In an interview with Variety, John Boyega said studios should not shy away from the fight against toxic fandom. Actor John Boyega believes it is the responsibility of Hollywood studios to come to the aid of their actors whenever they face racial abuse on social media. One of the most […]
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LONDON: The European Union and Britain said on Saturday (Nov 7) major divergences remain in their Brexit talks but that negotiations would continue next week to try to clinch a trade deal in the scant time left. After a call between British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President […]
This came even as Trump’s challenger Joe Biden urged unity in a brief address in his home state of Delaware, calling for an end to the “partisan warfare” that has characterised American politics in recent years. US President Donald Trump on Saturday issued a series of tweets to allege that […]
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter on Friday (Nov 6) flagged as premature posts referring to Joe Biden as “president-elect,” as the vote count continued in the knife-edge US election with the Democrat leading Donald Trump in several key states. Tweets referring to the former vice president with the victor’s title and his […]
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Steve Tomlin, who runs a Renault dealership in Britain, says sales of the Zoe small electric car have shot up this year, a turnaround he partly puts down to a fading of “range anxiety”, the fear of running out of power mid-journey. READING: Steve Tomlin, who runs a Renault dealership […]
AUSTIN: The FBI said yesterday it was investigating an incident in which a convoy of vehicles flying flags in support of President Donald Trump’s re-election bid surrounded a bus carrying campaign staff for Democratic challenger Joe Biden on a Texas highway. Friday’s incident — captured on video that was retweeted […]
GENEVA: World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said yesterday that he had been identified as a contact of someone who tested positive for Covid-19, but added that he was feeling well and did not have any symptoms. “I have been identified as a contact of someone who has tested […]
AUSTIN: A group of Texas Republicans have lost one of two legal challenges they brought in the hope of halting drive-through voting in Houston and having more than 120,000 votes thrown out. In a brief order issued yesterday, the Texas Supreme Court denied a request by conservative activist Steven Hotze […]
NEW YORK: One of America’s top government scientists, Anthony Fauci, has issued an urgent plea for a change in US policy on the coronavirus, drawing a sharp rebuke from the Trump administration in the final days of a hard-fought election campaign. Fauci, in an interview in the Washington Post yesterday, […]