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PHILLIPSBURG — Phillipsburg Mayor Shawna Newsom opened the Jan. 16 council meeting expressing appreciation for former Mayor Rebecca Ford’s actions and saying, “I will continue to look at her vision and try to achieve the goals she set for us as well.”
She reappointed Wendell Harleman as street and water commissioner an... | https://www.registerherald.com/2024/01/19/phillipsburg-appoints-new-officials/ | 2024-01-22T09:42:30Z | blocked_url |
EATON — Recently, students who are involved in the Manufacturing Skills Standards Council (MSSC) classes at Preble Shawnee, National Trail, Eaton, Twin Valley South, and Tri-County North High Schools all participated in field trips to the Eaton Parker Hannifin facility.
As students in the MSSC classes, they are learnin... | https://www.registerherald.com/2024/01/19/preble-mssc-students-visit-parker-hannifin-eaton/ | 2024-01-22T09:42:36Z | blocked_url |
MOSCOW - Russian energy company Novatek is likely to resume large-scale operations at its Ust-Luga processing complex and Baltic Sea terminal within weeks, after a fire started by what Ukrainian media said was a drone attack, analysts said on Monday.
Novatek said on Sunday it had been forced to suspend some operations ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/analysts-see-russian-fuel-complex-resuming-operations-within-weeks-after-suspected-drone-attack | 2024-01-22T09:49:24Z | blocked_url |
BEIJING - China's top court has pledged to "deepen judicial disclosure" after its plan to curtail access to court decisions faced unusual public criticism from lawyers and legal experts.
The Supreme People’s Court (SPC) announced in December it would create a new database of over 2,000 cases accessible to scholars, law... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-vows-judicial-disclosure-after-outcry-over-plan-to-curb-access-to-rulings | 2024-01-22T09:49:34Z | blocked_url |
TOKYO - Japan switched off its moon lander almost three hours after a historic touchdown to allow for a possible recovery of the craft when the Sun hits its solar panels, the space agency said on Jan 22.
With its unmanned Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (Slim) mission – dubbed Moon Sniper for the craft’s precision ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-says-possibility-moon-lander-power-can-be-restored | 2024-01-22T09:49:44Z | blocked_url |
TAIPEI – A pilots’ union on Jan 22 voted to strike at Taiwan’s Eva Airways in a dispute over salaries and working conditions, raising the prospect of industrial action that could impact flights over the crucial Chinese New Year holidays in February.
Taoyuan Union of Pilots said Eva has not raised salaries enough and ha... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/union-strike-at-taiwans-eva-air-over-salary-dispute-could-impact-chinese-new-year-flights | 2024-01-22T09:49:55Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – After almost two decades, the Singapore Chamber Music Festival (SCMF) is back.
Presented by Resound Collective in partnership with the Yong Siew Toh (YST) Conservatory of Music, the festival brings together local and international musicians to perform and share their experience through workshops, masterclas... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/arts/singapore-chamber-music-festival-returns-after-nearly-20-years | 2024-01-22T09:50:05Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – Local actress-host Nurul Aini’s husband Sofian Roslan has apologised after a TikTok video alleged that he was having an affair.
In the video posted on Jan 20, a man and a woman were seen leaving a car separately in an underground carpark. The TikTok account, with the caption “Check in Hotel”, claimed that t... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/actress-nurul-aini-s-husband-apologises-for-alleged-infidelity | 2024-01-22T09:50:16Z | blocked_url |
A man allegedly trying to break into Taylor Swift’s home in New York City has been arrested.
According to the New York Post, witnesses said the man tried, but failed, to enter the American pop star’s townhouse in Tribeca on Jan 20 afternoon.
The American newspaper added that officers from the New York Police Department... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/taylor-swift-s-alleged-stalker-arrested-after-trying-to-break-into-her-new-york-home | 2024-01-22T09:50:26Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – A man cheated 20 people, including his family friends and acquaintances, of some $2.5 million in total in an investment scam between 2008 and 2013.
Murali Krishnan Naidu had duped them into thinking that their money would be invested in a moneylending business set up by his wife.
Most of the victims had dra... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/jail-for-man-who-duped-20-victims-of-about-25m-in-total-in-investment-scam | 2024-01-22T09:50:37Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – The tensions in a dispute between two neighbours in Marine Parade boiled over when an elderly woman splashed water on her next-door neighbour, causing him to have superficial burns.
She also swore at the man and hit him with a broomstick, in a separate incident.
On Jan 22, Yeo Kaw Guek, 71, was sentenced to... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/woman-71-fined-after-throwing-warm-water-on-neighbour-hitting-him-with-broomstick | 2024-01-22T09:50:47Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE - Holders of older adult ez-link cards that are not on SimplyGo, an account-based ticketing platform, will no longer have to update their cards by June 1 to pay for public transport.
Nets FlashPay cards will also continue to be accepted for adult fare payments, and there is no need to exchange them for a Nets... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/lta-shelves-plan-to-replace-older-public-transport-payment-cards-with-simplygo-by-june-1 | 2024-01-22T09:50:57Z | blocked_url |
DOHA – The second round of Asian Cup group games threw up a few surprises when the pre-tournament favourites were given a reality check as physical Arab teams showed they had closed the gap considerably on their more illustrious opponents.
