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A still from Warner Bros.' "Godzilla vs. Kong." Source: Warner Bros. "Godzilla vs. Kong" is headed for a monster opening weekend at the Chinese box office, which is welcome news for an industry battered by the Coronavirus pandemic. According to early estimates, the flick, which pits two of cinemas most iconic monsters against each other, has already secured around $21.5 million during its opening day in the country. The sequel is currently pacing just ahead of its predecessor "Godzilla: King of the Monsters," which earned around $18 million in 2019 during its first day in theaters in China. It ultimately garnered $66.7 million for the full weekend. The film is being released internationally this weekend, but will be available in North American theaters and on HBO Max on March 31. "Godzill...

When Hamida Parvin returned home to Bangladesh last February for a holiday from her job as a nanny in Qatar, she was excited to see her 17-year-old son after a year apart. But as the COVID-19 crisis suddenly escalated flights were canceled, and Parvin’s joy soon became a nightmare “scramble for survival” as she scoured for ways to provide for her family. “I went mad looking for jobs … nobody was hiring,” the 35-year-old said at a small cafe in the capital, Dhaka, where she works as a chef. That job is the family’s main source of income, as her diabetic husband is often unwell. “My savings went down to zero. Despite working for so many years, I am not sure if I can even pay the 7,000 taka ($83) fee that my son needs to sit for his upcoming school exams.” In the cafe in the corner of a t...

related media assets (image or videos) available. Click to see the gallery. 5 related media assets (image or videos) available. Click to see the gallery. Leaders Manchester City showed that their weekend derby loss was a blip as Kevin de Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez both scored twice in a 5-2 win over Southampton in the Premier League on Wednesday. MANCHESTER, England: Leaders Manchester City showed that their weekend derby loss was a blip as Kevin de Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez both scored twice in a 5-2 win over Southampton in the Premier League on Wednesday. City's 21-match winning streak in all competitions was rudely interrupted by a 2-0 defeat by Manchester United but normal service was quickly resumed at the Etihad Stadium as they opened up a 14-point gap at the top. After a slow st...

LONDON: Families of victims of the deadly 2019 Ethiopian Airlines jet crash may obtain as soon as Thursday (Mar 11) Boeing's reports to US regulators that helped keep its 737 MAX flying after a prior disaster with the same jet in Indonesia five months earlier. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), an independent US government investigative agency, told Boeing in a letter on Monday it should turn over nearly 2,000 documents to lawyers representing families who want to determine what the company knew about its flight systems after the Indonesian crash on Lion Air. The agency said international rules mandate the release of the documents after two years from the crash date, even though Ethiopia has yet to produce a final crash report which the agency cited in blocking the docu...