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by Damon WAKE and Dave CLARK NATO leaders sought to make a show of unity on Wednesday as they met to conclude their annual summit, but the alliance’s chief admitted a festering row with Turkey was still unresolved. What should have been a celebration of NATO’s 70th birthday has been overshadowed by bitter rows about […]

New York state is considering banning so-called virginity tests after an American rapper sparked outcry by saying he takes his daughter to a gynecologist every year to check her hymen is still intact. Democratic legislator Michaelle Solages has tabled a bill proposing the ban, saying the examination, which the World Health Organization (WHO) says has […]

Simon Cowell, judge of X Factor: Celebrity 2019 shed tears when he watched the contestant from this year’s series perform Snow Patrol’s Run for charity. His partner Lauren Silverman rushed to his side as he was visibly emotional while watching the contestants’ performance of Run for Together For Short Lives and Shooting Star Children’s Hospice. […]

Global equities mostly retreated Tuesday after US President Donald Trump warned there was no deadline for doing a trade deal with China. The announcement added to trade uncertainty already stoked by Washington’s re-imposition of metal tariffs on Argentina and Brazil and threats of steep levies for French merchandise. In Britain for a NATO summit, Trump […]

Singapore Social is a local reality show that premiered last Saturday on Netflix and locals condemned it for lack of authenticity among other shortcomings. Although viewers have a love-hate relationship while watching the first season of the show, its got mocked in snarky and funny terms for featuring characters who do not even speak with […]

by Alam KHAN Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he does not fear for his future as Manchester United manager despite a spate of Premier League sackings as he prepares to face his predecessor Jose Mourinho. Spurs turned to Mourinho after dismissing Mauricio Pochettino last month, while Arsenal and Watford have subsequently sacked Unai Emery and Quique […]

UEFA chief Aleksander Ceferin has accused British Prime Minister Boris Johnson of fuelling racism and insists European football’s governing body is working hard to tackle the problem plaguing the game. A number of high-profile incidents in recent weeks, including racist abuse hurled at England players in Bulgaria and chants aimed at Romelu Lukaku and Mario […]

A man and woman have been rescued after surviving two weeks in Australia’s arid outback on little more than vodka, groundwater and biscuits, but a third person is still missing, police said Tuesday. The three friends set out to explore the country’s vast sun-baked interior near Alice Springs on November 19 when their car became […]

The Russian beauty queen who became a Malaysian princess after tying the knot with Sultan Muhammad V last year fled from her home in Moscow after claims surfaced that her son’s life was in danger. The mother of the six-month-old boy is in a battle for alimony against the father who said the boy was […]

American pop singer Katy Perry celebrated Thanksgiving with her fiance and Hollywood star Orlando Bloom and his eight-year-old son. Perry took to Instagram to show the couple having a great time in a hotel. Perry and Bloom were spotted in the photo sitting on pillows on the floor of the room, enjoying traditional Japanese tea. […]

An amazing moment was captured on video in Malaysian waters when a whale shark came up to a boat to seek help and thanked the fishermen for freeing it from a rope around its body. And it appears that it thanked the men with several swishes of its tail before diving back in the water. The incident […]

A US appeals court ruled on Monday that the government could not resume its use of capital punishment, in a setback for President Donald Trump’s advocacy of the death penalty. Attorney General Bill Barr announced in July that the Federal Bureau of Prisons would adopt a new lethal injection protocol, clearing the way to carry […]

The family of one of the victims in the recent London attack spoke up against the apparent politicisation of their son’s death. Jack Merritt (25), a former course coordinator for prisoner rehabilitation, was one of the two casualties during the attack on London Bridge last Friday (Nov 29). Saskia Jones (23, a volunteer for criminal […]

Malaysian officials on Monday slammed a tattoo exhibition held in the country as “porn” unsuitable for a Muslim-majority country after images of half-naked men and women went viral. The “Tattoo Malaysia Expo” in the capital Kuala Lumpur attracted people from all over the world, and photos circulating online showed many heavily-inked participants wearing few clothes […]

by Andrea Palasciano and Anna Smolchenko Russia and China on Monday launched a giant gas pipeline linking the countries for the first time, one of three major projects aimed at cementing Moscow’s role as the world’s top gas exporter. Presiding by video link-up over an elaborate televised ceremony, Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Chinese counterpart […]