TAIPEI, Taiwan — With fireworks, feasts and red envelopes stuffed with cash for the kids, numerous Asian nations and overseas communities have welcomed Saturday the Lunar New Year. It begins with the first new moon of the lunar calendar and ends 15 days later on the first full moon. The dates of the holiday vary … Read more
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Governments across East Asia — from China and Taiwan to Japan and South Korea — have been trying to convince women to have more babies. It’s getting existential: China is fast running out of the workers needed to power its manufacturing-focused economy and is forecast to lose as many as 200 million … Read more
February 8, 2024 10:30 PM EST Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong urged young couples to have more babies as the city state battles with a declining birth rate. “Now is as good a time as any for young couples to add a ‘little dragon’ to your family,” the premier said in his annual Lunar … Read more
SpaceX will become the co-owner of valuable data, biological samples, and possibly even patents and intellectual property related to human spaceflight, according to the terms and conditions of a new program inviting research on crewed Dragon missions. The company started quietly inviting proposals “for exceptional science and research ideas that will enable life in space and … Read more
While every new entry stands on its own to a certain extent, the Like a Dragon series has always worked, too, as an ever-growing exploration of a cast of surprisingly pure-hearted gangsters and the elaborate conspiracies in which they’re involved. Sakamoto says this is intentional. Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio makes a continual effort to provide … Read more
Milly Alcock is Supergirl! On Monday, ET confirmed that the 23-year-old House of the Dragon actress has been cast in the beloved role in the DC Universe. In addition to playing Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen on the Game of Thrones spinoff, Alcock has appeared on shows including Upright, Reckoning and The Gloaming. According to Deadline, the Australian actress, beat out CODA star Emilia Jones and Meg Donnelly, who … Read more
Things weren’t looking good for Ichiban and friends. A corrupt police officer and half a dozen of his cronies cornered us in a sleazy dive bar, and we were horribly underleveled. With a single button tap, the tables turned—or, more accurately, exploded into hundreds of pieces. I summoned Chitose “Buster” Holmes, a formidable henchwoman with … Read more
When Game of Thrones spinoff House of the Dragon went into production on season two in 2023, HBO confirmed the stars who will be returning for the upcoming episodes. The series is set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones and tells the story of House Targaryen. The show’s co-creator, showrunner, and executive … Read more
Superman will make his return to the big screen next year and he might be bringing Supergirl with him. Last year, when James Gunn and Peter Safran revealed their ambitious schedule for the future of the DC Universe, it included a film called Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, based on the Tom King comics. Now, with … Read more
Image: Lionsgate Dreamworks’ live-action remake of How to Train Your Train Dragon has added an old new face to its cast. Gerard Butler, who voiced the viking chief Stoick the Brave across the animated films, will reprise his role as the remake’s flesh-and-blood version. Will You Click Windows’ New Copilot Button? Per Deadline, getting Butler … Read more