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The Weeknd, also known by his real name Abel Tesfaye, features in a newly released trailer for Festival, a music-focused game developed by Rock Band creators Harmonix. Set to premiere in Fortnite on Saturday, December 9th, Festival offers players an interactive music experience. Fans can engage with the game by tapping notes to the rhythm of the song as they …

Over ten years since the release of GTA 5, Rockstar Games has finally unveiled the much-anticipated trailer for GTA 6, set to debut in 2025 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S. The excitement surrounding this one-minute, thirty-second trailer is a testament to the enduring popularity and anticipation for the game. GTA 5, released in 2013, has sold …

BEIRUT: “Madad, madad oh master Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.” The reverent-sounding words issue from the six musicians seated in a semicircle, their call-and-response vocals backed by furiously strummed oud and a buzuk, and the rhythmic beats of a tar, a large frame drum used in Levantine classical music.“You who rule by God’s rules,” they continue, referring to the supposedly Islamic rule …

BIRMINGHAM, England: Australia batsman David Warner was dropped for his team’s Champions Trophy washout against New Zealand on Wednesday for attacking England player Joe Root in a bar, inflaming tensions between the fierce rivals ahead of the Ashes series and leaving his test spot in jeopardy. While Cricket Australia maintained it was an alleged “physical altercation,” its English counterparts used stronger language by saying Warner “initiated an unprovoked …

LONDON: Six-time Olympic champion Chris Hoy, who spearheaded a golden period of British track cycling dominance, announced his retirement Thursday, content he had nothing left to prove after a long and stellar career. Britain’s most successful Olympian, who won two golds at the 2012 London Games to add to three from Beijing four years earlier and his first in Athens in 2004, said the time was …

BEIRUT: Rain fell in waves and thunder cracked as the annual Beirut Marathon got under way early Sunday, with a slightly depressed turnout thanks to the weather. Those who did show up for the marathon or other races were undeterred, however. Over 33,000 people registered for the race, but the rain and rivers of water they caused in the streets clearly kept …

LONDON: Ireland’s Katie Taylor moved a step away from becoming one of the first Olympic women’s boxing champions on Wednesday when she produced a clinical performance to reach the lightweight final. The four-time amateur world champion, at the forefront of the campaign to get women’s boxing into the Olympics, beat Tajikistan’s Mavzuna Chorieva 17-9 in front of another raucous crowd …

LONDON: The Olympic flame took a festive, valedictory lap around London on Thursday, taking in some of the sun-drenched capital’s most famous landmarks and getting a royal welcome on the second-to-last day of its trek across Britain. The torch – carried by athletes, charity workers and celebrities – thrilled thousands of Londoners as it swept across Regent’s Canal in Camden, …