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Fans around the world know Chris Hemsworth best for his role as Thor, the hammer-wielding demigod in the Marvel films but there was a time when he wasn’t sure if he would score the coveted role. He almost missed out on the chance of a lifetime, and to a family member. Chris Hemsworth was born […]

Jet Li shocked the world when a photo of him looking frail and much older surfaced in 2018. Fans were distressed at Li’s fragile appearance and at the news that he was battling hyperthyroidism. Once again, a photo of the martial arts superstar has rocked the Internet—this time for looking like he travelled back in time. The recent […]

Britain’s main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn urged parliament Wednesday to oust Prime Minister Boris Johnson before he takes the splintered country out of the EU without a deal. Corbyn called on members of other parties who fear the economic consequences of a chaotic “no-deal Brexit” to vote no-confidence in Johnson’s government and appoint […]

President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to link a trade deal with Beijing to the “humane” resolution of a standoff with Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters while seeming to suggest a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. “Millions of jobs are being lost in China to other non-Tariffed countries. Thousands of companies are leaving. Of […]

After Versace, Givenchy and Coach, Swarovski is the latest luxury brand that caused outrage in China for its labelling of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Swarovski also lost the support of its brand ambassador, Chinese actress Jiang Shuying. The Austrian jewellery company apologised on Tuesday for “hurting the feelings” of the Chinese people after calling Hong Kong […]

Cathay Pacific said Wednesday two pilots had been sacked, as the Hong Kong carrier comes under huge pressure from Beijing to clamp down on staff supportive of anti-government rallies. “One is currently involved in legal proceedings. The other misused company information on Flight CX216/12 August,” the airline said in a statement. Hong Kong has been gripped […]

by M. Jegathesan Malaysian authorities Wednesday conducted a post-mortem examination on the body of a Franco-Irish teen found in the jungle after she disappeared from a resort, as her family mourned the “unbearable” loss. The unclothed body of Nora Quoirin, 15, was discovered Tuesday in a ravine in dense rainforest after a 10-day hunt involving […]

Josh Kloss, a male model featured in Katy Perry’s Teenage Dream music video has accused the pop star of pulling down his pants and exposing his penis to a group of people. Kloss posted the allegations against the singer on Instagram, and he described feeling “pathetic and embarrassed” following the incident. The incident happened at […]

President Donald Trump threatened Tuesday to pull the United States out of the World Trade Organization if conditions are not improved. “We will leave if we have to,” Trump told a cheering audience of workers at a Shell chemical plant in Pennsylvania. “We know that they have been screwing us for years and it’s not […]

Facebook has paid hundreds of contractors to listen to and transcribe snippets of users’ conversations, US media reported on Tuesday, amid heightened scrutiny of the social network’s data collection practices. Facebook acknowledged the transcriptions, which were first reported by Bloomberg, telling the news agency in a statement that they were made with users’ permission, but […]

Director Quentin Tarantino’s “Once upon a Time in Hollywood” attracted criticism with controversy over his depiction of Bruce Lee in this latest production. While the film is enjoying a fairly positive reception since it hit the theatres a little over two weeks ago, Tarantino has had a lot to answer for. Like most of his films, this one […]

Singapore — Demonstrations in the airport in Hong Kong brought flights to a standstill on Monday, August 12, stranding thousands of passengers and causing many airlines economic loss. Every single flight both going in and coming out of Hong Kong International Airport was eventually canceled because of the protestors’ sit-in. A Scoot flight from Singapore […]

by M. Jegathesan A body was found Tuesday in the hunt for a Franco-Irish teen in Malaysia with a charity saying it is likely the missing girl, 10 days after she disappeared from a rainforest resort. Nora Quoirin, 15, went missing on August 4, a day after checking into the resort with her London-based family. […]

Besides being everyone’s favourite aqua superhero, Hollywood hottie Jason Momoa is also extremely protective over his native land. While protesting the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) for weeks on the sacred Mauna Kea, he took to Instagram to announce that he can’t shoot Aquaman 2 because he “got run over by a bulldozer”. For […]

On Monday, five shamans offered to help in the search for the missing Irish teenager. The search team, however, brought cadaver dogs with them. The five men performed a ritual in the forest with the group’s representative Mohd Khalid Mohamed saying that it was an alternative way to locate the missing teen. Malaysian bomoh’s also ‘helped’ in […]