The world has witnessed former EXO-member Kris Wu’s (吳亦凡) career crashing down after rape and drug allegations surfaced. As Kris’ crimes come under heavy public scrutiny, some people feel relieved that even elite celebrities are subject to the same laws if they are guilty and the victims may finally see justice served, even if it…
Starring Yang Zi (杨紫) and Cheng Yi (成毅), Chinese xianxia romance Agarwood Like Crumbs is in the midst of filming, but has already started early promotions with the release of its mesmerizing trailer and character posters. Agarwood Like Crumbs is adapted from a novel of the same name written by author Su Mo (蘇寞). The…
Foreign exchange is the act of exchanging one currency with another currency for various reasons. It is a universally decentralized or over-the-counter (OTC) market for trading currencies.The forex market is one of the most potent and reliable means of investment in the financial sector. An increasing number of people are seeking knowledge on how to…
Overcrowding in the country’s hospitals has reached its highest point since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO). There were 381 patients on trolleys on Monday morning, it said. Cork University Hospital had the highest number of patients on trolleys with 47, followed by University Hospital Limerick…
A police officer who abused his position of power to exploit a vulnerable woman addicted to drugs was handed a two year sentence on Monday. At Craigavon Crown Court, Judge Patrick Lynch QC ordered 36-year-old Mark Goddard to spend half his sentence in jail and the rest under supervised licence conditions. At an earlier hearing…
Photo: Denis Charlet (Getty Images)These days, most of the merchandise on Amazon’s online marketplace isn’t actually from Amazon. An estimated 56% of all products sold on the platform come from third-party sellers. Now, these sellers aren’t supposed to be able to email their Amazon customers directly, and doing so outside of Amazon’s official channels violates…
posted on 2021-08-06 12:45 EDT by Kim Morrissy The reason: unlivable wages for newcomer in-between animators The Animator Dormitory Project runs a YouTube channel, which regularly shares information about labor issues in the anime industry. A recent video discussing the industry’s low wage problem shares a grim statistic: about 90% of animators quit their jobs…
Could a pair of glasses be the next big computing platform? Marco Angelici, MEMS Micro Actuators Business Unit director at STMicroelectronics, thinks the 2020s will be the decade when augmented-reality glasses replace smartphones. The key technology enabler for the transition will be laser-beam scanning (LBS), according to Angelici and ST. ST’s Marco Angelici At the end of 2020, 5.27 billion people — 67% of the global population — subscribed to mobile services,…
Reuters Kabul: On Saturday, the second provincial capital, Sheberghan, was taken over by the Taliban in under 24 hours, officials reported. The Deputy Governor of Jawzjan province told AFP that government forces had abandoned Sheberghan city and retreated to the airport on its outskirts, where they were preparing to defend themselves.Sheberghan is home to warlord Abdul Rashid…
Saturday at St David’s Church in Bushmans River Mouth saw the institution of a new Anglican Rector, the Reverend Deon Lombard, for Alexandria that extends through Alexandria, Bushmans/Connon Rocks and Kenton-on-Sea. Due to pandemic restrictions, only a small number of congregants could attend the ceremony which, nevertheless, went off without a hitch. Lombard, who most…
