Comics

After decades battling Julius Caesar and his Roman legions, Gallic hero Asterix and his sidekick Obelix finally discover the rest of Italy in their latest adventure, its authors revealed April 5. 

The country's biggest event on comics and comic-book artists returns for the 12th year in a row on April 7-9, taking place at the Hellenic American Union (22 Massalias), the French Institute (31 Sina) and other venues in the Neapoli district of the Greek capital in cooperation with the City of Athens.

It would be a mistake to file away the "Artemis Sorras phenomenon" in the annals of history as just another huge scam that is now in the process of being broken up thanks to a major judicial investigation and a separate court conviction that has led to a warrant being issued for the arrest of the self-proclaimed trillionaire.

An avalanche in central Japan has killed seven high school students and a teacher who were among a group of almost 50 on mountain climbing training, police say.

He likes to describe himself as a "comics artist and beast wrangler." It makes sense if you know that he lives with six cats (only partly because his mother is an animal rights activist): "Shiro, which means white in Japanese, Oliver Twist, whom I rescued from a gutter, Easy, a gentle giant, Shadow, always hiding in the shadows, Scampy, the lady of the house, and Little Miss Scrumptious Swagger

Turkey's flag carrier Turkish Airlines aired a new advertisement featuring Hollywood actor Morgan Freeman at half-time of the 51st Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons in Houston, Texas on Feb. 5.

The commercial was reportedly watched by around 188 million people around the world.

You might think that cars like the ones you see in James Bond and Batman only exist in movies. Well think again, because vehicles with jet propulsion systems or others fitted with propellers, or even submarine vehicles are actually real! You will not believe what these cars and bikes are capable of!

Turkey's flagship carrier Turkish Airlines have signed world renowned Hollywood actor Morgan Freemen as its new brand face to represent it in the U.S. as a part of a new advertisement campaign, the company announced on Jan. 19.

Freeman, who also has a private pilot's license, will appear in a commercial shot in Los Angeles slated to be aired on the Super Bowl Final on Feb. 5 night.

Lounging in the shade of a tree, Heathcliff the cheetah oozes sleek grace and power, but he is captive behind a wire fence -- perhaps the only way that cheetahs will exist in a few decades' time. 

A major survey released last week revealed that just 7,100 adult cheetahs remain in the wild, and that the species faces extinction without urgent new protection measures.

Sweden-based Scandidos AB said on Monday it received an order for Delta4 Phantom+ equipment to Greece.

Deliveries of therapy systems will be done separately for each hospital over an 18-month period.

The Delta4 Phantom+ system will be delivered during Scandidos's fourth quarter.

[Reuters]