Japan, four-time champions and the highest-ranked team in the competition, were ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/physical-arab-teams-prove-they-are-no-pushovers-against-heavyweights-at-asian-cup-0 | 2024-01-22T09:51:08Z | blocked_url |
KYIV - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk arrived in Ukraine on Monday, his office said, in a show of support as the war with Russia nears the two-year mark.
Warsaw has emerged as a key ally for Kyiv as it defends itself against Russia and seeks more financial and military support from Western partners.
A video released... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/polands-tusk-arrives-in-ukrainian-capital-kyiv | 2024-01-22T09:51:19Z | blocked_url |
LONDON - Britain's rail network was disrupted, flights were cancelled and thousands of homes were left without power on Monday after the country was battered by Storm Isha overnight.
Scotland was worst hit as gusts of over 90 miles per hour (144 km/h) led to the cancellation of all train services. Dozens of flights fro... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/storm-isha-hits-travels-and-power-services-across-uk | 2024-01-22T09:51:29Z | blocked_url |
LONDON - The war in Ukraine has dented Russia's confidence in its conventional forces and increased the importance to Moscow of non-strategic nuclear weapons (NSNWs) as a means of deterring and defeating NATO in a potential future conflict, a leading Western think-tank said on Monday.
NSNWs include all nuclear weapons ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/ukraine-war-drives-shift-in-russian-nuclear-thinking-study | 2024-01-22T09:51:40Z | blocked_url |
Exeter thumping by Bayonne sets up blockbuster with England rival
Exeter crashed to a 40-17 defeat to Bayonne in their Investec Champions Cup clash in France.
The Chiefs, already assured of a home tie in the last 16, were punished for their indiscipline as the hosts, who sit fifth in Pool C, ran in six tries.
The defea... | https://www.rugbypass.com/news/exeter-thumping-by-bayonne-sets-up-blockbuster-with-england-rival/ | 2024-01-22T10:08:36Z | blocked_url |
BEIJING - China's chief intelligence agency posted on social media a comic strip featuring foreign-looking characters secretly extracting rare earths, in a story portraying the country's strategic metals under threat from covetous "overseas organisations".
The comic strip, published on Sunday on the State Security Mini... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-in-comic-strip-warns-of-overseas-threats-to-its-rare-earths | 2024-01-22T11:21:52Z | blocked_url |
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan said on Jan 22 that Iran’s Foreign Minister will visit the country next week, signalling efforts to rebuild ties after the neighbours exchanged missile strikes last week at what they said were militant targets.
Ambassadors of both countries have also been asked to return to their posts by Jan 26, t... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/irans-foreign-minister-to-visit-pakistan-next-week-islamabad-says | 2024-01-22T11:22:03Z | blocked_url |
Deciding that it was too expensive to break into her home after her electronic door lock malfunctioned, Ms Tammy Ng looked for an alternative way in.
Her solution? Hire a lorry crane to take her up.
The incident happened at an apartment building in Selangor on Jan 21.
Ms Ng, who lives on the fourth floor, told The Stra... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/locked-out-of-her-home-malaysian-woman-rents-crane-to-take-her-four-storeys-up | 2024-01-22T11:22:13Z | blocked_url |
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia’s former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad on Jan 22 condemned the questioning of his son by the country’s anti-graft agency, calling it “selective” and driven by his political rivalry with the sitting government.
The 98-year-old former two-time leader is a political rival and fierce critic of Pri... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-ex-pm-mahathir-condemns-son-s-questioning-by-anti-graft-body-and-blames-anwar-govt | 2024-01-22T11:22:23Z | blocked_url |
NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated one of the holiest Hindu temples and his government has been spending millions of dollars to develop many others, boosting tourism and his appeal among the majority community ahead of elections.
Apart from a $6 billion makeover of the northern city o... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/temple-tourism-set-to-soar-under-indias-modi | 2024-01-22T11:22:34Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – China may have surpassed its growth target in 2023, but weaker-than-expected consumer sentiment has raised questions about whether Chinese travellers – and their tourist dollars – will make a return this year.
Domestic travel for the world’s second-largest economy has rebounded beyond pre-pandemic levels, w... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/china-s-travellers-to-head-overseas-more-in-2024-says-forecast-with-s-pore-expected-to-gain | 2024-01-22T11:22:55Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE - Stocks in Singapore ended lower on Jan 22 amid a mixed showing from regional bourses.
The Straits Times Index (STI) shed 0.1 per cent, or 3.17 points, to close at 3,149.12.
Across the broader market, decliners outnumbered advancers 328 to 224 after 1.41 billion securities worth $910.1 million changed hands.... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/singapore-shares-start-week-in-the-red-amid-mixed-regional-showing | 2024-01-22T11:23:05Z | blocked_url |
BEIJING/HONG KONG - The number of foreclosed homes in China rose 43 per cent year on year in 2023, according to a private survey on Jan 22, highlighting a worrying trend of rising mortgage delinquencies amid a sustained property market slump and a patchy economic recovery.
