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Manila—San Miguel Corporation, a company known worldwide for its beer, is risking it all by building an airport worth S$20 billion, reported to be the second biggest airport in the world. However, Nikkei Asian Review reports that there are skeptics who doubt the profitability of such an endeavor, which is spearheaded by none other than […]

A British actor who had a tattoo of Angelina Jolie on his bicep was in for a surprise when the Maleficent star gave him a kiss on his cheek and signed the tattoo for him. It was December 8, after the production of Dear Evan Hansen in London’s West End completed. Jolie was mingling with […]

Taylor Swift is celebrating turning 30 with a healthier outlook. She turned 30 on Dec 13 saying she is feeling a bit more secure about approaching her thirties. Taylor spoke about this in a video interview with British Vogue’s Editor in Chief Edward Enninful. The singer also said that her age helped her analyse toxic […]

Ed Sheeran, a British singer-songwriter has been named the UK’s Official Number 1 Artist of the Decade after a record-breaking run of hits, according to the Official Charts Company. Shape of You, his hit single spent 14 weeks at No. 1 in Britain in 2017 and it was named top song in the last 10 […]

Since the first trailer of Wonder Woman 1984 was released on Monday, Captain Marvel star Brie Larson including millions of fans took to social media to express their excitement. A teaser was followed after the trailer, stirring up anticipation. The trailer of the movie, featuring Gal Gadot instantly went viral after the filmmakers released it. […]

by John WEAVER Jurgen Klopp has agreed a contract extension with Liverpool until 2024, the runaway Premier League leaders announced on Friday. Klopp, who moved to Anfield in 2015, guided Liverpool to Champions League glory in June and they are currently eight points clear at the top of the Premier League. “For me personally this […]

A top-tier Chinese basketball team was hit with a one million yuan ($140,000) fine for a promotional image that swapped out Mao Zedong for the club’s mascot. Zhejiang Guangsha Lions apologised for the picture which was posted on social media and showed a lion in a Mao suit and red-starred hat, along with the slogan: […]

Boris Johnson’s surprisingly strong victory in Britain’s election dominated the home pages of European media outlets on Friday, with most welcoming the end of months of political gridlock while warning there was no automatic clarity on Brexit. While Britain’s vote results dropped after most print edition deadlines, news websites focused on the daunting prospect of negotiating […]

A video of BTS member Jungkook dancing to Billie Eilish’s Bad Guy accumulated over 25.7 million cumulative views, 950,000 retweets, and 2.2 million likes. It is one of the most-liked tweets in the world. The most retweeted post last year, known as Golden Tweet, was also a BTS tweet with Jungkook singing a cover of […]

Fans of Kang Daniel donated 12.1 million Korean won to the Korea Association for Children with Terminal Diseases on the South Korean singer and songwriter’s23rd birthday. Korean pop culture site Allkpop reported that fans said it was only a small amount of money in a letter to the association. The donators hope a cure can be […]

A Tokyo court on Thursday ordered the Japanese government to pay compensation to a transgender official who was refused use of the women’s bathroom at work. “The Tokyo district court ordered the accused to pay 1.3 million yen ($12,000) in damages,” a court spokesman told AFP. “The court also ordered the government to let the […]

by Anup Sharma Authorities deployed thousands of paramilitaries and blocked mobile internet in northeast India Thursday, while police fired blank rounds at protesters who defied a curfew to demonstrate against contentious new citizenship legislation. The Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), passed by the upper house on Wednesday, allows for the fast-tracking of citizenship applications from religious […]

Flanked by more than 2,000 oarsmen rowing to a steady drumbeat, Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn travelled down Bangkok’s Chao Phraya river as part of a 52-barge flotilla on Thursday, marking the final event of his coronation. The flotilla comes seven months after the monarch was crowned in an elaborate three-day affair that involved sacred bathing […]

by Marty Melville New Zealand’s military will embark on a risky dawn mission to retrieve eight bodies from the still-active White Island volcano, officials said Thursday, as pressure from distraught victims’ families mounted. Teams will move in “shortly after first light” on Friday, deputy police commissioner Mike Clement said, despite volcanologists warning that the chances […]

Hundreds of mourners attended a memorial service on Thursday for a Hong Kong student whose death led to some of the most violent clashes in six months of democracy protests. Alex Chow, 22, died last month from head injuries sustained during a fall inside a multi-storey carpark where police and protesters were clashing. Although the […]