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The United States praised South Africa Saturday for quickly identifying the new Covid strain called Omicron and sharing this information with the world — a barely veiled slap at China’s handling of the original outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with South Africa’s international relations and cooperation minister, Naledi Pandor, […]

    Taiwan — While celebrities like Kim Lim and Rebecca Lim were getting engaged, Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu is getting divorced from her husband, Wang Xiaofei. Wang is a Chinese entrepreneur and billionaire heir. Barbie Hsu, also known as “Da S” (meaning Big S in Chinese) became famous when she starred as the lead […]

Two-year-old Haoyang has likely just months to live — but the only medicine that can help his rare genetic condition is not found anywhere in China and closed borders due to the Covid-19 pandemic mean he cannot travel for treatment. Instead, his desperate father, Xu Wei, has created a home laboratory to create a remedy […]

Gaming and messaging giant Tencent has been told all its new apps and updates must be approved by the government, state media reported, as Beijing continues its domestic tech sector crackdown. The Chinese government has moved to exert more authority over the industry in the past year, citing concerns that tech giants in the country […]

    South Korea — BLACKPINK’s Lisa has tested positive for COVID-19. According to her agency, YG Entertainment, the Thai-born rapper was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Nov 24. At that point in time, the other four members of the group, Jisoo, Rosé and Jennie were awaiting their results after hearing the news of Lisa’s diagnosis. […]

Greenland has withdrawn an iron ore mining licence from a Chinese firm in the vast autonomous Danish territory, the local government said Wednesday. Now-bankrupt British company London Mining had been awarded the contract in 2013. But Hong Kong-based General Nice Group acquired the permit a year later when it bought the assets of the British […]

Three white men were found guilty of murder Wednesday for shooting dead an African American man after chasing him in their pickup trucks, following a racially-charged trial in the southern US state of Georgia that gripped the nation.Travis McMichael, who shot Ahmaud Arbery, his father Gregory McMichael, and their neighbor, William “Roddie” Bryan, who took […]

    Singapore — Ever since the pandemic began, concerts, gatherings and such have either been cancelled or postponed. As such, fans have resorted to watching online streams of their favourite stars – though the feeling and rush of experiencing live concerts are simply not the same. So here’s some good news. UnUsUaL Entertainment Pte. […]

Malaysia’s longest-governing party stormed to victory in closely watched state polls Saturday, gaining a boost in power ahead of a general election. The United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) was the lynchpin of a coalition that governed Malaysia for six decades until it was booted from power in 2018 following a storm of corruption allegations. Former […]

Singapore — Whenever a countryman makes it big abroad, Singaporeans are always proud of their fellow men’s achievements. Lim Kay Siu, 61 is one example of a Singaporean who has made it big in Hollywood. Since the 80s, he has been acting in TV and films. He also starred in a handful of Asian films. […]

China vowed Friday to punish “diehard” Taiwan politicians, saying it would ban several from visiting the mainland, as tensions between Beijing and Taipei spiked to their highest level in years. China claims Taiwan as its territory — to be seized one day, by force if necessary — and has intensified efforts in recent years to […]

A Chinese intelligence officer was convicted in US federal court Friday of economic espionage in an alleged state-backed effort to steal technology from US and French aerospace firms, the Justice Department said. Xu Yanjun, an official in the Jiangsu province foreign intelligence office of the Ministry of State Security, was found guilty in the Cincinnati […]

By Patrick BAERT Chinese President Xi Jinping, the uncontested leader of the world’s most populous nation, heads a pivotal plenary of the ruling party’s top figures next week that will set the tone for his bid for long-term rule.From Monday to Thursday, some 400 members of the Communist Party’s all-powerful Central Committee gather in Beijing […]

    During an interview with Elle, Ratajkowski recalled what it felt like when she found out that she was going to be having a baby boy with her husband Sebastian Bear-McClard. In March, Ratajkowski and Bear-McClard welcomed their son, Sylvester. “I wanted a daughter initially, but when I found out I was having a […]

    Taipei — Taiwanese singer Annie Yi, 53, wants to break her 2020 record. Not a music record, you understand, but  a shopping record. On a day that itself is holds the record – and by quite a margin – for the largest online shopping day in the world, While most people scramble to […]