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by Béatrice ROMAN-AMAT with Jing Xuan TENG in Beijing The European Parliament awarded the Sakharov Prize for human rights on Thursday to Uighur intellectual Ilham Tohti, sentenced to life imprisonment in China for “separatism”, parliamentary sources told AFP. The outspoken former professor of economics at a Beijing university was sentenced in 2014 by Chinese courts […]

Leader of K-Pop group Big Bang G-Dragon is slated to be discharged from the army this week. The K-pop idol stands to be discharged on October 26. G-Dragon was also recently spotted at his sister’s wedding. Given the unstable future of Big Bang and YG Entertainment with the current scandals, fans are interested in the […]

Iranian state television has aired an interview with an Instagrammer famous for drastically altering her appearance through plastic surgery to look like a zombie and arrested for alleged “blasphemy”. The social media celebrity known as Sahar Tabar was arrested on the orders of Tehran’s Islamic guidance court on October 5 after “numerous requests from the […]

B.I, formerly from the K-Pop band iKON is first and second on Twitter’s trending list with the hashtags #BelovedHanbinDay and #HappyBirthdayHanbin as fans celebrate his birthday. His fans are using Twitter to show their love and appreciation for B.I despite the controversy he is in. In 2016, after the news broke that B.I alleged attempted […]

Friends actress Jennifer Aniston recently joined Instagram and she broke the record to become the fastest user to reach one million followers in just five hours and 16 minutes. The Hollywood star is one of the few celebrities who had not joined any social media platform. When she first posted a photo on Tuesday morning, […]

Maleficent actress Angelina Jolie is honouring her children for giving her a reason to go on after her divorce with Brad Pitt. The pair who separated in 2016 have six children together. The 44-year-old actress shared that she relied on her children for support after revealing that she ‘lost herself’ during the split. ‘The last […]

Assistant Professor Tan Yong Chin, who teaches a course on online marketing at the City University in Hong Kong (CUHK), earned the ire and hatred of his students that led to the scandalous vandalism act committed in his office and a controversy that involves the application of political ideas in educational activities. Words, such as […]

Social media app TikTok has taken down accounts that were posting propaganda videos for the Islamic State group, a company employee said Tuesday, in the latest scandal to hit the popular platform. TikTok, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, claimed some 500 million users globally last year, making it one of the most popular […]

In the speech made by President Joko (Jokowi) Widodo at the inauguration, there was no mention of corruption eradication in his inaugural address for the 2019-2024 mandate. Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Deputy Chairman Saut Situmorang had his own views. According to him, Jokowi’s speech should not be interpreted as pessimistic when it comes to eradicating corruption, […]

by Michel COMTE Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party held onto power in a nail-biter of a Canadian general election on Monday, but as a weakened minority government. Television projections as of 2 am Tuesday (0600 GMT) declared the Liberals winners or leading in 156 of the nation’s 338 electoral districts, versus 122 for his […]

Jared Leto, the actor who played Joker in Suicide Squad reportedly felt ‘alienated and upset’ when Warner Bros. chose Todd Phillips’ version with Joaquin Phoenix instead. So how unhappy was Jared Leto over Joker? As Todd Phillips’s version of Leto head towards grossing more than $700 million worldwide, insiders revealed that Leto’s frustration was so […]

Meghan Markle revealed how difficult it is to be under scrutiny from the public and the press in a video and this is attracting a lot of support for the Duchess of Sussex. After the release of the footage of the emotional interview, Meghan Markle’s fans are tweeting messages of support with the hashtag #WeLoveYouMeghan. […]

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello have dispelled rumours that their relationship has come to an end after fans speculated about Shawn’s decision to delete their funny kissing video. The duo have been dating for a few months and faced with a fair share of criticism. From the start, some online trolls made a big deal […]

Thousands protested against police across Bangladesh on Monday, a day after at least four people died when officers fired on a crowd in one of the country’s deadliest religious riots to date. Some 20,000 Muslims called for the execution of a young Hindu man on Bhola island Sunday for writing Facebook messages that allegedly defamed […]

A decision to impose a 100 percent tax on bills at restaurants that serve shisha has ignited criticism on social media in Saudi Arabia, where the water pipes are a popular pastime. The furore has also been fuelled by confusion over how the tax is applied. In the meantime, some restaurants have stopped offering shisha, […]