The number of foreclosed homes up for auction ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/property/china-s-residential-foreclosures-increase-43-year-on-year-in-2023 | 2024-01-22T11:23:15Z | blocked_url |
Kevin Zhu plays Shostakovich
Tchaikovsky’s Pathetique
Orchestra of the Music Makers
Esplanade Concert Hall
Jan 21, 5pm
American-Chinese violinist Kevin Zhu continued his fine streak of concerts in Singapore, following up his splendid solo recital on Jan 12 with a performance of Soviet-era Russian composer Dmitri Shosta... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/arts/concert-review-violinist-kevin-zhu-proves-he-is-a-serious-and-thinking-musician | 2024-01-22T11:23:25Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – A persistent light drizzle put a damper on crowds at arts cluster Gillman Barracks, but about 100 people – toting umbrellas and wearing ponchos – still congregated in front of a makeshift stage to watch art pioneer Tang Da Wu’s performance on Jan 20.
Tang, a rock star in Singapore’s art scene, played only a... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/arts/crowd-braves-rain-for-tang-da-wu-performance-pierre-lorinet-collection-and-htein-lin-at-gillman-barracks | 2024-01-22T11:23:36Z | blocked_url |
There is no denying that Hugh Jackman is committed to his Wolverine character.
The Australian actor – who played the clawed superhero in the X-Men film franchises (2000 to 2017) – took to Instagram on Jan 21 to show his training regimen amid filming of Deadpool 3, where Jackman will reprise his Wolverine role.
In the s... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/actor-hugh-jackman-shares-gym-workout-as-he-prepares-to-be-wolverine-again | 2024-01-22T11:23:46Z | blocked_url |
Hong Kong superstar Chow Yun Fat, who took part in the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon on Jan 21, was not satisfied with his timing.
Under the guidance and in the company of his coach, Chow clocked in at 2hr 26min 08sec for the 21km race.
“It was four minutes slower than my target,” the 68-year-old told the media... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/chow-yun-fat-68-not-satisfied-with-completing-half-marathon-in-2hr-26min | 2024-01-22T11:23:56Z | blocked_url |
Mr Ron DeSantis’ campaign ended, as it began, on X. His live launch event was meant to show how au fait with the future the Florida governor was. Instead the glitchy launch turned into the equivalent of dad dancing.
Mr DeSantis took no such chances with his withdrawal from the Republican primary, which he announced in ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/how-does-ron-desantis-dropping-out-change-the-republican-primary | 2024-01-22T11:24:07Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – The owner of a car trading firm was fined $6 million after evading payment of duty and goods and services tax (GST) for 1,828 vehicles he had imported.
Singapore Customs in a statement on Jan 22 said Low Han Siang, 46, was also sentenced to nine months’ jail for underpaying the additional registration fee (... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/6-million-fine-9-months-jail-for-car-trader-who-evaded-duty-and-gst-on-nearly-2000-vehicles | 2024-01-22T11:24:17Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – A primary school physical education (PE) teacher asked a seven-year-old girl in his class to sit on his lap and play a game on his laptop in class while he molested her.
The girl alerted another teacher via social media about six years later, after she graduated from the school, as she was concerned that th... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/primary-school-pe-teacher-jailed-16-months-for-molesting-7-year-old-girl-in-class | 2024-01-22T11:24:28Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE - A 20-year-old youth who raped his schoolmate in a toilet at Admiralty Park, while her then boyfriend held her down, was sentenced to undergo reformative training for at least a year on Jan 22.
The incident took place in June 2020 when he was 16 years old, the girl 14, and her boyfriend 22.
He pleaded guilty... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/youth-gets-reformative-training-for-raping-schoolmate-while-her-boyfriend-held-her-down | 2024-01-22T11:24:38Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – 2023 was Singapore’s joint fourth-warmest year since records started in 1929, with sweltering temperatures logged in May and October breaking records for those months.
The Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS) said on Jan 22 that 2023 also ranked the seventh-wettest here in more than 40 years, with annual ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/environment/2023-was-singapore-s-4th-hottest-year-on-record-tying-with-1997-and-2015 | 2024-01-22T11:24:48Z | blocked_url |
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LTA shelves plan to replace older public transport payment cards with SimplyGo by June
The Transport Minister apologised for delays passengers experienced and said $40m will be spent to k... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/evening-update-today-s-headlines-from-the-straits-times-on-jan-22-2024 | 2024-01-22T11:24:59Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – ‘Chaos’ featured on the job for many in 2023, with a substantial number of respondents in a survey saying they engaged in work that is unstructured, unpredictable and lacking in defined procedures.
“Chaotic working” was the top workplace trend in the December 2023 survey of 1,211 Singapore workers by hiring... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/jobs/unstructured-unpredictable-chaotic-working-tops-s-pore-workplace-trends-in-2023-survey-finds | 2024-01-22T11:25:09Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – The mental well-being of Singapore’s young people has improved since 2020, but it has still not fully recovered from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
During the pandemic, a disparity in life satisfaction levels also surfaced between degree holders and non-degree holders, with the former reporting greate... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/mental-well-being-among-youth-has-improved-but-still-suffers-from-pandemic-impact-studies | 2024-01-22T11:25:20Z | blocked_url |
Synopsis: Every second and fourth Monday of the month, The Straits Times takes a hard look at social issues of the day with guests.
The barricading of void decks in Singapore is like a game of societal chess – one where Sembawang Town Council played the ultimate “no ball games” card, barricading Block 638 Woodlands Rin... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/play-in-shared-spaces-how-can-s-pore-balance-competing-needs | 2024-01-22T11:25:30Z | blocked_url |
DOHA - India were not surprised by the physicality of the teams in their Asian Cup group but now have experience to test their strength against Syria, skipper Sunil Chhetri said on Monday.
