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When was the last time that you regretted buying a beauty product? There is nothing worse than ordering something online only to get it delivered and it’s not the shade, texture or scent that you expected. Or worse - it just simply doesn’t work or even suit your skin type. And with us spending almost $90 billion a year... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/511493/tips-shopping-beauty-products/ | 2024-01-17T17:53:41Z | blocked_url |
Fans of the Danish royal family were caught off guard on New Year’s Eve when, after settling down to watch the royal’s live television speech, Queen Margrethe II announced her immediate plans to step down as the monarch, with her heir Prince Frederick being called up to take on the top job as King of Denmark alongside ... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/511380/inside-queen-margrethes-retirement-and-why-king-mary-really-wears-the-trousers/ | 2024-01-17T17:53:48Z | blocked_url |
The Princess of Wales is recovering in hospital following planned abdominal surgery, Kensington Palace confirmed on Wednesday.
Kate, 41, likely to spend between two and three months recuperating and is not expected to return to public duties until after Easter based on current medical advice, the Palace said.
The royal... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/511498/kate-middleton-last-public-appearance-before-hospital-surgery/ | 2024-01-17T17:53:54Z | blocked_url |
News of Queen Margrethe's abdication sent shockwaves through Denmark (and the rest of the world!). But now that her son, Frederik, and his wife Mary have officially been pronounced king and queen after their accession last Sunday, the international community are beginning to cast a glance at other monarchs across the g... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/511502/how-king-harald-of-norway-could-be-delaying-change-of-reign-due-to-crown-princess-mette-marits-health/ | 2024-01-17T17:54:00Z | blocked_url |
ITV's gripping new thriller, After the Flood, has had us glued to our sofas since it first premiered earlier this month. The series is set in a fictional Yorkshire town which is devastated following a flood. After a dead body is found in a lift at an underground car park, police assume he became trapped during the natu... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/511466/after-the-flood-lorraine-ashbourne-famous-husband-andy-serkis/ | 2024-01-17T18:37:20Z | blocked_url |
Shannen Doherty has been open about her ongoing battle with breast cancer, emotionally revealing that her cancer was terminal back in November and recently even opening up about funeral plans.
Many of her former colleagues and friends have shown their support, one of them being Jason Priestley, her co-star on Beverly H... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/health-and-fitness/511513/shannen-doherty-former-90210-co-star-jason-priestley-shares-message-amid-cancer-battle/ | 2024-01-17T18:37:26Z | blocked_url |
Congratulations are in order for Jenna Dewan, who is pregnant with baby number three!
The Rookie actress, 43, is expecting her second child with her fiancé Steve Kazee, 48, with whom she also shares son Callum, three. She is also a mom to daughter Everly, ten, who she welcomed with ex-husband Channing Tatum.
The soon-t... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/511512/jenna-dewan-pregnant-third-child-steve-kazee/ | 2024-01-17T18:37:32Z | blocked_url |
Earl Spencer moved his many followers when he revealed he'd written a book about his childhood and his experience of boarding school, which his wife Karen said "breaks my heart".
On Instagram, he shared an image of himself behind a microphone, reading the audiobook, which he paired with a caption about what he describe... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/511507/charles-spencer-supported-fans-uncompromising-childhood-book-heartfelt-post/ | 2024-01-17T18:37:38Z | blocked_url |
ASTANA – Kazakhstan Gharysh Sapary national company and Japan’s Synscpective agreed on joint research and development of new apps using radar satellites for monitoring natural hazards, reported the Ministry of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry on Jan. 16.
The companies signed a memorandum of unders... | https://astanatimes.com/2024/01/kazakhstan-japan-to-develop-applications-of-satellite-based-monitoring-of-hazards/ | 2024-01-17T18:40:48Z | blocked_url |
MUNICH, Germany - Hollywood action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger was held at Munich airport on Jan 17 for failing to declare an expensive watch, a customs spokesman told AFP.
The Austrian-born actor and former governor of California, 76, was detained in the customs area on Jan 17 afternoon after arriving from the United S... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/action-hero-arnold-schwarzenegger-held-over-luxury-watch-at-munich-airport | 2024-01-17T18:56:54Z | blocked_url |
Al-Hilal have signed Brazil defender Renan Lodi from French side Olympique de Marseille, both clubs said on Wednesday.
The 25-year-old Lodi agreed a deal that will keep him at the club until the end of 2027, with French media reporting that Al-Hilal paid 23 million euros ($24.97 million) for the transfer.
Lodi has earn... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/saudi-club-al-hilal-sign-brazils-lodi-from-marseille | 2024-01-17T18:57:04Z | blocked_url |
Sebastien Loeb slashed Carlos Sainz's Dakar Rally lead to 13 minutes on Wednesday after the two rivals both suffered multiple punctures on stage 10 in Saudi Arabia.
Nine-times world rally champion Loeb had two punctures on the left side of his Prodrive Hunter and wrestled with a broken hydraulic jack before finishing 1... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/rallying-loeb-takes-another-chunk-of-time-out-of-sainzs-dakar-lead | 2024-01-17T18:57:15Z | blocked_url |
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was briefly stranded in Davos on Wednesday after his plane experienced a "critical failure" related to an oxygen leak and another plane is being flown to Switzerland to pick him up, according to a member of his traveling press pool.
