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Schwarzenegger watch fetches $290,000

VIENNA, Jan 19, 2024 (AFP) – The Swiss watch that got Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger in trouble with German custom officials has been sold for 270,000 euros ($290,000), the actor’s charity said Friday. The action hero-turned-environmental campaigner was held at Munich airport Wednesday for failing to declare the bespoke Audemars Piguet timepiece that was being auctioned for his climate charity. Schwarzenegger called his brush with the law a “wild experience” at the charity dinner Thursday […]

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Arnold Schwarzenegger held over luxury watch at Munich airport

MUNICH, Germany, Jan 17, 2024 (AFP) – Hollywood action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger was held at Munich airport on Wednesday for failing to declare an expensive watch, a customs spokesman told AFP. The Austrian-born actor and former governor of California, 76, was detained in the customs area on Wednesday afternoon after arriving from the United States, spokesman Thomas Meister said. Schwarzenegger was expected to be able to continue his journey later in the day but “the […]

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‘Stop this war’: Arnold Schwarzenegger to Putin

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — “Terminator” star Arnold Schwarzenegger appealed to Vladimir Putin on Thursday to end the “senseless” war in Ukraine and praised Russians protesting the conflict as his “new heroes.” “Ukraine did not start this war,” the former California governor said in an emotional message to the people of Russia and Russian troops posted to his Twitter account and other platforms. “I’m speaking to you today because there are things going on […]

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Schwarzenegger launches sports convention in Hong Kong

HONG KONG, China (Reuters) — The world’s largest annual multi-sport festival is coming to Asia, with the inaugural Arnold Classic Asia to be hosted in Hong Kong between 19-21 August 2016. Founded by seven-time Mr. Olympia and former U.S. governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, its aim is to celebrate sports, fitness and health that bring professionals, amateurs and enthusiasts together. “This is a historic event without any doubt, because we have been running the Arnold Classic and […]

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