LONDON: UEFA have fined England’s Football Association (FA) €30,000 (RM148,329) after a laser pointer was shone at Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel during what proved to be the deciding moment of their Euro 2020 semi-final, Europe’s governing body said today. Television footage showed Schmeichel was targeted by a spectator using a […]
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BRUSSELS: The European Union has delivered enough coronavirus vaccine doses to member states to reach a target to fully vaccinate at least 70 per cent of adults in the bloc, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement today. Von der Leyen, who had tweeted on May […]
NEW YORK: A sealed cartridge of The Legend of Zelda for the old Nintendo NES console has sold for a world record sum of US$870,000 (RM3.6 million), auction house Heritage Auctions said in a statement Friday. The cartridge, dated to 1987, is still in its original packaging and trumps the […]
The Warner Bros comedy, which will be produced by Margot Robbie through her banner Lucky Chaps, will commence production in early 2022 at their Leavesden Studios in London. Actor-filmmaker Greta Gerwig has officially signed on to direct Barbie, starring Margot Robbie as the world-famous Mattel doll. Gerwig signed on to […]
PARIS: The pandemic and its consequences have led to all of us spending more time in front of screens. Whether it is adults or children, the risks of vision problems have increased. That’s why Highlab has created Eyes Keeper, an application to protect your eyes from screens. Highlab, a French […]
VANCOUVER: A Canadian judge has denied Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou’s application to add a trove of documents her legal team received from HSBC as evidence to her US extradition case, the judge announced yesterday. Meng, 49, is facing extradition from Canada to the United States on charges of […]
SINGAPORE: Indonesia’s Bukalapak launched an up to US$1.13 billion initial public offering ahead of next month’s listing, marking the country’s biggest issue in more than a decade amid rising investor appetite for tech stocks in a region boasting a growing consumer class, according to a term sheet seen by Reuters. […]
ROME: Defender Leonardo Bonucci warned that Italy were not scared of taking on hosts England on home soil in the Euro 2020 final on Sunday. Italy are targeting a second European title after 1968 while England have never won the continental tournament, with their only major trophy the 1966 World […]
TOKYO: Olympic organisers are set to ban all spectators from the Games, the Asahi daily said on Thursday (Jul 8), as Japan declared a COVID-19 state of emergency for Tokyo that will run through its hosting of the event to curb a new wave of infections. Organisers were set to […]
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren on Thursday warned of the growing risks posed to consumers and financial markets by the “highly opaque and volatile” cryptocurrency market and blasted its lack of regulation as unsustainable. WASHINGTON: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren on Thursday warned of the growing risks posed to consumers and financial […]