In a recent interview, actor Henry Cavill recalled auditioning and nearly getting the role of James Bond when he was in his early 20s. Henry Cavill is confident he would be a suitable replacement for James Bond. (Photo: Henry Cavill/Instagram) After playing Superman and Sherlock Holmes, Hollywood star Henry […]
BEIJING: Volkswagen AG said on Monday (Sep 28) it and three local joint ventures plan to invest around €15 billion (US$17.44 billion) in electric mobility in China, the world’s biggest car market, between 2020 and 2024. With the investment by Volkswagen and its three joint ventures with FAW Group , […]
VANCOUVER: Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou will be back in a Canadian courtroom today as her lawyers resume their fight to block the United States’ efforts to extradite her. Meng, 48, was arrested in December 2018 on a warrant from the United States charging her with bank fraud […]
SEOUL: South Korea today expanded the search for a missing fisheries official killed by North Korean troops at sea last week, a day after North Korea accused the South of raising tension by intruding into its territorial waters. South Korea’s military has accused North Korean soldiers of killing the man, […]
A species of maple tree offers the best protection from damaging ultraviolet rays of sunlight, a study has suggested. The crimson king (Acer platanoides) variety of maple tree came out as the most protective, closely followed by species of oak and a beech. Experts say trees can provide people with […]
Pedestrians, some wearing protective face masks, walk along Oxford Street, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, September 17, 2020. LONDON: The British government is mulling tougher restrictions in England to tackle a swiftly accelerating second wave of the novel coronavirus outbreak, possibly outlawing more inter-household socialising, […]
BERLIN: Europe and the United States need to face up to a “new Cold War with China” together, regardless of who wins the White House in November, Germany’s point man on transatlantic ties told AFP. With just five weeks to go until the US election, the German government’s coordinator for […]
BRISBANE: The owner of Australia’s biggest theme park was fined A$3.6 million (RM10.6 million) today for safety failures leading to the deaths of four people on a popular water ride in 2016. Two women and two men died when their rafts collided on the Thunder River Rapids ride at Dreamworld […]
Joker star Joaquin Phoenix and fiance Rooney Mara have become parents to a baby boy, their first child together. Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix and his fiancée, actor Rooney Mara, have become parents to a baby boy, their first child together. The couple has named their son after Phoenix’s late older […]
TAIPEI: Taiwan expressed satisfaction on Monday (Sep 28) and said the European Union had stepped in to help after a global alliance of mayors stopped referring to Taiwanese cities as part of China, in a rare win for the island amid growing Chinese pressure. China has ramped up efforts to […]