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It must be tough being a kid these days. Born too late to actually enjoy the internet, too early to declare yourself god-emperor of a desert wasteland run on water scarcity and guzzoline – and should you try to numb the pain with a little light math, you’ll most likely have to put up with coming second to a robot.
“The... | https://www.iflscience.com/googles-newest-ai-beats-all-but-the-best-math-olympians-72527 | 2024-01-19T19:46:36Z | blocked_url |
Today, January 19, at 3:20 pm UTC, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has made history – not just for Japan, but for the whole world. Its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) successfully soft-landed on the Moon. The goal was to be able to do so within just 100 meters (330 feet) of a specific target ar... | https://www.iflscience.com/japan-becomes-fifth-country-to-land-on-the-moon-successfully-72541 | 2024-01-19T19:46:42Z | blocked_url |
There’s a city in California where a community of people are living longer, healthier lives than the US average. Known as Loma Linda, it was recognized as one of five shining examples of longevity across the globe, so what are they getting so right?
In You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment, the Netflix show highlight... | https://www.iflscience.com/loma-linda-blue-zone-why-do-people-there-live-so-much-longer-72536 | 2024-01-19T19:46:48Z | blocked_url |
It has long been presumed that primate societies were predominantly run by males. With the exception of lemur society, which was thought to be an outlier, most primates, including gorillas, chimps, and monkeys were believed to be largely male-dominated. Now, a literature review of 79 primate species is challenging that... | https://www.iflscience.com/male-dominance-in-primate-groups-may-not-be-the-default-after-all-72535 | 2024-01-19T19:46:54Z | blocked_url |
This week, water flows freely down the Klamath River for the first time in 100 years, the oldest known supermassive black hole was found at the center of GN-z11, and a 14,000-year-old woolly mammoth tusk tells the tale of the animal's huge journey. Finally, we ask what will be happening on the surface of the Moon in 20... | https://www.iflscience.com/mars-astronauts-will-experience-time-dilation-how-worried-we-should-be-about-the-new-covid-19-variant-and-much-more-this-week-72528 | 2024-01-19T19:47:00Z | blocked_url |
Nearly 75 percent of the US – an area that’s home to hundreds of millions of Americans – is at risk of experiencing earthquake damage over the next 100 years. That’s according to new maps and data released by the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
The areas at the highest risk are California, Alaska, and the Big I... | https://www.iflscience.com/new-maps-show-75-percent-of-us-may-be-impacted-by-earthquakes-in-next-century-72544 | 2024-01-19T19:47:06Z | blocked_url |
Quasicrystals are very interesting entities. They have ordered structures but they do not repeat, so they are – as the name suggests – almost like crystals, but not exactly. This difference is certainly not a disadvantage, since quasicrystals often showcase properties your common-or-garden material could only dream of.... | https://www.iflscience.com/oddball-quasicrystals-dramatically-change-their-magnetic-properties-with-changing-electrons-72546 | 2024-01-19T19:47:13Z | blocked_url |
New research has revealed a grave historical error at Palacio de Cortés in Mexico. It was long assumed that a skeleton on display at the palace was that of a Spanish monk – but a new analysis has shown that it actually likely belonged to an Aztec woman.
Palacio de Cortés in the city of Cuernavaca was damaged by the dea... | https://www.iflscience.com/skeleton-of-spanish-monk-turns-out-to-be-an-aztec-woman-72529 | 2024-01-19T19:47:19Z | blocked_url |
Snake fangs get a lot of attention, from their use in creating anti-venom to figuring out how they evolved. One area of research has now gone beyond just the fangs, looking at the way that all of the teeth and their morphology are related to the whole of the snake as it moves in response to prey.
Researcher Bill Ryerso... | https://www.iflscience.com/snakes-revealed-as-lungers-or-strikers-in-mesmerizing-slow-motion-footage-72515 | 2024-01-19T19:47:25Z | blocked_url |
The Underwater Photography Guide has revealed the winners of their 12th annual Ocean Art competition, showcasing some of the finest underwater photography you’ll see this year.
The Ocean Art 2023 competition featured 14 different categories, ranging from Portrait and Marine Life Behavior to Underwater Conservation and ... | https://www.iflscience.com/the-beautiful-winners-of-this-years-ocean-art-photo-awards-have-arrived-72538 | 2024-01-19T19:47:26Z | blocked_url |
If we’re talking fat, the visceral type is the real baddie. Though it makes up just 10 percent of body fat, it’s implicated in a number of health concerns, including diabetes and heart disease. Here’s everything you need to know about the adipose antagonist hiding deep inside.
What is visceral fat?
Fat comes in a few d... | https://www.iflscience.com/visceral-fat-around-organs-is-the-real-baddie-heres-what-to-know-72532 | 2024-01-19T19:47:32Z | blocked_url |
A collection of previously unknown documents relating to a weird but important part of American history have gone to auction for the first time. The documents belonged to a physician who autopsied the body of US president William McKinley after his assassination in 1901. Following the autopsy, the doctor in question th... | https://www.iflscience.com/why-did-a-doctor-inject-rabbits-and-a-dog-with-bacteria-after-autopsying-a-president-72533 | 2024-01-19T19:47:38Z | blocked_url |
Some memories are best forgotten. Granted, this observation is unlikely to make you feel better if you’re running late for work because you can’t remember where you put your keys… but when we’re talking about memories associated with addictive substances, the possible issues around this become clearer. A new study has ... | https://www.iflscience.com/why-some-memories-are-so-hard-to-forget-and-why-that-can-be-a-problem-72531 | 2024-01-19T19:47:44Z | blocked_url |
Some discoveries are more impressive than others and finding the largest deep-sea coral reef habitat in the world is pretty damn impressive.
