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By Dan Martin China warns almost daily against “politicising” this week’s Beijing Olympics, but for its rulers, hosting the Games has always been about far more than sport and the medal count.Even under the shadow of a pandemic, Western accusations of genocide against Muslim minorities and diplomatic boycotts, staging the Olympics is about global prestige […]

The United States is paying athletes to “create disturbances” during the Beijing Winter Olympics, Chinese state media reported Saturday. The accusations come just a week before the start of the most politicised Games in recent memory and immediately drew a denial from the US embassy in China. China Daily newspaper, citing “sources familiar with the […]

Activists handed out 1,000 “Where is Peng Shuai?” T-shirts to spectators ahead of the Australian Open women’s final Saturday to highlight concern for the Chinese tennis star. More than a week after security staff ordered activists inside the precinct to remove the shirts, the protesters returned with a thousand more to give to those arriving […]

Hong Kong’s oldest university covered up one of the last public tributes to the deadly 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on Saturday, as Beijing continues to muzzle dissent in the financial hub. Hong Kong was the only place in China where mass remembrance of Tiananmen was tolerated, but authorities have driven such activities underground after imposing […]

    Singapore — There’s been a lot of hype over Ah Girls Go Army, which is set to be released next Tuesday, Feb 1, the first day of Chinese New Year. On Jan 26 (Wednesday), Wake Up, Singapore called out the film’s director, Jack Neo, for the low bar he set for what audiences […]

    In a new interview, Lakshya Sen, who beat World Champion Loh Kean Yew at the India Open earlier this month, admitted that he felt the pressure during the finals, but believed he could best the Singaporean athlete. Sen, 20, who hails from Almora, defeated Loh, 24, 24-22, 21-17, in a 54-minute match on […]

Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: – Police probe Partygate – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson vows to cooperate with police on any formal probe into coronavirus lockdown-breaking parties at Downing Street, further intensifying pressure on his position. – IMF slashes growth estimate – The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is creating an […]

By Joseph BOYLE Privacy measures that are meant to preserve the anonymity of smartphone users are no longer suitable for the digital age, a study suggested on Tuesday.Vast quantities of data are scooped up from smartphone apps by firms looking to develop products, conduct research or target consumers with adverts. In Europe and many other […]

A viral video of a man beating his wife in China, and police’s handling of the case, has renewed a debate online in the country over how to punish domestic abusers. Last week, a home security video that showed a man from the northwestern city of Xi’an assaulting his wife during a citywide Covid-19 lockdown […]

“Spider-Man: No Way Home” powered its way into sixth place on the all-time global box office list, as it returned to the top spot in North American theaters at the weekend, industry data showed Sunday. In its sixth week out, the Sony superhero yarn with Tom Holland in the title role took in an estimated […]

By Chris Stein Blocks from the White House, an unassuming edifice in downtown Washington that once held offices used by the US Department of Justice is set to be converted into homes for hundreds of people. The transformation of the vacant office space is among a surge of “adaptive reuse” projects that swept the US […]

Beijing, China By Poornima WEERASEKARA China condemned a French parliament resolution on Friday that accuses Beijing of carrying out a genocide against its Uyghur Muslim population, a move that has strained ties two weeks before the Winter Olympics.The resolution adds to a chorus of western nations that have criticised Beijing for placing around one million Uyghurs […]

South Korean tech giant Samsung has pulled an online advert in Singapore that featured a hijab-wearing Muslim woman hugging her drag queen son after it sparked a backlash from socially conservative corners. LGBTQ rights remain a sensitive topic in the prosperous city-state, where a rarely invoked colonial-era law banning sex between men was upheld by […]

Jakarta, Indonesia Tens of thousands of Indonesia’s indigenous people are at risk of being expelled from their lands to make way for the construction of a new capital on jungle-clad Borneo island, a rights group warned on Friday. At least 20,000 people from 21 indigenous groups live in the area designated for the construction of the […]

By Laurie Chen and AFP reporters A growing number of Western nations and cybersecurity groups have issued digital surveillance warnings for next month’s Winter Olympics in Beijing, with some advising foreign athletes to leave personal phones and laptops at home. China hopes to pull off a successful, coronavirus-free Games that will burnish its international reputation. […]