India are bottom of Group B after losing to Australia and Uzbekistan, teams who outmuscled them as they struggled to win duels acro... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/india-battle-hardened-to-tackle-syrias-physicality-chhetri | 2024-01-22T11:25:40Z | blocked_url |
PARIS – Political bickering, ongoing grumbling about ticket prices and disruption to everyday life are souring the mood in the build-up to the Paris Olympics in July – something organisers blame on typical French pessimism.
Several recent announcements have led to a spike in negative publicity for the sporting mega-eve... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/french-gloom-clouds-paris-olympics-six-months-from-start | 2024-01-22T11:25:51Z | blocked_url |
India batter Virat Kohli has pulled out of the first two tests against England citing personal reasons, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Monday.
Kohli, 35, has scored nearly 9,000 runs in 113 test matches.
"Virat has spoken to Captain Rohit Sharma, the team management and the selectors... certai... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/indias-kohli-to-miss-first-two-tests-v-england | 2024-01-22T11:26:01Z | blocked_url |
MELBOURNE - A turbo-charged Carlos Alcaraz powered into the Australian Open quarter-finals for the first time on Monday as the second seed dismantled Serb Miomir Kecmanovic 6-4 6-4 6-0 to leave fans on Rod Laver Arena awestruck.
Alcaraz came into the match full of energy after his third-round clash with China's Shang J... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/tennis/alcaraz-mows-down-kecmanovic-to-reach-australian-open-quarter-finals | 2024-01-22T11:26:12Z | blocked_url |
MELBOURNE - Czech teenager Linda Noskova does not need to look far for inspiration in a country with a proven track record of producing top tennis talent but the Australian Open quarter-finalist said she would always idolise American great Serena Williams.
Noskova caused the upset of the tournament so far when the 19-y... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/tennis/no-shortage-of-czech-stars-to-emulate-but-serena-tops-the-charts-for-noskova | 2024-01-22T11:26:22Z | blocked_url |
GENEVA - Countries risk missing a May deadline for agreeing a legally binding treaty on fighting pandemics and this would be a big blow for future generations, the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Jan 22.
The new pact and a series of updates to existing rules on dealing with pandemics are intended to... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/countries-risk-missing-deadline-for-pandemic-accord-says-who-chief | 2024-01-22T11:26:32Z | blocked_url |
SKOPJE - The European Union's 6-billion euro growth plan for the Western Balkans is a potential "game changer" that could double the size of regional economies in the next decade, an EU official said on Monday.
Leaders of the six Western Balkan countries -- Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbi... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/eu-growth-plan-potential-game-changer-for-western-balkans-official-says | 2024-01-22T11:26:44Z | blocked_url |
BRUSSELS – Israel’s attack on Hamas is failing to root out the militant group, the European Union’s top foreign policy chief said, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu comes under mounting international pressure for rejecting Palestinian rule of Gaza after the war.
Instead of destroying Hamas, Israel is “seeding the ha... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/eu-says-israel-s-attack-on-hamas-seeding-hate-for-years | 2024-01-22T11:26:54Z | blocked_url |
Russia's parliament began considering a draft bill on Monday which would give the state the power to seize the property of people convicted for defamation of the armed forces or for calling publicly for actions that undermine state security.
The move has drawn comparisons with the witch hunts of the 1930s under Soviet ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/russian-parliament-examines-plan-to-seize-dissidents-assets | 2024-01-22T11:27:04Z | blocked_url |
WASHINGTON - The United Nations migration agency aims to raise $7.9 billion this year through a new funding push to bolster efforts to protect migrants, reduce displacement and expand avenues to migrate legally, it said on Monday.
The Geneva-based International Organization for Migration (IOM) is seeking funds from gov... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/un-migration-agency-seeks-79-billion-for-migrant-support | 2024-01-22T11:27:15Z | blocked_url |
GAZA/DOHA - Israeli tanks storming southern Gaza's main city reached the gates of two hospitals on Monday, cutting residents off from trauma care as the bloodiest fighting of the new year tore through areas sheltering hundreds of thousands of displaced.
Residents said bombardment from air, land and sea was the most int... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/israeli-tanks-cut-off-two-hospitals-in-new-storming-of-gazas-khan-younis | 2024-01-22T11:27:25Z | blocked_url |
MODIIN, Israel - Tami Varon needed a night out to laugh. With two of her sons just back from fighting Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, she joined some 400 others at a comedy show of visiting U.S. comics in Israel to try to forget about the war for a while.
For Varon and the show's organisers, comedy can help to heal ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/us-comics-help-israelis-cope-with-trauma-of-hamas-attack | 2024-01-22T11:27:35Z | blocked_url |
KYIV - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy thanked Ukrainians abroad on Monday for their support during Russia's invasion, and proposed changing the constitution to allow dual citizenship.
Ukraine's constitution does not give Ukrainian citizens the right to dual citizenship, so millions of people of Ukrainian origin who live... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/ukraines-zelensky-hails-diasporas-support-proposes-dual-citizenship | 2024-01-22T11:27:56Z | blocked_url |
When Georgia Toffolo started dating the multi-millionaire BrewDog co-founder James Watt last summer, she knew she had to get the canine seal of approval from her beloved dog Monty.
