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WhatsApp To Start Sharing User Data With Facebook In February

WhatsApp was first owned by Facebook dating back to 2014. During that time, WhatsApp stated that user data will not be shared with Facebook. However, as times progress, shared user data between the social media platforms will come into effect on 8th February 2021. Now, WhatsApp is giving its users two options, either agree to share...

Local Netizens Are Cancelling Janna Nick On Twitter For This Reason

Janna Nick has been causing quite the fuss online after her series of tweets on Twitter. It all started after the local starlet commented on the Capitol building attack in Washington, US by Donald Trump’s supporters. Source: Twitter The 26-year-old celeb’s tweet compared what had been happening in America with “The Purge” movie franchise. She also stressed on...

Jeffree Star Speaks Out On Dating Rumours With Kanye West

If it was a shock to everyone that Jeffree Star and Kanye West were dating, it was an even bigger shock to YouTube makeup artist, Jeffree Star. The 35-year-old woke up to his phone blowing up with “a million” texts, phone calls and enquiries from news outlets on 6th January. He told his cameraman that he...

Zhou Xun and Archie Kao divorce, his new girlfriend is Singaporean?

They've been plagued with divorce rumours over the years, and they've turned out to be true after all. Chinese actress Zhou Xun, 46, and Chinese-American actor Archie Kao, 51, have confirmed that they've divorced after six years of marriage.   Archie, through a friend, reportedly told Taiwan Apple Daily on Wednesday (Dec 23): "We haven't taken a photo together for many years, of...

Town bombing kills 9, wounds dozens in Philippine south

A bombing in a town on a restive southern Philippines island killed nine people and wounded dozens on Monday, among them soldiers and civilians, the military said, with Islamist militants suspected of being behind the attack. Two explosions believed to be homemade bombs were triggered within one hour of each other in the main urban centre...

Bali to stay closed to foreign travellers till end of 2020

Plans to reopen Bali to international tourists on Sept. 11 have been reconsidered following the government's decision to wait until the end of this year before welcoming foreign visitors. "The government is still prohibiting its citizens from traveling abroad at least until the end of 2020. In line with the policy, we also cannot open the gate to international travelers...

Piglet petting zoo opens in Shanghai mall

A shop that allows customers to interact with mini-musk swines has opened in Shanghai's Super Brand Mall. Located on the second floor of the shopping mall, the shop currently has 10 of these small piglets. According to the shop attendant, customers are allowed to feed the piglets once during their visit. Each entry costs 69 yuan (S$15)...

Malaysia opens inquest into death of Irish girl at jungle resort

A Malaysian court opened an inquest on Monday into the death of an Irish teenager whose body was found near a jungle stream, 10 days after she went missing during a family holiday at a rainforest resort. The naked body of Nora Anne Quoirin, 15, who suffered from learning difficulties, was found in a ravine near the...

Alex Winter: Filming Bill and Ted Face the Music was ‘weirdly nostalgic’

Alex Winter has described the first day of filming on Bill & Ted Face the Music as "weirdly nostalgic". The 55-year-old actor reprises his role as time-travelling musician Bill Preston for the first time in 29 years in the new flick - alongside Keanu Reeves as Ted Logan - and he admitted it brought back fond...

Yu Zheng Praises Song Weilong; Slams Netizens’ Critique

Nicknamed “golden producer,” famed Chinese producer Yu Zheng (于正) has always been a straight talker fearless of netizen attacks, and would often lash back at them online. Recently, he slammed yet another netizen over the latter’s criticism of actor Song Weilong (宋威龍). Praises Song Weilong’s Performance Recently, 21-year-old Song Weilong garnered much attention as the male lead of well-received drama Go Ahead <以家人之名>....