Downton Abbey 2 started production in April this year and will wrap up in August. The upcoming sequel to Downton Abbey will now release in March 2022 after studio Focus Features delayed the movie by three months. The much-awaited follow-up to 2019 hit was previously set to release on December […]
Year: 2021
SAN FRANCISCO: A Facebook test of pop-up boxes asking people whether they think friends are becoming extremists raised concerns yesterday among US conservatives who felt their voices might be stifled. Facebook spokesman Andy Stone said in a Twitter exchange that the alerts sprang from an initiative at the social network […]
SEOUL: South Korean President Moon Jae-in exchanged letters exploring prospects for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ahead of his own meeting in May with US President Joe Biden, the South’s JoongAng Ilbo newspaper said today. Moon had hoped to use the meeting with Biden as a chance […]
SYDNEY: Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), today warned residents to brace an increase in Covid-19 infections over the next few days as it reported the biggest daily rise in locally acquired cases recorded so far this year. Country-wide, Australia is fighting outbreaks of the highly infections Delta […]
WASHINGTON: Johnson & Johnson said late yesterday that its single-shot Covid-19 vaccine generated strong, persistent activity against the Delta and other highly prevalent variants. Data showed that the durability of the immune response lasted through at least eight months, the US-based healthcare company said, adding that its vaccine was 85 […]
LONDON: Roger Federer and Ashleigh Barty will return to Centre Court at Wimbledon today hoping to produce more assured performances than they did in their first round matches. Sandwiched in between their two matches is Coco Gauff’s first appearance on Centre Court since 2019 when, as a 15-year-old, she won […]
BRUSSELS: Europe’s drug regulator said today the Covid-19 vaccines approved in the European Union offered protection against all coronavirus variants, including Delta, but called for active monitoring by vaccine manufacturers to stay alert. “There have been a number of variants over the last months and we expect more,” said Marco […]
SYDNEY: Australia’s New South Wales (NSW), the worst-hit state in the country’s latest coronavirus outbreak, reported 22 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Wednesday (Jun 30) as four major cities endure a hard lockdown to contain the Delta variant. Around one in two Australians are under stay-at-home orders with Sydney, […]
The first reviews of Black Widow are in. The MCU film, starring Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh and David Harbour, is set to release in the US on July 9. The early reviews of the much-awaited Scarlett Johansson-starrer Black Widow are out, and it looks like the actor has a win […]
TOKYO: Karate has fought a long, hard battle to earn its place as an Olympic sport. Despite its 100 million practitioners worldwide, a solid place in popular culture and a rich history that some say can be traced back to the 15th century, the Japanese martial art’s bid to join […]