The top U.S. diplomat had traveled to Davos on M... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/blinken-briefly-stranded-in-davos-after-his-plane-breaks-down | 2024-01-17T18:57:26Z | blocked_url |
DAVOS, Switzerland - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who has travelled nearly incessantly since the Israel-Hamas war, was forced to delay his return from Switzerland on Jan 17 due to aeroplane trouble.
Mr Blinken, who spent a day and a half at the Davos mountain resort for the World Economic Forum, was unable to ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/blinken-flight-out-of-davos-delayed-by-critical-failure | 2024-01-17T18:57:36Z | blocked_url |
PARIS - President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to revive France’s sluggish birth rate sparked an outcry on Jan 17, with feminists and left-wing politicians accusing him of seeking to control women’s bodies.
During a press-conference on Jan 16, Mr Macron said France needed to pursue what he called “demographic rearmament”.
Th... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/leave-our-uteruses-alone-macrons-demographic-plan-sparks-outcry-in-france | 2024-01-17T18:57:47Z | blocked_url |
WARSAW - A Polish court has ordered that an ex-minister who is on hunger strike in prison be force-fed, the president said on Wednesday, a case that has stirred raw emotions amid a conflict between the old and new administrations over the rule of law.
Poland's former Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski and his deputy Ma... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/polish-court-orders-that-hunger-striking-politician-be-force-fed-says-president | 2024-01-17T18:57:57Z | blocked_url |
WARSAW - Poland's parliament has voted to remove the immunity from prosecution of a lawmaker who used a fire extinguisher to put out Jewish Hanukkah candles in the country's parliament in December, an incident that caused international outrage.
The vote opens the way for prosecutors to press charges against Grzegorz Br... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/polish-lawmaker-who-extinguished-hanukkah-candles-loses-immunity | 2024-01-17T18:58:07Z | blocked_url |
FREETOWN - A Sierra Leone high court on Wednesday allowed ex-president Ernest Bai Koroma, charged this month with treason, to travel abroad on medical grounds.
Koroma was charged with four offences for his alleged role in a failed military attempt to topple the West African country's government in November.
The magistr... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/sierra-leone-court-allows-ex-president-koroma-to-travel-abroad-on-medical-grounds | 2024-01-17T18:58:18Z | blocked_url |
We know where the royal family stayed the night before their weddings, but not many details have been revealed about how they spent the last few hours before saying 'I do' under the watchful eyes of the world.
While Prince William and the late Queen Elizabeth II caved under pre-wedding pressures, Meghan Markle managed ... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/brides/511500/private-royal-wedding-mornings-queen-camilla-meghan-markle/ | 2024-01-17T19:25:39Z | blocked_url |
Jason Priestley recently shared an intriguing glimpse into his past, revealing a time in 1987 when he shared a modest two-bedroom apartment in a less desirable part of Los Angeles with Brad Pitt and another male roommate.
This period of their lives, before they became household names, was filled with humble beginnings ... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/511413/brad-pitts-ex-roommate-jason-priestley-reveals-disgusting-detail-about-actor/ | 2024-01-17T19:25:45Z | blocked_url |
Usher has a lot on his plate. He has had just a little over a month to "rest" since concluding his Las Vegas residency – which because of high demand was extended twice after it began in 2021 – but now only has less than a month before arguably the biggest moment of his career: the 2024 Super Bowl Halftime Show.
As one... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/511515/usher-countdown-superbowl-hardest-time-personal-life-kids/ | 2024-01-17T19:25:51Z | blocked_url |
London's culinary scene is steeped in history and rich in culture.
Let's be honest though, we're overwhelmed with choices and therefore often end up sticking to what we already know. But with the new restaurant openings happening in the capital this year, your palette is going to be more well-versed than ever in 2024.
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The news that the Princess of Wales had been taken into hospital for abdominal surgery came as a surprise to royal watchers on Wednesday. However, in retrospect, there were some hints that Kate might not return to royal duties as early as anticipated, with the Princess not having been seen in public since Christmas at ... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/511475/the-telling-signs-that-princess-kate-was-delaying-her-return-to-royal-duties/ | 2024-01-17T19:26:04Z | blocked_url |
Michelle Obama is 60! The iconic former First Lady of the United States has hit a big milestone birthday, and she's taking the time to stay off social media and soak it up.
However, her husband Barack, 62, can't help but show his appreciation for his wife of over three decades and shared a beautiful snapshot to mark th... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/511514/michelle-obama-turns-60-barack-tribute-iconic-white-house-photos-malia-sasha/ | 2024-01-17T20:09:38Z | blocked_url |
Michelle Keegan has catapulted back into the spotlight after her latest Netflix series Fool Me Once became a global sensation (trust me, it’s worth the binge-watch), and I am so glad she has.
