Author - Stephanie Chan

Did Megan Fox & Machine Gun Kelly Break Up? Their Relationship Status

Megan and MGK have been on and off for years, but did they break up for good? Find out their current status here. Megan Fox and Machine Gun Kelly‘s (a.k.a Colson Baker) relationship continues to mystify fans. Although the duo excitedly announced their engagement in January 2022 (and drank each other’s blood!), they hit a rough patch the...

Jamie Foxx’s Restaurant Altercation: Updates After He Was Attacked

Just days after his 'What Had Happened Was' special dropped, Jamie had a drinking glass thrown at his face in Beverly Hills, California. Jamie Foxx has had a hectic season. Just days after his Netflix special, What Had Happened Was, premiered, the actor and comedian was attacked during his birthday dinner at Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills, California....

Chef Caught Dipping Broom Into Wok And Then Using It To Scrub Floor

We just lost our appetite. When one says a restaurant is so clean that you can eat off the floor, we doubt they mean this right? In a clip posted to Instagram by @guangdonghkmacao, a netizen recorded a chef in Guangdong cleaning his kitchen by putting a broom into a wok of hot water and then using...

Select Asian students to study medicine in Japan for free, new programme to start as soon as 2026

TOKYO: Japan’s Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry plans to cover tuition and living expenses for select international students from Asia studying at medical schools in Japan. This is the first time that the ministry is attempting such an initiative, which it is undertaking with the aim of contributing to the international community and expanding the use...

Singapore Ministers to send letters of demand to Bloomberg, other media outlets over ‘libellous’ statements

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam and Manpower Minister Tan See Leng are taking legal action against Bloomberg and other media outlets for publishing statements concerning their property transactions, which they consider libellous. The statements were first published in a Dec 12 Bloomberg article on good class bungalow transactions in Singapore...

Indonesia’s largest party expels Jokowi after he backed Prabowo for President’s post

JAKARTA (Bloomberg): Indonesia’s largest party has officially expelled former President Joko Widodo after he spurned the party’s own candidate in February elections and backed Prabowo Subianto’s successful campaign to become leader of South-East Asia’s biggest economy. Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle Chairwoman, known as PDI-P, Megawati Soekarnoputri made the decision to expel Jokowi, as the former...

Employees and MSMEs will suffer with insurance premium hikes, says MEF

PETALING JAYA: A proposed surge in insurance premiums could severely impact businesses, particularly micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), says the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF). Its president Datuk Dr Syed Hussain Syed Husman said any cost increase could greatly strain working capital, hinder cash flows, and discourage crucial investments in digitalisation, tech adoption and operational expansions. "Such...

Suspension of 80:20 foreign worker employment ratio extended, says ministry

KUALA LUMPUR: The Investment, Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti) has announced that the suspension of the 80:20 employment ratio requirement for the manufacturing sector will continue until the Multi-Tiered Levy Mechanism (MTLM) is fully implemented. The 80:20 policy refers to the employment condition that mandates a ratio of 80% local workers and 20% foreign workers in...

MetMalaysia issues thunderstorm warnings for eight states.

PETALING JAYA: Several Malaysian states, including Selangor, Johor and Sabah, are forecast for thunderstorms, heavy rain and strong winds, according to the Malaysia Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia). The weather warning was issued on Monday, Dec 16 and is effective until 6pm. Based on the warning, adverse weather conditions are expected in Perak (Kuala Kangsar, Kinta, Kampar and Batang...

Canada’s finance minister quits, attacks PM Trudeau’s ‘political gimmicks’

OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland unexpectedly resigned on Monday over a policy clash with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, dismissing his plans for increased spending as "political gimmicks". Freeland quit just hours before she was due to present a fall economic update to parliament, a document widely expected to show the minority Liberal government had...