Beijing (AFP) – An outspoken Chinese Communist Party critic and millionaire property tycoon, Ren Zhiqiang, has been placed under investigation for “serious violations of discipline and law”, an anti-graft watchdog said. The Beijing Commission for Discipline Inspection announced late on Tuesday that the 69-year-old former chairman of the state-owned real […]
Daily Archives: April 8, 2020
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Premiership Rugby has drawn up contingency plans, knowing the competition is unlikely to be given the all-clear to resume until the middle of summer at the earliest, and then probably behind closed doors. It has suspended fixtures until 24 April but that date is set to be extended this week. […]
SAN FRANCISCO – The patent application for Umbra Lab’s antenna is now public, revealing how the startup intends to deploy a large synthetic aperture radar (SAR) reflector on a microsatellite. The patent published online in March, shows a reflector designed to stow compactly for launch. In orbit, a series of […]
Daniel Levy has spent a lot of time pacing around his house. The co-creator, star, writer and director of Schitt’s Creek has anxiously awaited the premiere of the series finale for his show, his baby. “All I’ve been doing is pacing around my house with, like, bated breath waiting for […]
Sony has introduced its PlayStation 5 DualSense wireless controller. It’s an evolution on the classic PlayStation controller form we’ve seen over previous generations, with some new features. The controller is slightly lighter, and Hideaki Nishino, Sony senior vice president, platform planning and management, says the company wanted to “maintain a strong battery life” for the […]
The coronavirus has halted many plans in the music industry, from tour cancellations to album pushbacks, but it didn’t stop Grammy-nominated DJ-producer Alesso and former One Direction singer Liam Payne from filming a new music video By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer April 8, 2020, 4:22 AM 4 min read […]
Being a model is not easy! After all, it involves other people judging pretty much everything about one’s physical appearance and that can really take a toll on anyone’s self-esteem, especially in formative years! Cindy Crawford is one of the biggest names in the industry but getting to where she […]
It wasn’t that long ago that Australia was mired in what many assumed would be the country’s worst crisis of 2020. Lightning strikes ignited fires that swept across southeastern Australia, burning at least seven million hectares of land dried by years of drought and destroying around 3,000 homes. Thousands of […]