The team at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has discovered an area larger than the state of Vermont that contains a whole seascape of cold-water coral m... | https://www.iflscience.com/worlds-largest-deep-sea-coral-reef-habitat-discovered-off-the-us-coast-72545 | 2024-01-19T19:47:46Z | blocked_url |
Entertainment
How To Watch The 2024 Grammys (& The Performances You Won't Want To Miss)
Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, and Olivia Rodrigo will perform at this year’s ceremony.
This year’s Grammy Awards will be a little bit different. For the first time in, well, probably forever, the majority of the award’s nominees are wome... | https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/2024-grammys-performers-nominees-how-to-watch | 2024-01-19T20:08:54Z | blocked_url |
Entertainment
How Fcuckers Is Bringing Back '90s Dance One Party At A Time
The band ushering in New York City’s latest wave of party music is just here to have a good time.
You could hear the bassline as you entered the venue. Though it was 8 p.m. on a Wednesday at the Greenpoint venue Warsaw, the floor was filled. Fcu... | https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/fcuckers-band-new-york-city-music | 2024-01-19T20:09:00Z | blocked_url |
LOS ANGELES - Alec Baldwin has been charged with manslaughter over the deadly shooting on the set of western film Rust, according to a court document filed on Jan 19.
The charge comes more than two years after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died during filming of the low-budget movie in New Mexico, when she was shot b... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/alec-baldwin-again-charged-with-manslaughter-over-rust-movie-set-shooting | 2024-01-19T20:13:33Z | blocked_url |
ABIDJAN - The extent of Mohamed Salah’s hamstring injury and his future participation at the Africa Cup of Nations finals remained uncertain on Friday after Egypt said examinations had not yet been completed.
Salah pulled up with a hamstring strain before halftime in Thursday’s Group B game against Ghana in Abidjan and... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/examinations-on-salahs-injury-not-complete-says-egypt-doctor | 2024-01-19T20:13:44Z | blocked_url |
DOHA - Iran booked their place in the Asian Cup last 16 when they beat Hong Kong 1-0 in a Group C game on Friday at the Khalifa International Stadium where Mehdi Ghayedi scored the winner.
The result moved Iran to six points at the top of the group where they will be guaranteed a top-two finish. They sit two points abo... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/iran-through-to-asian-cup-last-16-with-narrow-win-over-hong-kong | 2024-01-19T20:13:54Z | blocked_url |
American Carissa Moore, the current Olympic gold medallist and five-time world champion, said she would step away from competitive surfing following her defence of the title in this year's Paris Olympics.
The 31-year-old Hawaiian native told The New York Times on Friday that she planned to dedicate time to starting a f... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/moore-to-take-break-from-competition-after-olympic-title-defence | 2024-01-19T20:14:05Z | blocked_url |
ATHENS - Ukraine, Moldova and Slovakia on Jan 19 joined an initiative for a planned corridor to carry natural gas between Greece and countries to its north as Europe steps up efforts to diversify supply and boost energy security.
Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary agreed in 2016 to develop the necessary infrastructu... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/ukraine-moldova-slovakia-join-vertical-corridor-european-gas-transportation-scheme | 2024-01-19T20:14:15Z | blocked_url |
FREETOWN/ABUJA - Sierra Leone's ex-president Ernest Bai Koroma left the West African country by plane and flew to Nigeria on Friday, two Reuters reporters said, after a court allowed him to travel abroad on medical grounds despite treason charges.
On Jan. 3, 70-year-old Koroma was charged with four offences for his all... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/indicted-sierra-leone-ex-president-koroma-flies-to-nigeria | 2024-01-19T20:14:25Z | blocked_url |
The Duchess of Edinburgh was one of many royal brides who turned to the late Queen Elizabeth II for help with her wedding look.
The former PR executive, 59, wore a tiara from her soon-to-be mother-in-law's collection when she married Prince Edward on 19 June 1999, but the headpiece also paid tribute to her future fathe... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/brides/511686/duchess-sophie-wedding-tiara-hidden-tribute-father-in-law-prince-philip/ | 2024-01-19T20:34:15Z | blocked_url |
Sofia Vergara has been named in a new lawsuit alleging that her Netflix series Griselda did not seek authorization to use the family's image and likeness.
The actress stars as the infamous Griselda Blanco, who was once one of the world's most prominent drug lords, in the Netflix series but the real Griselda's family ha... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/511694/sofia-vergara-named-in-lawsuit-over-unauthorised-new-netflix-series-griselda/ | 2024-01-19T20:34:17Z | blocked_url |
Stacey Dooley is soon returning to screens with her latest series of Stacey Sleeps Over, and on Friday, Kevin Clifton shared a sweet insight into how he supported his partner as she filmed for the show.
