US President Joe Biden is already facing resistance from political opponents and the National Rifle Association.Reuters US President Joe Biden and his Attorney General Merrick Garland announced limited measures to tackle gun violence in the United States on Thursday (April ), in what the White House described as a first step to curb mass shootings, community...
Instagram/ yasminnecheng It's not new that photos of local celebrities have been used illegally in catfishing ads and social media impersonation accounts. While a lot of them appear to involve financial scams, poor Yasminne Cheng found herself embroiled in something risque. On April 3, the 42-year-old radio DJ at Class 95FM tagged a private shopping group in an...
About 10 years ago, the concept of the “cryptocurrency market” did not exist yet, and now its capitalization is approaching the $2 trillion mark. To realize how much this is, let’s compare it with the US military budget for 2021, which is equal to $740 billion. Bitcoin was called a bubble, compared to the dot-com, the fate...
On 7th April, the Kedah state government agreed to prepare Lee Zii Jia (李梓嘉) an incentive worth RM25,000 after beating Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen in Birmingham for the All England men’s singles final on 21st March. Moreover, the 23-year-old athlete also defeated Japanese world champion Kento Momota (桃田賢斗). According to Datuk Misbun Sidek, the world will soon recognise...
Tokyo 2020 President Seiko Hashimoto looks on as actor Satomi Ishihara and Paralympian Aki Taguchi light the celebration cauldron on the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay in Naraha, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, March 25, 2021Reuters North Korea's sports ministry said on Tuesday (April 6) that it will not participate in the Tokyo Olympics...
Singapore will next month accept visitors who use a mobile travel pass containing digital certificates for Covid-19 tests and vaccines, its aviation regulator said on Monday (April 5), becoming one of the first countries to adopt the initiative. Singapore will accept the International Air Transport Association (IATA) mobile travel pass for pre-departure checks, where travellers can...
A mummy is seen in a video screened during a ceremony of a transfer of Royal mummies from the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir to the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Fustat, in Cairo, Egypt, on April 3, 2021.Reuters A grand parade conveyed 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies in special capsules across the capital Cairo on...
A handout photo. A wedding organised by Ultra Rich Match.South China Morning Post When the son of a wealthy Indian politician returned home in 2019 after acquiring an Ivy League education in the United States, his search for a prospective partner soon stalled as he realised he had no way of meeting someone suitable. “I was abroad...
The train was carrying almost 500 people.FACEBOOK/鄭榮貴 A Taiwanese construction site manager whose truck rolled down a hill and collided with a train appeared in court on Saturday (April 3), local media reported. The accident on Friday killed 51 passengers and crew and injured nearly 180, making it the island’s worst rail disaster in 7 decades. The...
A handout photo. Performance artists put toy fish in a polluted river in Zibo, Shandong province, to make it look like ‘hotpot fish’ in order to promote public awareness about environmental issues.South China Morning Post It was the biggest hotpot fish soup anyone has ever seen. Fifty one-metre-long fish were dancing in orange “soup” that ran...
