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KUALA LUMPUR — Cantopop singer Eason Chan may have to fork out HK$60 million (S$10.4 million) as compensation for cutting ties with sportswear brand Adidas. Hong Kong’s hk01.com reported that Chan had been working with the brand for 10 years before the 46-year-old’s recent decision to cut working ties after a group of clothing brands […]

KUALA LUMPUR — Hong Kong actor Louis Koo’s philanthropy is not only confined to the city-state. As a photo of a kindergarten building at Henan with Koo’s name made its rounds on social media, Sina.com reported that Koo had donated funds to build four schools last year, namely Sungang Primary School, Chengguan Town Centre Kindergarten, […]

PETALING JAYA– Korean-American musician Jae from the band Day6 has deleted his Twitch channel after a joke he made about sugar daddies caused controversy in South Korea. Earlier this week, Jae, whose full name is Park Jae-hyung, joked in English about having a sugar daddy while playing the video game Rust on his Twitch stream. […]

KUALA LUMPUR — A Japanese gaming company is giving its staff a day off to play the video game Monster Hunter Rise which is set to be released tomorrow. Japanese VR/AR developer Mark-on CEO Jack Masaki emailed staff on Tuesday, as well as tweeting his announcement. In the email, Masaki said he noticed many of […]

Singapore — A Singaporean woman living in Brisbane has been deported for overstaying her student visa. A statement from the Australian Border Force (ABF) on Friday (March 19) said that the woman had been found guilty on state charges of engaging in prostitution knowingly participating in the provision of prostitution by another”. Those convicted of […]

More than 100,00 people were killed in the Sri Lankan insurgency from 1972 until 2009.  The highest toll of mass killings was in Mullivaikkal where an estimated 40,000 Tamils were killed in early 2009. Towards the end of the insurgency in May 2009, aerial bombardments and indiscriminate shellings by the Sri Lankan army, navy and […]

Singapore — An Anchorvale resident shared with MP Jamus Lim how distraught he was about CECA. The MP was on a house visit on Thursday (Mar 18) when the resident said the India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) “has been unfair for Singaporean workers, and has led to both a flood of Indian nationals, alongside […]

DUBLIN — The cellar of The Temple Bar in central Dublin would normally be stacked head-high with enough kegs of Guinness to serve thousands of pints to revellers toasting Ireland’s patron saint. But this St Patrick’s Day today, only a smattering of empty caskets line the chilled basement of the crimson-coloured pub, the cornerstone of […]

Update: Count on Me, Singapore composer Hugh Harrison has finally spoken up. The Indian composer Joey Mendoza said he had never heard Count on Me, Singapore though his own song I Can Achieve sounds just like the Singapore song. Mendoza said he wrote his song in 1983, three years before Count on Me, Singapore was […]

PETALING JAYA — The annual Anugerah Juara Lagu (AJL) music competition promises no shortage of eye-catching fashion and this year was no different. The popular music event which marked its 35th year last night saw host Sherry Alhadad making headlines for one of her outfits that many said reminded them of garbage bags and even […]

KUALA LUMPUR — Long before actress Zoe Saldana was the green-hued Gamora in the Marvel Avengers franchise, the US-Dominican beauty was known for playing the all-blue Na’vi named Neytiri in Avatar. The James Cameron 2009 epic sci-fi blockbuster reclaimed the highest-grossing film spot from Avengers: Endgame after its re-release in China over the weekend. Despite […]

San Francisco – Streaming service giant Netflix is testing a new feature that would prevent non-subscribers from riding on a friend’s or family member’s account to curtail password sharing among users. Netflix confirmed on Friday (Mar 12) that it was testing a new feature that would more strictly enforce its rule against password sharing with […]

KUALA LUMPUR — In the changing Malaysian media landscape, a stagnant area is the awareness of gender sensitivity, said seasoned media practitioners and women’s rights activists. From the way news reports are written to how women journalists are treated in the media industry, they said there has been scant progress when it comes to championing […]

Covax will distribute 14.4 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to 31 more countries next week, the WHO said Friday as it warned people not to waste, through complacency, the hope that vaccines bring. The Covax global vaccine-sharing facility shipped more than 20 million doses to 20 countries as the scheme aimed at ensuring poorer nations get […]

JOHOR BARU — A 35-year-old female civil servant fell victim to a “Macau Scam” syndicate and lost RM28,600 after she was tricked into believing she was dealing with the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) and police. Johor Baru North police chief Assistant Commissioner Rupiah Abd Wahid said she lodged a police report regarding the incident shortly […]