Drone footage shows Swiss vineyards under snow
The stunning scenery overlooks Lake Geneva in the Swiss city of Riex.
Between 15 and 20 centimeters fell in this area of the Vaud canton on Sunday (January 17).
The stunning scenery overlooks Lake Geneva in the Swiss city of Riex.
Between 15 and 20 centimeters fell in this area of the Vaud canton on Sunday (January 17).
Eugenie shared her hopes for her future child before he was born.
Mitsubishi became a champion of economies of scale when it joined the Renault-Nissan alliance in 2016, but the merger triggered at least one undesirable side effect. The Express, a badge-engineered version of the Renault Trafic van, received a zero-star crash test rating from the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP). Released in Australia and in New Zealand in 2020, the Express was damned by the safety watchdog for lacking chest protection, a central airbag to prevent the occupants from hitting each other and an airbag for the passenger sitting in the middle of the three-person bench.
“Shadows,” “Winnipeg,” and “Sheba” feature among 10 nominated in the running for a Eurimages Award at this year’s Cartoon Movie, one of Europe’s principal animated movies forums. The Eurimages Co-production Development Award will be the only prize granted at 2021’s Cartoon Movie online edition, which will not feature traditional tributes nor a territory spotlight. Nadia […]
The end came quietly with the humdrum announcement of a deal between two state-owned TV groups, China Central Television (CCTV) and South Korean public broadcaster KBS. The pronouncement of “cooperation in various aspects of the cultural industry by using the strengths of both in online video,” could scarcely have been more banal. But China watchers […]
Spain's royal family came under fire Wednesday after King Felipe VI's sisters confirmed they were vaccinated for the coronavirus while visiting their father in the UAE, sidestepping Spanish immunisation protocols.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo holds a press conference in Albany, N.Y.
Aston Martin say they can give Sebastian Vettel what he wants this season and get the best out of the four times Formula One world champion as he starts afresh after recent struggles at Ferrari. Vettel also made some glaring errors over the last two years, however, and lost out to much younger Monegasque team mate Charles Leclerc on wins, poles, podiums and points. Some critics have suggested he is on the slide, his best years behind him, but it was all smiles at Wednesday's launch of the new Aston Martin F1 car and team bosses were confident Vettel could deliver.
Jospeh Gordon-Levitt will provide the voice of Jiminy Cricket, while Cynthia Erivo will play the Blue Fairy in Disney’s live-action retelling of “Pinocchio.” That means that Gordon-Levitt will give his pipes a workout, singing “When You Wish Upon a Star,” which became an anthem of sorts for the Disney brand. They join a cast that […]
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Channing Tatum and his Free Association production company partners Reid Carolin and Peter Kiernan have signed a first-look film deal with MGM. In kicking off the partnership, MGM will release “Dog,” the directorial debut of Tatum and Carolin. The movie is expected to debut theatrically in 2021. “We jumped at the chance to work with […]
A majority of small businesses are not requiring their employees to get tested for the new coronavirus or get any COVID-19 vaccines, though the health care and hospitality industries are ahead of the curve on this requirement, according to a report released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau. The bureau's most recent Small Business Pulse Survey showed 70% of the small businesses surveyed said “no" when asked if they had required employees to test negative for COVID-19 before coming to work in the last week. Of the small businesses, two sectors, health care and accommodations/ food service had higher rates than the national average — respectively 15.5% and 14.3%.
After the winter storm that caused blackouts for millions of Texas households and left others with multi-thousand-dollar electric bills this month, the next upheaval in the state’s electricity market was easy to predict: people seeking independence from the state’s electrical grid by going solar. Online solar installation marketplace EnergySage reports new user registrations in Texas spiked 335% in the week after the storm. The solar industry has been here before.
“The Simpsons” has been renewed for a Season 33 and 34 at Fox. At the conclusion of Season 34, slated for 2023, the iconic animated sitcom will have produced 757 episodes total. The landmark 700th episode, “Manger Things,” will air on March 21. “The Simpsons” is the longest-running primetime scripted show in television history, having […]
When online licensing marketplace Vuulr expanded its international reach early last year, the Singapore-based startup anticipated a gradual rollout. Launched in Asia in 2019, the platform went global in January 2020, thinking it would take some time to convince industry players to move their activities online. “As a digital platform for licensing and acquisition, we […]
Wearing yellow and white construction helmets, some holding home-made shields of wood, others with a satellite dish, Myanmar's protests against the military coup showed no sign of letting up on Wednesday.Security forces fired rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas to break them up and local media reported several people were hurt. Later, there were reports of live ammunition fired and at least 18 people were killed.It comes a day after the Association of Southeast Asian Nations urged restraint but they failed to unite behind a call for the military to release ousted government leader Aung San Suu Kyi and restore democracy.Meanwhile inside the country, a prominent activist called for sanctions on businesses linked to the military.Across the nation on Wednesday, nine people were hurt and at least two people were killed when police fired rubber bullets in the second largest city Mandalay, that's according to the Myanmar Now news agency.In Yangon, hundreds of people were detained including several protest leaders, an activist said.As well as local media reports of shooting and deaths in the central towns of Myingyan and Magway.Media also reported five people were wounded in the town of Monywa. The military has justified the coup, saying its complaints of voter fraud in the Nov. 8 elections were ignored.Nearly 1,300 people have been detained, according to activists, including six journalists in Yangon.
Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya expects mass protests against veteran President Alexander Lukashenko to start up again in the spring and to be more organised than last year. Speaking to Reuters on a visit to Finland, Tsikhanouskaya said a majority of Belarusians still thought Lukashenko should step down and they had spent the winter getting organised. "The chair under Lukashenko is shaking," she said.
Needless to say, she won't be in the 'iCarly' revival.
Bangladesh is moving nearly 4,000 more Rohingya Muslim refugees to a remote Bay of Bengal island, officials said on Wednesday, despite complaints from rights groups concerned about the site's vulnerability to storms and flooding. Dhaka has relocated more than 10,000 people to Bhasan Char island since early December from border camps where more than a million refugees live in ramshackle huts perched on razed hillsides. "Today 2,254 Rohingya people arrived and tomorrow we are expecting 1,700 plus," Navy official Rashed Sattar said from the island.
The social media persona "Roaring Kitty," whose online posts helped spark January's trading frenzy in GameStop Corp shares, appeared before Massachusetts securities regulators on Wednesday to testify as part of an examination into his activities. Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin, the state's top securities regulator, last month subpoenaed Keith Gill, who touted GameStop stock in his spare time while he was a registered broker and working at the insurer MassMutual. He was a key figure in the so-called "Reddit rally," which saw shares of GameStop surge 400% in a week before crashing back to pre-surge levels.
British companies are sitting on mountains of cash, stockpiled through the uncertainty of Brexit and the pandemic. Sunak wants them to spend it.