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‘Metaverse’ hype fuels booming digital property market

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Paris, Dec 5 (AFP/APP):The idea of spending millions on non-existent land may sound ludicrous — but feverish predictions of a virtual reality future are pushing investors to bet big on digital real estate. This week, New York-based company Republic Realm announced it had spent a […]

Incomplete Saddam-era marquee mosque lays bare Iraq divisions

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Baghdad, Dec 5 (AFP/APP):It was meant to compete with the Taj Mahal in grandeur, but former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s monumental Al-Rahman Mosque project was never completed. Instead, the half-finished edifice of grey concrete stands in the heart of Baghdad as testimony to the sectarian […]

CNN fires Chris Cuomo over help he gave to governor brother

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Washington, Dec 5 (AFP/APP):CNN fired veteran anchor and correspondent Chris Cuomo, the cable news channel said Saturday, during an investigation into his involvement with helping defend his brother, former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, against sexual misconduct allegations. Chris Cuomo had been suspended from CNN […]

‘Spiral of death’ in DR Congo’s Ituri province

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Bunia, DR Congo, Dec 5 (AFP/APP):In Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province, armed groups are attacking more and more villages by the day. Last month more than 100 civilians were killed in just a week. DRC and neighbouring Uganda this week launched a military operation […]

Russia’s Ovechkin reaches 750-goal milestone

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Los Angeles, Dec 5 (AFP/APP):Alex Ovechkin is showing no signs of slowing down well into his 30s as the Russian all-star notched his 750th National Hockey League career goal to power the Washington Capitals to a 3-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. The 36-year-old […]

Nisar Bazmi’s 97th birth anniversary celebrated

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MULTAN, Dec 05 (APP):Pride of Performance music maestro, Nisar Bazmi, was well versed with use of orchestra which resulted into peerless and evergreen songs for Pakistan film industry. Talking to APP in connection with 97th birth anniversary of celebrated musician, known composer Ustad Sagheer Ahmad […]

Sealand: the ‘micronation’ defying the UK and Covid

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Sealand, Dec 5 (AFP/APP):It’s a hulking metal-and-concrete platform in the North Sea that has been run as an independent micronation in defiance of the UK government for the last 54 years. But even on Sealand, some seven miles (11 kilometres) off the coast of southeast […]

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