Day: March 13, 2023

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‘Everything Everywhere’ wins best picture at the Oscars

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” won the prestigious best picture trophy at the Academy Awards on Sunday as Hollywood embraced an offbeat story about a Chinese-American family working out their problems across multiple dimensions, Trend reports citing Reuters.

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” won the prestigious best picture trophy at the Academy Awards on Sunday as Hollywood embraced an offbeat story about a Chinese-American family working out their problems across multiple dimensions.

The movie claimed three of the four acting Oscars for stars Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis. Yeoh played the lead role of a stressed-out laundromat owner who finds she has superpowers in alternate universes.

“For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities,” the 60-year-old Malaysian actress said on stage. “And ladies, don’t let anybody ever tell you you are ever past your prime.”

Source: Trend News Agency

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First Republic secures new facility from JPMorgan

U.S. private bank First Republic Bank said on Sunday it had secured additional financing through JPMorgan Chase & Co, giving it access to a total of $70 billion in funds through various sources, Trend reports with reference to Reuters.

First Republic’s announcement came after its share price was hit last week in the aftermath of a run on SVB Financial Group.

Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse on Friday prompted U.S. Federal Reserve and other regulators to announce a series of emergency measures to shore up confidence in the banking system.

In a statement, First Republic said additional borrowing capacity from the U.S. Federal Reserve as well as that from JPMorgan had boosted the amount of liquidity it had available.

Source: Trend News Agency

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Brendan Fraser wins Oscar for best actor

Brendan Fraser won the Oscar Sunday night for best actor Sunday night for his performance in “The Whale,” kicking off a new era for the once ubiquitous ’90s star who became largely absent from the big screen for much of the last decade, Trend reports citing abc13.

“I started in this business 30 years ago,” an emotional Fraser said. “Things didn’t come easily to me but there was a facility that I didn’t appreciate at the time until it stopped.”

The crowd at the Dolby Theater erupted in what seemed like one of the loudest ovations of the night when he was announced.

“I just wanted to say thank you for this acknowledgment,” Fraser said.

Fraser, the 54-year-old former action star known for “The Mummy” and “George of the Jungle,” doesn’t mind that people have called his turn a “comeback.” But it’s not the word he’d choose.

Source: Trend News Agency

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Azerbaijani currency rates for March 13

The official exchange rate of the US dollar and euro against Azerbaijani manat as of March 13, 2023, is set at 1.7 and 1.8223 manat, respectively, Trend reports via Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA).

The manat rate to other global currencies for Monday according to the CBA:

Currencies

1 US dollar

USD

1.7

1 Euro

EUR

1.8223

1 Australian dollar

AUD

1.133

1 Argentine peso

ARS

0.0085

1 Belarus ruble

BYN

0.6735

1 Brazil real

BRL

0.326

1 UAE dirham

AED

0.4629

1 South African rand

ZAR

0.0934

100 South Korean won

KRW

0.1306

1 Czech koruna

CZK

0.0772

1 Chilean peso

CLP

0.2134

1 Chinese yuan

CNY

0.247

1 Danish krone

DKK

0.2448

1 Georgian lari

GEL

0.6573

1 Hong Kong dollar

HKD

0.2167

1 Indian rupee

INR

0.0208

1 British pound

GBP

2.0601

100 Indonesian rupiah

IDR

0.0111

100 Iranian rials

IRR

0.004

1 Swedish krona

SEK

0.1603

1 Swiss franc

CHF

1.8539

1 Israeli shekel

ILS

0.4717

1 Canadian dollar

CAD

1.2383

1 Kuwaiti dinar

KWD

5.542

1 Kazakh tenge

KZT

0.0037

1 Kyrgyz som

KGS

0.0195

100 Lebanese pound

LBP

0.0113

1 Malaysian ringgit

MYR

0.3793

1 Mexican peso

MXN

0.0929

1 Moldovan leu

MDL

0.0906

1 Egyptian pound

EGP

0.055

1 Norwegian krone

NOK

0.1617

100 Uzbek soum

UZS

0.0149

1 Polish zloty

PLN

0.3902

1 Russian ruble

RUB

0.0223

1 Singapore dollar

SGD

1.2644

1 Saudi riyal

SAR

0.4528

1 SDR (Special Drawing Rights of IMF)

XDR

2.2562

1 Turkish lira

TRY

0.0896

1 Taiwan dollar

TWD

0.0556

1 Tajik somoni

TJS

0.1575

1 New Turkmen manat

TMT

0.4857

1 Ukrainian hryvnia

UAH

0.046

100 Japanese yen

JPY

1.268

1 New Zealand dollar

NZD

1.0536

Source: Trend News Agency

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Two footballers die after being struck by lightning during match in Kenya

Lightning has killed two football players during a friendly match at Manyansi area, in Kitutu Chache North Constituency, Kisii County, Kenya, APA reports citing Tori News.

Police from the area, however, said they were yet to be briefed of the tragedy.

Speaking to Citizen Digital on phone, Evans Akanga, Kitutu Chache North Football Kenya Federation chair said the players were struck dead during the friendly tournament.

Two other players are nursing injuries at Nyamira Teaching and Referral Hospital where they were rushed to for emergency treatment.

Source: Azeri-Press News Agency

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Israeli gymnast hails finals, strong competition at Baku-hosted FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup

The final competitions were tough, with strong opponents, including world champion Tin Srbic and participants of Olympic games, so it felt great to compete with them and win, Israeli gymnast, winner of the Baku-hosted FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in crossbar exercises Alexander Myakinin told Trend.

According to Myakinin, he considers the FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup as a stage of preparation for the European Championship.

“We saw splendid hall and equipment, and excellent attitude from the organizers. We always come to Baku with great pleasure. Unfortunately, I failed to walk around the city, but I enjoyed talking to people, and the impressions are extremely positive,” the athlete added.

The Gymnastics World Cup was held on March 9-12 at the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku. 173 gymnasts from 48 countries of the world took part in the competition, which is a record for the number of participating countries in the entire history of the World Cups in gymnastic disciplines in our country.

At the World Cup, Azerbaijani gymnast Nikita Simonov won a gold medal in ring exercises.

Source: Trend News Agency