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by Jalees ANDRABI From Netflix to Hitler, protesters are tapping pop culture and history as they vent their anger against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new citizenship law — and with deft use of India’s beloved acronyms. The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) eases naturalisation for persecuted religious minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, but not if […]

The daughter of Bruce Lee is not happy a Chinese fast-food chain is using an image of the late martial arts film star without permission. Shannon Lee is now suing them. The restaurant chain Kungfu Catering Management is accused by Shannon Lee’s Bruce Lee Enterprises for using her father’s image for the past 15 years in a […]

2019 has been quite a year, from protests erupting in various parts of the world, to a Swedish teen taking centre-stage on climate change, to the shocking suicides of K-pop stars, and more. TISG takes a look back at some of the events that caught the eyes of the world in the last 12 months. Hong […]

Fans of ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ are in for a treat as it is the annual Kardashian-Jenner Christmas Eve party! To celebrate the wonderful time of the year, the famous family is seen in uber glamourous holiday fashions such as twinning looks. Kylie Jenner and her 1 and 1/2-year-old daughter Stormi Webster wore matching […]

Every year during Christmas time, for the past25 years, Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas is You is aired. And Mariah Carey is giving fans exactly what they wanted with the release of a new music video to go with the festive hit. On Sunday, December 22, in a special behind-the-scenes promotion for the […]

Popstar Miley Cyrus is undoubtedly one of the most popular artists of her generation but the singer gets the biggest headlines for her personal life rather than for her music. She made her career partially on the pureness of her singing voice and also the somehow lewd and controversial way her persona has developed. Cyrus […]

It is no secret that Kim Kardashian West and Kanye West gives out super extravagant gifts to their children. For her mother’s birthday, Kardashian West spent thousands of dollars to rent out her childhood home. She also rented every single luxury vehicle that her parents ever owned. This Christmas, Kardashian West seems to have outdone […]

Hong Kong endured a third straight day of political unrest over the Christmas period Thursday as police and pro-democracy protesters clashed inside shopping malls. Protesters spent the afternoon on Thursday marching through multiple malls chanting anti-government and anti-police slogans. Riot police swooped on dozens of black-clad protesters in one mall in Tai Po district using […]

The year 2019 saw an explosion of demonstrations across the world as people demanded an overhaul of entrenched political systems and action on climate change. Here is a look back at these and other events that marked the year. Protests sweep Latin America On January 23, Venezuela’s opposition chief Juan Guaido declares himself interim president, […]

Thousands of mourners flocked to mass graves Thursday in Indonesia’s Aceh province to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami, one of the worst natural disasters in history. On a grassy field in Aceh Besar district where at least 47,000 victims were laid to rest, family members and relatives prayed, scattered flower […]

Welcome to TISG’s curated list of outrageous, wise, hilarious, profound, heartbreaking and eyebrow-raising things that people said from the year that was. “Who does she think I am … Bill Gates?” This was said by the former King of Malaysia about Oksana Voevodina, after she asked for a £1.2 million Moscow apartment and a £24,000-a-month allowance to […]

Hong Kong — The final instalment of the Ip Man franchise, Ip Man 4: The Finale, may be breaking box office records in China and Taiwan. In Hong Kong, however, it is falling short. Protesters are boycotting the film because of the pro-Beijing stance of its stars and producer. Users of a Reddit-like forum, LIHKG, […]

Singapore — The police said yesterday (Dec 25) that a 32-year-old Indian national is under investigation for taking part in a public assembly at Marina Bay in protest against India’s Citizenship (Amendment) Act. According to TODAY, the police had received a report about the matter on Tuesday (Dec 24). The police said in a statement […]

Singapore — A disabled British national, who scheduled the trip of a lifetime over the holidays, lost a part of her wheelchair en route to Asia and was left stranded and unable to move from her bed in a hotel room in Singapore on Christmas Day. Ms Gemma Quinn, an experienced traveller, said: “This was […]

Action star Jackie Chan is known for performing his own stunts but he nearly drowned recently during filming of his latest movie Vanguard. The GMA Network quoted China.org.cn as saying that Chan was trapped under a rock while filming a jet ski scene. Chan, 65, shared later that he willed himself not to panic as crew members […]