"But it's not a big deal if Monty likes you because Monty likes everyone," says the former I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here champion bet... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/511778/georgia-toffolo-opens-up-new-boyfriend-exclusive/ | 2024-01-22T11:48:16Z | blocked_url |
Sofia Vegara wasn't about to let a little thing like forgetting her swimsuit stop her from soaking up the sun in Miami over the weekend.
The America's Got Talent star revealed she'd jetted to The Sunshine State but left her bathers at home.
In an image shared on Instagram, Sofia appeared makeup free as she lounged on t... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/fashion/511777/sofia-vergara-forgets-swimsuit-during-sun-soaked-vacation-photo-griselda-agt/ | 2024-01-22T11:48:22Z | blocked_url |
Jennifer Lopez took high fashion to another level during a recent appearance, and some might be surprised by her makeover. The 'Jenny From the Block' hitmaker stepped out for Paris Fashion Week while attending the Schiaparelli Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2024 show over the weekend and embraced the opportunity for a rev... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/fashion/celebrity-style/511775/jennifer-lopez-54-shocks-with-new-look-and-the-quirkiest-shades/ | 2024-01-22T11:48:28Z | blocked_url |
Just like her hit song, Katy Perry was supernatural and extraterrestrial over the weekend as the singer underwent an eye-opening alien transformation. The American Icon judge, 39, and her fiancé Orlando Bloom, 46, revamped their look with an intriguing makeover and looked out of this world gorgeous.
Katy took her Insta... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/fashion/celebrity-style/511779/katy-perry-stuns-with-out-of-this-world-alien-transformation-in-curve-hugging-dress/ | 2024-01-22T11:48:34Z | blocked_url |
When I had my first daughter, I had a totally "normal" pregnancy and recovery, so when my second daughter was born I planned to return to work soon after, thinking everything would be fine. It wasn't.
Physically, the experience of having a second baby was completely different from the first and I was left with incontin... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/health-and-fitness/511780/bladder-weakness-job-struggles/ | 2024-01-22T11:48:40Z | blocked_url |
Young Monegasque royals Prince Jacques and his twin sister Princess Gabriella looked utterly adorable as they posed for new family photos at the circus on Sunday.
The children of Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco were all smiles on their trip to the 46th International Circus Festival with their royal fat... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/511776/princess-charlene-children-princess-gabriella-prince-jacques-monaco-circus/ | 2024-01-22T11:48:46Z | blocked_url |
Paris Couture Week is back for 2024 and we couldn't be more excited.
Granted, the Haute Couture runways bring fashion at its finest - mesmerising displays of wondrous designs and manufacturing at the highest level. But the celebrities who sit on the prestigious front rows equally step up their sartorial game and bring ... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/hfm/fashion-trends/511774/paris-couture-week-ss24-best-dressed-celebrities/ | 2024-01-22T11:48:52Z | blocked_url |
Personally, January is my favourite time to give my bag collection a refresh. There’s something satisfying about heading into the new year with some new arm candy, particularly a piece I know is going to be bang on trend for the rest of the season.
Though I am unashamedly a minimalistic dresser, I love a statement acce... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/hfm/wish-list/511614/bag-trends-to-shop-now/ | 2024-01-22T11:48:58Z | blocked_url |
Astrologer to the stars, Debbie Frank, reveals what's in store for you this week. Read your horoscope below...
ARIES
It can take a wake-up call to move you up to the next level so the recent arrival of intense Pluto into the people angle of your chart is alerting you to the places where others play power games. Taking ... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/news/511671/weekly-horoscope-22-28-january-2024/ | 2024-01-22T11:49:04Z | blocked_url |
The Princess of Wales appears to be getting back on track following her abdominal surgery. In a new report, it has been revealed that the royal will continue working during her recovery while Prince William does the school run.
A source told The Sunday Times that Princess Kate is set to maintain contact with some of he... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/511781/sign-kate-middleton-recovery-going-well/ | 2024-01-22T11:49:11Z | blocked_url |
In the early hours of 22 January, the Russian forces attacked Ukraine with eight Shahed one-way attack drones, targeting primarily southern regions. Ukraine’s Air Force says the country’s air defenses have downed all the Shaheds. No damage or injuries were reported.
Russia continues its daily suicide drone attacks on U... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/22/ukraine-downs-all-eight-russian-suicide-drones-in-nighttime-attacks/ | 2024-01-22T12:14:12Z | blocked_url |
Melanie Griffith's famous mom, Tippi Hedren, celebrated her 94th birthday over the weekend and it looks like she did it in style.
The Working Girl actress, 66, paid tribute with an Instagram post and shared photos from Tippi's big day.
In the images, the Marnie star looked glamorous with her nails perfectly manicured a... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/511785/melanie-griffith-lookalike-mom-tippi-hedren-turns-94-looks-incredible-photos/ | 2024-01-22T12:14:34Z | blocked_url |
Just days after Will Kirk revealed his DIY mishap, he enlisted the help of his baby daughter to finish his painting project.
