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Star of Crazy Rich Asians Malaysian actor Henry Golding was frazzled after meeting Hollywood star Matthew McConaughey for the first time. Golding revealed a funny story about how he was very excited to work with the Interstellar actor in the upcoming action thriller The Gentlemen, in an interview on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. […]

A new Airbus plane will be sent back to engineers in France following complaints of a “smell of wet sock” from cabin crew in the Pacific island territory of New Caledonia. The Airbus A330neo came into service on October 4 as part of a fleet renewal at Air Caledonie International (ACI), the french territory’s international […]

Hong Kong—The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) became part of the ongoing protests in the city earlier this week as a confrontation occurred, with students endeavouring to bar police from entering the university campus. University officials suspended classes a fortnight earlier than the original schedule, but CUHK may yet continue to be the scene […]

by Danny KEMP International investigators looking into the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine released intercepted phone calls on Thursday showing close links between “high-ranking” Russian officials and rebel suspects facing trial over the crash. The probe said the recordings raised questions about the possible involvement of key Kremlin officials — including Defence Minister Sergei […]

While his former lover, Taiwanese model Lin Chi-ling is getting hitched this coming weekend, Jerry Yan is finding it hard to meet girls and is still single. 42-year-old Yan is acting in an upcoming Chinese series called Count Your Lucky Stars. Yan acts as an editor who woos a designer which is played by Shen […]

Donald Trump on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to bar a prosecutor from obtaining his tax returns, arguing that as president he has blanket immunity. Trump, a former New York businessman, is the first American president since Richard Nixon not to make his tax returns public, arguing they’re under audit by the Internal Revenue Service. […]

Hong Kong TVB actress Jacqueline Wong is making a comeback to social media after seven months of hiatus. On Nov 10, Sunday, Wong changed her profile photo and uploaded her first Instagram post since her apology in April following her involvement in a cheating scandal with singer Andy Hui. The post features a stack of […]

To commemorate Remembrance Day service recently, Meghan Markle wore one of Stella McCartney’s coats. The British fashion designer who also designed Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’s wedding reception dress shared a photo of Meghan wearing one of her pieces during Remembrance Day services. McCartney later deleted the post after netizens complained that the designer was promoting […]

China on Thursday completed a test of its Mars exploration lander ahead of Beijing’s first mission to the red planet slated for 2020. Beijing is pouring billions into its military-run space programme, with hopes of having a crewed space station by 2022. Thursday’s hovering and obstacle-avoidance test, which took place in northern Hebei province, was […]

by Alexandria SAGE Venice braced itself for more rising waters on Thursday as Italy’s government prepared to take emergency measures for the canal city struck by an exceptional tide this week. Venetians awoke to sirens indicating that the high waters were expected to exceed 130 centimetres (50 inches), enough to bring the salty dirty water […]

The Hollywood Reporter says a Friends reunion with the full cast and creators being part of it is in the works. The hit TV series celebrates its 25th anniversary while insiders revealed that the six core stars and creators of the NBC comedy from Warner Bros. TV are in discussion to reunite on HBO Max. The […]

by Haeril HALIM Indonesian Mirnawati once ate rice with every meal, but its link to diabetes convinced her to join a growing movement to quit a staple food in the third biggest rice-consuming nation on Earth. As World Diabetes Day is held Thursday, the Southeast Asian nation is struggling to tackle a disease that affects […]

Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran had a surprise performance with Japanese band ONE OK ROCK in their Tokyo gig earlier this week although he announced an eighteen-month hiatus from live gigs at the end of his ‘Divide’ tour in summer. For several of the Asian dates on the ‘Divide’ tour, ONE OK ROCK supported Sheeran and now […]

Pro-democracy protesters challenging China’s rule of Hong Kong on Thursday choked the city for a fourth straight working day, firing arrows at police, barricading roads and disrupting transport links, as schools and businesses closed. The territory has entered its sixth month of protests, which have morphed from mass rallies into a “blossom everywhere” campaign of […]

by Shaun TANDON Uighur activists said Tuesday they have documented nearly 500 camps and prisons run by China to detain members of the ethnic group, alleging that Beijing could be holding far more than the commonly cited figure of one million people. The East Turkistan National Awakening Movement, a Washington-based group that seeks independence for […]