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The US government has approved the sale of $800 million worth of helicopters to South Korea, the Pentagon announced Wednesday, hours after President Donald Trump said Seoul had agreed to pay more for the US military presence in the country. The Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency said the State Department had approved the sale of […]

Brazil’s environment minister said on Tuesday data showing surging deforestation in the Amazon was “sensationalist,” as the government faces scrutiny over destruction of the rainforest seen as vital to combating climate change. Around 2,254 square kilometers (870 square miles) of the Amazon were cleared in July, an increase of 278 percent from a year ago, […]

Wedding proposals are usually memorable moments because they signify the beginning of a lifelong marriage (or at least we hope so). However, one man took it to a whole other level. On the Facebook group That’s It, I’m Ring Shaming: The Wreckoning a Singaporean woman posted about a farmer making known his marital intentions by putting a […]

Just less than a year after a company official said it will not feature transgender models in its fashion shows, Victoria’s Secret featured its first transgender model, Valentina Sampaio. Erio Zanon, Sampaio’s agent said, “I confirm she will be featured in the new Pink campaign that will be released in Mid August. Victoria’s Secret contacted […]

by Hamza Mekouar More than 2.5 million Muslims will on Friday begin the annual hajj pilgrimage in the Islamic holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, against a backdrop of tensions in the Gulf. Crowds of worshippers have already begun to gather in Mecca in the days ahead of the hajj, the focal point of the […]

A helicopter and dozens of people were deployed Tuesday on the third day of a search for a vulnerable London teenager who went missing from a Malaysian rainforest resort, police said. The search effort left the grandfather of Nora Quoirin, 15, optimistic she will be found despite the “extremely mysterious” circumstances of her disappearance. Nora […]

Britain will experience shortages of certain foods in the event of a “disastrous” no-deal Brexit, with “serious disruption” expected for months, the country’s food and drink lobby warned Wednesday. “The food sector is absolutely clear that a no-deal exit is a disastrous outcome for us, but we’ve never said that the country is going to […]

A former Australian spy announced a surprise guilty plea Tuesday for exposing an alleged 2004 bugging operation against East Timor officials, after years of fighting the charges. Lawyers for the former agent, known only as “Witness K”, told a Canberra court he would plead guilty to blowing the whistle on the spying operation against the […]

Hong Kong police on Tuesday said 148 people were arrested during running battles with protesters the day before, the largest daily toll since huge pro-democracy protests kicked off two months ago. On Monday Hong Kong buckled under a general strike followed by the most widespread and sustained clashes so far with tear gas fired at […]

Cosmo Park, which sits on top of a shopping mall, is a busy place with people jogging, watering their plants or walking their dogs along neat asphalt roads. “Neighbourhood kids pedal their bikes under frangipani trees and peach-coloured bougainvillea to the pool and tennis court. Apartments, comfortable and modern, sit side by side, with barbecues […]

Singaporeans who have relocated to Hong Kong a few years back are now toying with the idea of going back to Singapore. This feeling is fuelled as tensions have aggravated in Hong Kong starting Monday (Aug 5). Police officers have tear gas and rubber bullets targeted at protesters, so much so many Singapore nationals residing in […]

Petaling Jaya — Kylie Jenner is turning 22 and has chosen to celebrate her birthday on fugitive Malaysian businessman Jho Low‘s Equanimity super yacht. According to an initial report by TMZ, Kylie’s chief of staff for her cosmetics brand has booked the yacht for a trip across the Mediterranean sea for Kylie’s 22nd birthday party on […]

Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran shared his heartbreak over the death of his cat Graham when it was hit by a car. The 28-year-old Grammy winner who is currently on his Divide tour in Hanover, Germany posted the news on Instagram on Friday. Sheeran rescued the feline when it was just a kitten and he shared a […]

“Are you a working girl? Is that how you can afford the room?” Alice Han, a Harvard-educated Korean-Canadian doctor, checked in to a motel room in New South Wales (NSW), Australia after an unfortunate ordeal with a flat tire on her vehicle. The man at the motel desk asked her if she was a “working […]

by Douglas Gillison with Kelly Wang in Shanghai The United States on Monday formally accused China of manipulating its currency, marking the second major escalation in the two countries’ spiraling trade war in just 24 hours. Washington’s sudden move came the day China allowed the yuan to fall below 7 to the dollar for the […]