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by Laurent Thomet and Helen Roxburgh President Xi Jinping said Friday that China wants to reach an initial trade deal with the United States but is “not afraid” to fight back when necessary. It is rare for Xi to speak so directly about the trade war, and his comments come two days after US President […]

Popular American pop singer and songwriter Taylor Swift revealed to fans that she may not be able to perform at a music awards ceremonies because record executives said she could not. There is an ongoing row over the ownership of her songs and the 29-year-old accused the executives of exercising ‘tyrannical control’ over her music. Swift […]

President Donald Trump, by withholding military aid from Ukraine to demand dirt on a potential 2020 election rival, went beyond anything done by disgraced predecessor Richard Nixon, the Democratic chair of the House impeachment panel alleged Thursday. “What we’ve seen here is far more serious than a third-rate burglary of the Democratic headquarters,” House Intelligence […]

MCU’s Avengers: Endgame success this year cemented its status as an iconic pop culture phenomenon. The end of the Avengers phase was a bittersweet moment for fans after it impacted their lives for over a decade. Some of you may have heard about the theories of alternate endings in Avengers:Endgame. Marvel has released several deleted […]

Sri Lanka’s divisive Rajapaksa clan consolidated their grip on power on Thursday as newly elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa swore in his brother Mahinda as prime minister. The siblings are credited with destroying in brutal fashion ethnic Tamil separatists to end Sri Lanka’s civil war a decade ago when Mahinda was president and Gotabaya effectively ran […]

“Does it spark joy?” asks Marie Kondo on her Netflix series “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo”, holding up a tea pot, a sweater or any sundry home item. If it doesn’t “spark joy” in you, Kondo is emphatic that you get rid of it. When she was a mere student of 19, Marie Kondo launched […]

Shares in German payments firm Wirecard fell Wednesday on revelations that a 2017 audit of its troubled Singapore unit could not be completed, but the firm denied a media report blaming accounting “irregularities”. Hitting back at Tuesday’s allegations by the German financial daily Handelsblatt, Wirecard said auditors from Ernst and Young (EY) could not finalise […]

Former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger warned Thursday that an armed conflict could break out between the United States and China if they fail to resolve their trade war. The sober remarks from Kissinger, who was instrumental in normalising diplomatic relations between Washington and Beijing, came at a conference in Beijing on the future […]

Harry Potter fans who wanted to see Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) and Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton) can now feel justified. In the Harry Potter franchise, fans have been noticing a strong chemistry between the two characters for years. The Gryffindor and Slytherin didn’t have a chance to date onscreen nor their offscreen alter egos. This […]

Australia’s Prime Minister on Thursday denied his climate policies had caused unprecedented bushfires ravaging the country and insisted his government was doing enough to tackle global warming. As dozens of new blazes scorched the countryside and the country’s largest city was cloaked in hazardous smoke, conservative leader Scott Morrison defended his climate record, saying Australia […]

British newspapers today are abuzz with the sacking of Prince Andrew from Royal duties as a result of the Epstein scandal. The Daily Mail said that the Queen effectively sacked the Prince after discussing the Epstein scandal with Charles and summoning the distraught Duke of York. The Queen took drastic action to contain the fall-out from […]

South Korea’s boyband BIGBANG member G-Dragon recently collaborated with Nike to create limited edition sneakers. Nike and G-Dragon’s fashion brand PEACEMINUSONE released their Air Force 1 Para-Noise collaboration sneakers in Korea this month. Available in two colours, black and red for the ‘swoosh’ mark on the Air Force 1 Para-Noise, the shoes are priced at […]

Singapore—Alex Yeung, a restaurant owner who held a gathering in October to discuss the situation back in his native Hong Kong, was repatriated and will not be permitted to return to Singapore without prior permission from the Controller of Immigration. In connection with Mr Yeung’s case, Philip Chan, the Singaporean businessman in whose establishment the […]

Pope Francis will visit one of Thailand’s famed gilded temples Thursday to meet the supreme Buddhist patriarch, on the first full day of his Asian tour aimed at promoting religious harmony. The 82-year-old pontiff is on his first visit to Buddhist majority Thailand, where he will spend four days before setting off to Japan. His […]

On Sunday, November 17, Taiwanese supermodel Lin Chi-ling got married to Japanese boy band member Akira in a ceremony held in the island nation’s southwestern city of Tainan. It ends her single status which has been a subject of interest for fans and the media for years, according to reports. Lin, who was born on […]