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Jack Haley (1898 – 1979) as the Tin Man, Bert Lahr (1895 – 1967) as the Cowardly Lion, Judy Garland (1922 – 1969) as Dorothy, Ray Bolger (1904 – 1987) as the Scarecrow and Frank Morgan (1890 – 1949) as the Doorman to the Emerald City in “The Wizard of Oz.”Silver Screen Collection | Moviepix | Getty ImagesThe Las Vegas Sphere will soon screen 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz” in the immersive event venue’s first film experience.The project places viewers inside the world of Oz using the Sphere’s 160,000-square-foot wraparound screen. The film will play in 16K resolution with full…

An aerial drone photo taken on Dec. 25, 2024 shows a view of the standard-gage yard of Horgos railway port in Horgos, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)URUMQI, July 28 (Xinhua) — Alashankou and Horgos, two major railway hubs in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, had recorded a combined total of more than 10,000 China-Europe (Central Asia) freight train trips this year as of Monday, according to China Railway Urumqi Group Co., Ltd.This means that since the beginning of 2025, China-Europe freight trains passing through Xinjiang’s two major ports had accounted for over half of China’s total…

Listen to article Three terrorists from banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), including one allegedly involved in last year’s attack on Chinese engineers, were killed in a joint operation by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and intelligence agencies in Karachi’s Manghopir area late Sunday night. On 5 November 2024, a private security guard at a textile mill in Karachi opened fire and seriously injured two Chinese nationals. According to police, deceased suspect, identified as Zafran, had a Rs20 million bounty on him and was accused of involvement in the 2024 Liberty Textile attack targetting Chinese nationals. He was also linked to the Karachi Police Office…

Chen Yuxi/Zhang Minjie of China compete during the women’s 10m synchronised final of diving at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, July 28, 2025. (Xinhua/Luo Yuan)SINGAPORE, July 28 (Xinhua) — China’s Wang Zongyuan and Chen Yuxi each clinched their fourth consecutive world synchro titles on Monday at the World Aquatics Championships, continuing the country’s dominance in diving.Wang, 23, teamed up with new partner Zheng Jiuyuan to win gold in the men’s 3-meter synchronized springboard with 467.31 points. Mexico’s Juan Manuel Celaya Hernandez and Osmar Olvera Ibarra took silver (449.28), and Britain’s Jack Laugher and Anthony Harding earned bronze (405.33).”We’ve only…

Beneath a sea of blue tarpaulin in a corner of northeastern India near Bangladesh, hundreds of Muslim men, women and babies take shelter after being evicted from their homes, in the latest crackdown in Assam ahead of state elections. They are among thousands of families whose houses have been bulldozed in the past few weeks by authorities – the most intense such action in decades – who accuse them of illegally staying on government land. The demolitions in Assam, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party will seek reelection early next year, have coincided with a national clampdown on…

US President Donald Trump speaks during a bilateral meeting at the Trump Turnberry Golf Courses, in Turnberry south west Scotland on July 28, 2025. Christopher Furlong | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump on Monday reduced to less than two weeks his deadline for Russian President Vladimir Putin to either reach a peace deal with Ukraine or face massive “secondary tariffs” on Moscow’s trade partners.Trump previously gave Putin a 50-day deadline, which was set to expire in early September.But he said Monday that the United States does not see “any progress being made.””I’m going to make a new…

(L-R): Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic and Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/Human Torch in Marvel’s “The Fantastic Four: First Steps.”DisneyWhat superhero fatigue?Twice in one month, a comic book film has rocketed to the top of the box office, debuting with more than $100 million in ticket sales.Two weeks ago, it was “Superman,” the first theatrical release from James Gunn and Peter Safran as co-heads of DC Studios at Warner Bros. Discovery. This weekend, Disney and Marvel’s “Fantastic Four: First Steps” fueled an estimated $118 million in ticket…

A staff member debugs a humanoid robot at a robot company in Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province, June 25, 2025. (Xinhua/Li An)* China has recently accelerated the integration of sci-tech innovation with industrial innovation, demonstrating remarkable achievements in pursuing high-quality development.* The secret behind the innovation boom lies in China’s robust industrial ecosystem, which is built on a policy framework to improve relevant services and help translate patents into products.* Going forward, China will strengthen the principal position of enterprises in sci-tech innovation, thereby creating a stronger synergy between scientific and industrial innovation.BEIJING, July 28 (Xinhua) — In a Beijing…

Listen to article BANGKOK, THAILAND: At least six people were killed when a gunman opened fire at a market in Thailand’s capital Bangkok on Monday, Thai police said in a statement. The fatalities include the gunman who took his own life, Charin Gopatta, Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau, told Reuters. “Police are investigating the identity of the person and the motive for the incident,” Thai police said in a statement. The five people killed by the gunman were security guards at the market, it said. No tourists were killed or injured in the shooting incident, said Sanong Saengmani, a police…

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Monday that China’s willingness to hold trade talks with the United States this week is a “good sign,” but he is not expecting any “enormous breakthrough.””I don’t expect some kind of enormous breakthrough today, what I expect is continued monitoring and checking in on the implementation of our agreement thus far,” Greer said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”His comments come as top officials from President Donald Trump’s administration meet in Sweden with their Chinese counterparts for the third round of trade talks since Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcement earlier this year.One of the chief questions…