Though she is recognised for starring in Coronation Street, Our Girl, Tina & Bobby and Brassic, and for marrying radio presenter... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/hfm/fashion-trends/511505/michelle-keegan-style-evolution/ | 2024-01-17T20:09:44Z | blocked_url |
The countdown to the Lunar New Year is officially on, this year fittingly falling on Saturday, February 10th.
With only three weeks until the lunisolar calendar ticks over into the Year of the Dragon, we can’t help but wonder, what are we going to wear?
MORE: Dresses with boots: the best outfit formulas
Last year the i... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/hfm/wish-list/511509/year-of-the-dragon-the-best-fashion-collections-to-shop-now/ | 2024-01-17T20:09:50Z | blocked_url |
Germany has updated the list of military aid provided to Kyiv for the second time in a month.
The country is currently the second-largest supplier of weapons to Ukraine after the US. In 2023, Kyiv received the second Patriot air defense system capable of intercepting cruise and ballistic missiles from Germany.
Accordin... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/17/media-germany-sends-ammunition-for-leopard-1-tank-reconnaissance-drones-to-ukraine/ | 2024-01-17T20:26:44Z | blocked_url |
On 17 January, Russia launched a cyberattack on Swiss federal government websites, according to Swissinfo.
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We keep our reporting open and accessible to everyone because we believe in the power of free information. T... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/17/swissinfo-russia-launches-cyberattack-on-switzerland-after-visit-of-zelenskyy-to-davos/ | 2024-01-17T20:27:25Z | blocked_url |
LONDON - Brentford striker Ivan Toney declared himself 'free' on Wednesday after ending an eight month ban for 232 breaches of the betting rules and then fuelled transfer speculation by saying he wanted to play for a top club.
The 27-year-old England international, Brentford's top scorer last season, posted a GIF on so... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/free-toney-ends-his-ban-and-states-top-club-ambition | 2024-01-17T20:29:34Z | blocked_url |
Ivory Coast midfielder Hamed Traore has joined Napoli from Bournemouth on loan until the end of the season, both clubs said on Wednesday.
Napoli added that the loan deal includes an option to buy, which Italian media reported would be for 25 million euros ($27.17 million).
Traore joined Bournemouth on loan at the start... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/napoli-sign-bournemouth-midfielder-traore-on-loan | 2024-01-17T20:29:45Z | blocked_url |
DAVOS, Switzerland - Brazil will need to relocate citizens in areas that have been hit repeatedly by storms and other disasters supercharged by climate change, the country's Environment Minister Marina Silva told Reuters in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday.
Climate change globally is expected to make certain areas unliv... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/brazil-will-need-to-resettle-those-hit-by-climate-disasters-minister-says | 2024-01-17T20:29:55Z | blocked_url |
CHISINAU - A senior official of Moldova's pro-European government said on Wednesday that his latest talks with the pro-Russian separatist Transdniestria region had been "quite difficult" as tension rises in the three-decade-old standoff.
The region split from Moldova before the collapse of Soviet rule and fought a brie... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/moldova-says-latest-talks-with-separatists-difficult | 2024-01-17T20:30:05Z | blocked_url |
COPENHAGEN - Sweden has summoned the Iranian chargé d’affaires to demand the immediate release of Swedish citizens being held in custody in Iran, the Swedish foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
"The Government is working intensively and tirelessly to secure the release without delay of Swedish citizens detained in Iran... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/sweden-summons-iranian-charg-d-affaires-over-detained-swedes | 2024-01-17T20:30:16Z | blocked_url |
GENEVA - Switzerland said on Jan 17 that a cyber-attack claimed by a pro-Russian group temporarily disrupted access to a number of government websites, following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Davos.
The government said that “the Russian-linked hacker group ‘NoName’ claimed responsibility for the att... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/swiss-government-websites-hit-by-pro-russia-hackers-after-zelensky-visit | 2024-01-17T20:30:26Z | blocked_url |
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday said it would reconsider a recent decision requiring Texas to remove a 1,000-foot-long (305-meter) floating barrier it had placed in the Rio Grande river to deter migrants from illegally crossing the border with Mexico.
The decision by the full 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/us-court-will-reconsider-forcing-texas-to-remove-rio-grande-migrant-barrier | 2024-01-17T20:30:37Z | blocked_url |
Gorka Marquez is currently busy splitting his time between England and Spain, as he takes on an exciting new Strictly role, so he's clearly keen to make the most of time with his family.
On Wednesday, the dancer shared the cutest photo of his baby son, Thiago, six months, who he shares with fiancée Gemma Atkinson, and ... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/511517/gorka-marquez-baby-thiago-dad-double-heart-melting-new-photo/ | 2024-01-17T21:41:47Z | blocked_url |
BAGHDAD - Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani met France's President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday on the sidelines of the Davos 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.
"The two leaders reviewed opportunities for cooperation in economic fields, enhancing Iraqi military capabilities, exe... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/iraq-pm-french-president-meet-at-davos-discuss-boosting-cooperation | 2024-01-17T22:02:14Z | blocked_url |
NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks lost ground on Jan 17, after stronger than anticipated retail sales data weighed on hopes that the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates sooner rather than later.
