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by Hector RETAMAL / with Dene CHEN in Bangkok Pregnant, newly wed and now trapped at the Chinese epicentre of a global health crisis, Thai national Aphinya is among thousands of foreigners desperate to escape — and watching helplessly as the US and Japan fly their citizens home. Hundreds were flown to safety this week […]

by Emmanuelle TRECOLLE France is to ban the hugely controversial but widespread poultry industry practice of systematically slaughtering male chicks from the end of 2021, Agriculture Minister Didier Guillaume said Tuesday. “The aim is to oblige firms… to do this by the end of 2021,” Guillaume told BFM television. He expressed hope that a method […]

Justin Bieber wed his sweetheart Hailey Baldwin two years ago but they have not appeared on the red carpet yet including at the recent Grammys. The couple skipped the Los Angeles ceremony as the Yummy singer did not have any nominations nor is he performing or presenting. It has been awhile since Bieber attended any award […]

On January 23, actress Lee Sinje turned 44 but the day almost slipped her mind. Only when she got up did she see birthday wishes from friends. The actress took to social media to say that forgetting her birthday has been a frequent occurrence over the last few years. Nevertheless, she thanked everybody for their […]

Singapore—Filmmaker, film critic and writer Sandi Tan has marked another career coup in landing the cover story for this year’s Vanity Fair’s Oscar edition, wherein she interviewed Bong Joon Ho, the director of Parasite, on his groundbreaking film. Ms Tan’s story, “Parasite Power: Director Bong Joon Ho on His Edgy Oscar Contender” was published in the […]

The Korean TV drama series Crash Landing On You, starring Hyun Bin and Son Ye Jin, is currently the country’s hottest show. There were reports on Monday (Jan 27) that Son was rushed to the emergency department at the hospital while filming the series. The cause of her hospitalisation was  fatigue. MSteam Entertainment later issued a statement […]

Artists shone during the Grammy awards on Sunday but there was a sad undertone to the ceremony with news of the tragic death earlier in the day of basketball star Kobe Bryant. The ceremony was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, where Byrant once led the LA Lakers to multiple championships, but many […]

by Javier TOVAR Hundreds of fans gathered Sunday outside the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles to pay tribute to NBA superstar Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter crash that stunned the sports world and beyond. “This dude is everything to me man. It makes no sense,” said Bobby Jimenez, sobbing as he stood outside […]

Malaysian author Hanna Alkaf has won in the Young Adult/High School Literature Category of the 2019 Freeman Book Awards. The awards are initiated by the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia at Columbia University. They are focused on writing by children and young adults that boosts  understanding of East and South-east Asia. Hanna, 34, who was interviewed […]

Just after divorcing from Liam Hemsworth, Miley Cyrus dated Kaitlynn Carter and then moved to Cody Simpson. It has been a couple of months but Cyrus and Simpson are going strong. The relationship is moving fast but are they ready to take it to the next level and have babies? In August last year, Cyrus […]

Reality star Kourtney Kardashian, who said in 2018 that she had frozen her eggs for the possibility of a fourth child, recently reunited with ex Younes Bendjima and shared about a pregnancy. The mother of three children with former partner Scott Disick shared in a 2018 episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians that she was […]

Pop singer Justin Bieber wed his sweetheart Hailey Baldwin two years ago and in making an effort to have a good marriage, he has turned to a Christian self-help book that gives advice on how to keep a marriage ‘affair-proof’. The 25-year-old Yummy singer shared on his Instagram stories on January 22, his current reading […]

Sharifah Rose, an influencer and model came under fire recently for removing her headscarf briefly while on holiday in Phuket, Thailand. She was photographed without her headscarf and the photo was uploaded on Instagram. Netizens bashed the influencer online when she was spotted without the religious headscarf while on the beach with her friends and […]

Singer Jessica Simpson will be unveiling a book called Open Book where she shares about sexual abuse, alcohol and pill addiction and becoming sober in 2017. Buzzfeed reported People by saying that Simpson also talked about issues with John Mayer and that time he called her ‘sexual napalm’ in an interview. In a nutshell, she was […]

Being famous often means having to put up with internet trolls and bullies, this is something a celebrity like Khloe Kardashian can relate to. The reality star has faced criticism about how she lives. Shamed for being a mother and criticised for promoting diet culture, Khloe is constantly on the receiving end of online trolls. […]