Bruce Lee, the son of opera star Lee Hoi-Chuen, began his acting career with a minor role in the 1941 release Golden Gate Girl. He acted alongside his father in The Kid at the age of nine. He is widely credited for breaking stereotypes while giving the West its first major ‘Asian-American male hero’. Bruce […]
Naples city mayor Luigi De Magistris and Napoli president Aurelio de Laurentiis confirmed on Thursday that the San Paolo will be renamed in Maradona’s honour, combining his full iconic name with the ground’s current title. Maradona passed away on Wednesday after suffering a heart attack at the age of 60. The Italian club issued its […]
Composing a poem is a difficult task, especially if you don’t have the creative skills required for it. Now, Google’s ‘Verse by Verse’ — an artificial intelligence (AI) based tool will help users craft a verse in the style of America’s most renowned poets. Google says that Verse by Verse ‘is a creative helper, an […]
In a landmark victory, Scotland has become the first country to allow free access to menstrual products, including tampons and pads. The Scottish Parliament voted unanimously in favour of the Period Products bill on Tuesday. It means period products will be available to access in public buildings including schools and universities across Scotland. According to […]
This year has seen so many seismic events that Oxford University Dictionaries has expanded its word of the year to encompass several “Words of an Unprecedented Year”. From covidiot, superspreader and moonshot, the words have been chosen to reflect the “ethos, mood, or preoccupations” of 2020. There were words to reflect the coronavirus pandemic, others […]
The sequel to 2018’s Black Panther will begin filming in July in Atlanta next year. The film is currently scheduled to be released on May 6, 2022. The sequel was sidelined after Chadwick Boseman’s sudden demise following which filmmaker Ryan Coogler and Marvel navigated their way through grief. The studios had earlier planned to begin […]
New York-based Scottish writer Douglas Stuart has won the prestigious 50,000-pound Booker Prize for his autobiographical debut novel ‘Shuggie Bain’, beating Indian-origin author Avni Doshi’s ‘Burnt Sugar’. Shuggie Bain is a tale of love and alcoholism set in 1980s Glasgow and “destined to be a classic”. Stuart, 44, dedicated the book to his mother, who […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has temporarily suspended the issuance of new visas to visitors for Pakistan and 11 other countries until further notice. Besides Pakistan, the UAE government suspended the issuance of visit visas to Turkey, Iran, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Somalia, Libya, Kenya, and Afghanistan among others. However, the suspension would not apply on […]
Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s private company SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station. This is National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA’s) first full-fledged mission involving sending crew into orbit through a privately-owned spacecraft. NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Shannon Walker and Victor Glover, and Soichi Noguchi from Japan were sent into orbit aboard a […]
The European Council for Nuclear Research, also known as CERN, is conducting a free online course on the basics of quantum computing that can be taken by anybody who is interested to learn about the subject. A series of weekly lectures on the subject will be broadcast through webcast which started from November 6, 2020. […]