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by Catherine MARCIANO / Richard CARTER Pope Francis arrives in Japan on Saturday, where he is expected to deliver a robust anti-nuclear message of peace in the only country to have suffered an atomic bomb attack. The 82-year-old Argentine is fulfilling a long-cherished ambition to preach in Japan, where years ago he hoped to be […]

Hong Kong celebrity Cecilia Cheung has been making so many trips to Singapore that some people said she should be named an honorary Singaporean by now. She just visited the island-state and she is keeping it pretty low-key. Based on clues in her Instagram Stories, the 39-year-old mum shared her day out on November 15 […]

A Chinese defector involved in spying operations in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia has provided a trove of intelligence on China’s political interference operations to Australian officials, according to a media report Saturday. The Nine network newspapers said the defector, named as Wang “William” Liqiang, had given Australia’s counter-espionage agency the identities of China’s senior […]

South Korean K-pop band BTS’s Jungkook hit another record to be the first male idol in a group to achieve a whopping number of 100 million streams on Spotify. He also achieved that with an unpromoted b-side. The single, Euphoria is currently the third most streamed song by a Korean soloist on Spotify. It is […]

Bond star Daniel Craig is reportedly done playing James Bond and he will leave the franchise completely after the release of his fifth and final turn as 007. The 51-year-old British actor confirmed reports saying that next year’s 2020 No Time To Die will be his last outing as the suave superspy. He is ready […]

The former CIA officer who may have devastated US intelligence collection in China by giving up its network of informants to Beijing agents was sentenced on Friday to 19 years in prison. Jerry Chun Shing Lee, a naturalized US citizen who worked for the Central Intelligence Agency from 1994 to 2007, was arrested in January […]

Hong Kong — Thursday, November 21, saw the youngest person in the months-long demonstrations in Hong Kong plead guilty to two counts of criminal damage which occurred last month, four months after the increasingly violent protests started in June. The boy reportedly sprayed obscene graffiti at an exit at Prince Edward MTR as well as […]

Several Indonesian ministries are banning pregnant, disabled, or LGBT job hunters in favour of what one called “normal” applicants, the Ombudsman said Friday, slammed as “arbitrary and hateful restrictions” by a rights group. The report comes as the world’s biggest Muslim majority country takes applications from millions of candidates who are applying for some 200,000 […]

We’ve been wondering if there is going to be a sequel to Todd Philips’ critically acclaimed blockbuster Joker over the past couple of weeks. Based on recent reports, it might actually be happening. The director of the original Joker, Philips is discussing with Warner Bros to reprise his part as a director for the sequel. […]

by Laurent Thomet and Helen Roxburgh President Xi Jinping said Friday that China wants to reach an initial trade deal with the United States but is “not afraid” to fight back when necessary. It is rare for Xi to speak so directly about the trade war, and his comments come two days after US President […]

Popular American pop singer and songwriter Taylor Swift revealed to fans that she may not be able to perform at a music awards ceremonies because record executives said she could not. There is an ongoing row over the ownership of her songs and the 29-year-old accused the executives of exercising ‘tyrannical control’ over her music. Swift […]

President Donald Trump, by withholding military aid from Ukraine to demand dirt on a potential 2020 election rival, went beyond anything done by disgraced predecessor Richard Nixon, the Democratic chair of the House impeachment panel alleged Thursday. “What we’ve seen here is far more serious than a third-rate burglary of the Democratic headquarters,” House Intelligence […]

MCU’s Avengers: Endgame success this year cemented its status as an iconic pop culture phenomenon. The end of the Avengers phase was a bittersweet moment for fans after it impacted their lives for over a decade. Some of you may have heard about the theories of alternate endings in Avengers:Endgame. Marvel has released several deleted […]

Sri Lanka’s divisive Rajapaksa clan consolidated their grip on power on Thursday as newly elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa swore in his brother Mahinda as prime minister. The siblings are credited with destroying in brutal fashion ethnic Tamil separatists to end Sri Lanka’s civil war a decade ago when Mahinda was president and Gotabaya effectively ran […]

“Does it spark joy?” asks Marie Kondo on her Netflix series “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo”, holding up a tea pot, a sweater or any sundry home item. If it doesn’t “spark joy” in you, Kondo is emphatic that you get rid of it. When she was a mere student of 19, Marie Kondo launched […]