In an interview, Helen Mirren discussed her admiration of the Potter canon, making a TV fashion statement, and female bonding on the set of the DC Comics-based film Shazam! Fury of the Gods. Helen Mirren is oddly absent from the Harry Potter film franchise that proved close to a full-employment […]
Day: November 24, 2021
PARIS: Gunshots were fired overnight at police in the French Caribbean island of Martinique for the second night running, French media reported today, in a sign that unrest triggered by Covid-19 curbs that has rocked the nearby island of Guadeloupe seems to be spreading there. BFM TV, quoting police forces, […]
WASHINGTON : The Biden administration has invited Taiwan to its “Summit for Democracy” next month, according to a list of participants published yesterday, a move likely to infuriate China, which views the democratically governed island as its territory. The first-of-its-kind gathering is a test of President Joe Biden’s assertion, announced […]
SYDNEY : Australia’s defence minister won a defamation lawsuit today against a refugee advocate who described him as a “rape apologist” in a tweet, a small advance in the conservative government’s effort to curb damaging commentary on social media. Peter Dutton, an outspoken Cabinet minister, experienced “hurt and distress” when […]
MOSCOW : Russia’s health ministry will register a new Sputnik M vaccine for use for children aged 12-17 later today, with shots expected to be available at the end of December, Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova told a government meeting. Russia has been grappling with a surge in coronavirus infections […]
GENEVA : As children and adolescents are at lower risk of severe Covid-19 disease, countries should prioritise sharing vaccine doses with the Covax programme to bring urgently needed supplies to poorer countries, the World Health Organisation said today. Some rare cases of heart inflammation called myocarditis have been reported in […]
TOKYO : Japan’s biggest power generator JERA has procured 2 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) on the spot market to be delivered between November and March to ensure adequate power supply during the peak winter demand season, a company official said on Wednesday. JERA, one of the world’s […]
MUMBAI: New Zealand are bracing for a trial by spin in their two-test series against India but the world champions are excited to face the acid test, captain Kane Williamson said on Wednesday. Winning a test series in spin-dominated India, who have not lost a series at home since late […]
BANGKOK: Apple on Wednesday (Nov 24) issued alert messages to at least six Thai activists and researchers who have been critical of the government, warning it believed their iPhones had been targeted by “state-sponsored attackers”, according to activists and the alerts reviewed by Reuters. Apple and Thailand’s Digital Ministry did […]
Overseas equity funds with exposure to Chinese equities are on course to deliver their weakest performance in three years, as the stocks were hit by an economic slowdown, a tech crackdown and an increase in default risks in the property sector. Refinitiv Lipper data showed that China-focused overseas equity funds […]