Yearly Archives: 2021

NHL Draft picks tracker 2021: Complete list of selections for Rounds 1-7

(SN Illustration) https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/b8/93/nhl-draft-blog-072421-sn-illustration-ftrjpeg_oa7b29i7egs51rwgsi0wpcpsh.jpeg?t=-671827350&w=500&quality=80 It’s that time of year again, where NHL clubs and their fans get starry-eyed with the next generation of talent set to don the sweater. The 2021 NHL Draft kicks off on Friday with the first 31 of 223 selections being announced. (Note: There are technically 224 slots but the Coyotes had…

Olympics medal count 2021: Updated table of gold, silver, bronze medals for every country

Written By Edward Sutelan Share (SN illustration) https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/93/44/olympics-2021-072121-ftr_ef99tmun1em71kt5r0vavp7bo.jpg?t=-868967030&w=500&quality=80 The 2021 Olympics are officially underway.  After the coronavirus forced the Tokyo Games to be pushed back a year, athletes from across the world are now in Japan representing their respective nations, hoping to bring gold medals home. And though spectators won’t be allowed at any of…

We just got our best-ever look at the inside of Mars

NASA’s InSight robotic lander has just given us our first look deep inside a planet other than Earth.  More than two years after its launch, seismic data that InSight collected has given researchers hints into how Mars was formed, how it has evolved over 4.6 billion years, and how it differs from Earth. A set of three new studies, published in Science this week, suggests that Mars has a…

Is the UK’s pingdemic good or bad? Yes.

Oscar Maung-Haley, 24, was working a part-time job in a bar in Manchester, England, when his phone pinged. It was the UK’s NHS Test and Trace app letting him know he’d potentially been exposed to covid-19 and needed to self-isolate. The news immediately caused problems. “It was a mad dash around the venue to show…

Fortnite Short Nite 2 brings short movies and a premiere to Party Royale theater

Epic Games has announced the return of its Short Nite event with the new Short Nite 2. As with the original event, this latest short film showcase is happening in Fortnite‘s battle-free Party Royale mode where players can gather around the big screen. The first short debuted earlier today with more to come throughout the…

Pandemic-hit Tokyo Olympics open in low-key ceremony without fans

published : 23 Jul 2021 at 21:45 Flagbearers Savate Sresthaporn and Naphaswan Yangpaiboon lead their contingent in the athletes parade during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Friday. (Reuters photo) TOKYO: The Tokyo Olympics were declared open in an eerily empty stadium on Friday after defying a year’s pandemic delay and…

Crematorium needs to be rebuilt due to heavy use

published : 23 Jul 2021 at 20:05 Phra Khru Patra Waranusit, assistant abbot of Wat Bang Nam Chon in Thon Buri district, Bangkok, inspects the temple’s demolished crematorium on Friday. The 25-year-old crematorium developed cracks early this month, worn out by heavy use during the Covid-19 epidemic. (Photo: Nutthawat Wicheanbut) A Bangkok temple began demolishing…

Brain swelling killed mixed-vaccine recipient

published : 23 Jul 2021 at 19:29 Covid-19 vaccine recipients wait to get vaccinated at the Bang Sue Grand Station in Chatuchak district, Bangkok, on Friday. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu) Doctors say a 39-year-old teacher who had received Sinovac-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccines died of brain swelling but have yet to conclude whether it had anything to do…

Protest breaks out at prison in Myanmar’s biggest city

published : 23 Jul 2021 at 19:18 Locals line up with their tanks to refill oxygen during the coronavirus outbreak in Yangon on Wednesday. (Reuters photo) A protest erupted at a prison in Myanmar’s commercial capital of Yangon on Friday against what activists said was a worsening Covid-19 outbreak at the jail, which is used…

BTS to return to UN as South Korea’s special envoy for post-Covid world

Members of K-Pop band, BTS perform on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’ show in Central Park in New York on May 15, 2019. (Reuters photo) HONG KONG: K-pop boy band BTS has just received a rare non-musical title – South Korea’s special envoy for public diplomacy.President Moon Jae-in appointed the seven-member group as the Special Presidential…