Share. The Snap vs. The Blip. What’s the difference? By Adam Bankhurst SPOILERS AHEAD for Avengers: Endgame and MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD for Spider-Man: Far From Home. Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige has clarified the difference between The Snap and The Blip, with the former being the moment Thanos used the Infinity […]
Daily Archives: July 8, 2019
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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced Tuesday that legislation to allow suspects to be sent to mainland China to face trial had failed after weeks of massive protests. The proposed bill sparked some of the largest demonstrations in the city’s history, with as many as 2 million of Hong […]
(Bloomberg) — The early clamor for listings on China’s new technology board intensifies this week as subscriptions for nine companies open Wednesday, testing investor appetite for stocks. That’s the highest number for a single day in China since June 2015, as regulators speed up initial public offerings on the Nasdaq-style […]
(Bloomberg) — As Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson enter their final weeks of campaigning to replace Prime Minister Theresa May in No. 10 Downing Street, speculation is mounting over who would take up residence next door as Chancellor of the Exchequer. While neither Hunt nor Johnson say they have promised […]
World No 1 and top seed Ashleigh Barty’s winning run of 15 consecutive matches was ended with a three-set defeat to the gutsy Alison Riske, whose reward is a quarter-final against Serena Williams. In the men’s draw Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal dropped only 18 games between them and needed […]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — NASA awarded a launch contract to SpaceX July 8 for the launch of a small astrophysics mission as the company offered a Falcon 9 at a lower price than a much smaller rocket. NASA said that it selected SpaceX to launch the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) […]
Legal cannabis dispensaries require proof of ageROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty By Clare Wilson Does legalising cannabis make it easier for teenagers to access the drug? The largest study to date suggests not – and it may even have the opposite effect. In US states that have legalised recreational use of marijuana, fewer […]
The 71-year-old has sold over 350 million books worldwide, with many of them having been adapted into movies, miniseries and TV shows. Now King has revealed his 22 favourite movies of all time, and it should come as little surprise that there are lots of horror and suspense. Open Culture […]