Owning a soccer club is hitting Ryan Reynolds in the wallet. Wrexham, the Welsh team bought by Reynolds and fellow Hollywood actor Rob McElhenney in 2021, released its accounts for the latest financial year on Thursday and reported that the amount owed to celebrities has risen to nearly nine million pounds ($11.4 million USD). That … Read more
05:26 Young Macanese keep home-grown language alive through theatre and music Young Macanese keep home-grown language alive through theatre and music Walking the streets of Macau, one is constantly reminded of the city’s history as a Portuguese trading outpost, from the southern European architecture to the bilingual street signs. Macanese cuisine, a blend of Portuguese … Read more
Bengaluru: The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has approved the Chandrayaan-3 landing site name ‘Shiva Shakti’. The approval came on March 19 after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement following the success of the mission on August 26, 2023. “IAU working group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the name station ‘Shiv Shakti’ for the landing site … Read more
“There was not one county-level cadre detained in more than a quarter of the counties around China each year,” the article said, slamming a lack of emphasis on corruption cases that “take place among the people”. It also called for more direct supervision of corruption cases by higher bodies to offset the presence of “circles … Read more
The “teamLab: Continuous” exhibition’s egg-shaped display forms part of Art@Harbour 2024 – showcasing the harbour – running from March 25 to June 2, which is a collaboration between the government, international art collective teamLab, art charity First Initiative Foundation, innovative lifestyle brand K11 Group and property developer Sino Group. Another exhibition, Science in Art, featuring … Read more
The other new three-star spot is La Table du Castellet in Le Castellet in southern France, where chef Fabien Ferré runs the kitchen. “I’m not so good at speeches, I’m better in the kitchen,” he said at the awards ceremony this week, surrounded by the other three-star restaurant chefs. At 35 years old, he is … Read more
Much has been (glitter-gel-) penned about Taylor Swift’s wardrobe over her various album eras, and about her language, including her changing accent, and her lyrics’ symbolism and imagery. There is also a lot going on where fashion and language intersect. “NOT A LOT GOING ON AT THE MOMENT” was the language conveyed on Swift’s sequinned … Read more
Chef Romain Dupeyre grew up in Nice, France, and is now co-executive chef of Provencal cuisine bistro Racines in Upper Station Street, Sheung Wan, on Hong Kong Island. He spoke to Andrew Sun. My mum was not a really good cook. All the men in my family are the cooks. Mum was a busy nurse … Read more
However, investment alone is not enough to realise these ambitions. China will need a large pool of talented, innovative people of its own to make up for sanctions and hostility from the West, particularly the United States. 05:03 How does China’s AI stack up against ChatGPT? How does China’s AI stack up against ChatGPT? In … Read more
“The preparation for the military struggle at sea, the defence of maritime rights and interests and the development of the maritime economy must be integrated,” he said. While not referring directly to the United States, the comments suggested that Xi sees the main potential battlefield Beijing and Washington will be on the water, especially in … Read more