Retail sales in the world’s biggest economy picked up by 0.6 per cent from November to December, closing out a year marked b... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/us-stocks-retreat-after-robust-economic-data | 2024-01-17T22:02:17Z | blocked_url |
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Like many commuters, I use the MyTransport app to plan trips, and I would commend the app as it can potentially help commuters to plan trips and eliminate waiting time.
However, the timings shown in the MyTransport app fluctuate wildly and are inaccurate at times, causing frustration for commuters who end up wasting ti... | https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/forum/forum-improve-accuracy-of-timings-for-buses-on-mytransport-app | 2024-01-17T22:02:26Z | blocked_url |
Music Day Out! is an independent music festival which celebrates emerging bands in Singapore and the region and their DIY ethos.
The 2024 iteration was held at *Scape on Jan 13 and Jan 14, and it comprised band performances and sharing sessions by industry players.
The bands were an eclectic mix and the festival turned... | https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/forum/forum-indie-music-festival-had-lots-going-for-it | 2024-01-17T22:02:47Z | blocked_url |
I refer to the news analysis “Can Singapore get another not-for-profit hospital to help keep private sector costs down?” (Jan 14).
Mount Alvernia Hospital is the only known successful model of a not-for-profit private acute hospital in Singapore.
Its formation was born out of compassion from Franciscan Missionaries of ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/forum/forum-not-easy-to-replicate-mount-alvernia-hospital-model | 2024-01-17T22:02:58Z | blocked_url |
I refer to Forum writer Ryna Tan Chwee Eng’s letter “Set a limit to employer’s liability for maid’s medical bills” (Jan 16). I am also facing a domestic helper’s medical bill crisis.
My elderly mother’s helper was admitted to the National University Hospital on Dec 19 for tuberculosis (TB). Her liver is affected by the... | https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/forum/forum-stuck-with-a-hefty-bill-now-because-maid-has-a-communicable-disease | 2024-01-17T22:03:08Z | blocked_url |
The year 2024 kicked off with an increase in the cost of living.
The goods and services tax rose to 9 per cent, and at the same time energy tariffs increased by around 4 per cent.
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The lights that shine at Marina Bay; the trains that ferry passengers across the island; the electricity that keeps factories buzzing and homes humming. Singapore will have to start looking at new ways to power its energy needs over the next few years in the wake of a historic climate deal that has wide-ranging implica... | https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/powering-singapore-urgent-need-to-find-energy-alternatives-amid-net-zero-push | 2024-01-17T22:03:28Z | blocked_url |
In late December, as the world prepared for the Christmas holiday season, the United States announced on the State Department website that it had extended its continental shelf in several key regions of the world, but principally the Arctic.
In all, the US mapping – conducted over 20 years – led it to claim rights to a... | https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/the-new-great-game-has-melting-arctic-ice-all-over-it | 2024-01-17T22:03:49Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – Several harrowing road accidents have taken place on Malaysia’s North-South Highway in recent months, involving coaches that ply the route between Singapore and several Malaysian destinations daily. Injuries, damage to belongings and even fatalities were reported in relation to some of the accidents.
Factor... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/askst-what-should-i-do-if-i-am-travelling-by-bus-to-malaysia-and-get-into-an-accident | 2024-01-17T22:03:59Z | blocked_url |
Ask military expert 4 apprentice (ME4A) Ethan Lim about his career five years ago, and he would never have predicted becoming a military intelligence expert.
Back then, the banking and finance student at Singapore Polytechnic was eyeing a job where he would assess global markets and geopolitical developments for invest... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/former-banking-student-studying-to-become-military-intelligence-expert-at-ministry-of-defence-digital-intelligence-service | 2024-01-17T22:04:10Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – Marina Bay Sands (MBS) will inject an additional US$750 million (S$1 billion) for the second phase of a rejuvenation programme to improve its luxury offerings.
The refurbishment, encompassing the hotel’s Tower 3, the lobby, Sands SkyPark and other key features, will be carried out in phases till 2025, MBS s... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/mbs-to-inject-1-billion-for-next-phase-of-hotel-transformation-works-to-be-completed-in-2025 | 2024-01-17T22:04:20Z | blocked_url |
SAN FRANCISCO, United States - Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic has died, the National Basketball Association (NBA) club said on Jan 17, after the Belgrade native suffered a heart attack during a team dinner.
The 46-year-old Milojevic was in his third season as an assistant coach with Golden State ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/nba-warriors-assistant-coach-dejan-milojevic-dead-at-46 | 2024-01-17T22:04:30Z | blocked_url |
LONDON - Beleaguered Everton found some cheer in a troubling week as they beat Crystal Palace 1-0 in their FA Cup third round replay on Wednesday thanks to an Andre Gomes free kick.
Two days after being charged by the Premier League for an alleged breach of the profitability and sustainability rules, Sean Dyche's strug... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/everton-edge-past-palace-to-reach-fa-cup-fourth-round | 2024-01-17T22:05:02Z | blocked_url |
LONDON - Tottenham Hotspur's Spanish left back Sergio Reguilon joined Brentford on loan until the end of the season on Wednesday after failing to impress at Manchester United.
