Pop culture fans packed the inaugural Hong Kong edition of Comic Con, an exhibition featuring international and local animated figures and products, fuelling hopes among digital entertainment vendors that business will be strong over the three-day event that ends on Sunday.Giant statues of characters from Japanese hits such as Dragon Ball and One Piece dominated the crowded show floor at the Convention and Exhibition Centre on Saturday.Hollywood stars Mads Mikkelsen, Giancarlo Esposito and Christopher Lloyd are headlining the event. Fan-focused attractions on the show floor include pop culture exhibitions, an artist alley featuring original comic art, a cosplayer zone and…
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AFP Aryna Sabalenka has cut through the French Open chaos as the world number one beat Australia’s Daria Kasatkina 6-0 7-5 on Saturday to seal her place in the fourth round after seismic upsets in the previous two days at Roland Garros. With top seed Jannik Sinner and 24-times Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic exiting in the last 48 hours, Sabalenka restored order with a commanding display to book a tantalising meeting with Japan’s Naomi Osaka. “It has definitely been a great week,” Sabalenka said during her on-court interview. “I’m happy to be through to the second week, happy with…
Books rarely get a road trip of their own. That’s exactly what’s happening with Somelee Booktruck, a white mobile bookstore from P.S. Publishing that is setting off on a journey through all 77 provinces of Thailand. Photograph: P.S PublishingP.S Publishing Anyone familiar with the publisher’s red-doored Somewhere Bookshop or the ice cream-slinging Something Blue Library already knows that P.S. Publishing has a knack for creating spaces people want to linger in. Somelee Booktruck brings that same spirit to the road, transforming cafe forecourts, markets and neighbourhood corners into pop-up literary pit stops across the country. Instead of waiting for…
The former CEO of Google is sounding the alarm about the tech sector’s ability to compete with China, and he warns that working from home isn’t helping. Eric Schmidt, who was top boss at Google for a decade in the early 2000s, said during a conference interview published by the All-In podcast in September 2025 that he doesn’t believe in remote work, partly because it’s not helping U.S. tech companies compete with China’s cutthroat work culture. “If you’re going to be in tech and you’re going to win, you’re going to have to make some tradeoffs,” Schmidt said. “Remember, we’re…
Bank of America is sticking with stocks including Apple and Nvidia heading into June. The bank revealed several companies that it says are top ideas and that offer plenty of upside potential. Other stocks screened by CNBC Pro and rated buy at Bank of America include: National Vision Holdings, Toll Brothers, Citigroup and Dollar General . Toll Brothers A “rare” beat and raise, analyst Rafe Jadrosich said of Toll following its latest quarterly report. Bank of America says the homebuilder is firing on all cylinders despite the rough macroeconomic environment. “Margins remain healthy/resilient… ” Jadrosich noted. The analyst said shareholders…
US biotech Capricor Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CAPR) just named Michael Maurer as Chief Commercial Officer as the company heads toward an August 22 PDUFA date for deramiocel, its cell therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. This article is accessible to registered users, to continue reading please register for free. A free trial will give you access to exclusive features, interviews, round-ups and commentary from the sharpest minds in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology space for a week. If you are already a registered user please login. If your trial has come to an end, you can subscribe here. Login to your account Try before you…
Phones across Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) buzzed with alerts on Saturday evening. The text on screen, part of a new government system, for some people in Noida was titled ‘Extremely severe alert’.Delhi put on IMD’s red alert for severe thunder storm and dust storm warning on Saturday (May 30) (Arvind Yadav/HT)Received around 5 pm, it said: “Thunderstorm accompanied by lightning and fast winds (speed 60-80 km/h, to increase to 90 km/h) and moderate to heavy rain and hailstorm are likely at some places in your district during next 3 hours.” Some got it in Hindi while others…
BrahMos deal with Vietnam signed Defence secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, during his visit to Singapore on Saturday, revealed that a BrahMos cruise missile deal has already been signed with Vietnam while another similar missile agreement with Indonesia is “in the final stages”.”My understanding is that with both Indonesia and with Vietnam, the deal is in the final stages. In fact, for Vietnam, I understand that it has already been signed, probably not publicly announced, but it’s already been signed,” Singh said while responding to a question from a Vietnamese delegate during a media event held on the sidelines of the…
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MATCH REPORT: Former World Rugby Players of the Year Brodie Retallick and Ardie Savea will chase their first title in Japan Rugby League One after Kobe Steelers qualified for the Final following a record 69-23 win over Tokyo Sungoliath on Saturday. The biggest winning margin in a League One play-off, and most points by a team in any Japanese nationwide league play-off match, the scoring avalanche was triggered by Savea, when the 32-year-old backrower forced his way across the goal-line a minute before the halftime break.Kobe led by just a point when the All Black struck for what was his…