Streaming giant Netflix has continued its recent cull of Marvel shows with the cancellation of the very first Marvel property it screened, Daredevil, just three seasons into an envisaged five-season deal.
The move follows cancellations in recent weeks for both Iron Fist and Luke Cage, and leaves just Jessica Jones and The Punisher standing from Netflix's Marvel roster.
Netflix has not yet made any official comment on the future of these shows, although Jessica Jones is due to return for a third season in 2019.
The show's cancellation comes as relations between Netflix and Marvel parent Disney appear to grow increasingly tense. Disney, which is preparing to launch its own standalone streaming service, has already said it will be taking all its Marvel movie content back from Netflix as contracts expire to feature exclusively on its own service.
Netflix, meanwhile, already had scripts ready for season three of Luke Cage, but was unable to agree on terms with Disney, leading to the show's eventual cancellation.
For the streamer's part, it is beginning to focus increasingly on its own Originals content, and has recently been buying the rights to popular properties with a view to launching its own TV universes. Recent deals include buying the rights for CS Lewis' much-loved Chronicles of Narnia, comic book rights for Kingsman publisher Millarworld, and the streamer also recently revealed it had signed a huge deal for TV rights to the complete works of Roald Dahl.
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[ Meet The Punisher, played by Jon Bernthal ]
[ Marvel Universe heroes join forces in Netflix' The Defenders ]
[ Netflix buys comics publisher Millarworld to feed films and TV ]
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Sinopharm vaccine explained
The Sinopharm vaccine was created using techniques that have been around for decades.
“This is an inactivated vaccine. Simply what it means is that the virus is taken, cultured and inactivated," said Dr Nawal Al Kaabi, chair of the UAE's National Covid-19 Clinical Management Committee.
"What is left is a skeleton of the virus so it looks like a virus, but it is not live."
This is then injected into the body.
"The body will recognise it and form antibodies but because it is inactive, we will need more than one dose. The body will not develop immunity with one dose," she said.
"You have to be exposed more than one time to what we call the antigen."
The vaccine should offer protection for at least months, but no one knows how long beyond that.
Dr Al Kaabi said early vaccine volunteers in China were given shots last spring and still have antibodies today.
“Since it is inactivated, it will not last forever," she said.
From Europe to the Middle East, economic success brings wealth - and lifestyle diseases
A rise in obesity figures and the need for more public spending is a familiar trend in the developing world as western lifestyles are adopted.
One in five deaths around the world is now caused by bad diet, with obesity the fastest growing global risk. A high body mass index is also the top cause of metabolic diseases relating to death and disability in Kuwait, Qatar and Oman – and second on the list in Bahrain.
In Britain, heart disease, lung cancer and Alzheimer’s remain among the leading causes of death, and people there are spending more time suffering from health problems.
The UK is expected to spend $421.4 billion on healthcare by 2040, up from $239.3 billion in 2014.
And development assistance for health is talking about the financial aid given to governments to support social, environmental development of developing countries.
