Here’s everything DC has in store for its fans at the upcoming DC Fandome. On the film front, Warner Bros Pictures will present an exclusive new trailer for The Batman, new content from DC League of Super-Pets, first look of Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam, a sneak peek at The Flash, […]
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TOKYO : The Bank of Japan must avoid reducing stimulus even if rising raw material costs push up inflation, deputy governor Masazumi Wakatabe said, reinforcing expectations it will fall behind major counterparts in dialling back crisis-mode policies. An advocate of aggressive monetary easing, Wakatabe also said the BOJ was unlikely […]
For Alicia Keys, Girl On Fire isn’t just a million-selling single, but the title and inspiration for a young adult graphic novel scheduled for next year. HarperCollins Publishers announced on Tuesday (Aug 31) that Girl On Fire, the story of 14-year-old Lolo Wright and her telekinetic powers, will come out […]
WELLINGTON: New Zealanders today visited beaches and queued for takeaway food as tough lockdown measures enforced to beat an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant of the coronavirus were eased for most of the country. About 1.7 million people in the largest city Auckland still remain in strict level […]
Some planets in the habitable zone are not good for life, but others outside it might be. When considering where to look for extraterrestrial life, astronomers have mostly stuck with what’s familiar. The best candidates for habitable planets are considered the ones most like Earth: small, rocky, with breathable atmospheres […]
NEW YORK : Stefanos Tsitsipas used his bathroom break when nature called at the U.S. Open on Monday but opponent Andy Murray fumed about the lengthy disruption as his hopes of scoring an opening round upset went down the toilet. Murray said he had been warned by his team to […]
SEOUL : The U.S. Treasury Department said the acquisition of Magnachip Semiconductor Corp by a Chinese private equity firm posed “risks to national security”, in another hurdle for Chinese companies trying to invest abroad in critical tech industries. In March, Chinese private equity firm Wise Road Capital agreed to acquire […]
NEW YORK: Less than 40 per cent of Americans approve of President Joe Biden’s handling of the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan, and three quarters wanted US forces to remain in the country until all American civilians could get out, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released yesterday. The national […]
NEW YORK : Naomi Osaka overcame a slow start to beat Czech Marie Bouzkova 6-4 6-1 on Monday as the world number three got her U.S. Open title defence under way in front of a roaring capacity crowd. Unseeded Bouzkova held her own through much of the first set but […]
TOKYO : Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso vowed on Tuesday to compile a high-quality budget for the next fiscal year while bearing in mind the need to reform spending policies given the country’s dire fiscal situation. Aso declined to comment when asked about the size of overall budget requests that […]