In the trailer of Disney film Jungle Cruise, actors Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt are on an adventurous voyage into the Amazon jungle to find a tree that has unparalleled healing powers. A new trailer of Jungle Cruise, starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt, was released on Thursday. The fantasy […]
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WASHINGTON: The US economy grew at a robust annual rate of 6.4 per cent in the first three months of this year, unchanged from the government’s initial estimate. The recovery from last year’s deep recession gained steam has been helped by vaccines to combat the virus and trillions of dollars […]
TOKYO: The head of a Japanese doctors’ union warned on Thursday (May 25) that holding the Olympic Games in Tokyo this summer, with tens of thousands of people from around the world, could lead to the emergence of an “Olympic” strain of the coronavirus. Japan has pledged to hold a […]
SYDNEY: Australia’s second most populous state of Victoria will enter a one-week COVID-19 lockdown forcing its near 7 million residents to remain home except for essential business as authorities struggle to contain a highly-infectious outbreak. “We’re dealing with a highly infectious strain of the virus, a variant of concern, which […]
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook and Instagram yesterday announced plans to let users stop displaying “like” tallies racked up by posts, letting people opt out of seeking status through the approval of others. The two platforms will let users shun “like” counts completely or just keep such tallies to themselves, according to […]
Amazon has agreed to buy the historic MGM studios for $8.45bn (£5.97bn). MGM is one of Hollywood’s most famous studios, having produced classic films such as Some Like It Hot and Singin’ In The Rain. The sale will give the tech giant’s Prime streaming service access to a huge back […]
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said today he took full responsibility for the response to Covid-19 and he was truly sorry for suffering during the pandemic after his former aide Dominic Cummings said mistakes led to unnecessary deaths. “I take full responsibility for everything that has happened,” Johnson told […]
THE HAGUE: The European Medicines Agency will announce on Friday (May 26) whether it has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus jab for 12- to 15-year-olds, the regulator said. If approved, it will be the first vaccine to get the green light for young people in the 27-nation European Union. Pfizer is […]
PARIS: The concept of digital sobriety, which consists in reducing the environmental impact of new technologies through simple gestures, is still relatively unknown. However, an increasing number are becoming aware of the importance of minimising CO2 emissions linked to their online use. Digital sobriety consists in doing everything possible, on […]
MADRID: Luis Suarez said he will remain at Atletico Madrid next season after the Uruguay forward helped them to their first league title in seven years. Atletico piped city rivals Real Madrid to the title on Saturday after Suarez fired them to a 2-1 comeback win at Real Valladolid. The […]