"Sergio is a perfect fit for us: a proven Premier League player in every aspect. He fits what we want. He's very offensive, has a very good cros... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/tottenhams-reguilon-joins-brentford-on-loan | 2024-01-17T22:05:12Z | blocked_url |
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden was meeting with House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson and other congressional leaders on Jan 17 afternoon to discuss immigration policy at the US border and funding for Ukraine.
Republicans in Congress have blocked emergency funding that Mr Biden has requested for Ukraine and t... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/biden-republicans-talking-ukraine-us-border-in-white-house-meeting | 2024-01-17T22:05:22Z | blocked_url |
DAVOS, Switzerland - Western officials said in Davos on Jan 17 they were open to the idea of confiscating US$300 billion (S$400 billion) of Russian assets to help Ukraine, but cautioned that the devil was in the legal detail and that, even if it could be done, it would be no panacea for Kyiv.
After President Vladimir P... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/grabbing-400b-of-russian-assets-is-no-panacea-west-cautions-in-davos | 2024-01-17T22:05:33Z | blocked_url |
BAGHDAD - The Iraqi and Saudi foreign ministers discussed in a phone call on Wednesday the latest regional and international developments, led by the Iranian attack on Iraq's Kurdistan region, the Iraqi foreign ministry said in a statement.
Iran late on Monday struck Erbil, the capital of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdist... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/iraqi-saudi-ministers-discuss-iranian-attack-on-kurdistan | 2024-01-17T22:05:43Z | blocked_url |
NEW YORK - A federal judge warned Donald Trump on Jan 17 that he could be kicked out of the trial in writer E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case if the former US president is disruptive.
US District Judge Lewis Kaplan’s threat came after a lawyer for Ms Carroll said Trump was talking loudly with his lawyers during Ms Carr... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/trump-is-warned-he-may-be-kicked-out-of-writer-e-jean-carroll-trial | 2024-01-17T22:05:54Z | blocked_url |
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Treasury Department's top international official spoke with Zambia's finance minister on Wednesday and discussed Zambia's ongoing debt restructuring and its response to a recent cholera outbreak, the U.S. Treasury Department said.
Zambia faces a major cholera outbreak that has killed at least 333 ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/us-treasury-official-discusses-cholera-outbreak-debt-with-zambia-minister | 2024-01-17T22:06:04Z | blocked_url |
BEIJING – China’s economy grew 5.2 per cent in 2023 on the back of government spending – exceeding the official target of around 5 per cent – but the road ahead this year remains rocky, analysts said.
To sustain the hard-won momentum, policymakers will need to do more in 2024, given that China’s beleaguered property ma... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-surpasses-growth-target-for-2023-with-52-expansion-but-tough-road-lies-ahead?utm_campaign=STPicks | 2024-01-17T22:06:42Z | blocked_url |
Preparations are well under way for the eighth edition of the Light to Night Festival that commences this week…
… with teams of personnel including lighting and audio technicians, fabricators and artists working on more than 60 works of art and programmes at various locations.
The marquee event of 2024’s Singapore Art ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/graphics/2024/01/light-to-night-singapore-2024/index.html?utm_campaign=STPicks | 2024-01-17T22:06:53Z | blocked_url |
In late December, as the world prepared for the Christmas holiday season, the United States announced on the State Department website that it had extended its continental shelf in several key regions of the world, but principally the Arctic.
In all, the US mapping – conducted over 20 years – led it to claim rights to a... | https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/the-new-great-game-has-melting-arctic-ice-all-over-it?utm_campaign=STPicks | 2024-01-17T22:07:04Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – Several harrowing road accidents have taken place on Malaysia’s North-South Highway in recent months, involving coaches that ply the route between Singapore and several Malaysian destinations daily. Injuries, damage to belongings and even fatalities were reported in relation to some of the accidents.
Factor... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/askst-what-should-i-do-if-i-am-travelling-by-bus-to-malaysia-and-get-into-an-accident?utm_campaign=STPicks | 2024-01-17T22:07:14Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – To help Singaporeans locate cheaper meals amid cost-of-living pressures, a new initiative called the Great Budget Meal Hunt, which allows the public to crowdsource meals for $3.50 or less, was officially launched on Jan 16.
Since the pilot of the initiative began in late October 2023, members of the public ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/great-budget-meal-hunt-initiative-officially-launched-to-allow-public-to-crowdsource-cheap-meals?utm_campaign=STPicks | 2024-01-17T22:07:24Z | blocked_url |
Mariska Hargitay may have spent the last 25 years starring on Law & Order: SVU – with more years to come – but her youngest son has yet to meet her beloved alter ego, Olivia Benson.
The legendary NBC mainstay has a lot to celebrate this month, between the premiere of SVU's 25th season and another milestone: her 60th bi... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/511519/mariska-hargitay-reveals-son-confused-reaction-fame-fan-encounters/ | 2024-01-17T22:30:07Z | blocked_url |
In his Telegram post titled “Why Ukraine is dangerous for its inhabitants,” former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev once again confirmed Russia’s objective is the obliteration of Ukraine as a sovereign nation, claiming that the very existence of Ukraine as a state endangers Ukrainians.
