Director Alex Garland is out to prove that you can make a movie about a modern American civil war without getting political. And he wants to do it in an election year. The question is: Why? His new film “Civil War,” which opened in cinemas on Friday, f…
Hong Kong could become Asia’s crypto hub with Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs
By Coinrule Each day, Coinrule will run through the state of the digital assets market for Blockbeat, your home for news, analysis, opinion and commentary on blockchain and digital assets. After the weekend’s volatility due to the increasing conflict i…
In trying to hedge its politics, ‘Civil War’ betrays its characters
Director Alex Garland is out to prove that you can make a movie about a modern American civil war without getting political. And he wants to do it in an election year. The question is: Why? His new film “Civil War,” which opened in cinemas on Friday, f…
Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know Tuesday morning
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. A Lagos Coroner inquest set up to unravel the circumstances that led to the death of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr., a 12-year-old student of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, has said that he died …
British sculptor Antony Gormley unveils new exhibition in English country estate
In a seat of aristocratic opulence, 100 life-size cast iron figures stand looking out in different directions. Clearly they are human, but get a little closer and their faces appear formless, blurred. In spite of this – or perhaps because of it – their…
‘I won massive £46,000 payout from council after my car smashed into monster pothole’
By Philip Corrigan & Joseph Wilkes A driver has won a whopping £46k payout from his local city council after his car hit a monstrous pothole. It comes as almost 1,000 motorists lodged successful claims against the authority – highlighting a “country-wi…
Lok Sabha elections: BSP releases new list of 11 candidates in UP; fields Athar Jamal against PM Modi in Varanasi
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 16 (ANI): The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Tuesday released a new list of eleven candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh. The BSP has fielded Athar Jamal Lari against Prime Minister Narend…
Need skills to go far beyond Earth’s orbit: ISRO chief Somanath at Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 16 (ANI): Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief S Somanath said on Tuesday that the world space community needs to develop skills to go far beyond Earth’s orbit, like the Earth-moon systems and solar plane…
“Little inside joke”: Travis Head opens up about his celebration after scoring ton against RCB
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 16 (ANI): Sunrisers Hyderabad batter Travis Head revealed that his celebration after completing the century against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) was for head coach Daniel Ve…
EU energy commissioner backs increased electricity imports to Ukraine
EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson supports Ukraine’s proposal to increase its capacity for electricity imports from the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E), Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said on April 15….