Stacey was filming in the United States just months after giving birth to the couple's daughter, Minnie, who recently... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/511695/strictly-kevin-clifton-praised-by-fans-support-stacey-dooley-baby-daughter-minnie/ | 2024-01-19T21:18:07Z | blocked_url |
TOKYO – Sleep deprivation has long been seen as a badge of honour in Japan, where people can commonly be found catching 40 winks on their daily commutes or even at work, with their fatigue deemed a measure of their diligence.
Many surveys have shown that the Japanese sleep the least among those in developed countries.
... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japanese-in-pursuit-of-quality-sleep-in-the-world-s-most-sleep-starved-country | 2024-01-19T21:46:03Z | blocked_url |
WASHINGTON - The US military carried out another round of strikes against Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Jan 19, targeting missile launchers that were preparing for attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, the White House said.
Washington is seeking to reduce the Iran-backed Houthis’ military capabilities, but the Yemeni rebels a... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-conducted-three-strikes-against-houthi-targets-on-friday-white-house | 2024-01-19T21:46:24Z | blocked_url |
Most claims filed against financial institutions are resolved amicably through mediation, with investors receiving some form of goodwill settlement.
While aggrieved customers often bay for blood in all-out battles with their banks or insurers, numbers from the Financial Industry Disputes Resolution Centre (Fidrec) show... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/invest/most-financial-disputes-resolved-with-goodwill-settlements | 2024-01-19T21:46:45Z | blocked_url |
Several years ago, my family had to confront a neighbour over his smoking habit. The second-hand cigarette smoke would drift into one of our bedrooms, fouling the air for hours.
Eventually, he agreed to light up only in his toilet or service yard, minimising the impact of second-hand smoke on our living areas.
Already ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/can-neighbour-disputes-be-more-than-a-zero-sum-game | 2024-01-19T21:47:17Z | blocked_url |
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Spin the wheel now | https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/cartoons/a-cartoonist-s-view-miel-jan-20-2024 | 2024-01-19T21:47:27Z | blocked_url |
Myanmar ushered in the new year with several developments in its ongoing civil war.
A coalition of militias based in northern Shan state made significant gains in the north-eastern part of the country. Following their military successes, China mediated a ceasefire between the ruling junta, or State Administrative Counc... | https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/for-myanmar-south-east-asia-s-outcast-asean-is-its-only-antidote | 2024-01-19T21:47:37Z | blocked_url |
We thank Mr Marcus Foong for his feedback (Why accelerate building of some BTO projects but not others?, Jan 5).
We would like to assure Mr Foong that the HDB has applied accelerated construction schedules to all HDB projects delayed by the pandemic, including the projects in Tengah, as well as the highlighted Tampines... | https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/forum/forum-all-pandemic-delayed-hdb-homes-to-be-delivered-to-residents-soonest | 2024-01-19T21:47:48Z | blocked_url |
Singapore’s moves to step up competitiveness through digitalisation are commendable. Yet, our zealousness to transform the economy leaves a lot to be desired.
At hospitals, customers who want to pay immediately are being turned away, only to be prompted to pay online via SMSes later, as if using credit cards for paymen... | https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/forum/forum-digitalisation-should-not-come-at-the-expense-of-the-consumer | 2024-01-19T21:47:58Z | blocked_url |
Due to an ageing population, the number of deaths will increase in future years. In the next 10 years, the aggregate number of deaths could reach over 220,000; and in the next 20 years, the aggregate number may be 450,000 or more.
Does the Government have a long-term plan on where to build the needed niches for the nex... | https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/forum/forum-national-plan-needed-to-deal-with-space-for-burial-sites | 2024-01-19T21:48:09Z | blocked_url |
One area of digitalisation that we should look at is the use and acceptance of the physical identification card (IC) versus the digital IC available in the Singpass app.
It is frustrating that the digital IC is not as widely accepted as the physical card.
When I collect documents from law firms, they insist that I show... | https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/forum/forum-why-is-physical-ic-still-required-instead-of-digital-one | 2024-01-19T21:48:19Z | blocked_url |
I refer to the letter “We love Singapore and want to remain Singaporeans. Will you let us?” (Jan 12).
Ms Dorlisa Johansson put forth a compelling case, and I am sure there have been many others before her who had unique, personal and striking reasons to request dual citizenship.
However, many of these individuals and f... | https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/forum/letter-of-the-week-path-is-there-for-those-who-want-to-be-a-singapore-citizen | 2024-01-19T21:48:29Z | blocked_url |
Recently, my sister’s helper was hospitalised at a restructured hospital after having a heart attack.
The doctor ordered tests and scans, and the bill came up to almost $40,000 for a three-night stay.
The helper asked to be discharged to go back to her home country.
After signing an indemnity form, she was discharged a... | https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/forum/letter-of-the-week-set-a-limit-to-employer-s-liability-for-maid-s-medical-bills | 2024-01-19T21:48:40Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE - Criminal charges brought against former transport minister S. Iswaran have been a political setback for the PAP, regardless of the eventual legal outcome, observers told The Straits Times.