Medvedev’s speculations are in l... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/17/russian-ex-president-medvedev-confirms-russia-seeks-to-destroy-ukrainian-state-remains-intransigent/ | 2024-01-17T22:53:21Z | blocked_url |
Stockholm does not exclude the possibility of sending Gripen fighter jets to Ukraine in the future, said Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom in Davos, UkrInform reports.
The Saab JAS 39 Gripen is a fourth-generation multi-role fighter aircraft that has been designed with versatility in mind. It is formally classi... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/17/sweden-does-not-rule-out-providing-gripen-jets-to-ukraine-in-future-foreign-minister-says-in-davos/ | 2024-01-17T22:54:01Z | blocked_url |
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ISW: limited Russian gains near Kreminna, Bakhmut; positional battles across Donbas. Mostly, frontlines remain static as Russian and Ukrainian forces are locked in positional fighting
Fire breaks out in Russian polymer plant after explosion. A Russian partisan group says the explosion in Shakhty targ... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/18/russo-ukrainian-war-day-693-ukraine-uses-new-air-defense-system-to-down-russian-drone/ | 2024-01-17T22:54:42Z | blocked_url |
TOKYO - Japan and the United States are working to reschedule a summit in Washington between Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and President Joe Biden around April 10, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Thursday, citing diplomatic sources from both nations.
Kishida said in November that Biden had invited him for a formal sta... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/biden-kishida-summit-in-washington-likely-around-april-10-yomiuri | 2024-01-17T23:34:38Z | blocked_url |
British foreign secretary David Cameron met Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum, UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said in a statement.
Cameron condemned the attacks in Erbil in Iraq, which killed UK-Iraqi dual national Karam Mikhael, the sta... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/uks-cameron-meets-iranian-foreign-minister-condemns-attacks-in-erbil | 2024-01-17T23:34:48Z | blocked_url |
Twice champion Bernhard Langer will make his final Masters start this April, the German said in a Golf Channel interview that aired on Wednesday.
The 66-year-old Langer, who missed the cut at each of the last three Masters, made his announcement in Hawaii where the PGA Tour Champions season begins this week.
"It's goin... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/golf/twice-champion-langer-to-make-final-masters-start-in-april | 2024-01-17T23:34:59Z | blocked_url |
LONDON - A billionaire ally of Russian businessman Roman Abramovich renewed his bid to overturn British sanctions at the Court of Appeal on Wednesday, saying he was targeted because of pressure put on then Foreign Secretary Liz Truss by a Cabinet colleague.
Oil tycoon Eugene Shvidler was sanctioned in March 2022 on the... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/abramovich-ally-says-uk-sanctions-imposed-due-to-pressure-on-minister | 2024-01-17T23:35:09Z | blocked_url |
Russian missiles on Wednesday struck a town outside Ukraine's second largest city, Kharkiv, killing one person and damaging an educational institution, the regional governor and the military said.
Governor Oleh Synehubov, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said there were two strikes on the town of Chuhuyev, southe... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/russian-attack-outside-ukraines-kharkiv-kills-one-regional-governor-says | 2024-01-17T23:35:19Z | blocked_url |
A two-year-old boy in a town in England died of starvation and was found in his pyjamas curled up next to his dead father, who had suffered a heart attack days earlier.
A social worker found Bronson Battersby dead on Jan 9, alongside his 60-year-old father Kenneth Battersby, at their home in Skegness, Lincolnshire, two... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/two-year-old-boy-in-england-found-starved-to-death-curled-up-next-to-his-dead-father | 2024-01-17T23:35:30Z | blocked_url |
LONDON - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak overcame a rebellion by his Conservative lawmakers on Wednesday to win a vote on his proposed law to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda, but he still faces many stumbling blocks for his flagship scheme.
Here are some of the problems Sunak will have to overcome before his prom... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/victory-for-uks-sunak-but-troubles-remain-for-rwanda-asylum-scheme | 2024-01-17T23:35:40Z | blocked_url |
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Ukraine and its people on Wednesday to seize the initiative to help determine the course of the 22-month-old war against Russia and secure world-wide support.
Zelenskiy has returned home from discussions with political and business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/zelenskiy-urges-ukrainians-to-seize-initiative-to-determine-wars-outcome | 2024-01-17T23:35:50Z | blocked_url |
WASHINGTON - Former Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei is barred from entering the U.S. over allegations of "his involvement in significant corruption," the State Department said on Wednesday. REUTERS
WASHINGTON - Former Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei is barred from entering the U.S. over allegations ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/guatemalan-ex-president-giammattei-barred-from-entry-into-us-state-dept | 2024-01-17T23:36:01Z | blocked_url |
PANAMA CITY - The Panama Canal's toll revenues have dipped by about $100 million per month since last October, the canal's administrator said on Wednesday, adding that if the trend continues reduced income from tolls could total some $700 million by around April.
