REUTERS: New Zealand have named 11 world champions, including Kerri Gowler and Grace Prendergast, among its 32 rowers heading to Tokyo for the Summer Games, the country’s Olympic committee (NZOC) said on Friday. Gowler and Prendergast were included in the women’s pair event and women’s eight squad. They were both […]
Day: June 10, 2021
BEIJING: China’s government said today that it welcomed Taiwanese to come and get vaccinated against Covid-19 and called on Taiwan to remove obstacles and allow its people to receive the “highly effective” Chinese shots. China claims democratically ruled Taiwan as its own territory and has repeatedly offered to send vaccines […]
Aquaman 2 will bring back Jason Momoa in the role of titular half-human and half-Atlantean superhero Arthur Curry. Amber Heard, Patrick Wilson, and Yahya Abdul Mateen II will return as Mera, Orm and Black Manta, respectively, as well. James Wan has revealed the title of Aquaman’s sequel. It is […]
MIAMI: US-based cruise lines are chafing to resume voyages from Florida ports in July as the pandemic wanes – but for vaccinated passengers only – yet the state and its governor won’t let them demand proof of inoculation. So far, neither side has blinked, even as two guests on one […]
WASHINGTON: In 2017 the president of the United States shocked Washington’s Western allies during his first European trip, scolding them for failing to pay their “fair share” on defence, physically shoving aside one prime minister, and white-knuckling another leader in a public handshake. After four tumultuous years for the transatlantic […]
SAN FRANCISCO: As part of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), the tech firm showcased the main new features coming to iOS 15, available as an update for all the brand’s smartphones from the iPhone 6s onwards. One of the most notable changes concerns FaceTime calls, which will benefit from spatial […]
LONDON: Logan and Jake Paul would make great Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters, Bellator president Scott Coker has said as he targets exhibition matches featuring the YouTube personalities such as the former’s boxing bout against Floyd Mayweather. Logan Paul went the distance, surviving eight rounds against unbeaten (50-0) five-division world […]
Monsta X just released their latest album, One Of A Kind. As Monsta X release their new album, they appeared on a show to talk about each other and their new song Gambler. Their album, One Of A Kind, released on June 1. On MBC FM4U’s A Song For Hope […]
ST IVES: US President Joe Biden will announce plans on Thursday to buy and donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to more than 90 countries, while calling on the world’s democracies to do their part to help end the deadly pandemic, the White House said. Biden will […]
SYDNEY: Nick Kyrgios has pulled out of next week’s Queen’s Club Championships grasscourt event due to neck pain, raising doubts about the Australian’s participation at Wimbledon later this month. Kyrgios, who last played at the Australian Open in February, was due to make his return for the grasscourt season after […]