedding will be a civil event, devoid of both Muslim and Hindu rituals.

arrested the driver of a school van after two girls fell off the vehicle and suffered injuries in Gujarat's Vadodara city, an official said on Saturday. The incident, which took place on the afternoon of June 19, was caught on a CCTV camera, and the footage went viral on social media, triggering public outrage. Pranav Kataria, assistant commissioner of police, Vadodara, said the CCTV video was recovered from a residential society in the city's Tarsali Road locality. It showed two girls in uniform being thrown out of the van along with their school bags. «In the video, two girls are seen falling off the school van on a road inside a residential society. The van driver seen in the video, Prateek Padhiyar, has been rounded up,» Kataria said.

₹700-800. The price of one litre of extra virgin olive oil from Spain is now ₹1,300-1,800. I make pure olive oil soaps around this time each year, so they cure for five-six months and are ready by peak winter in December.

block deals worth Rs 40,543 crore on screen, which included both buying and selling. In the largecap segment, 15 companies witnessed significant block deals on the screen, which were worth Rs 6,566 crore led by Axis Bank with a lone block count totalling Rs 2,089 crore. The next in line were ICICI Lombard General Insurance (Rs 814 crore), ICICI Bank (Rs 809 crore), Mahindra & Mahindra (493 crore), Maruti Suzuki (Rs 426 crore), Bharti Airtel (Rs 320 crore) and Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL, Rs 300 crore).

Chandrika Dixit, famously known as the 'Vada Pav Girl', shared her impressive daily earnings from her street food business, in a surprising revelation on 'Bigg Boss OTT 3.' The social media personality, who made her debut on the reality show's premiere, disclosed that she earns Rs 40,000 per day by selling vada pav on the streets of Delhi.

AIADMK legislators staged a walkout from the Tamil Nadu Assembly in protest over the Kallakurichi hooch tragedy. Ruckus erupted in the House after AIADMK leaders demanded discussion on the Kallakurichi illicit liquor tragedy, flagged black clothes and raised slogans in the Assembly. The opposition also demanded the resignation of chief minister MK Stalin.

Elon Musk has a secret child with an executive of his company Neuralink. Bloomberg has reported that Neuralink's Director of Special Projects, Shivon Zilis, is the mother of Musk's child born earlier this year. This is Musk's third child with Zilis. Earlier, twins were born to the Neuralink executive. Earlier the the owner of SpaceX and social media platform X, filed a petition in the court requesting to change the name of his twin sons.

"Banyan," could feature a superior version available for a monthly fee of around $5."Banyan," named after the expansive ficus trees, represents the first major update to the voice assistant since its 2014 launch alongside the Echo speaker line, adds the report. The new iteration, dubbed "Remarkable Alexa," is expected to significantly enhance the assistant's capabilities.

Rashid. In fact, Surya's sweeps seemed to rattle Rashid so much that he had a chat with the Indian batsman.In a video posted on the official ICC handle, Surya can be seen sweeping a couple of deliveries from Rashid for boundaries and sixes.

Australia on Friday. Cummins' 3 wickets came at a crucial stage in the match and ensured Bangladesh failed to cross the 150-run mark.Cummins took his first two wickets with the last two deliveries of the 18th over, while his final scalp came with the first ball of the 20th over.

Rajat Sharma, Founder & CEO, Sana Securities, says initiating a lot of buying right now in technology and pharma sectors. Technology as a sector has done nothing. There is some kind of perception that Indian companies have not caught up with the whole artificial intelligence, with the whole AI theme and the stocks. If we look at how stocks in the US have moved, how Nasdaq has moved, the Indian IT sector has completely lagged behind and pharma is the other one. Considering you have been bullish on the private sector banks, you must be smiling right now. Rajat Sharma: No, actually, I have really not been bullish on private sector banking. The only bank from the private sector space that I have in my portfolio is Federal Bank and that is because I am positive on smaller private sector banks like IDFC First and Federal Bank. What I had said was, the larger private sector banks like HDFC Bank, IndusInd Bank, Axis Bank have really not delivered any return in the last three years or so.

Ukraine that it can use American-supplied weapons to hit Russian forces «anywhere». They can hit any Russian forces attacking from across the border, and not just the region near Kharkiv, Politico reported, citing US officials. This subtle shift, which according to the officials is not a change in policy, comes weeks after the US quietly signaled the green light to Kyiv to strike inside Russia in retaliation to a cross-border assault on the city of Kharkiv. During that time, the US officials stressed that the policy was limited to the Kharkiv region, among other restrictions.