The nominations for the 2021 MTV Movie and TV Awards for this year’s ceremony, which will take place across two nights on May 16 and May 17 were unveiled on Monday. Leading this year’s roster of nominees is Marvel’s Disney Plus series ‘WandaVision’, which earned five nods — including best show, best performance in a […]
In a milestone law, New Zealand has become the first country to introduce a law that will require banks, insurers and investment managers to report the impacts of climate change on their business, said minister for climate change James Shaw. “We simply cannot get to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 unless the financial sector knows […]
With the Olympics Games just 99 days away, a senior Japanese ruling party official has admitted that cancelling this year’s Olympic Games remains an option. Toshihiro Nikai, secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, said Japan might have to ‘give up’ on the Tokyo Olympics if rising coronavirus cases in the country made the event “impossible”, […]
Indian-origin Akanksha Arora, 34, is running run for the post of United Nations (UN) Secretary-General. She is the first person to declare her candidacy against incumbent Antonio Guterres, who is seeking a second five-year term beginning January 2022 as the chief of the world organisation. Akanksha Arora, who works as an audit coordinator for the […]
The Japanese government has decided to release treated radioactive water that has been accumulating at the Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean a decision that has angered neighbouring countries, including China and South Korea and local fishermen. The government will hold a meeting of related ministers as early as this week to formally decide on […]
Britain’s Prince Philip, a constant presence at Queen Elizabeth II’s side for decades, died Friday at age 99, Buckingham Palace announced. “It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness the Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this […]
Forbes’ annual world’s billionaires list includes a record-breaking 2,755 billionaires, with Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos topping it for the fourth consecutive year. Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk jumped to the second spot on the list, up from 31st last year. Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani reclaimed the top spot in the Forbes list of […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law paving the way for him to run for two more presidential terms, potentially extending his rule until 2036. Putin, who turns 69 this year, is currently serving his fourth presidential term. The new legislation could allow him to serve two more six year terms, should he choose […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed the possibility of transmission of COVID-19 from human beings to animals like dogs, cats, tigers etc. The WHO representative to Russia Melita Vujnovic made the statement on April 5. She said that COVID-19 normally transmits between humans but new evidence has proved human to animal transmission. “The Covid-19 […]
An attack at the US Capitol complex in Washington DC has left one police officer dead and another in hospital with injuries after a car crashed into a security barrier on Friday. Capitol Police shot dead the driver after he jumped out of the car and lunged at them with a knife. Authorities said the […]