Haidilao (海底捞) may be popular among hotpot lovers but the company has not been doing well ever since the Covid-19 pandemic hit. As a result, Haidilao International Holding announced that it will be closing down or suspending 300 stores by 31st December 2021. Despite the aggressive expansion in recent years, the Chinese hotpot chain has been...
Say Hi to Akita. It has been a while since we had travelled to Japan and thanks to JNTO to have us in their virtual tour to explore the beautiful place called Akita Prefecture. Akita Prefecture (秋田県, Akita-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. We had learned that Akita was...
Coral surrounds two small islands on the Great Barrier Reef, located off the coast of Queensland, near the town of Rockhampton, in Australia, on Nov 15, 2018.Reuters AsiaOne has launched EarthOne, a new section dedicated to environmental issues — because we love the planet and we believe science. Find articles like this there. SYDNEY - A study released on Friday...
Dwayne Johnson has pledged to stop using real guns in his movies. The Rock has made the move following the tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the Alec Baldwin film Rust and will no longer use real firearms on projects from his Seven Bucks Productions company. Speaking to Variety at the premiere of his new action comedy film...
Covid-19 has pushed many Singaporeans to buy their own homes earlier, especially with Work From Home (WFH) arrangements becoming indefinite. This has resulted in newly married couples, singles, and even people barely out of school wanting their own place. For these younger buyers, there are some key concerns to avoid problems further down the road: 1. Before buying...
Amid sweeping funeral reforms to phase out ground burials, authorities in a remote town in southern China have dug up the body of an elderly woman for cremation after her son gave her a traditional burial, the Chuncheng Evening News reported on Tuesday (Nov 2). A villager surnamed Yang from Datang township of Pingtang county, Guizhou province, southern...
Apple was ordered to pay 12 million yuan (S$2.5 million) to a Chinese online publisher in an initial ruling handed down by the Tianjin Binhai People's Court on Monday (Nov 1), months after the country's highest court decided against the US technology giant in another lawsuit. That ruling in favour of the Tianjin subsidiary of COL...
Moderna Inc on Thursday (Nov 4) slashed the 2021 sales forecast for its Covid-19 vaccine by as much as $5 billion (S$6.7 billion), grappling to fill vials and distribute them to meet unprecedented world demand, sending its shares tumbling 16 per cent. Moderna executives said production challenges now lie with bottling up doses, also known as...
Malaysia has always had a string of heroes on the badminton scene. From Dato’ Lee Chong Wei to current world No. 8 player, Lee Zii Jia (李梓嘉), we have no shortage of skilled players. However, former national player Roslin Hashim is of the opinion that we shouldn’t sleep on another athlete. We’ve had several badminton tournaments since the...
From Nov 13 to 21, 2021, a giant sculpture of Companion, a character from the artist Kaws will be displayed at The Float @ Marina Bay, Measuring 42m-long, this is Kaws: HOLIDAY’s seventh stop — after touring Seoul, Taipei, Hong Kong, Japan, Outer Space, and the United Kingdom. Kaws: HOLIDAY in United KingdomPHOTO: Kaws The artist shared...
