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At the recent AMA awards, Selena Gomez suffered an anxiety attack that was due to added pressure the singer had placed on herself. Reports say Selena was not in the best mental health and the singer found herself embroiled into a massive amount of stress prior to her AMA performance. A rep told the media outlet […]

Godfrey Gao, a Taiwanese-Canadian actor and model passed away after suffering a heart attack during the filming of a reality TV show in eastern China. Gao was 35. JetStar Entertainment, his Taiwanese agency confirmed in a statement that Gao passed away early on Wednesday after more than two hours of efforts to revive him. He […]

India’s debt-crippled national airline is focused solely on daily survival and keeping its flights in the air, a spokesman said Thursday, after the government warned it would have to shut down unless a buyer was found. Air India owes more than $8.6 billion and has struggled to pay salaries and buy fuel, with losses mounting […]

China on Thursday defended its security crackdown in Xinjiang after French and German leaders condemned its mass detention of religious minorities in the region. The French foreign ministry on Wednesday called on China to “put an end to mass arbitrary detentions” in Xinjiang. German chancellor Angela Merkel on the same day told lawmakers she backed […]

North Korea fired two “unidentified projectiles” on Thursday — the Thanksgiving holiday in the US — Seoul said, as nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington remain deadlocked. The brief statement from the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Pyongyang fired two projectiles eastwards from South Hamgyong province which came down in the Sea of […]

South Korea will suspend up to a quarter of its coal-fired power plants in the next three months, even as demand for electricity peaks during the bitter winter, as it seeks to tackle air pollution, Seoul said Thursday. The world’s 11th largest economy is struggling to address growing public concern over airborne particles and pollutants, […]

by Anthony WALLACE / Daniel SUEN Hong Kong police on Thursday entered a ransacked university campus where authorities faced off for days with barricaded pro-democracy protesters, gathering a huge haul of petrol bombs and other dangerous materials left over from the occupation. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University became the epicentre of the territory’s increasingly violent […]

Malaysian actor Henry Golding is making it big ever since his huge break with Crazy Rich Asians. The actor was part of the iconic 8TV Quickie crew and also working as a travel host before being asked to act in Crazy Rich Asians as the main character. Crazy Rich Asians, one of the biggest movies […]

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has become one of the largest movie franchises in history. It might be the largest movie franchise ever, covering blockbuster movies, TV shows, books and comics. Superheroes such as Iron Man and Captain America are iconic familiar faces from Stan Lee’s own creations. Hot off the press is news that a […]

For the past few weeks, the box-office has seen lacklustre responses from movie-goers. Some movies haven’t been doing well at all. Gemini Man grossed $US171 million with a $US 138 million budget, Terminator:Dark Fate grossed $US249 million with a $US 196 million budget, Charlie’s Angels grossed $US43 million with a $29 million budget and Doctor […]

Jordan Chan, a Hong Kong actor and singer is facing a possible six months’ jail for uploading a photo of his ballot paper for Hong Kong’s district council elections on social media. Malay Mail quoted Hong Kong daily Ming Pao as saying the pro-China star had uploaded a photo on his Weibo account and hashtags […]

Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday put up a spirited defence of NATO after French President Emmanuel Macron’s criticism, saying Germany has a bigger interest today in ensuring the bloc stays together than even during the Cold War. Days before leaders of the transatlantic alliance are due to hold a summit, Merkel said NATO has been […]

Washington DC has joined the states of New York and California in suing Juul labs, the United States’ largest electronic cigarette manufacturer, for targeting youngsters with its marketing campaigns. The vaping industry faces intense scrutiny for an epidemic of lung ailments that has killed more than 40 people and sickened over 2,000 in recent months, […]

Beijing on Wednesday accused developed countries including the US of doing too little to curb global warming, ahead of a UN summit discussing controversial issues including climate compensation. China is the world’s second-largest economy and the biggest emitter of carbon dioxide, but has repeatedly argued that developed nations should lead on tackling international climate obligations. […]

Seven Islamist extremists have been sentenced to death by a Bangladesh court over a savage 2016 attack that killed 22 people including 18 foreigners at a Dhaka cafe popular with Westerners. A special anti-terrorism tribunal delivered the verdict in a crowded courtroom in the capital Dhaka, with judge Mojibur Rahman saying the attackers wanted “to […]