They added that the way in which the ruling party rebuilds its brand will therefore be crucial going into the next gene... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/iswaran-case-a-political-blow-to-pap-but-trust-can-be-regained-political-observers | 2024-01-19T21:49:12Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE - Almost every evening, Mr Afiq Anuar braces himself for the cacophony from children playing football at the void deck of Block 582 Woodlands Drive 16.
Their piercing screams and swearing, and the sounds of the ball thumping against the ceiling, have from time to time woken his three sons – aged three to seve... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/screaming-children-and-noisy-neighbours-residents-driven-nuts-by-noise-in-their-estates | 2024-01-19T21:49:22Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – As a self-described full-time “kaypoh (Hokkien for busybody) auntie”, Madam Sandy Goh Siew Hua is the one her neighbours turn to when they need help.
The part-time clerk, 55, distributes free food, organises free tuition and art workshops, and coordinates festive decorations for her HDB neighbourhood in Bed... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/singaporean-of-the-year-finalist-having-weathered-hard-times-she-now-helps-others-in-need | 2024-01-19T21:49:33Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – Even as a toddler, Ms Hani Isnin-Racine would pester her parents to let her help with the family’s food business.
She was already in the kitchen carefully peeling eggs when she was two years old.
Now 40, the law and economics graduate from the National University of Singapore serves up to 300 plates of Mala... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/singaporean-of-the-year-finalist-law-grad-serves-up-cheap-fare-for-struggling-residents-at-hawker-stall | 2024-01-19T21:49:43Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – Caring for his dad, who was stricken with end-stage colon cancer, made Mr Herman Sing realise how fragile life is.
He left his job as a global account manager in a multinational company when he was 29 to care for his father, who died two years later at the age of 59.
“I felt life is so uncertain, so vulnera... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/singaporean-of-the-year-finalist-volunteer-who-wanted-to-do-more-gave-most-of-his-liver-to-a-stranger | 2024-01-19T21:49:53Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – Dealing with noise disputes can be hard. Listening to the routine hammering from your neighbour’s unit in the wee hours of the night makes it harder to muster a friendly greeting the next time you bump into them in the lift.
While the Government has announced that it will be setting up a new unit to help re... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/what-can-you-do-when-you-have-a-noisy-neighbour | 2024-01-19T21:50:04Z | blocked_url |
RIYADH - Goals from Marcus Thuram and Davide Frattesi, along with a Hakan Calhanoglu penalty, propelled Inter Milan to a 3-0 victory over Lazio in the Italian Supercup semi-final on Friday, securing their place in the final against Napoli.
After 17 minutes of continuous Inter pressure, Federico Dimarco conjured up a mo... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/inter-sweep-past-lazio-to-reach-italian-supercup-final | 2024-01-19T21:50:14Z | blocked_url |
Serie A champions Napoli said on Friday they had signed Belgian winger Cyril Ngonge from Hellas Verona.
The deal was worth some 18 million euros ($19.60 million) plus add-ons, according to local media reports.
"From Belgium to Napoli. Welcome Cyril," the club said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The 23-year-... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/napoli-sign-ngonge-from-hellas-verona | 2024-01-19T21:50:25Z | blocked_url |
LONDON - The United States and other top powers need to use their influence with Israel to end the ongoing "carnage" in Gaza, Jordan's Prime Minister, Bisher al Khasawaneh, said on Friday.
Jordan, which shares a border with the occupied West Bank, has been highly critical of Israel's bombardments of Gaza with Khasawane... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/jordans-pm-urges-us-to-take-lead-in-ending-gaza-carnage | 2024-01-19T21:50:35Z | blocked_url |
WASHINGTON - Dozens of President Joe Biden's fellow Democrats signed a letter on Friday urging his administration to reaffirm that the United States strongly opposes "the forced and permanent displacement" of Palestinians from Gaza.
The letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, led by U.S. Representatives Ayanna Pre... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/us-democrats-push-biden-over-civilian-toll-in-israels-gaza-campaign | 2024-01-19T21:50:45Z | blocked_url |
WASHINGTON - An Atlas Air Boeing 747 cargo plane made an emergency return to Miami International Airport following an engine problem shortly after takeoff, the airline said – prompting another investigation into the aviation giant.
The plane, which was headed to Puerto Rico, landed safely late on Jan 18 “after experien... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/boeing-747-cargo-plane-makes-emergency-landing-in-miami | 2024-01-19T21:50:56Z | blocked_url |
BEIJING - Six months after China sacked its foreign minister under mysterious and unexplained circumstances, it could be close to naming a successor, potentially during its annual parliamentary season in March.
Political pundits have their money on seasoned diplomat Liu Jianchao, after he made a recent high-profile vis... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/steady-reliable-humorous-liu-jianchao-seen-as-china-s-clear-choice-for-next-foreign-minister?utm_campaign=STPicks | 2024-01-19T21:51:37Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – Former transport minister S. Iswaran’s case is the first time in 153 years that anyone in Singapore has been reported to be charged under Section 165 of the Penal Code, since 1871 when the Penal Code was introduced here.
Legal experts and lawyers told The Straits Times that no other person here is believed ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/askst/askst-iswaran-is-the-first-reported-person-to-be-charged-under-section-165-what-is-this-provision?utm_campaign=STPicks | 2024-01-19T21:51:48Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – The Straits Times talks to seven designers and architects on their dream projects for 2024, what inspires them, and how the projects are helping them hone their craft and design sensibilities.
