How Jane Foster became Thor in Marvel comics
Depending on who you ask, the “Thor” films are either a love story about a boy and his hammer — or the love between a boy and his brother, or a boy and a brilliant, beautiful scientist or, more recently, a boy and an intergalactic raccoon.Continue Reading
Kazuki Takahashi: Yu-Gi-Oh! manga comic creator found dead in sea at 60
Kazuki Takahashi’s comic series was turned into TV shows, films and a hugely successful card game.Continue Reading
Canadian swimmer Mary-Sophie Harvey says she was drugged at World Aquatics Championships
Canadian swimmer Mary-Sophie Harvey says she was drugged on the final night of the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, last month in Budapest.Continue Reading
China economy recovering but foundation not solid: Premier Li Keqiang
BEIJING: China’s economy is recovering but the foundation of that recovery is not solid and more efforts are still needed, Premier Li Keqiang was quoted by state media as saying on Thursday (Jul 7). The world’s second-largest economy has started a slow recovery from the supply shocks caused by extensiveContinue Reading
Tennis star Nick Kyrgios found it ‘hard’ to focus on match amid assault allegations
Tennis star Nick Kyrgios says ongoing allegations of assault made it “hard” to focus on his quarterfinal match at Wimbledon on Wednesday.Continue Reading
Agencies told to find mechanism to reduce cooking oil retail price
PUTRAJAYA: The special task force to address inflation has instructed agencies involved to find a mechanism to reduce the retail price of cooking oil following the decline in crude palm oil prices. Read full storyContinue Reading
The next frontier for drones: Letting them fly out of sight
Aviation authorities in the US and elsewhere are preparing to relax some of the safeguards they imposed to regulate a boom in off-the-shelf consumer drones over the past decade. Read full storyContinue Reading
Immigration detains 166 foreigners in raid on KL entertainment outlet
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have detained 166 foreigners in a raid on an entertainment outlet along Jalan Sultan Ismail which offers guest relation officer (GRO) services. Read full storyContinue Reading
Task force wants Bank Negara, Statistics Dept to explain for OPR increase, says Annuar
PUTRAJAYA: The special task force to address inflation has asked Bank Negara Malaysia and the Department of Statistics to provide clarification to the people on the justification for the increase in the overnight policy rate (OPR), says its chairman Tan Sri Annuar Musa. Read full storyContinue Reading
Three Wimbledon security guards arrested for alleged fight amongst each other
Three security guards at Wimbledon have been arrested after an alleged fight broke out among the group.Continue Reading