WASHINGTON: A cartridge of Nintendo’s classic video game Super Mario 64 set a world record on Monday (Jul 12), selling at auction for US$1.56 million. The sale, the first ever of a game cartridge to surpass US$1 million, came just two days after a sealed copy of The Legend of […]
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Haitian police announced on Sunday (Jul 11) that they had arrested a Haitian national “who had political objectives” in recruiting the gunmen who assassinated President Jovenel Moise last week. “This is an individual who entered Haiti on a private plane with political objectives,” said Leon Charles, head of […]
WASHINGTON: The Biden administration on Sunday (Jul 11) upheld a Trump-era rejection of nearly all of China’s significant maritime claims in the South China Sea. The administration also warned China that any attack on the Philippines in the flashpoint region would draw a US response under a mutual defence treaty. […]
SURFSIDE, Florida: Authorities searching for victims of a deadly collapse in Florida said on Sunday (Jul 11) they hope to conclude their painstaking work in the coming weeks as a team of first responders from Israel departed the site. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said 90 deaths have now […]
LONDON: Italy wrecked England’s Euro 2020 party at Wembley on Sunday (Jul 11), winning the final on penalties to plunge the host nation into despair and prolong their 55-year wait to win a major title. Roberto Mancini’s men recovered from the shock of conceding the quickest goal ever in a […]
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 […]
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 […]