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  Even as the rockets homed in on him, as he said goodbye to Madeleine and the MI6 crew at the end of No Time To Die, it felt like James Bond might find another rabbit to pull out of the hat. Surely – surely – Bond couldn’t die, right? e survived having his spine stretched like Play-Doh in Thunderball. He survived having his memories drilled out of his skull in Spectre. He survived bringing down the Millennium Dome in The World Is Not Enough. He could have dodged a few missiles and been back in Blighty in time for supper. But no: James Bond is definitely dead. Director Cary Join Fungal confirmed to Empire that the ending of No Time To Die was constructed to be as definite and conclusive as possible on that score. “I wanted to be clear with it. We didn’t want that shot in Terminator 2 where you see Sarah Connor turning into bones,” he said. “But we wanted to show that he wasn’t going to jump down a sewer at the last second. So that wider shot of the island being pummelled was a mixt...

  The numbers are grim: Among China’s Internet big three, messaging and gaming giant Tencent’s stock is down 41 percent from a year ago, e-commerce titan Alibaba’s has fallen 59 percent, and search king Baidu’s has sunk 37 percent. Prominent entrepreneurs who were once practically rock stars are also keeping their heads down. Tech executives who have stopped making social media posts and hidden their previous comments include Zhang, founder of Byte, which owns TikTok; Jean Liu, president of China’s ride-hailing giant Didi; and Wang Xing, founder of popular meal delivery app. Alibaba founder Jack Ma has kept such a low profile that false rumors circulated that he might have been detained. China’s tech industry is suffering the compounded challenges of a regulatory crackdown, coronavirus lockdowns at home and trade sanctions from abroad. These woes have investors fearing the ceiling for growth might be closer to their heads than they previously thought. “The optimism that I hear now ...

  The S&P 500 dropped to its lowest levels since March 2021, while another round of inflation data suggests aggressive Federal Reserve monetary policy tightening is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. On Wednesday, the U.S. Labor Department reported the consumer price index gained 8.3% in April, exceeding economist estimates of 8.1% and increasing the likelihood that the Fed will continue raising interest rates in 0.5% increments for now. CPI inflation dropped slightly from its 8.5% pace in March, but it once again outpaced the 5.5% wage growth the Labor Department reported in April. On Thursday, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said it will be "quite challenging" to achieve a so-called soft landing for the economy as the Fed raises interest rates to combat inflation. The U.S. Senate confirmed Powell's nomination for a second term as chairman on Thursday. On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is inv...

  Melinda French Gates net worth is estimated to be US$10.8 billion. Melinda French Gates is most widely recognised as the former wife of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, but her identity and success extend far beyond the tag of 'a billionaire's ex-wife'. As the co-chairperson of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, she is one of the most powerful women in philanthropy. Her net worth is estimated to be US$10.8 billion according to Bloomberg as of April, 2022. The power couple announced their divorce back in May 2021 after 27 years of marriage and three children – Jennifer, Phoebe, and Rory. However their philanthropical partnership continuous through the foundation which focuses on helping reduce global inequities. In a recent interview with the Sunday Times, Bill Gates said his marriage to ex-wife Melinda French Gates was “great” and he would choose to marry her “all over again”. “I wouldn't have changed it. You know, I wouldn't choose to marry someone else,” the...

  On 19th October 1926 Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII), unveiled a memorial in Westminster Abbey to the Million Dead of the First World War. It was presented to the Abbey by the Imperial War Graves Commission. This stone tablet, designed by Lt. Colonel P.H.C. de Lafontaine, has coloured arms of the United Kingdom in the centre, surrounded by those of India, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Newfoundland. The memorial was placed on a special platform in the nave, near the monument to Newton, for the unveiling service and then put in its present position in St George's chapel, near the grave of the Unknown Warrior (the chapel at this period was called the chapel of the Holy Cross or Warriors chapel). The original inscription, in blue with gilt capitals, was composed by Rudyard Kipling and read: To The Glory of God And to the memory of One Million Dead of the British Empire who fell in the Great War 1914-1918. They Died in Every Quarter of the Earth and on a...