Despite keeping his family life with his wife Polly and their little girl relatively private, The Repair Shop star shared a rare photo with his daughter on his Instagram Stories on Sunday. Will h... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/511786/the-repair-shop-star-will-kirk-daughter-1-takes-after-him-rare-photo/ | 2024-01-22T12:14:40Z | blocked_url |
There are gurgling noises coming from Princess Stéphanie's office in the Prince's Palace in Monaco. They are the sound of her first grandchild, Victoire, now nine months old, finishing her baby food in the arms of her parents, Louis and Marie Ducruet.
The couple, both 31, met as students in 2011 and married in 2019 and... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/511784/louis-marie-ducruet-reveal-what-princess-stephanie-monaco-is-like-grandmother/ | 2024-01-22T12:14:46Z | blocked_url |
GENEVA - China has been lobbying non-Western countries to praise its human rights record ahead of a key U.N. meeting where it will face questions and criticism over its actions in Hong Kong and Xinjiang, according to diplomats and documents.
Four diplomats told Reuters that China's mission at the United Nations in Gene... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-lobbies-countries-to-praise-its-rights-record-ahead-of-un-review-diplomats | 2024-01-22T12:54:17Z | blocked_url |
NEW DELHI – The consecration of the temple for Lord Ram in Ayodhya will bolster Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s image as a strong nationalist leader who fulfils the aspirations of majority Hindus, giving his 2024 re-election campaign a boost, said political analysts.
Mr Modi is already seen as the front runner in the up... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/consecration-of-ram-temple-in-ayodhya-gives-modi-re-election-campaign-a-boost-say-analysts | 2024-01-22T12:54:28Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE - The application period for a programme offering a simplified process to help micro and small companies here restructure their debts or wind up their business has been extended by two years.
The Simplified Insolvency Programme (SIP) will be open for application until Jan 28, 2026.
The extension comes after t... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/application-period-for-simplified-insolvency-to-help-small-firms-extended-to-january-2026 | 2024-01-22T12:54:29Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE - A total of 11 men will be charged in court with outrage of modesty after allegedly molesting women, including two girls who were just nine and 14.
The men, aged 21 to 67, acted separately between April 2023 and January 2024, the police said in a statement on Jan 22.
The oldest of the suspects, a 67-year-old... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/11-men-to-be-charged-for-molestation-of-women-underage-girls | 2024-01-22T12:54:39Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – The Republic’s first islandwide Total Defence exercise will be held in February to increase Singaporeans’ readiness for crises and disruptions. This is among several events to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Total Defence in 2024.
From Feb 15 to 29, Exercise SG Ready will simulate an attack on Singapore... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/1st-islandwide-total-defence-exercise-held-in-feb-food-power-disruptions-will-be-simulated | 2024-01-22T12:54:49Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – Workers in South Beach’s office tower can now get purchases such as ready-to-eat meals, drinks and snacks from a nearby 7-Eleven store delivered directly to them by a robot.
The fleet of seven robots by home-grown start-up QuikBot Technologies can navigate the maze of lifts, walkways and office gantries aut... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/consumer/store-to-office-floor-robot-delivery-unmanned-7-eleven-store-among-concepts-at-hive-20 | 2024-01-22T12:55:00Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE - A male motorcyclist was taken to hospital after an accident involving a taxi and a motorcycle on the Ayer Rajah Expressway on Jan 22.
The police and Singapore Civil Defence Force said they were alerted to the accident along the expressway, after Lower Delta Road, at 9.05am.
The 25-year-old man was unconscio... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/motorcyclist-unconscious-when-taken-to-hospital-after-accident-on-aye | 2024-01-22T12:55:00Z | blocked_url |
DOHA - Australia striker Mitchell Duke will miss their final Asian Cup group game against Uzbekistan with a hamstring injury while the starting lineup will see changes, coach Graham Arnold said on Monday.
Australia have already qualified for the last 16 and are guaranteed a spot in the top two of Group B with six point... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/australias-duke-to-miss-uzbekistan-game-with-injury-says-arnold | 2024-01-22T12:55:11Z | blocked_url |
MELBOURNE - In his first Grand Slam, Bill Chan, 17, wisely did what any junior player should. He soaked it in. He took a picture with the great Gael Monfils. He found himself a ticket to watch Carlos Alcaraz. And he went to observe the art of his hero, Novak Djokovic, at practice.
If Djokovic moves fast, then so – in m... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/for-young-singaporean-at-the-australian-open-playing-has-been-a-great-experience | 2024-01-22T12:55:21Z | blocked_url |
DUBLIN - Scotland have flushed out their deep frustration at a below-par performance against Ireland which saw them exit the World Cup in France in the pool stages, coach Gregor Townsend said at the launch of the Six Nations Championship in Dublin on Monday.
Scotland met Ireland in Paris knowing a win could take them i... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/scotland-have-dealt-with-world-cup-disappointment-says-townsend | 2024-01-22T12:55:31Z | blocked_url |
MELBOURNE - Ukrainian qualifier Dayana Yastremska and Czech giant-killer Linda Noskova continued their stunning runs into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Monday as Daniil Medvedev added another familiar face to the men's last eight.
While the men's seedings have held pretty much firm at Melbourne Park over... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/tennis/qualifier-yastremska-noskova-make-melbourne-quarters-as-medvedev-marches-on | 2024-01-22T12:55:42Z | blocked_url |
MELBOURNE - Zheng Qinwen cruised into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open with a commanding 6-0 6-3 victory over Frenchwoman Oceane Dodin on Monday to match her best performance in a Grand Slam.
