France sends latest nuclear shipment to Japan

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CHERBOURG: Two ships carrying reprocessed nuclear fuel destined for Japan set sail Saturday morning (Sep 17) from northern France, an AFP photographer said, despite criticism from environmental campaigners. The fuel was due to leave the northern French port city of Cherbourg earlier this month but was delayed by the breakdownContinue Reading

Roger Federer, a genius who made tennis look effortless

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We are living through a period where the expected provides surprised. In life, almost always there is an ending. Usually. We know this. We anticipate this. We all try to prepare for this. But when the moving of time forces the chapter to certainly close, the reality from it all still stuns like a thunderbolt.Continue Reading

Analysis: A definitive rebuttal to every racist ‘Little Mermaid’ argument

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Ever since Disney released the first look for its 2023 live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid,” the internet has been sodden with wave after wave of racist critics complaining that Ariel, the completely fictional underwater fish woman, shouldn’t be Black. Hashtags like #notmyariel are bouncing around social media, and YouTube hid the dislike counter on the official video after it was bombarded with racist comments and more than 1.5 million “dislikes.” One group of critics went as far as to share a digitally altered version of the teaser that featured a White woman in place of the movie’s star Halle Bailey, who they called a “woke actress.”Continue Reading

Cleanup day comes to Philippine capital’s polluted bay

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Waters along the Manila Bay, famous for its idyllic sunsets, are heavily polluted by oil, grease and trash from nearby residential areas and ports. The Philippines is rich in marine resources, with nearly 36,300km of coastline in the archipelago of more than 7,600 islands. But it is the world’s topContinue Reading