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Kieran Culkin plays Caesar Flickerman in new Hunger Games film

Kieran Culkin has landed a role in the upcoming Hunger Games film Sunrise on the Reaping. The actor will play the eccentric showmaster Caesar Flickerman, a character previously played by Stanley Tucci, reports trade magazine Variety. Culkin won an Oscar this year for his supporting role in A Real Pain. He joins previously announced cast

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Dutchman died in diving accident in German lake

A Dutch man has died in a diving accident in the Kreidesee in Hemmoor, northern Germany. According to the police, the 34-year-old man suddenly made an emergency ascent. Fire brigade divers who happened to be on site pulled him out of the lake. The man was then resuscitated. It is not clear why the Dutchman

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First humanitarian aid achieved Gaza Strip population but is far from enough

In the Gaza Strip, the distribution of the first humanitarian aid in over two months has begun. On Monday, aid goods entered the Palestinian territory for the first time since March 2nd. Aid organizations report that the admitted aid is far from sufficient. The first arrived goods were still in trucks at the Kerem Shalom

Economics

Trump ignores criticism and will use luxury plane offered by Qatar

The United States accepts the luxury plane that Qatar has offered to President Donald. The Boeing 747-8 is intended to serve as a government aircraft. Critics see it as an attempt by the Qataris to get in good favor with the Americans. Trump was recently in Qatar and was offered the Boeing there to use

Sport

FC Groningen accepts settlement proposal of three duels suspension vaessen

FC Groningen has accepted the settlement proposal from the prosecutor of paid football for Etienne Vaessen. This means that the goalkeeper is suspended for four matches, one of which is conditional, due to his behavior after the Eredivisie match against Ajax. After the 2-2 draw between Groningen and Ajax on May 14, emotions ran high.

Sport

Former European High jump champion Douwe Amels (33) ends career

High jumper Douwe Amels has ended his career on Thursday. The 2023 European Indoor Champion says he is no longer optimally motivated. “Although this was a particularly difficult decision, I feel that the moment has come to do something else,” the 33-year-old Amels writes on Instagram. The athlete is a national record holder with a

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