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Visiting relatives and friends is a must-do for Chinese New Year and most of us return to our hometown during the festive season. Taiwanese singer-actress Ella Chen spent her Chinese New Year in Melaka visiting her in-laws on January 24. As one-third of Taiwanese girl group S.H.E., Ella tied the knot with Alvin Lai, a […]

Indian beauty Priyanka Chopra is said to be the latest celebrity to be joining the cast of The Matrix 4. Malay Mail reported Variety as saying that Chopra will also be part of Citadel, an Amazon event series from Avengers:Endgame directors The Russo brothers. Chopra is said to be in talks to join the untitled […]

Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth officially divorced on January 28 after five months of filing documents and legal proceedings. TMZ reported that the couple have legalised their divorce, five months after announcing their breakup. Cyrus and Hemsworth were dating on and off for close to 10 years before getting married in December 2018. The duo ironed […]

The recent Wuhan coronavirus scare has caused a lot of panic and fear especially for people who have been travelling in and out of China. Malaysian singer Ika Mustafa was in China recently and she was relieved after testing negative for the coronavirus (2019-nCov). The 22-year-old went home after getting the test results and she […]

by Hector RETAMAL / with Dene CHEN in Bangkok Pregnant, newly wed and now trapped at the Chinese epicentre of a global health crisis, Thai national Aphinya is among thousands of foreigners desperate to escape — and watching helplessly as the US and Japan fly their citizens home. Hundreds were flown to safety this week […]

Singapore—Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba and one of the richest men in China, has vowed to donate 100 million yuan (S$19.6 million) to help find a vaccine. This is in addition to a previous financial pledge from Alibaba for medical supplies to the virus’ hardest-hit areas. A social media post from the Jack Ma […]

In the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak making its way out of Wuhan and Asia and into countries as far as Canada, people are taking drastic measures to avoid the virus–apparently, some more than most. A Facebook post originally put up by one Lynne Carter on Tuesday (Jan 28) featured photos of a woman […]

Indian police have launched a sedition investigation against a primary school over a play that allegedly criticised a contentious citizenship law, officials said Wednesday. There have been widespread street demonstrations against the law introduced by the Hindu-nationalist government that grants citizenship to religious groups from three neighbouring countries, but excludes Muslims. Police said they were […]

India is now capable of making Pakistan “bite the dust” in less than 10 days in any new war with its arch-rival, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said. The nuclear-armed neighbours have fought three wars and last February came close to a fourth with tit-for-tat airstrikes sparked by an attack on Indian troops in Kashmir. Modi […]

The US House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to authorize sanctions against Chinese officials who interfere in the process of determining the Dalai Lama’s successor, raising pressure as the Tibetan spiritual leader approaches 85. Under the legislation, Washington would freeze any US assets and ban travel to the United States of Chinese officials found to […]

A deadly coronavirus outbreak, which has infected thousands and spread around the world since emerging in China, has also spawned many false claims on social media. Here’s a selection of misinformation debunked by AFP’s Fact Check service. Sydney food not contaminated In Australia, multiple Facebook posts shared hundreds of times claimed to show a list of […]

China has enacted extraordinary measures to contain the spread of a new coronavirus that has killed more than 130 people, infected thousands and reached some 15 countries. Here is a rundown of the steps taken so far in an unprecedented effort: Millions under lockdown More than 56 million people are subject to travel curbs in […]

by Joe JACKSON Lawyers representing alleged victims of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Tuesday urged Britain’s Prince Andrew to help US investigators, after a prosecutor said he had given “zero cooperation”. US lawyer Gloria Allred, who represents five women allegedly assaulted by Epstein, said the Duke of York has “a moral obligation” to […]

by Emmanuelle TRECOLLE France is to ban the hugely controversial but widespread poultry industry practice of systematically slaughtering male chicks from the end of 2021, Agriculture Minister Didier Guillaume said Tuesday. “The aim is to oblige firms… to do this by the end of 2021,” Guillaume told BFM television. He expressed hope that a method […]

Japanese authorities said Tuesday a man with no recent travel to China has contracted the novel strain of coronavirus — apparently after driving tourists visiting from Wuhan, where a deadly outbreak began. The man in his sixties from Nara in western Japan drove two groups of Wuhan tourists earlier in January and was hospitalised on […]