The Chinese 12th seed, who reached the U.S. Open last eight in September and ended the year as the WTA Tour's most impr... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/tennis/zheng-glides-past-dodin-to-book-melbourne-quarter-final-spot | 2024-01-22T12:55:52Z | blocked_url |
MOSCOW - Russia is taking all "necessary measures" to defend its citizens and key infrastructure from Ukrainian attacks, the Kremlin said on Monday, a day after Moscow accused Kyiv's forces of killing 27 people in shelling of a Russian-held city in eastern Ukraine.
Also on Sunday Russian company Novatek was forced to s... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/russia-is-acting-to-thwart-ukrainian-attacks-on-civilians-infrastructure-kremlin | 2024-01-22T12:56:03Z | blocked_url |
JERUSALEM - A group of relatives of Israelis held hostage by Hamas militants stormed a parliamentary committee session in Jerusalem on Monday, demanding that the lawmakers do more to try to free their loved ones.
The action by about 20 people signalled growing domestic dissent in the fourth month of the Gaza war.
One w... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/relatives-of-gaza-hostages-storm-israeli-parliament-panel-as-protests-mount | 2024-01-22T12:56:13Z | blocked_url |
Carrie Johnson shared the cutest snap on her Instagram Stories on Sunday, showing her two eldest children, Romy, two, and Wilfred, three, twinning in matching denim dungarees embellished with prints of farmyard animals.
In the adorable photo, which showed the children sitting at the kitchen table, the two youngsters we... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/511795/carrie-johnson-children-romy-wilfred-twin-blonde-hair-dungarees/ | 2024-01-22T13:55:26Z | blocked_url |
Penny Lancaster never misses when it comes to looking glamorous. Sunday evening saw the model and TV presenter step out with her husband, Sir Rod Stewart, for a date night and it's safe to say that Penny stole the show!
The 52-year-old wore a white lace dress with elements of sparkle around the bust, which was daringly... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/fashion/celebrity-style/511788/penny-lancaster-52-amazes-in-plunging-bridal-dress-for-date-night-with-rod-stewart-79/ | 2024-01-22T13:55:32Z | blocked_url |
When Tina Fey's film Mean Girls arrived in cinemas 20 years ago, it became a cult hit overnight. The comedy about teenage high-school cliques governed by the cruel rules of popularity made a star of its lead, Lindsay Lohan, and catapulted its creator into the spotlight.
Now, the comedienne and actress, who played maths... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/511783/tina-fey-exclusive-mean-girls-reboot-how-she-updated-the-comedy-classic/ | 2024-01-22T13:55:38Z | blocked_url |
Simon Reeve has trekked through jungles in Burma, Borneo and Colombia, but none, he says, is as "sticky and bitey" as the Congo rainforest. His irritation with the inhospitable terrain is etched on his face as he wades through swamps during the first episode of his latest TV series, Wilderness with Simon Reeve. Does th... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/511787/simon-reeve-talks-wilderness-show-family-life-exclusive/ | 2024-01-22T13:55:44Z | blocked_url |
Annabel Scholey can do no wrong at the moment. Following the amazing Paramount+ drama The Serial Killer’s Wife, the star is now set to join Merlin’s Colin Morgan in a new BBC drama - and it sounds amazing. Find out more…
The four-part psychological thriller is titled Dead and Buried. It follows a woman named Cathy, who... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/511790/the-split-star-annabel-scholey-bbc-drama-dead-and-buried/ | 2024-01-22T13:55:50Z | blocked_url |
If, like most of the UK, you enjoyed Netflix’s Fool Me Once - then you are in for a treat! Netflix has confirmed that two new Harlan Coben shows have been greenlit - and we can’t wait! Harlan Coben, who is the author of Fool Me Once, is set to have his novels Missing You and Run Away adapted for the streaming platform.... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/511791/netflix-harlan-coben-dramas-confirmed-details/ | 2024-01-22T13:55:56Z | blocked_url |
The Princess of Wales is currently recovering from planned abdominal surgery at private hospital, The London Clinic, where she is expected to convalesce for up to ten to 14 days
Her husband Prince Willian is then in charge of looking after the couple's three children at their Windsor home, Prince George, Princess Charl... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/511792/prince-george-princess-charlotte-prince-louis-cared-for-nanny-princess-kate-hospital/ | 2024-01-22T13:56:02Z | blocked_url |
College is calling for Heidi Klum's son Henry who is looking forward to the next stage in his education.
The 18-year-old appeared in a new video which the America's Got Talent judge posted on Instagram.
The short but sweet clip showed a glamorous-looking Heidi walking through a city as she exclaimed: "Looking at more c... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/511794/heidi-klum-6ft-4-son-appears-in-video-famous-mom-college-tour-photo-seal-tall/ | 2024-01-22T13:56:08Z | blocked_url |
Picture this - it’s Friday night, and you’ve spent all day working, counting down the minutes till 5 o’clock because you’ve got a dinner date with the gals that’s been planned for well over a month. You open your wardrobe for something to wear, but alas, there isn’t a single item of clothing you’d put near your body, y... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/hfm/fashion-trends/511048/jeans-and-a-nice-top-outfit-ideas/ | 2024-01-22T13:56:14Z | blocked_url |
If we were one of the Beckham children, we'd probably never leave the £31million family home in London's Holland Park, but Romeo Beckham, 21, clearly fancied a taste of freedom.
