Accept chicken parts instead of whole chicken, urge importers

Chicken importers facing a Malaysian export ban that kicks in from June 1 are urging their clients to accept whatever parts - such as breast or wing - are available, rather than order the whole bird. For their part, importers are ramping up processing before the ban, stockpiling as much chicken in chillers and freezers while they can...

Elon Musk tweets hope for Amber Heard and Johnny Depp to ‘move on’ from their defamation case

Elon Musk arrives at the In America: An Anthology of Fashion themed Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York, US, on May 2, 2022.Reuters Elon Musk hopes Amber Heard and Johnny Depp are both able to "move on" from their defamation case. The billionaire businessman dated Amber, 36, for several...

China’s tech giants test the waters in fashion metaverse despite slim chance of profits

A handout photo. Shanghai-based Dazzle Fashion joined the Metaverse Fashion Week event on blockchain-based Decentraland in March.South China Morning Post China's Big Tech companies from ByteDance to Tencent Holdings are testing the waters in the fashion metaverse even though prospects of monetisation and profitability are slim in the foreseeable future. TikTok owner ByteDance is launching a digital...

Trip cancellations and postponements: Singaporeans put off travel plans as surge in passport applications and processing time continues

Mr Mohd Shariff submitted an application for his wife's new passport on April 6, intending to travel to Kuala Lumpur on Vesak Day on May 15 with his family. But they had to put their plans on hold when she could not get her travel document on time. He is among other people here who have...

‘They said this boy’s life is finished’: Chinese Paralympian eyes world first

Sailor Xu Jingkun has made a habit of defying expectations ever since he lost part of his left arm as a 12-year-old. The Chinese Paralympian has been breaking barriers on land and sea ever since and just two years after completing a mammoth round-the-world journey, he's now preparing for his greatest challenge yet. In November Xu will...

Pakistan’s mango production to fall by 50 per cent due to heatwave, water shortage

Pakistan's mango production is expected to decline by around 50 per cent this year, as the crop has been severely hit by unusually high temperatures and water shortages, the chief of a growers' and exporters' association said. Pakistan witnessed an extreme heatwave this month, with temperatures in the south crossing 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit)....

Texas massacre shocks, but gunfire at US schools at record high

On Tuesday (May 25) three students were shot and wounded outside an elementary school in Washington DC. A day earlier, three teenagers were shot as they left their high school in Philadelphia. Last week, there were three shootings at high school graduations in Michigan, Louisiana and Tennessee. Gunfire at US schools is at a record high, with a...

Hong Kong Toy Shop Refunded Family After Broken Teletubbies Sculpture Incident

Even though children are a joy to the world, they’re still learning and may not be careful with their surroundings, which why is it’s the parents’ responsibilities to look after them especially when out and about. You’ll never know if they might end up breaking something. An incident happened over in Hong Kong recently went viral...

His parents think he’s ‘a disgrace’, but this scrap collector in China is on a mission

"My parents think I am a disgrace," said 27-year-old Wu Kaisi. "Being famous for collecting scraps is as disgraceful to them as being famous for running naked in the streets." Wu first captured the imagination of people in China in 2014, when he walked over 1,800km from Guangzhou to Chengdu in only a pair of slippers....

India cable car collision: Last of almost 50 people trapped mid-air rescued

Indian military rescuers with helicopters lifted to safety on Tuesday (April 12) the last of almost 50 passengers who had been trapped mid-air since a fatal cable-car collision two days earlier, police said. The collision on the pilgrim cableway directly killed one person, and another fell to his death on Monday when trying to climb on...