SINGAPORE : China’s anti-corruption watchdog is investigating a former senior executive of top state energy giant PetroChina for suspected “serious disciplinary violations”, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said on Sunday. Ling Xiao, who resigned last month from his position as a vice president of PetroChina, turned himself in […]
Month: October 2021
England are favourites to win the Twenty20 World Cup despite the absence of pace bowler Jofra Archer and all-rounder Ben Stokes, wicketkeeper-batter Jos Buttler said. Stokes was not included in England’s 15-man preliminary squad as he extends his break from cricket to focus on his mental health, while Archer ruled […]
Daniel Craig, who is receiving a lot of praise for his performance in No Time to Die, will become the fourth Bond actor after Moore, David Niven and Pierce Brosnan to earn the honour. English actor Daniel Craig, who ended his journey as James Bond with No Time to Die, […]
STOCKHOLM: The Nobel season opens on Monday (Oct 4) with the pioneers of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and immune system research tipped for the medicine prize, which kicks off a week of awards against the backdrop of the pandemic. Breakthroughs in breast cancer, new approaches to rheumatology treatments, as well as […]
The South confirmed that twice-daily regular communication was restarted on time via military hotlines and others run by the Unification Ministry, except for the navy channel set up on an international network for merchant ships. The two Koreas on Monday restored their hotlines that the North severed months ago, with […]
LONDON: Players based in England will be able to represent their national teams in countries on the UK’s travel red-list this month after a bespoke quarantine exemption was granted today. A number of South American and African stars were not released by their clubs for the September international break as […]
BARCELONA: Embattled Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman said he was “fed up” of having to defend himself amid reports that the Dutchman is on the brink of being sacked. Koeman was roundly criticised in the wake of Barca’s 3-0 defeat at Benfica in the Champions League in midweek, a result that […]
A river of red-hot lava snaked downhill from the new fissure, which burst open late on Thursday around 400 metres (1,300 ft) to the north of the primary eruption site. Lava flowed from a newly opened crack in the Cumbre Vieja volcano on Spain’s La Palma on Friday, carving a […]
Venom Let There Be Carnage has earned a score of 58 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes, which amounts to just average. This is the score after 91 critical reviews. The first Venom: Let There Be Carnage reviews have begun to trickle in. Thus far, after 91 critical reviews, the Tom […]
Iran is wary of Azerbaijan in particular for its deep military cooperation with the Islamic Republic’s archrival, Israel, and on Thursday voiced its concerns to Azerbaijani ambassador in Tehran Ali Alizadeh. Iran’s national army began exercises on Friday near its border with Azerbaijan, state TV reported, putting on a […]