These upcoming works include a collapsible rattan coffee table, paintings and ceramics, architecture and design boo... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/home-design/dream-weavers-designers-and-architects-on-their-dream-projects-of-2024?utm_campaign=STPicks | 2024-01-19T21:51:58Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – Ask serious collectors to pick a favourite in their collection, and most will tell you they cannot. It is like being asked to choose a favourite child, they say.
Not National University of Singapore (NUS) law professor David Tan. From his stash of almost 300 couture jackets, one now has his heart – a “decon... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/style/viva-la-veste-s-pore-law-professor-s-42-couture-jackets-on-display-in-new-exhibition?utm_campaign=STPicks | 2024-01-19T21:52:09Z | blocked_url |
The recent outcry over changes to payment methods for public transport, involving the EZ-Link and SimplyGo platforms, holds a lesson that the needs of the actual end user – the customer – must be the starting point.
From June 1, adult fares on public buses and trains can no longer be paid using ez-link cards that are n... | https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/simplygo-an-upgrade-but-for-whom?utm_campaign=STPicks | 2024-01-19T21:52:19Z | blocked_url |
172 tickets, two plane rides and a hotel stay
Here’s a summary of the items allegedly obtained by Iswaran from 2015 to 2022.
Here are all the charges against Iswaran, annotated
The 27 charges were provided in separate PDF documents, each page contains one charge ordered by date of alleged obtainment by Iswaran.
The cha... | https://www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/graphics/2024/01/iswaran-27-charges/index.html?shell | 2024-01-19T21:52:30Z | blocked_url |
Ihor Mazepa, the founder of Concorde Capital investment company, was detained at the Ukraine-Poland border checkpoint, Concorde Capital announced on 18 January.
On 19 January, Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigations (DBR) confirmed the detention of Mazepa, his brother, and two other individuals in connection with a sc... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/19/investment-firm-founder-detained-in-unlawful-land-privatization-probe/ | 2024-01-19T21:54:43Z | blocked_url |
Elizabeth Hurley is known to turn heads with her fashion offerings and the model got her followers talking as the star shared her latest beachside photos.
However, this time Elizabeth wasn't in one of her signature bikinis as the star had actually decided to don a partially see-through gold leaf shirt. In several of th... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/fashion/celebrity-style/511696/elizabeth-hurley-fan-response-beachside-photos/ | 2024-01-19T22:06:23Z | blocked_url |
Alec Baldwin has been charged for a second time with involuntary manslaughter after the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust. Haylna was killed on the set of Rust in October 2021 after Alec fired a prop gun that had not been properly checked.
The incident occurred on set in New Mexico and the fil... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/511697/alec-baldwin-charged-second-time-with-involuntary-manslaughter-faces-18-months-in-prison/ | 2024-01-19T22:06:29Z | blocked_url |
The King returned to Sandringham on Friday, ahead of his hospital treatment for an enlarged prostate next week.
Charles, 75, was seen travelling to his Norfolk estate after flying back with Queen Camilla, 76, from Scotland, where the couple have been residing since the start of the new year.
The King, who has cancelled... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/511698/king-charles-travels-to-sandringham-before-hospital-treatment/ | 2024-01-19T22:06:35Z | blocked_url |
NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks rallied on Jan 19, boosted by the tech sector, with the S&P 500 and Dow hitting fresh records.
The broad-based S&P 500 advanced 1.2 per cent to close at 4,839.81, surpassing its last all-time high set in 2022.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.1 per cent at 37,863.80, also reaching... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/sp-500-reaches-new-record-as-us-stocks-surge | 2024-01-19T23:18:30Z | blocked_url |
President Joe Biden signaled on Friday that he is hopeful a deal over the U.S.-Mexico border could be worked out next week at least in the Senate, controlled by his Democratic Party, adding that "significant policy changes" were needed.
Republicans in Congress have blocked emergency funding for Ukraine in an effort to ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/biden-hopeful-for-bipartisan-package-in-senate-on-us-mexico-border-next-week | 2024-01-19T23:18:41Z | blocked_url |
UNITED NATIONS/CAIRO - Between 10,000 and 15,000 people were killed in one city in Sudan's West Darfur region last year in ethnic violence by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied Arab militia, according to a United Nations report seen by Reuters on Friday.
In the report to the U.N. Security Council, i... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/ethnic-killings-in-one-sudan-city-left-up-to-15000-dead-un-report | 2024-01-19T23:18:51Z | blocked_url |
MADRID - Army units were mobilised to help about 600 drivers who were stuck on a motorway in heavy snow as Storm Juan blanketed many parts of Spain, authorities said on Friday.
Snowfalls left motorists stranded for hours on the N-122 road between Soria and Agreda in northern Spain so authorites said they had dispatched... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/army-called-in-to-rescue-about-600-spanish-motorists-stuck-in-snow | 2024-01-19T23:19:01Z | blocked_url |
Japan probe lands on moon; can’t generate solar power
Japan on Jan 20 became the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon, but the probe was not generating solar power, its space agency said, during a mission to prove a “precision” landing technology and revitalise a space programme that has suffered setbacks.
The... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/while-you-were-sleeping-5-stories-you-might-have-missed-jan-20-6 | 2024-01-19T23:19:12Z | blocked_url |
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Military
General: Russia keeps some 22,000 troops near Ukraine’s northern border. Ukrainian general says Russia has deployed 21,800 troops near Ukraine’s northern borders, but the situation remains under control.
UK new Russian A-50 radar plane kept distant from Ukraine after previous one downed. After the sh... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/20/russo-ukrainian-war-day-695-ukraine-allocates-record-466-million-for-fortifications/ | 2024-01-20T00:04:52Z | blocked_url |
Josh Caulfield sees red as Connacht claim Champions Cup win over Bristol
Ireland Sevens star Andrew Smith helped Connacht keep their Investec Champions Cup hopes alive as they beat 14-man Bristol to finally open their account.
Smith scored the fourth try in a 27-10 bonus point Pool 1 victory at the Dexcom Stadium with ... | https://www.rugbypass.com/news/connacht-finally-get-off-mark-in-champions-cup-with-victory-over-bristol/ | 2024-01-20T00:11:41Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – Chef Tristin Farmer, who led the team that garnered three Michelin stars for Restaurant Zen, likes to say he has had a 24-year apprenticeship to one day open his own restaurant.
The Scot tells The Straits Times he never thought the time was right. Until now.
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SINGAPORE - The maternity sector is gearing up for a bump in births in 2024 as the auspicious Chinese Year of the Dragon approaches, with some hospitals opening new wards, confinement businesses hiring more hands and a clutch of new services unveiled across the board.
Ahead of Feb 10, the first day of the dragon year, ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/hospitals-businesses-prepare-for-bump-not-bumper-crop-of-dragon-year-babies | 2024-01-20T00:50:51Z | blocked_url |
'I don’t see why not': Former All Black on joining Joe Schmidt in Wallaby switch
More Kiwi recruits could be on the table for the Wallabies in 2024, with former All Black props Alex Hodgman and Jeffery Toomaga-Allen suiting up for the Reds in the upcoming Super Rugby Pacific season.
Hodgeman donned the black jersey fou... | https://www.rugbypass.com/news/i-dont-see-why-not-former-all-black-on-joining-joe-schmidt-in-wallaby-switch/ | 2024-01-20T01:45:07Z | blocked_url |
Beauty
Kristen Stewart’s Baby Bangs More Of The Best Celeb Beauty Looks Of The Week
A weekly round up of our favorite celebrity beauty moments.
Awards season is in full swing, and the looks just keep on coming. With every passing VIP event, we’re getting a fuller and clearer picture of the landscape of beauty trends in... | https://www.nylon.com/beauty/best-celeb-beauty-looks-kristen-stewart-baby-bangs-kate-moss-blonde | 2024-01-20T01:46:10Z | blocked_url |
Entertainment
How Fcukers Is Bringing Back '90s Dance One Party At A Time
The band ushering in New York City’s latest wave of party music is just here to have a good time.
You could hear the bassline as you entered the venue. Though it was 8 p.m. on a Wednesday at the Greenpoint venue Warsaw, the floor was filled. Fcuk... | https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/fcukers-band-new-york-city-music | 2024-01-20T01:46:16Z | blocked_url |
Entertainment
10 New Musicians & Bands We’re Betting On In 2024
Welcome music’s newest class of superstars.
Some of 2023’s best albums came from new artists: Take Chappell Roan’s ecstatic queer celebration, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, or NewJeans’s K-pop crossover EP, Get Up, which turned everyone into a s... | https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/new-musicians-2024-babymonster-the-last-dinner-party-fcukers | 2024-01-20T01:46:22Z | blocked_url |
Culture
NYLON’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation Dream Casting, From Mia Goth To Tilda Swinton
And no, we didn’t pick Emma Stone.
Long before #BookTok, Otessa Moshfegh stirred up the literary world with her best-selling novel, My Year of Rest and Relaxation. The follow-up to Eileen is about a blasé, angry, and, ultimatel... | https://www.nylon.com/life/my-year-of-rest-and-relaxation-dream-casting | 2024-01-20T01:46:28Z | blocked_url |
SYDNEY - Parts of Western Australia on Saturday were set to swelter through an "extreme" heatwave, raising the risk of bushfires in the vast state, the nation's weather forecaster said.
The Bureau of Meteorology on Saturday had an "extreme heatwave warning" in place for the remote Pilbara and Gascoyne areas of Australi... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/western-australia-on-extreme-heatwave-alert-raising-bushfire-risk | 2024-01-20T02:23:00Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – More Generation Z and young millennials in Singapore are diving headlong into solo adventures – the more uncharted the territory, the better. Many are also posting about it to pay their way.
