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    Singapore — There’s been a lot of hype over Ah Girls Go Army, which is set to be released next Tuesday, Feb 1, the first day of Chinese New Year. On Jan 26 (Wednesday), Wake Up, Singapore called out the film’s director, Jack Neo, for the low bar he set for what audiences […]

    In a new interview, Lakshya Sen, who beat World Champion Loh Kean Yew at the India Open earlier this month, admitted that he felt the pressure during the finals, but believed he could best the Singaporean athlete. Sen, 20, who hails from Almora, defeated Loh, 24, 24-22, 21-17, in a 54-minute match on […]

Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: – Police probe Partygate – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson vows to cooperate with police on any formal probe into coronavirus lockdown-breaking parties at Downing Street, further intensifying pressure on his position. – IMF slashes growth estimate – The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is creating an […]

By Joseph BOYLE Privacy measures that are meant to preserve the anonymity of smartphone users are no longer suitable for the digital age, a study suggested on Tuesday.Vast quantities of data are scooped up from smartphone apps by firms looking to develop products, conduct research or target consumers with adverts. In Europe and many other […]

A viral video of a man beating his wife in China, and police’s handling of the case, has renewed a debate online in the country over how to punish domestic abusers. Last week, a home security video that showed a man from the northwestern city of Xi’an assaulting his wife during a citywide Covid-19 lockdown […]

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck getting married may seem like destiny, seeing as they were dating then they broke up and they’re now back together again. The superstar couple’s on and off relationship has been the subject of much speculation since early 2000. The duo finally got married in Las Vegas on July 17th. Popularly […]

“Spider-Man: No Way Home” powered its way into sixth place on the all-time global box office list, as it returned to the top spot in North American theaters at the weekend, industry data showed Sunday. In its sixth week out, the Sony superhero yarn with Tom Holland in the title role took in an estimated […]

By Chris Stein Blocks from the White House, an unassuming edifice in downtown Washington that once held offices used by the US Department of Justice is set to be converted into homes for hundreds of people. The transformation of the vacant office space is among a surge of “adaptive reuse” projects that swept the US […]

Beijing, China By Poornima WEERASEKARA China condemned a French parliament resolution on Friday that accuses Beijing of carrying out a genocide against its Uyghur Muslim population, a move that has strained ties two weeks before the Winter Olympics.The resolution adds to a chorus of western nations that have criticised Beijing for placing around one million Uyghurs […]

South Korean tech giant Samsung has pulled an online advert in Singapore that featured a hijab-wearing Muslim woman hugging her drag queen son after it sparked a backlash from socially conservative corners. LGBTQ rights remain a sensitive topic in the prosperous city-state, where a rarely invoked colonial-era law banning sex between men was upheld by […]

Jakarta, Indonesia Tens of thousands of Indonesia’s indigenous people are at risk of being expelled from their lands to make way for the construction of a new capital on jungle-clad Borneo island, a rights group warned on Friday. At least 20,000 people from 21 indigenous groups live in the area designated for the construction of the […]

Three men were indicted for allegedly conspiring to sell handwritten notes and lyrics for the Eagles album Hotel California. The 100 or so pages were stolen in the late 1970s according to band member Don Henley and include the lyrics to the songs Hotel California, Life in the Fast Lane and New Kid in Town. […]

World class athlete and Olympic champion Mo Farah arrived in Britain at the age of 9 and was forced to do menial work in exchange for food. This included housework and childcare. “If I wanted food in my mouth,” he said. Farah, 39, was born in Somalia and his original name is Hussein Abdi Kahin. […]

By Laurie Chen and AFP reporters A growing number of Western nations and cybersecurity groups have issued digital surveillance warnings for next month’s Winter Olympics in Beijing, with some advising foreign athletes to leave personal phones and laptops at home. China hopes to pull off a successful, coronavirus-free Games that will burnish its international reputation. […]

A US warship sailed through the South China Sea on Thursday, sparking a warning from China’s military as tensions between the superpowers remain high. The American navy said the USS Benfold “asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the vicinity of the Paracel Islands, consistent with international law”. The Southern Theatre Command of the People’s Liberation Army […]