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Canada nominated a key economic advisor on Wednesday as its new ambassador to China, hoping to kickstart dialogue and ease a diplomatic standoff with the world’s second largest economy. Ugandan-born, Oxford-educated Dominic Barton, 56, helped shape the economic policies of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government and is said to be well-known in Beijing, which must […]

by Jerome TAYLOR / Yan ZHAO Hong Kong’s leader on Thursday urged pro-democracy protesters to end their demonstrations after her surprise decision to bow to one of their key demands was condemned as too little, too late. Carrie Lam, the city’s pro-Beijing chief executive, surprised many on Wednesday when after three months of rallies she […]

Singer Nicki Minaj has penned a powerful thread about toxic relationships and how she learned to love herself. The Grammy-nominated rapper’s first tweet began with some advice for people who see women in toxic relationships, which she posted on Sunday. “Rather than laugh & say mean things, try to offer sound advice from your heart […]

The new theatrical production of Disney’s Hercules based on the beloved but underrated 1997 animated hit is now playing onstage for one week only in NYC and should have Disney fans excited. The bare-bones but thrilling show has a young and energetic Jelani Alladin as Hercules, Krysta Rodriguez (Smash) as the smart and sassy Meg […]

Indonesian police on Wednesday said a human rights lawyer spread information on Twitter that incited violent protests in the restive Papua region. The country’s police also said foreign entities – but did not name any – were meddling in the violent protests in Papua. According to Japan Times, East Java police chief Luki Hermawan said Veronica Koman, […]

The Indonesian government has been pushing to develop new tourist zones with the ‘halal tourism’ concept to attract foreign visitors to islands besides Bali. The idea to push for “halal tourism” is to attract Muslim tourists from abroad, but, in some areas of the country, those plans have led to clashes and demonstrations. There are fears halal tourism […]

SINGAPORE — Social media giant Facebook is considering hiding the public display of “likes” on its News Feed posts, as confirmed by a Facebook spokesperson to international news agency AFP on Tuesday (Sept. 3). Earlier this year, the company conducted similar tests on popular social media platform Instagram, also owned by Facebook. It announced that it was testing […]

John Wick and Matrix actor, Keanu Reeves recently celebrated his birthday, turning another year older, wiser and hotter. As Internet’s number one crush of the year, Reeves turns 55 years old on #ManCrushMonday and Twitter users are celebrating their good-haired, personal space-respecting, slow-mo strutting king by fondly looking back on his career. If we’re being […]

Ariana Grande has sued fashion retailer Forever 21, accusing them of misappropriating her name, likeness and music in a media campaign where they used a lookalike model dressed in similar clothes. The campaign and the US$10 million (S$13.9 million) lawsuit came after Grande turned down an endorsement deal with the clothing and accessories retailer. On […]

A witness testifying during the 1MDB scandal provided many details on the scandal but one thing that did not escape the public’s attention were the tears and the sentiments of fear that the witness expressed if he did not carry out orders. Amhari Efendi Nazaruddin told the High Court in Kuala Lumpur he was afraid […]

Hundreds of Chinese accounts suspended by Twitter were part of a disinformation operation for years targeting critics of China’s ruling Communist Party, Australian researchers have found. After combing through 3.6 million tweets from 940 suspended Twitter accounts, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute said the accounts had conducted “blunt-force influence” campaigns for “at least two years”. […]

An event venue in the southern United States refused to host a mixed race couple’s wedding, stating that the union went against its “Christian beliefs,” in a viral video that has drawn a barrage of criticism. The husband-and-wife-to-be — he black and she white — had been in contact with Boone’s Camp Event Hall in […]

The US Defense Department said Tuesday it was freeing up $3.6 billion in funds budgeted for other projects to build a wall on the Mexican border as ordered by President Donald Trump. Six weeks after being confirmed by Congress, Defense Secretary Mike Esper has signed off on the diversion of funds from 127 “deferred military […]

China reasserted its backing for North Korea on Tuesday as its foreign minister visited Pyongyang, vowing to maintain “close communication” with its longstanding ally in the face of deadlocked nuclear talks with Washington. Beijing has long been North Korea’s key diplomatic backer and main provider of trade and aid, and while ties deteriorated over Pyongyang’s […]

by Alice RITCHIE British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will call an election for October 14 if MPs vote against his Brexit strategy, a top official said Monday on the eve of a parliamentary showdown. MPs from Johnson’s own Conservative Party are preparing to join opposition lawmakers in a vote on Tuesday to try to force him […]