The falling revenue stems from drought conditions that h... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/panama-canal-toll-revenue-shrinking-this-fiscal-year-due-to-drought | 2024-01-17T23:36:11Z | blocked_url |
Biden, Republicans talking Ukraine, US border
President Joe Biden was meeting with House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson and other congressional leaders on Jan 17 afternoon to discuss immigration policy at the US border and funding for Ukraine.
Republicans in Congress have blocked emergency funding that Mr Bide... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/while-you-were-sleeping-5-stories-you-might-have-missed-jan-18-4 | 2024-01-17T23:36:21Z | blocked_url |
Lauren Sanchez, 54, recently turned heads with her bold new fashion choice, fully embracing what many are calling the 'mob wife' aesthetic.
Known for her work as a journalist, Lauren showcased this daring style while accompanying her fiancé, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, during Milan Fashion Week in Italy, as part of the ... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/fashion/celebrity-style/511520/lauren-sanchezs-mob-wife-style-has-fans-saying-the-same-thing/ | 2024-01-18T00:02:15Z | blocked_url |
A global packaging company is permanently closing its Grand Rapids-area plant and laying off 111 employees as it consolidates operations.
Graphic Packaging International LLC disclosed the layoffs in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act filing to the state on Jan. 10.
The exact closure date of the ... | https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/manufacturing/global-packaging-company-to-close-grand-rapids-area-plant-laying-off-111-workers/ | 2024-01-18T00:43:53Z | blocked_url |
Industrial recycling and metals distribution company Schupan & Sons Inc. has opened a new production facility near Kalamazoo that will help meet growing demand for recycled “green” aluminum.
The family-owned, Kalamazoo-based company has invested around $20 million in a new 100,000-square-foot facility located on 10 acr... | https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/manufacturing/industrial-recycler-opens-20m-green-aluminum-plant-near-kalamazoo/ | 2024-01-18T00:43:59Z | blocked_url |
An education-focused furniture manufacturer has acquired the American Seating Co. factory on the west side of Grand Rapids, Crain’s Grand Rapids Business has learned.
An affiliate of MiEN Co. closed Monday on the purchase of the approximately 17 acres of property in the West Grand neighborhood from American Seating for... | https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/real-estate/furniture-maker-acquires-former-american-seating-campus-on-grand-rapids-west-side/ | 2024-01-18T00:44:05Z | blocked_url |
Shane Napper, president of construction and chief operating officer at Rockford Construction Co., expects certain sectors of development and construction to slow down this year because of high interest rates.
However, Napper, who’s had a 25-year career at the Grand Rapids-based construction firms, is mainly concerned w... | https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/real-estate/talent-constraints-drive-need-for-pre-planning-in-2024-construction-projects/ | 2024-01-18T00:44:11Z | blocked_url |
Michigan ended 2023 as the nation’s unofficial weed king.
In 2023, the state’s cannabis industry sold nearly $3.06 billion in medical and adult-recreational use marijuana — or about $305 worth of marijuana for every man, woman and child in the state for the year — according to data released today by the Michigan Cannab... | https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/retail/michigans-weed-market-topped-3b-in-2023-thats-more-than-300-per-person/ | 2024-01-18T00:44:17Z | blocked_url |
Sophie Turner has made a surprise move over her ex Joe Jonas.
The 27-year-old decided to withdraw the child abduction allegations she previously made against her estranged husband, three months following their reach of an amicable custody agreement.
The legal representatives for both parties have approached a federal j... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/brides/511521/sophie-turner-makes-surprising-move-over-ex-joe-jonas-claims-amid-custody-battle/ | 2024-01-18T00:46:08Z | blocked_url |
BEIJING - China and Philippines foreign affairs officials agreed to improve maritime communication and to properly manage conflicts and differences through friendly talks with regard to issues around the South China Sea, according to a statement from the Chinese foreign ministry on Jan 18.
China Assistant Foreign Minis... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-philippines-agree-to-improve-communication-manage-conflicts-in-south-china-sea | 2024-01-18T01:06:59Z | blocked_url |
LOS ANGELES - Apple has to stop selling its Series 9 and Ultra 2 smartwatches with a blood oxygen feature in the United States, suffering another legal setback in its patent dispute with medical device maker Masimo.
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit declined on Jan 17 to grant Apple a longer pause on an i... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/apple-banned-again-from-selling-watches-with-blood-oxygen-sensor | 2024-01-18T01:07:09Z | blocked_url |
DUBAI - There’s a repeated refrain from the throngs of financiers in Davos this week: rein in your rate cut expectations.
Everyone from JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Daniel Pinto to Standard Chartered’s Bill Winters to Cantor Fitzgerald’s Howard Lutnick have said they expect the US Federal Reserve to ease monetary policy slow... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/bankers-at-davos-add-to-chorus-of-caution-on-fed-rate-cuts | 2024-01-18T01:07:19Z | blocked_url |
HONG KONG - China’s top cybersecurity watchdog is probing how Shein handles data as the fast-fashion company is seeking Beijing’s approval for its initial public offering (IPO) in the United States, Wall Street Journal reported.
