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00:00Good day and welcome to the Gulf News update for Thursday, April 30. Here are the top stories
00:10at this hour. Rescuers today pulled a teenage boy out alive from under the wreckage of a
00:15guest house in Nepal, five days after it collapsed in a massive earthquake. Police said the survivor
00:21was a 15-year-old Nepalese who had been staying at the guest house on the outskirts of Kathmandu
00:26when the 7.8 magnitude quake struck. The death toll in Nepal from a massive weekend earthquake
00:32has risen to nearly 5,500, according to a tally by disaster management officials. Thousands
00:39of people hit the streets last night in Baltimore and several other U.S. cities, from Boston
00:43and New York to Indianapolis and Washington, D.C., to protest the death of a black man.
00:47Freddie Gray died of spinal injuries after his arrest by Baltimore police, and the protesters
00:52demanded reforms to police procedures. While the protests were mostly peaceful, there were
00:57some arrests, including 16 in Baltimore and at least 60 in New York.
01:02Sharjah aims to attract up to 10 million tourists by 2021 and expand tourism's contribution
01:08to the emirate's economy. The Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority has said
01:12that to cater to the anticipated increase in demand, the emirate wants to boost hotel
01:17room numbers from the current 10,000 to 15,000 by 2021.
01:23Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao appeared more focused on conserving energy than stirring
01:28the pot for their upcoming mega-fight as the two boxers eased their way through a media
01:32conference last night. Asked about taunting his opponent, the undefeated Mayweather told
01:37reporters that the fight would sell itself.
01:40Robert Downey Jr. intended to be complimentary with a statement about Mexican-born director
01:45Alejandro Iruritu that some have interpreted as racist, the actor's publicist said. Iruritu,
01:51while promoting Birdman in October, likened superhero movies to a cultural genocide. Downey
01:56Jr. said in a video interview last week that for a man whose native tongue is Spanish,
02:01to be able to put together a phrase like cultural genocide just speaks about how bright he is.
02:06Various Twitter users accused Downey Jr. of being racist in his remarks.
02:11And finally, the weather. Today's high across the UAE will be 34 degrees Celsius, dropping
02:15to 23 degrees at night.
02:17That's all for now. Thanks for watching. We will be back with the newscast on Sunday,
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