Spontaneous travel, defined as setting off on a trip without a fixed plan, has taken off alongside revenge travel, po... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/hi-mum-no-dinner-for-me-tonight-i-ll-be-skydiving-in-bangkok-gen-z-and-millennials | 2024-01-20T02:23:10Z | blocked_url |
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Iswaran case a political blow to PAP, but trust can be regained: Political observers
Despite the political blow, observers believe that such single events rarely decid... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/morning-briefing-top-stories-from-the-straits-times-on-jan-20-2024 | 2024-01-20T02:23:20Z | blocked_url |
MELBOURNE - Highlights of the seventh day of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Saturday, all times local (GMT +11):
1114 PLAY UNDER WAY AT MELBOURNE PARK
Play began as scheduled on the seventh day of the year's first Grand Slam. The weather was pleasant, with a high of 27 degrees Celsius (80.6 degrees Fahrenheit... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/tennis/australian-open-day-seven | 2024-01-20T02:23:31Z | blocked_url |
NEW YORK – An 11-month-old boy died on the morning of Jan 19 after being burned by steam that leaked from a radiator in a bedroom at a Brooklyn apartment, police said.
Police received a 911 call for help at the apartment, on East 14th Street in the Midwood neighbourhood, just after 6am (7pm on Jan 19, Singapore time) o... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/11-month-old-boy-dies-after-being-burned-by-steam-from-radiator | 2024-01-20T02:23:41Z | blocked_url |
MANCHESTER - Ms Nikki Haley made it clear to New Hampshire voters on Jan 19: She will not serve as former president Donald Trump’s vice president if he wins the Republican nomination.
Ms Haley, who is challenging Trump for the Republican presidential nod, has long said she won’t “play for second.” But in touring the in... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/haley-says-no-to-vice-presidency-as-former-rival-backs-trump | 2024-01-20T02:23:51Z | blocked_url |
Sports Illustrated (SI), the venerable bible of sports journalism, has been in decline for years, as the Internet annihilated print magazines and cost-cutting turned the weekly publication into a monthly and whittled its staff.
But on Jan 19, the magazine received perhaps its toughest blow yet.
The company that publish... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/sports-illustrated-thrown-into-chaos-with-mass-layoffs | 2024-01-20T02:24:02Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – Enter the dragon, plated in various guises this Chinese New Year, which falls on Feb 10.
Inspired by the mythical creature, chefs’ imaginations have run wild, mostly seizing upon any ingredient that invokes or is partially named after the “long” (Chinese for dragon).
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Pebble Bar (1963)
Pebble Bar, which was also known as Pebbles Bar, opened in 1963 at the Singapura Forum Hotel, the site of the current Forum The Shopping Mall.
The hotel was the first local hospitality venture by the late property tycoon Ng Teng Fong, who founded Far East Organization in 1960. It cost Mr Ng $5.5 milli... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/home-design/from-high-class-nightclubs-to-disco-fever | 2024-01-20T03:55:23Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – A significant chapter in Singapore’s entertainment history came to a close with the shuttering of nightlife outlets at Orchard Towers in late 2023.
Its vice-tainted location at 400 Orchard Road is a shadow of the sophisticated cabaret performances that played there and made headlines in the 1960s.
But Orcha... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/home-design/orchard-road-gears-up-for-a-new-era | 2024-01-20T03:55:34Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – Ms Roshni Mahtani Cheung did not step into a Housing Board flat until she was 15 years old.
Her father owned a textile business and the family lived in a bungalow in the Mountbatten area.
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ASTANA – Major Italian tour operator Alpitour has added Kazakhstan to its catalog, marking a significant move to spotlight the country’s cultural and natural diversity on the global stage, reported the Kazakh Tourism national company on its Instagram page on Jan. 18.
According to Kazakh Tourism, this inclusion reflects... | https://astanatimes.com/2024/01/kazakhstan-joins-leading-italian-tour-operators-network/ | 2024-01-20T04:47:50Z | blocked_url |
The Duke of Sussex made his first appearance of 2024 on Friday January 19, as he was given an incredible honour in Los Angeles.
Prince Harry, 39, made a solo appearance - despite rumours his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex would be joining him - as he was inducted into the "Living Legends of Aviation" for his work a... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/511690/prince-harry-honoured-living-legends-of-aviation-awards/ | 2024-01-20T04:58:38Z | blocked_url |
Veteran West Michigan banker Tom Welch expects West Michigan’s economy to track with the overall U.S. economic performance this year.
The regional president for Fifth Third Bank, who also co-chairs Grand Action 2.0, believes West Michigan “muddles” through next year economically as outlooks generally predict slow GDP g... | https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/banking-finance/why-fifth-third-banks-top-west-michigan-exec-expects-not-great-but-not-terrible-economy-in-2024/ | 2024-01-20T04:59:43Z | blocked_url |
Bell’s Brewery Inc. is betting on automation equipment to help it churn out more variety packs of its popular beers.
At its Comstock Township brewery east of Kalamazoo, Bell’s is investing $2.6 million to boost packaging automation capacity, along with an additional $500,000 project to reduce waste at the production fa... | https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/food-drink/bells-brewery-investing-2-6m-in-automation-to-boost-variety-pack-production-five-fold/ | 2024-01-20T04:59:50Z | blocked_url |
Trinity Health has brought another new medical service to Grand Haven with the addition of a detoxification program that opened this month.
Partnering with Saint Charles, Mo.-based SpecialtyCare Hospital Management, Trinity Health Grand Haven launched the New Vision detox service Jan. 10 for adult patients with withdra... | https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/health-care/trinity-health-adds-new-medical-service-in-grand-haven/ | 2024-01-20T04:59:56Z | blocked_url |
Former U.S. Rep. Justin Amash said Thursday that he is exploring whether to run as a Republican for Michigan’s open Senate seat, saying other candidates are “uninspired, unserious and unprepared.”