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) is looking into whether Shein can protect data... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/china-launches-data-review-into-shein-ahead-of-us-ipo-wsj-says | 2024-01-18T01:07:29Z | blocked_url |
SAN JOSE - Samsung on Jan 17 released its latest Galaxy smartphones with new artificial intelligence (AI) features as the South Korean giant seeks to win back its spot as the world’s biggest phone seller from Apple.
“Artificial intelligence will bring about great change in the mobile industry,” Samsung president T.M. R... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/samsung-turns-to-ai-to-regain-smartphone-throne | 2024-01-18T01:07:40Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE - Transport Minister S. Iswaran, who was arrested in July 2023 by the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB), arrived at the State Courts at about 8am on Jan 18.
He arrived with his legal team, which includes Senior Counsel Davinder Singh from Davinder Singh Chambers, and did not comment when The Strai... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/transport-minister-s-iswaran-arrives-at-state-courts-six-months-after-arrest-by-cpib | 2024-01-18T01:07:50Z | blocked_url |
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MBS to inject $1 billion for next phase of hotel transformation, works to be completed in 2025
After the three hotel towers are renovated, there will be 1,850 refurbis... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/morning-briefing-top-stories-from-the-straits-times-on-jan-18-2024 | 2024-01-18T01:08:00Z | blocked_url |
LONDON - Britain's GCHQ spy agency celebrated the 80th anniversary of Colossus on Jan 18, putting the spotlight on a code-breaking computer which helped defeat Hitler's Germany and was so significant it was kept secret for decades.
In 1944, Colossus, the world's first digital computer, decoded German messages which con... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/britains-cyber-spies-mark-80th-anniversary-of-secret-code-breaking-computer | 2024-01-18T01:08:11Z | blocked_url |
WASHINGTON - The United States conducted another round of strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen on Wednesday, U.S. officials told Reuters.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity and did not provide details on the target or how many missiles were launched.
Attacks by the Iran-allied Houthi militia on ships in t... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/us-conducts-another-round-of-strikes-against-houthi-targets-in-yemen | 2024-01-18T01:08:21Z | blocked_url |
LONDON/WASHINGTON/DAVOS - The US on Jan 17 returned the Yemen-based Houthi rebels to a list of terrorist groups, as the militants claimed their second attack this week on a US operated vessel in the Red Sea region.
Attacks by the Iran-allied Houthi militia on ships in the region since November have slowed trade between... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/us-lists-houthis-as-terrorists-rebels-hit-another-us-operated-ship | 2024-01-18T01:08:31Z | blocked_url |
NEW HAMPSHIRE - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is all but abandoning New Hampshire’s Republican presidential primary next week and instead is relocating staff and focusing on South Carolina, where he hopes to pressure rival Nikki Haley in her home state.
The decision highlights the extent to which the DeSantis campaign ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/struggling-desantis-sets-sights-on-south-carolina-bypassing-new-hampshire | 2024-01-18T01:08:42Z | blocked_url |
On 12 January in Kyiv, Ukraine and the UK signed a bilateral agreement with great fanfare. It deals with military cooperation and some kind of security guarantees for Kyiv “if Russia attacks again.” Urgent talks for similar deals with over a dozen other nations, including the US, Canada, and France, are underway.
Russi... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/18/uk-security-deal-with-ukraine-budapest-memorandum-2-0-or-road-to-nato/ | 2024-01-18T01:10:10Z | blocked_url |
The Royal Family had envisioned 2024 to be a year of recovery and positive developments following a turbulent 2023, marked by the loss of Queen Elizabeth II and the controversies stirred by the Duke of Sussex's explosive autobiography, Spare.
However, recent health concerns involving key members of the monarchy have ca... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/511522/double-blow-of-king-charles-and-princess-kates-health-issues-could-expose-perils-for-monarchy/ | 2024-01-18T02:18:14Z | blocked_url |
SYDNEY - Australia on Thursday rejected comments by China's ambassador seeking to deflect blame from China's navy for the injury of Australian military divers in an incident near Japan in November.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he was "not swayed" by Chinese ambassador Xiao Qian's comment a day earlier that a Ch... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australia-rejects-china-comments-on-sonar-incident | 2024-01-18T02:39:10Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE - The Ascott Limited, CapitaLand Investment’s (CLI) lodging business unit, has secured over 3,000 units across more than 20 properties under its Oakwood portfolio of brands since the second half of 2022.
This represents more than 20 per cent growth for Ascott’s Oakwood portfolio, since its acquisition from Ma... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/ascott-bags-over-20-new-signings-under-oakwood-portfolio-since-h2-2022 | 2024-01-18T02:39:20Z | blocked_url |
DUBAI - JPMorgan Chase & Co. plans to add to its headcount this year as the firm sees opportunities in everything from dealmaking to US wealth management to international retail banking, bucking a trend by Wall Street rivals who have shed thousands of jobs in recent months.
After a subdued couple of years, the biggest ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/jpmorgan-to-hire-this-year-amid-wealth-dealmaking-revival | 2024-01-18T02:39:31Z | blocked_url |
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