China's appetite for salmon and other seafood has crashed this month, after a resurgence in coronavirus infections in Beijing was traced to chopping boards for imported salmon in a wholesale food market in the capital. Exporters all the way to Europe are feeling the pinch as the virus scare prompts supermarkets and e-commerce players such as...
China is expected to post positive growth this year even as the global economy contracts 4.9 per cent in a coronavirus-driven plunge in output, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday. The IMF’s World Economic Outlook Update estimated China’s economy will grow 1 per cent in 2020, a downgrade of its April forecast, but better...
Datuk Seri Najib Razak and former 1MDB CEO Arul Kanda Kandasamy have pleaded not guilty to amended charges related to the tampering of 1MDB audit report. Earlier Wednesday (June 24), the High Court here allowed the prosecution's application to amend the charges levelled against them. Justice Mohamed Zaini Mazlan said he found the amendment to the charges...
The Malaysian police have arrested the Singaporean said to be responsible for distributing drugs using a drone from Singapore to Johor Baru. This followed the arrest of four of his compatriots, including a woman, by the Singapore police a couple of days ago. Federal Narcotic Crime Investigation Department (NCID) director Comm Datuk Ramli Din said the suspect,...
Making Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad the ninth prime minister is the surest way for PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to become the prime minister, said Malaysia DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang. The MP for Iskandar Puteri said DAP was not abandoning Anwar for Dr Mahathir but was being realistic given the current political situation. “The question...
Sad that you can no longer catch Korean heartthrob Lee Min-ho on screen since The King: Eternal Monarch has ended its run? Cheer up: its follow-up drama Backstreet Rookie stars equally handsome actor Ji Chang-wook. Based on a popular webtoon, a type of digital comic in South Korea titled Convenience Store Saet-byul, the romantic comedy stars Kim...
Netflix travel show Twogether is set to premiere on June 26, and it’s going to feature two of Asia’s biggest idols: Lee Seung-gi (李昇基) of South Korea and Jasper Liu (劉以豪) of Taiwan. The two actors had never met prior to joining the project, and only learned about each other through watching their respective works. Due to travel restrictions, Netflix had to...
Chow Yun Fat (周潤發) has made his first social media appearance after months of silence. On February 13, the Film King’s mother passed away at 98 years old. While Chow Yun Fat is normally a private person, he would often make appearances here and there on random social media accounts, as netizens and fans catch him on his...
Grace Chan (陳凱琳), who announced her second pregnancy last month, is celebrating her 29th birthday with a set of beautiful maternity photos. On June 23, Grace’s 29th birthday, the TVB actress shared on Instagram a solo maternity photoshoot she had taken. Grace wore a tan-colored body suit, matching the background. From the looks of her belly, Grace looks...
Known for her outspoken personality, Jinny Ng (吳若希) has spilled many details about her marriage with Alex Ho (何兆鴻). In the past, Jinny had commented on Alex’s cheating as well as bedroom preferences, which many fans found such intimate details should have been left out of public discussions. In a recent interview on TVB’s entertainment news show StarTalk, Jinny reveals why she tends...
