Canada to no longer pay for Harry, Meghan security

Ottawa: Canada will no longer pick up the security tab for protecting Prince Harry and his wife Meghan starting in March, the office of Public Safety Minister Bill Blair said Thursday. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have provided security for the couple in this country under the internationally protected persons convention. AFP

’17 new planets, including one Earth-sized, discovered’

toronto: Astronomers have discovered 17 new planets, including a potentially habitable Earth-sized world, by combing through data gathered by NASA’s Kepler space telescope which was launched in 2009, and retired in October 2018. According to the researchers, the Kepler satellite, over its original four-year mission, looked for planets, especially those lying in the potentially habitable “Goldilocks Zone” of their stars, where liquid water could exist on a rocky planet’s surface. PTI

Malawi legalises cannabis cultivation for certain uses

blantyre: Malawi has legalised the cultivation of cannabis as the country seeks an alternative to tobacco, its main earner of foreign exchange which is under pressure from anti-smoking campaigns. Parliament on Thursday passed the bill to allow cultivation for medicinal and industrial uses. AP

‘Parasite’ to get an English graphic novel adaptation

los angeles: The fans of Oscar-winning South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho or simply ‘Bonghive’ rejoice. The filmmaker’s latest movie “Parasite”, which recently went home with four Academy Awards, is set to be presented in the form of a graphic novel which will contain illustrations from the film’s storyboards. Grand Central Publishing will be releasing “Parasite” storyboards, drawn by Bong himself, as a graphic novel, which is made up of 304 pages. It will come out in the US on May 19. PTI