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Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Movie to Host Exclusive Early Screenings for Crunchyroll Premium Subscribers
Game Rant
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August 20, 2025
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is known for its cinematic animation and brilliant fight sequences. As the franchise has finally adapted some of its most exciting chapters into a film titled Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity...
Is Giannis Antetokounmpo Playing Tonight for Greece Against Kristaps Porzingis’ Latvia in EuroBasket Prep Game?
Essentially Sports
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August 20, 2025
Up until now, it was all about waiting. The Milwaukee Bucks and FIBA clashed over an insurance issue, which kept Giannis Antetokounmpo from representing Greece. He couldn’t participate in team scrimmages. But it was always a question of when...
Here’s 2025’s best family movie of the year (and it’s not KPop Demon Hunters)
Time Out
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KPop Demon Hunters proved to be one of Netflix’s biggest successes this year, with the animated musical not only dominating global streaming charts but also the Billboard Hot 100 with songs like ‘Golden’ and ‘Soda Pop’. Beloved by K-pop listeners...
Fashion: Tapestry of heritage and culture through the clothing
New National Star
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August 17, 2025
BY ODIGIE OKPATAKU & UZOR OGECHI MARY In Nigeria today, a significant part of our identity is our rich fashion sense. Dating back to the pre-colonial era, our people have always had a good grasp of fashion from the Aso Oke in the west;...
Latvian students study Tai Chi in Jiaozuo City, China's Henan
Xinhua News Agency
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Latvian students practice Tai Chi sword at a center for international cultural exchange in Wenxian County, Jiaozuo City, central China's Henan Province, Aug. 8, 2025. Twenty-nine students from Latvia are here on a 15-day program to study Tai Chi...
Appeal to help hard-pressed Latvian and Ukrainian families with school supplies
LSM
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August 19, 2025
Until 29 August, shoppers are being asked to help low-income families in Latvia and Ukrainian refugee families by filling children’s school bags with everything they need for the new school year. The charity campaign “Let’s help prepare for school...
Top Latvian and Lithuanian movies to be shown free in Tallinn for Baltic Film Days
ERR
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August 19, 2025
The 9th annual Baltic Film Days festival is set to take place on August 26 and 27 in Tallinn. Some of the most important Latvian and Lithuanian movies of recent times as well as a selection of short films will be shown for free with English and...
Video: Low allied flight over Rīga on Tuesday
LSM
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August 19, 2025
The low flyover over the Freedom Monument on Tuesday, 19 August, in the capital Riga brought together many - mostly aviation enthusiasts. The low flyover was performed by US Air Force bombers and fighter jets from allied countries. The B-1B LANCER...
UAE Committee For Talent And National Sports Support Includes Drift Driver Khalifa Al Falasi In Its Dedicated Programs Aimed At Providing Comprehensive Support For Young Sport Ta
MENAFN
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August 19, 2025
19 August 2025- The UAE Committee for Talent and National Sports Support (UAETSS), a key entity under the UAE Ministry of Sports, has onboarded young Emirati car racer Khalifa Al Falasi into its dedicated programs aimed at supporting and nurturing...
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Santa Maria Times - California
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What to know about Spain’s ‘Tomatina’ festival, the tomato street fight turning 80 Thousands of people are set to paint a Spanish town red with tomato pulp during the famous "Tomatina" festival. The event brings 120 tons of overripe tomatoes to...
Florian Fleischer Concerts in Tallinn and Riga
The Baltic Times
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Florian Fleischer und das Gelbe vom Ei is a dynamic international jazz quintet led by Berlin guitarist and composer Florian Fleischer. With musicians hailing from Mexico, Spain, Germany, and Latvia, the band brings a rare blend of cultures,...
UAE Committee for Talent and National Sports Support includes drift driver Khalifa Al Falasi in its dedicated programs aimed at providing comprehensive support for young sport talent
Mid East Information
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August 19, 2025
The UAE Committee for Talent and National Sports Support UAETSS, a key entity under the UAE Ministry of Sports, has onboarded young Emirati car racer Khalifa Al Falasi into its dedicated programs aimed at supporting and nurturing sports talent...
"Generation of War" art marathon's 13th stage opens in Kyiv
Interfax Ukraine
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August 19, 2025
The exhibition of the 13th stage of the art marathon "Generations of War" opened in Kyiv on the occasion of Ukraine's Independence Day, the press service of the Association for the Development of International Relations ADRUM has said. The...
Rīga's 'Left bank vs Right bank' basketball match ready to rumble
LSM
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August 15, 2025
For the 16th time, one of the most popular parts of the annual Riga city festival will take place this weekend – the traditional grudge match between the two halves of the city, divided by the River Daugava. The match takes place throughout the...
Buckwheat wars between Maxima and Lidl in Latvia
LSM
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August 18, 2025
The grocery chains Maxima and Lidl are in dispute. Both say they have the cheapest buckwheat. Advertising campaigns have already attracted the attention of the Consumer Rights Protection Centre, and a row over advertising reels has escalated into...
Houston musicians rally around rockin' couple after brain cancer scare
Culturemap
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August 18, 2025
Husband-and-wife musicians Charles and Lauren Eddy were looking forward to starting a new chapter in their lives as a rock duo. After doing time in Houston rock bands El Lago and Young Mammals, the couple began composing music as goth...
Festival in Riga to provoke debate – is a meat tax needed for the sake of climate and health?
Baltic News Network
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August 18, 2025
On the 23rd and 24th of August, the creative quarter Viskaļi in Riga will host the festival “Art for a Meat Tax”, with which the organizers hope to spark discussion on the introduction of a meat tax in Latvia, reports the initiative’s co-author...
TarabA new podcast series on the Middle East's music scene
The National News
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Tarab is a new weekly music podcast hosted by The National’s Saeed Saeed that takes you inside the Middle East’s music scene. The first season brings you conversations with some of the region’s most captivating voices, from genre-defying...
Estonia's 12-man squad announced ahead of EuroBasket 2025
ERR
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August 25, 2025
Estonian men's national basketball team head coach Heiko Rannula has revealed the final 12 players who will make up the national squad at upcoming FIBA EuroBasket 2025 finals, which start on Wednesday. The squad is: Henri Drell (La Laguna...
The Fifth Latvia Ceramics Biennale Opens in Cēsis, Spotlighting Emerging Latvian Talent
The Baltic Times
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The Fifth Latvia Ceramics Biennale has opened in style with the inaugural exhibition at the Cēsis Exhibition Hall, setting the stage for a season of artistic encounters that will continue in September in Daugavpils and Liepāja. For ten years, the...