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THE standards of some highly-rated referees in Qatar have been “bordering on appalling” during the World Cup matches, according to former English-born Fifa referee Keith Hackett. He specifically hammered Spanish referee, who officiated in the Holland versus Argentina match. Even celebrity players Lionel Messi and Emi Martinez have criticised Antonio Mateu Lahoz with the Aston Villa goalkeeper […]

UNBELIEVABLE! Brazil, football’s  perennial kingpins, bowed out of Qatar sensationally with an unforgettable 4-2 penalty-kick loss to Croatia. This despite a  historic Neymar goal that put the superstar forward level with Pelé for Brazil’s national team scoring record. Brazil head coach Tite said: “We were just too over-confident and this will be a lesson to […]

India, Dec. 12 — BTS leader RM recently talked about the possibility of getting married. He appeared on tvN’s The Dictionary of Useless Human Knowledge and discussed the topic ‘What kind of human do we love?’ RM aka Kim Namjoon was the only one in the panel who wasn’t married. Also read: Jin gets a […]

It is confirmed, the microblogging platform’s tweet character limit has now been increased from 280 to 4,000. Twitter CEO Elon Musk himself made the confirmation when a user asked Musk, “Elon is it true that Twitter is set to increase the character limit from 280 to 4000?” Musk’s reply was “YES!” But not so many […]

Without being a dedicated listening platform like Spotify, YouTube or Apple Music, TikTok has managed to establish itself as a booster of music trends. For the latest proof, one need only look at nightcore, a subgenre that first appeared in the early 2000s. It has recently made a mark on the social network as the […]

When a taxi driver saw traffic being backed up causing a jam while picking up passengers on Orchard Road, he stopped using the meter to pay the fare, saying, “Uncle comes from poor family, money is not easy to make, so don’t worry, if I can help, I help.” He act of kindness has won […]

A man was sentenced to 10 years and 8 months in prison, plus 12 strokes of the cane, after he was drunk, imagined his 8-year-old daughter was his ex-girlfriend, and used a vibrator to sexually assault her. The incident happened on May 25 last year. At the time of the incident, the 8-year-old victim lived […]

Recently I’ve made a few trips to Kuala Lumpur after something of a hiatus during the years of Covid restrictions. Each of these visits has left me struck with a sense of how vibrant the city is at the moment. There’s an energy to KL right now. The shops and streets hum with activity. The […]

“Ratty,” a tiny rat rescues cancer sufferer Caroline Davis, 61, from burning to death by moving her lit cigarette and waking her up. When Caroline dozed off to sleep and left her lit cigarette unattended, rodent Ratty sprang into action after the cigarette set her dressing gown burning. The mum-of-two presumed that Ratty must have […]

Videos, photos, and stories of Chinese dissent are quickly edited and vanish online but not those featured on a Twitter account with a cat avatar. As the Chinese call for greater autonomy and an end to zero-Covid restrictions, the account “Teacher Li is Not Your Teacher” live-tweeted the demos in real-time, showing the world how the Chinese […]

Not just offensive to the Royal family, the ‘no-holds-barred’ Netflix show of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry is considered a “slap in the face” to the British people. Royal expert Nile Gardiner says that the “monarchy represents the British people.” ‘Badmouthing” other members of the family would completely destroy the positive ties that bind the […]

A “low-alcohol” beer labelled “a royally good drink” and aptly named Harry’s Bitter has just been launched by a London pub after the release of the Harry and Meghan Netflix series. It contains 3.9% alcohol with the bottle featuring Prince Harry’s face and a patriotic red white, and blue colour scheme. Harry’s Bitter The Duke […]

  Four teenagers were arrested on suspicion of affray. Their age ranges from 15 to 18 years old. The police issued a statement saying that they received a report at about 1:40am on 28 November that there was a fight at the passage of the Marina Park. Preliminary investigations revealed that two men, aged 27 […]

Foie gras pate, the consummate delicacy of French holiday tables, might be harder to find this year and certainly pricier due to a bird flu outbreak that ravaged farms across the west and south last winter. After millions of ducks and geese were culled to halt the epidemic, some farmers say they are having to […]

Singapore Customs arrested three male Malaysians, aged 28 to 33, and seized a total of 512 cartons and 759 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes in an operation on 22 November 2022. Singapore Customs said that in an operation conducted at an industrial building at Yishun Industrial Street 1, Customs officers checked on three men and two […]