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    Singapore — Last September, Mdada was just a livestreaming sales platform that debuted to very little fanfare. It was started by celebrity hairstylist Addy Lee, actor-host Pornsak and former Mediacorp actress Michelle Chia. Over the past year, the company has grown and according to a CNBC article on Nov 1, the platform commands […]

President Joe Biden returned from Europe Wednesday with a wake-up call for feuding Democrats holding up his sweeping domestic reforms in Congress — after a humiliating state election defeat that many blamed on inertia and infighting among the party’s lawmakers. “I do know that people want us to get things done,” he told reporters asking […]

American Heather Mack, convicted as a pregnant teenager of helping to kill her mother at a luxury hotel in Bali, was deported Tuesday from Indonesia along with her now six-year-old daughter, immigration officials said. Mack, 25, was flown back to the United States after being released last week from a Bali prison nearly three years […]

Toyota urged Washington on Tuesday not to “play politics” with environmental issues by offering tax credits for US-made electric vehicles, joining a chorus of foreign opposition to the issue. President Joe Biden’s focus on helping blue-collar American workers led to a proposal in his Build Back Better legislation to offer $4,500 in tax credits for […]

US President Joe Biden on Tuesday accused China and Russia of failing to show leadership on climate change in blistering criticism of their leaders for not attending the COP26 summit in Glasgow. Speaking at the UN summit aimed at forging an ambitious new climate agreement, Biden called his own presence and promises proof that “America […]

    London — Aquaman star Jason Momoa, who is filming the sequel in Britain has been tested positive for COVID-19. British tabloid The Sun reported on Wednesday (Oct 27) that Momoa was on the Hertfordshire set of Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom, where the cast and crew were tested regularly. An anonymous insider told the […]

By Jitendra JOSHI France and Britain offered wildly differing accounts after their leaders met Sunday to resolve a row over post-Brexit fishing rights that threatens to turn into a full-blown trade war. President Emmanuel Macron’s office was optimistic after the French leader met Prime Minister Boris Johnson one-on-one, without aides, for about half an hour […]

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowed Friday to defend UK interests in a worsening dispute with France over fishing rights, while emphasising the historical strength of cross-Channel ties. “We will do whatever is necessary to ensure UK interests,” he told reporters on board his plane to Rome for a G20 leaders@ summit, adding that Britain […]

By Jitendra JOSHI Queen Elizabeth II is in good spirits, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson stressed on Saturday after doctors advised the 95-year-old monarch to rest for at least another fortnight. The Queen, who spent a night in hospital last week for “preliminary investigations”, has since been following medical advice to recuperate and been conducting […]

Myanmar remains an “integral part” of Southeast Asia’s regional bloc, member Brunei insisted Thursday, despite the coup-hit country boycotting annual talks in protest at a ban on its junta chief. The crisis in Myanmar, which is still in chaos following February’s military takeover and subsequent deadly crackdown, dominated this week’s virtual summit of the Association […]

By Ella IDE When world leaders finally got together for the G20 summit in Rome after over two years apart, the mood was festive, with formalities temporarily ditched in favour of fist-pumping and football quips.”It is great to see all of you here, after a difficult few years for the global community. The pandemic has […]

US-China – Beijing said Thursday it opposed military ties between Washington and Taiwan, after President Tsai Ing-wen confirmed a small number of US troops are present on the island. Authoritarian China regards self-ruled Taiwan as its own territory and has vowed to one day seize it, by force if needed, and has ramped up its […]

By Francesco FONTEMAGGI Tensions have soared in recent weeks over Taiwan, the self-governing democracy claimed by China — and allied with the United States. How far the tensions will accelerate — and what the US response will be — is hotly debated among experts. What is each side’s position? China’s communist government considers Taiwan a […]

    Celebrity couple Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik’s romance is over,  after six years of on-off dating and a daughter, say media reports including People. Tabloid journalism site TMZ reported that according to sources, Gigi’s mother Yolanda claimed that Zayn “struck” her. But in a statement to TMZ on Thursday, Zayn “adamantly” denied the […]

As tensions spike between mainland Taiwan-China, here are key dates in decades of fraught relations: Taiwan-China relations – 1949 separation Mao Zedong’s communists take power in Beijing in October 1949 after defeating Chiang Kai-shek’s Kuomintang (KMT) nationalists in a civil war. The KMT flee to the island of Taiwan and form their own government in […]