PARIS: When Cristiano Ronaldo and Paul Pogba removed Coca-Cola and Heineken bottles during Euro 2020 press conferences, it showed sports stars are rejecting sponsors’ products that fail to correspond to their personal values, analysts say. Ronaldo has a combined social media audience of around 500 million followers, so when he […]
Month: June 2021
Scarlett Johansson has criticised the “hyper-sexualisation” of her character Black Widow in Marvel film Iron Man 2. Black Widow, aka Natasha Romanoff, first appeared in the 2010 film. “You look back at Iron Man 2 and while it was really fun and had a lot of great moments in it, […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said his country needs to prepare for both “dialogue and confrontation” with the US, and “especially to get fully prepared for confrontation”. This marks the first time Mr Kim has directly commented on President Joe Biden’s administration. North Korea had earlier snubbed efforts by […]
UK food and drink exports to the European Union almost halved in the first three months of the year, compared with the same period in 2020. The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) figures show EU sales dropped by 47%. The trade body said the decline was largely due to changes […]
TOKYO: Japan’s government on Thursday (Jun 17) approved lifting Tokyo’s virus emergency just over a month before the Olympics, but set new restrictions that could sharply limit fans at Games events. The state of emergency in place in Tokyo began in late April and largely limits bar and restaurant opening […]
Shilpa Shetty’s husband Raj Kundra shared a funny video where their faces have been swapped with Tokyo and The Professor from Netflix show Money Heist. Fans might be waiting for the Indian adaptation of Netflix’s hit show Money Heist, Raj Kundra has already gone one step ahead and assigned the […]
LONDON: Britain is looking at easing travel restrictions, including allowing those who are double vaccinated against Covid-19 to enjoy a foreign holiday without intrusive red tape, a step that indicates vaccine passports are firmly back on the agenda. Countries in the European Union last week agreed to an easing of […]
JAKARTA: More than 350 Indonesian doctors have contracted Covid-19 despite being vaccinated with Sinovac and dozens have been hospitalised, officials said, as concerns rise about the efficacy of some vaccines against more virulent virus strains. Most of the doctors were asymptomatic and self-isolating at home, said Badai Ismoyo, head of […]
Vin Diesel, who was last seen in Fast and Furious 9, reacted to the speculation about being a part of the upcoming sequels of James Cameron’s Avatar in a recent interview. As fans await Avatar 2, they might just be in for another treat. Hollywood star Vin Diesel has hinted […]
LOS ANGELES: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Doncic and league MVP Nikola Jokic were named to the All-NBA first team, the league announced on Tuesday. Former two-time league MVP Antetokounmpo, of the Milwaukee Bucks, earned his third straight selection and was the only player to receive first team votes on all 100 […]