A story about a four-year-old boy in China giving three salutes to a policewoman who helped him apply for an identity card (ID) has touched millions online on the mainland. The unnamed boy from Fuyang in Anhui province in eastern China visited his local police station with his mother and older brother last Friday (Aug 5) to...
Hong Kong is easing Covid-19 entry rules for international arrivals from Friday (Aug 12), requiring them to remain in a hotel for three days before undergoing four days of "home medical surveillance" that will allow limited movement into areas where vaccine pass checks are not mandatory. The long-awaited cut from seven days of mandatory quarantine in...
Police in New Mexico on Sunday (Aug 7) asked for the public's help in locating a "vehicle of interest" in their probe of four fatal shootings of Muslim men whose slayings in Albuquerque over the past nine months are believed by investigators to be related. The latest victim, police said, was gunned down on Friday night,...
BLACKPINK’s Lisa (리사) has always provided the fans with different looks throughout the years. In particular, the Thai idol is often seen sporting different hair colours and styles to showcase her unique charm and versatility. From platinum blonde, black, orange, and even bright pink bob style, Lisa has tried her hands on them all! Recently, Lisa...
Not only isSex Education‘s Ncuti Gatwa the first Black actor to play the Time Lord, he will also be the first gay Doctor in the BBC’s Doctor Who. Neil Patrick Harris dropped the news during Variety’s Just for Variety podcast, where he gave fans a little bit of insight into what they can expect from the 14th...
Pop star and actress Lady Gaga appeared to confirm her casting in the upcoming motion picture sequel to the Oscar-winning psychological thriller Joker on Thursday (Aug 4) by posting a musical teaser on Twitter. The musical clip depicts silhouettes dancing together to the tune of the song Cheek to Cheek, originally written by Irving Berlin in 1935...
YouTuber Darryl Ian Koshy, who committed various sexual offences, including offering cash to a boy below 18 for sexual services, was jailed for 32 weeks on Friday (Aug 5). Better known as Dee Kosh, the 33-year-old will begin serving his sentence on Friday. Koshy had pleaded guilty in May to one charge of offering cash to a...
Malaysia is scrambling to protect its assets as the descendants of the last sultan of the remote Philippine region of Sulu look to enforce a $15 billion (S$20.6 billion) arbitration award in a dispute over a colonial-era land deal. In 1878, two European colonists signed a deal with the sultan for the use of his territory...
Tencent Holdings, China's most valuable company, will cancel free breakfast and dinner perks for its contract personnel in line with efforts to cut costs, according to two such employees who received that internal notice. Those personnel, who are outsourced by third-party firms to work at Tencent for a predetermined period and sum of money, were told...
China should think twice before unleashing more economic weapons on Taiwan to avoid blowback that could leave it in a "deeper predicament", experts and foreign business leaders say. Beijing launched a barrage of trade suspensions on Taipei on Wednesday (Aug 3) following the controversial visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, including export and import bans...
