SINGAPORE: Children younger than 18 months old should not be allowed screen use or be exposed to screens in the background. Background screen use refers to having the television or other devices turned on in the background even when a child is not watching them. These are part of stricter and clearer guidelines on screen use that the...
TOKYO (Reuters) - A large fire broke out in a commercial building near a famous tourist landmark Tsutenkaku Tower in Osaka in western Japan, local TV footage showed on Tuesday. (Reporting by Kantaro Komiya; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)
WASHINGTON (AP): Donald Trump, who overcame impeachments, criminal indictments and a pair of assassination attempts to win another term in the White House, will be sworn in as the 47th president on Monday (Jan 20), taking charge as Republicans assume unified control of Washington and set out to reshape the country's institutions. Trump will act swiftly...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden issued pre-emptive pardons on Monday for people Republican successor Donald Trump has targeted for retaliation, including former Republican lawmaker Liz Cheney, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley and former White House chief medical advisor Anthony Fauci. The pardon covers all lawmakers, including Cheney, who served on...
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire expects U.S. executive orders "imminently" from incoming President Donald Trump, which he said could allow banks to trade crypto, offer crypto investments to wealthy clients and hold it in portfolios. Circle is the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, a digital token pegged to the value of the U.S....
Donald Trump is not typically known for his calm or reserve, but in a craftsman’s workshop in rural China the US president-elect sits in divine contemplation. Cross-legged with his eyes half-closed in a pose evoking the Buddha, this porcelain version of America’s divisive leader-in-waiting is the work of designer and sculptor Hong Jinshi. The Zen-like figures –...
LONDON (Reuters) - A British teenager on Monday pleaded guilty to charges of murdering three young girls in a knife attack in northern England in July, a crime that horrified the nation and was followed by days of nationwide rioting. Axel Rudakubana, 18, changed his pleas from not guilty to guilty on what was due to...
CHARTERED flights have been cancelled. Performances have been called off or postponed. Tour agencies have fielded requests from travellers who want to change their plans. Chinese travellers have been scrapping trips to Thailand, frightened by the story of a Chinese actor who was abducted there, taken to Myanmar and forced to work in an online scam...
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A man who lured around 50 women and teenage girls for photo shoots after promising to pay them went on to record intimate videos of the victims. Some of the videos, which included those showing sexual acts, were taken without the victims’ consent. Min Thein Kyaw, who was working for a software firm...
LONDON: The new generation and young Malaysians must have the courage to reject corruption, racism and religious extremism, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. "In our Madani concept, we don’t compromise on issues like corruption, leaders squandering wealth... it doesn’t matter (the same) coalition or not,” he said during a question-and-answer session following his lecture...
