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Taiwan will resume visa-free entry for visitors from countries including the United States and Canada from next week, the government said on Monday, as it continues to ease controls put in place to contain the spread of COVID-19. Taiwan had kept its entry and quarantine rules in place as large parts of the rest of Asia have relaxed or lifted them completely, though in June it cut the number of days spent in isolation for arrivals to three from seven previously. Taiwan has reported more than 5.3 million domestic cases…

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone The barnstorming success of The Rings of Power and House of the Dragon proves that the viewing public still has an enormous appetite for fantasy, so perhaps it’s unsurprising that the debut entry in one of the most lucrative fantasy epics of all time is beginning to inch its way up the global Netflix streaming charts. This is 2001’s evergreen Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, which entered the Netflix top ten on 4 September and has now risen to number eight (as per…

Image via Warner Bros. Pictures These days, the Harry Potter franchise is not the feel-good escape from reality it used to be, as many fans now can’t get lost in the fantasy of the Wizarding World without thinking of J.K. Rowling’s transphobic Twitter rants. So maybe it shouldn’t come as a surprise that streaming audiences, at least those not determined to boycott the HP universe at all costs, are revisiting one of the series’ finest entries in a bid to recapture a bit of the old magic. Fans’ mileage on the…

What you need to know:Voice of Cards is a series of turn-based RPGs directed by Yoko Taro and published by Square Enix.The game's entire world consists of cards including characters and landscapes; and the turn-based battles take place in card format as well, accompanied by dice.Square Enix announced that the third game in the series, Voice of Cards: The Beasts of Burden will release on Nintendo Switch on September 13, 2022.Tabletop video game fans were given a treat with the original Voice of Cards: The Isle Dragon…

A new game, eh Konami has been playing it low-key ever since the handling of Hideo Kojima and PT set them back decades, mostly content with dropping some compilations of their golden years; or the occasional new game like Super Bomberman R. While their 2022 lineup for the Tokyo Game Show likely won’t excite anyone on paper, an ominous 2022 Konami TGS tease might. The publisher has revealed its TGS 2022 lineup, and it sure looks like a lineup. Amid several new entries in its string of sports titles, we’ll also get to…

NEW DELHI : Social media giant Meta has announced that it would start allowing creators to post digital collectibles such as non-fungible tokens…

The luxury brand is expected to have a tie-up with Sauber, although have only announced they are manufacturing engines from 2026 so far.Florian Gaertner | Photothek | Getty ImagesAudi has confirmed its Formula 1 entry from 2026.The luxury brand is expected to have a tie-up with Sauber, although have only announced they are manufacturing engines from 2026 so far.The entry of the Volkswagen-owned brands Audi and Porsche into F1 has been one of the sport's worst-kept secrets in recent months, and Audi were the first to…

via Warner Bros. Based on the consistent adulation, billions of dollars in box office takings, and its continued status as one of the most popular and beloved brands on the planet, Harry Potter is never going to go out of fashion. Fantastic Beasts, though? Not so much. Warner Bros. invited criticism when it was first announced that a slim fictional textbook originally written to raise money for charity was set to be adapted into five feature-length fantasy blockbusters, and it would be fair to say that the…

via Sony Paul Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers has finally found the appreciation it deserves, with the razor-sharp satirical sci-fi blockbuster proving a lot more popular among modern viewers than it did back in 1997, when it drastically underperformed at the box office and left critics confused by its unique blend of big budget intergalactic violence and jet-black comedy. It may have been a critical and commercial disappointment at the time, but that didn’t stop Starship Troopers from going on to launch a…

McLaren has confirmed its entry into the Indian market. The British supercar maker will open its first dealership in Mumbai in October this year. This will be McLaren’s 41st store with India a key part of the company’s global expansion plans. McLaren will bring its entire Supercar range in India which includes the 765LT (coupe and spyder versions), 720S (coupe and spyder versions) and its first ever high-performance hybrid – the Artura. McLaren 720S Coupe (Photo: McLaren) Indian customers will also be offered the McLaren…