The footballer has flown the next, moving into a snazzy London flat with his model girlfriend, Mia Regan – and the décor couldn’t be more diff... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/homes/511793/romeo-beckham-lovenest-mia-regan/ | 2024-01-22T13:56:20Z | blocked_url |
Artificial intelligence cannot replace the majority of jobs right now in cost-effective ways, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found in a study that sought to address fears about AI replacing humans in a swath of industries.
In one of the first in-depth probes of the viability of AI displacing labour, research... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/humans-still-cheaper-than-ai-in-vast-majority-of-jobs-mit-study | 2024-01-22T14:26:42Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – The week was off to a rough start for Ms Nora Ismail – she needed to be in the office by 8.20am to prepare for a meeting, but she was about 15 minutes late.
At 8.10am on the first weekday after service changes on the Circle Line (CCL) kicked in on Jan 20 to accommodate platform closures at Telok Blangah and... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/longer-peak-hour-commutes-on-circle-line-amid-platform-closures-at-harbourfront-and-telok-blangah | 2024-01-22T14:26:53Z | blocked_url |
NEW YORK – Kawhi Leonard hit the go-ahead jumper with 2:50 remaining in the fourth quarter and scored 14 of his 21 points in a game-ending 22-0 run for the Los Angeles Clippers, who stormed back for a 125-114 win over the visiting Brooklyn Nets on Jan 21.
Said Clippers guard James Harden: “It was like a party. The ener... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/basketball/kawhi-leonard-takes-over-in-fourth-as-the-los-angeles-clippers-stun-brooklyn-nets | 2024-01-22T14:27:03Z | blocked_url |
WASHINGTON – An “extremely unselfish” Nikola Jokic scored a season-high 42 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to power the reigning National Basketball Association (NBA) champions the Denver Nuggets over the Washington Wizards 113-104 on Jan 21.
The Serbian superstar centre, a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player, made 15 of ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/basketball/nikola-jokic-nets-season-high-42-to-lead-denver-nuggets-over-washington-wizards-in-the-nba | 2024-01-22T14:27:14Z | blocked_url |
LONDON – Chelsea manager Emma Hayes expects an emotional end to her glittering time at the Women’s Super League side when she leaves at the end of this season to take charge of the United States national team.
Hayes took over at Chelsea in 2012 and led them to becoming the dominant force in English women's football, wi... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/ill-cry-my-eyes-out-for-weeks-says-chelsea-boss-hayes-ahead-of-exit | 2024-01-22T14:27:24Z | blocked_url |
DUBLIN - Ireland coach Andy Farrell hopes his inexperienced group of flyhalves have learned enough in the shadow of Johnny Sexton to stand up and make the number 10 jersey their own following the retirement of their hugely influential former captain.
How Ireland fill the void at flyhalf following Sexton's near unbroken... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/ireland-hopeful-sexton-experience-has-rubbed-off-on-rookies | 2024-01-22T14:27:34Z | blocked_url |
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In Shannon Tan’s first tournament as a professional golfer, the 19-year-old Singaporean finished second and e... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/shannon-tan-s-golf-career-off-to-fine-start-s-pore-teen-heads-for-serbia-to-chase-water-polo-dream | 2024-01-22T14:27:45Z | blocked_url |
MELBOURNE – Jannik Sinner’s face can be as inscrutable as a priest’s at mass. Carlos Alcaraz clenches a passionate fist to validate a great shot. It doesn’t matter what you might see at the Australian Open, the grand, emotional struggles of tennis are in fact occurring out of view. In the athlete’s head skirmishes are ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/tennis/at-an-emotional-australian-open-the-real-battles-are-fought-within | 2024-01-22T14:27:55Z | blocked_url |
MELBOURNE – Zheng Qinwen drew on advice from Chinese great Li Na to match her exploits at the US Open in 2023 by storming into the Australian Open quarter-finals for the first time on Jan 22.
The 12th seed, known to her fans as “Queen Wen”, was on another level to the unseeded Oceane Dodin, routing the Frenchwoman 6-0,... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/tennis/china-s-zheng-qinwen-draws-on-li-na-advice-to-make-australian-open-last-eight | 2024-01-22T14:28:06Z | blocked_url |
MELBOURNE - Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka continue the defence of their Australian Open titles at the quarter-final stage on Tuesday, and while the Serbian is coming into form at just the right time, Sabalenka has destroyed all before her.
Sabalenka has been in sensational form, dismissing opponents with apparent ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/tennis/sabalenka-show-set-to-continue-and-djokovic-finds-his-groove | 2024-01-22T14:28:16Z | blocked_url |
MELBOURNE - Alexander Zverev said he was surprised two spectators had to step in and drag away a protestor who disrupted his Australian Open fourth-round match with Cameron Norrie on Margaret Court Arena on Monday.
Zverev's match came to a brief halt in the third set when an individual wearing a mask threw "Free Palest... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/tennis/zverev-says-fans-should-not-have-to-tackle-protestors-at-australian-open | 2024-01-22T14:28:26Z | blocked_url |
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