Tom Hiddleston’s fellow cast members, Owen Wilson, Wunmi Mosaku, and Sophia Di Martino, are talking about him in the new Loki promo, only to discover that the lines are just too appreciative. Loki in MCU can be accused of many things, but humility is not one of them. In a […]
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TOKYO: Up to 10,000 fans will be allowed at Tokyo Olympics events, organisers said on Monday (Jun 21), warning that competition could move behind closed doors if COVID-19 infections surge. The decision, which comes just weeks before the opening ceremony, ends months of speculation about whether spectators will be allowed […]
It is the first time a Swedish prime minister has ever been ousted by a no-confidence motion put forward by the opposition. Sweden’s parliament voted to oust Prime Minister Stefan Lofven in a no-confidence motion on Monday, June 21, giving the Social Democrat leader a week to either resign and […]
TOKYO: The dollar held near multi-month peaks against other major currencies on Monday, after the U.S. Federal Reserve surprised markets last week by signalling it would raise interest rates and end emergency bond-buying sooner than expected. The dollar index, which tracks the greenback against six major currencies, stood at 92.232 […]
JERUSALEM: An Israeli health official on Monday (Jun 21) urged more 12- to 15-year-olds to be vaccinated against COVID-19, citing new outbreaks that he attributed to the more infectious Delta variant. Israel expanded vaccine eligibility to include adolescents last month. Infections have fallen off sharply in recent weeks. Vaccination turnout […]
TEHRAN: Congratulations poured in for ultraconservative Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday (Jun 19) for winning Iran’s presidential election as his rivals conceded even before official results were announced. The other three candidates in the race all congratulated him for his victory, which had been widely expected after a host of heavyweight […]
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 […]
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 […]