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The Academy Awards will leave their longtime home at the Dolby Theatre in the heart of Hollywood and move to a more central Los Angeles location beginning in 2029. The ceremony will be held at the Peacock Theater, which offers greater seating capacity than the current venue. This relocation, spanning eight miles (12 km), will continue through 2039 and also marks a homecoming of sorts for the Oscars, as earlier ceremonies were held at central locations like the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and Shrine Auditorium.

According to Uzhydromet, weather conditions across Uzbekistan during the weekend (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) are expected to be variable. On Friday, predominantly dry and warm weather is forecasted nationwide, with daytime temperatures ranging from +25…+30 degrees Celsius. However, some areas may experience short-term rain and thunderstorms.

According to the Tashkent City Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), a criminal case has been initiated following a serious crime committed by a 27-year-old man in the capital's center. The incident occurred on March 26 during the afternoon on Niyozbek Street, where the man deliberately struck his ex-wife and three other individuals with a Tracker vehicle. Surveillance footage shows an altercation between two men prior to the attack, after which the car was used in the assault.

According to the Namangan regional administration, construction has commenced on the large-scale Arashan Resort tourism complex in the Pap district. The project, covering an area of 600 hectares with a total cost of $150 million, is expected to accommodate 2,500 tourists daily and 912,000 annually upon full operation, while creating over 2,000 new jobs.

Two men have been held accountable for acts of animal cruelty in the Bostanlyk District of the Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan. Videos circulated on social media show the men, born in 1993 and 1996, kicking cats and shooting at them with a pneumatic weapon. The incident occurred in December 2025 at a hotel in the "Yangiqo‘rgon" neighborhood of the district.

A US court has accused Meta and Google of intentionally building addictive social media platforms that harm children's mental health. Lawyers for a young woman named Kaley argued that features like Instagram's infinite scroll were designed to be addictive. While the ruling has been hailed as a "game-changing moment" for social media companies, its practical utility for parents worldwide trying to cut down their kids' screen time remains limited.

A 33-year-old man, M.Sh., has been sentenced to 15 days of administrative detention for acts of cruelty against cats at a hotel in the Bo'stonliq District of Tashkent Region. According to Bobur Tulanov, press secretary of the regional Department of Internal Affairs, the court found the man guilty under Part 2 of Article 111 of the Code of Administrative Responsibility, which stipulates 15 days of detention for cruel treatment of animals leading to their death or injury.

A serious incident occurred in Tashkent on Niyozbek Street in the Yunusabad district on March 26 at approximately 12:15 PM. According to the city's Main Directorate of Internal Affairs, a citizen identified as B.R., born in 1999, got into a conflict with his ex-wife M.F., born in 2001, and individuals accompanying her, after which he deliberately drove a Chevrolet Tracker with license plate 01 N 014 FC toward them.

Every mobile phone possesses a unique 15-digit IMEI identifier used for network recognition. Devices with dual SIM slots have two IMEI codes, both of which must be registered in Uzbekistan's UzIMEI system to utilize mobile connectivity within the country. Failure to register within 30 days results in the device being blocked from accessing local cellular networks.

A comprehensive exhibition titled “Echoes of Silk Road Merchants: Samarkand Monuments and Eurasian Connections” has opened at the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka, Japan. Organized by the Foundation for the Development of Culture and Arts, the display features over 200 exhibits, primarily archaeological finds from the Kafir-kala site in the Samarkand region. This marks the first exhibition organized by the Uzbek government at this museum, highlighting the results of collaborative scientific efforts between Uzbek and Japanese researchers.

New scientific studies reveal that dogs were companions to humans thousands of years before the end of the last ice age. Papers published in the prestigious journal Nature on Wednesday identify the remains of a female puppy that lived approximately 15,800 years ago in present-day Turkey as the earliest-known dog. The discovery pushes back the timeline by nearly 5,000 years compared to the previously known oldest dog.

Excavations at St. Peter and Paul Church in Maastricht, the Netherlands, have uncovered skeletal remains that may belong to the legendary French musketeer d’Artagnan. Church deacon Jos Valke stated he is 99% certain the skeleton is that of Charles de Batz de Castelmore, known as Count d’Artagnan, a close aide to France’s Sun King Louis XIV who was killed during the Siege of Maastricht in 1673 and later immortalized in Alexandre Dumas’ adventure novels.