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by Jerome CARTILLIER The US House of Representatives formally condemned Donald Trump on Tuesday for xenophobic attacks on four minority Democratic lawmakers and hostile language targeting immigrants, as the president pushed back at accusations of racism. Top Republican leaders rallied around Trump, but four members of the president’s party voted with the 235 Democrats to […]

North Korea on Tuesday warned that US-South Korea military drills to be held next month “will affect” proposed working-level nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington. It was the first statement from Pyongyang on the issue since US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un agreed at an impromptu meeting in the Demilitarized Zone […]

by Andrew MARSZAL “Game of Thrones” and Netflix are tipped by TV industry watchers to dominate Tuesday’s Emmy nominations as Hollywood gears up for awards season. The Television Academy’s 24,000 members sifted through a record number of entries for this year’s Emmys, the small-screen equivalent of the Oscars. After nominations are announced final-round voting will […]

Famous singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran recently revealed that he got married to fiancée Cherry Seaborn during an interview with iHeartRadio. The couple went to high school together in their hometown in Suffolk. Sheeran talked about the lyrics of his song Remember My Name, a collaboration with Eminem and 50 Cent. The words “my wife” was mentioned […]

US President Donald Trump on Sunday told unnamed Democratic Congresswomen to “go back” where they came from, prompting senior members of the party to brand him a “racist” and a xenophobe. It is the latest controversial comment by Trump, who last year reportedly referred to countries in Africa as “shithole” nations, and who has spoken of […]

Singapore – Ex Mediacorp actress Jesseca Liu has turned to social media on July 11 (Thursday) in an appeal to get her missing MacBook Air. In her post, the Malaysian actress explained that she accidentally left her laptop on her car roof at the parking at Block 650 at Jalan Tenaga, where she visited a […]

Britain’s ambassador to Washington believed US President Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal because it was associated with his predecessor Barack Obama, according to leaked documents published Saturday. “The administration is set upon an act of diplomatic vandalism, seemingly for ideological and personality reasons — it was Obama’s deal,” ambassador Kim Darroch […]

Former Manchester United football star David Beckham and ex-Spice Girls member Victoria Beckham are celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary, having gotten married in 1999 at Luttrellstown Castle in Ireland. The couple, together with their sons Brooklyn, Cruz and Romeo shared social media posts to commemorate the occasion. The Sun reported, “For the ceremony, the happy […]

by Joe STENSON In a Belfast alleyway, a poignant graffiti mural makes a promise to Northern Ireland’s LGBT youth: “It won’t always be like this. It’s going to get better.” The words are a quote from Lyra McKee — a young gay journalist shot dead by dissident republicans during clashes with police in April. McKee’s […]

by Kevin TRUBLET Facebook’s planned virtual unit Libra, already under heavy attack from US President Donald Trump and global regulators, faces scepticism among the wider cryptocurrency community as well. One theme — besides Brexit — dominated discussion among the movers and shakers from London’s financial technology or FinTech industry as gathered for their annual get-together: the […]

Forbes just announced its annual list of the world’s highest paid celebrities and Taylor Swift made it to the top. The American pop-star earns an estimated pre-tax income of USD185 million (SGD251 million). Swift’s income can be credited to her 2018 Reputation tour and album. Next up on the list is social media and reality […]

The 1980s sci-fi show, Stranger Things launched its third season recently and it has broken all Netflix’s viewing records, said the streaming service in a tweet. The TV show which is about a bunch of suburban adolescents fighting off supernatural monsters has been watched by 40.7 million account holders in just four days. That figure […]

What do you do when your luggage is over the limit when you are at the check-in counter before your flight? Most people will just pay the excess baggage fees no matter how exorbitant it costs. However, someone decided to wear eight kilograms of clothing to avoid the baggage fees. John Irvine from Scotland was […]

Tourism is one of the key economic boosters in any country but as tourism numbers increase yearly, many destinations struggle to cope with the impact of rising numbers of visitors. Overtourism is real and cities like Amsterdam, Venice, Barcelona and Paris are some of the places that face it. According to a new report from […]

American actor Rip Torn, famous for his roles in Men in Black and The Larry Sanders Show has passed away at the age of 88. With a career spanning seven decades, he won an Emmy in 1996 for playing Artie, Sanders’ irascible producer, in Garry Shandling’s sitcom. The 1983 drama Cross Creek gave him his […]