If you liked Joker, here are a few graphic novels that will give you a deeper understanding of this irresistible comic-book villain who has sometimes outshone the hero of the story, Batman. Directed by Todd Phillips, Joker, starring Joaquin Phoenix in the titular role, tells the origin story of the […]
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Spaniard Pol Espargaro has signed a two-year deal to race for MotoGP champions Repsol Honda from 2021 when Marc Marquez’s brother Alex will move to the LCR team in place of Britain’s Cal Crutchlow, Honda said on Monday. REUTERS: Spaniard Pol Espargaro has signed a two-year deal to race for […]
Ubisoft shares dropped 9per cent on Monday after the French video games group said over the weekend that three senior managers were leaving the company following a review into allegations of inappropriate behaviour. PARIS: Ubisoft shares dropped 9per cent on Monday after the French video games group said over the […]
TOKYO: The coronavirus pandemic will force the Bank of Japan to embrace big data as its conventional consumer price index fails to offer an accurate, real-time picture on inflation, said Tsutomu Watanabe, a leading academic on alternative data in Japan. The BOJ pledges to achieve 2 per cent inflation as […]
Oil prices dropped on Monday on big spikes in COVID-19 infections over the weekend in the United States and elsewhere while traders await an OPEC technical meeting expected to recommend an easing of supply cuts. LONDON: Oil prices dropped on Monday on big spikes in COVID-19 infections over the weekend […]
LONDON: The European Union’s benchmark carbon permit price hit a 14-year high at just over 30 euros (US$33.93) per tonne early on Monday (Jul 13). The price for permits for delivery in Dec 2020 traded under the EU’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) was 30.13 euros a tonne at 0819GMT, […]
BEIJING: The slump in China’s exports likely eased in June as some countries reopened their economies, while imports contracted less sharply on higher crude oil and commodities purchases, a Reuters poll showed on Monday (Jul 13). June exports from the world’s second-largest economy are expected to have contracted 1.5 per […]
TOKYO: Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, often floated as a future Japanese prime minister, said on Monday (Jul 13) the Olympics must go ahead next year as a symbol of world unity in overcoming COVID-19, even as her city grapples with stubborn spikes in cases. Japan has not seen an explosive […]
NIBC has agreed to a proposed takeover by Blackstone , the Dutch bank said on Monday, despite the U.S. private equity firm lowering its bid in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. AMSTERDAM: NIBC has agreed to a proposed takeover by Blackstone , the Dutch bank said on Monday, despite the […]
Smartphone shipments in China fell 16per cent in June compared with a year earlier, according to government data released on Tuesday. SHANGHAI: Smartphone shipments in China fell 16per cent in June compared with a year earlier, according to government data released on Tuesday. The numbers suggest that handset demand in […]