Amash served five terms representing the Grand Rapids area and in the final one, 2019-2020, left the GOP to become an indep... | https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/politics-policy/former-u-s-rep-justin-amash-explores-run-for-u-s-senate/ | 2024-01-20T05:00:02Z | blocked_url |
Two Grand Rapids businesses are collaborating on a new pop-up restaurant that they hope will expand the customer base for both brands.
Texan-style brunch restaurant Basalt and Speciation Artisan Ales are partnering to launch Oso Provisions inside the microbrewery’s location at 928 Wealthy St. SE.
Oso Provisions will se... | https://www.crainsgrandrapids.com/news/restaurants-1/pair-of-wealthy-street-businesses-collaborate-on-new-pop-up-restaurant/ | 2024-01-20T05:00:08Z | blocked_url |
SEOUL - Seoul’s chief of police has been charged with professional negligence over the deadly 2022 Halloween crush that killed nearly 160 people, prosecutors in the South Korean capital said.
On Oct 29, 2022, tens of thousands of people – mostly in their 20s and 30s – had been out to enjoy post-pandemic holiday celebra... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/seoul-police-chief-charged-over-deadly-halloween-crush | 2024-01-20T05:27:22Z | blocked_url |
JAKARTA – A new study has found that finance and personal loan apps, as well as those that boost Internet security, are the most downloaded in Indonesia.
The popularity of these apps, rather than those for entertainment, social media or messaging platforms, stems from Indonesia’s lack of access to traditional banking s... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/apps-for-loans-and-vpns-most-downloaded-in-indonesia-says-study | 2024-01-20T05:27:32Z | blocked_url |
TAICHUNG – The charms of Taiwan are many. Friendly people, fantastic service in stores and restaurants, excellent street food, abundant – and delicious – vegetables and fruit.
Until 2024, however, I had stuck to Taipei, finding endless places to explore and enjoy.
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SINGAPORE – For more than a month in late 2023, a 73-year-old woman thought she was being investigated by the “police”, and was on the verge of transferring a chunk of her savings to scammers.
Thankfully, the scammers’ attempt to cheat the elderly woman of her life savings was thwarted by vigilant staff from Great East... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/elderly-woman-saved-from-losing-163k-in-government-official-impersonation-scam | 2024-01-20T05:27:53Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE - After months of being shuttered when one owner suffered an aneurysm, western food store Wow Wow West reopened on Jan 16 at ABC Brickworks Market and Food Centre.
However, the festive welcome back it was hoping for was dampened by the lasting effects of the mandatory tuberculosis (TB) screening at Jalan Buki... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/hawkers-at-abc-brickworks-soldier-on-as-business-blues-continue-after-mass-tb-screening | 2024-01-20T05:28:04Z | blocked_url |
MELBOURNE - Steve Smith's first outing as a test opener may not have gone to plan but Australia coach Andrew McDonald said he had the full support of the team and that it would take time for him to build a relationship with Usman Khawaja at the top of the order.
Smith, who moved up from number four following David Warn... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/australia-keep-faith-in-problem-solver-smith-as-opener | 2024-01-20T05:28:14Z | blocked_url |
MUNICH – Germany said an emotional goodbye to Franz Beckenbauer on Jan 19, with former teammate Uli Hoeness crediting the football legend for making Germans “proud” again.
Beckenbauer, 78, died on Jan 7 in Austria and was laid to rest in a private ceremony in Munich five days later.
The Jan 19 ceremony, which featured ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/he-made-us-proud-again-germany-pays-emotional-tribute-to-franz-beckenbauer | 2024-01-20T05:28:24Z | blocked_url |
New Zealand's Daryl Mitchell will skip the final T20 International against Pakistan with fellow all-rounder Rachin Ravindra replacing him in the squad for Sunday's match in Christchurch, the home side said.
New Zealand have already taken a 4-0 lead in the five-match series and Mitchell would be rested as part of his wo... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/mitchell-rested-ravindra-back-for-final-t20-v-pakistan | 2024-01-20T05:28:35Z | blocked_url |
'The time isn't quite right' for Dan McKellar or Stephen Larkham with Wallabies
Rugby Australia’s hiring of Joe Schmidt as Wallabies coach looks to wrap a band-aid around a sport in a state of healing after a disastrous 12 months.
Beyond those 12 months there’d been a decline in results, but a World Cup year with an ov... | https://www.rugbypass.com/news/the-time-isnt-quite-right-for-dan-mckellar-or-stephen-larkham-with-wallabies/ | 2024-01-20T06:22:21Z | blocked_url |
NEW DELHI - As Hindu devotees prepare to inaugurate a grand temple to one of their holiest deities, India's minority Muslims plan to begin building a new mosque in the same city later this year, hoping to make a fresh start after a bloody, decades-long dispute.
Haji Arfat Shaikh, the head of the development committee o... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/new-mosque-construction-in-indias-ayodhya-to-begin-in-may-muslim-group-says | 2024-01-20T06:59:40Z | blocked_url |
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