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SINGAPORE – Researchers from the National University of Singapore’s Mechanobiology Institute (MBI) will receive $49 million from the National Research Foundation to develop technologies and treatments for age-related conditions.
These conditions include infertility, chronic inflammatory diseases, muscle shrinkage and c... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/49m-for-nus-researchers-to-develop-biomedical-innovations-for-age-related-conditions | 2024-01-24T21:56:36Z | blocked_url |
SANTIAGO - Argentine Ricardo Gareca will be Chile's new coach, tasked with trying to guide them to the 2026 World Cup.
Chile's national team released a video on X on Wednesday showing the national stadium in Santiago that faded to an image of a tiger's face. Gareca's nickname is the Tiger.
Gareca, 65, resigned in June ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/argentine-gareca-to-take-over-as-new-coach-of-chile | 2024-01-24T21:56:57Z | blocked_url |
MUNICH, Germany - Champions Bayern Munich eked out a 1-0 win over visitors Union Berlin in their postponed Bundesliga game on Wednesday to bounce back from last week's home loss to Werder Bremen and cut the gap to the top to four points.
The game had been postponed in December due to heavy snowfall in Munich at the tim... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/bayern-battle-past-union-berlin-1-0-to-cut-gap-to-top-spot | 2024-01-24T21:57:07Z | blocked_url |
Former Manchester United striker Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez has returned to his boyhood club Chivas Guadalajara, the Liga MX side said on Wednesday.
The 35-year-old, who spent the past three years at the Major League Soccer (MLS) club LA Galaxy, signed on a free transfer after leaving the MLS outfit in November.
The... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/chicharito-returns-to-boyhood-club-chivas | 2024-01-24T21:57:18Z | blocked_url |
KORHOGO - Jalel Kadri has left his role as coach of Tunisia following the side’s surprise early exit from the Africa Cup of Nations having finished bottom of their pool in the Ivory Coast on Wednesday.
Kadri, who led the side at the World Cup in Qatar where they beat France, made the announcement in a post-match televi... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/tunisia-coach-resigns-after-surprise-cup-of-nations-exit | 2024-01-24T21:57:28Z | blocked_url |
PLOUISY, France - Protesting farmers blocked several roads across France on Jan 24, set bales of hay alight and sprayed liquid manure at a local prefecture to press the government to loosen regulations and help protect them from cheap imports and rising costs.
Farmers said the protests, with long lines of tractors snar... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/angry-french-farmers-block-roads-spray-manure-at-public-building | 2024-01-24T21:57:49Z | blocked_url |
NEW YORK - A U.S. appeals court will in March review Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction and 20-year prison sentence for helping the disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan on Wednesday scheduled oral arguments in Maxwell's appeal for March 12... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/ghislaine-maxwells-appeal-of-sex-trafficking-conviction-to-be-heard-in-march | 2024-01-24T21:57:59Z | blocked_url |
KYIV - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for full clarity on Wednesday on the circumstances of the crash of a Russian plane in a Russian border region and accused Moscow of "playing with the lives of Ukrainian prisoners of war."
"It is clear that the Russians are playing with the lives of Ukrainian prisoner... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/ukraines-zelenskiy-russia-is-playing-with-the-lives-of-ukrainian-pows | 2024-01-24T21:58:10Z | blocked_url |
GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories - Tank shelling on a UN shelter on Jan 24 killed nine people in Gaza’s main southern city of Khan Younis, said the Gaza head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.
“Two tank rounds hit building that shelters 800 people - reports now 9 dead and 75 injured,” Thomas White, UNRWA’s G... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/tank-shelling-kills-nine-at-un-shelter-in-south-gaza-says-un-official | 2024-01-24T21:58:20Z | blocked_url |
BAGHDAD -The United States and Iraq are set to initiate talks on the end of a U.S.-led international military coalition in Iraq and how to replace it with bilateral relations, four sources said, a step forward in a process that was stalled by the Gaza war.
The U.S. conveyed the message in a letter handed over by U.S. A... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/us-iraq-to-initiate-talks-on-end-of-us-led-military-coalition | 2024-01-24T21:58:30Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – Tucked away on Pearl’s Hill, a short trek from People’s Park Food Centre, is a police barracks-turned-independent arts enclave. This one-of-a-kind creative mess grew organically, bucking the trend in overplanned Singapore.
Once home to the Sikh contingent in the 1930s, 195 Pearl’s Hill Terrace (195PHT) toda... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/arts/singapore-s-independent-arts-clusters-fight-to-lay-down-roots?shell?utm_campaign=STPicks | 2024-01-24T21:58:59Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE - Whether you love or loathe Coldplay, it is hard to remain indifferent and not get caught up in the British pop-rock band’s live performances.
The quartet, fronted by singer Chris Martin, brought their famously big, bold and colourful show to the National Stadium on Jan 23.
It was the first of their unpreced... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/the-life-list-3-highlights-from-coldplay-s-s-pore-show-from-teary-tribute-to-piano-glitch?shell?utm_campaign=STPicks | 2024-01-24T21:59:10Z | blocked_url |
With a brush dipped in red ink, Education Minister Chan Chun Sing dotted the eyes of the lion crouched before him.
The majestic creature batted its eyelids and sprang to life in a celebratory dance as the rhythmic beat of drums and clash of cymbals resonated through the air.
Fair to say, the Chinese New Year celebratio... | https://www.straitstimes.com/multimedia/graphics/2024/01/silver-pride-lion-troupe-singapore/index.html?shell?utm_campaign=STPicks | 2024-01-24T21:59:20Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE - The teen who was found to have radicalised himself had consumed online far-right extremist propaganda since 2022, said the Internal Security Department (ISD).
The 16-year-old became the second Singaporean pulled up under the Internal Security Act for being radicalised by far-right extremist ideologies. He w... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/askst-what-is-far-right-extremist-ideology-and-how-did-a-s-porean-teen-become-radicalised?shell?utm_campaign=STPicks | 2024-01-24T21:59:30Z | blocked_url |
Palworld Early Access Roadmap Revealed - News
by William D'Angelo , posted 2 hours ago / 357 ViewsDeveloper Pocket Pair has revealed the Early Access roadmap of updates and improvements coming to Palworld, which has sold over seven million units in five days.
"We would like to share with you our roadmap for Palworld," ... | https://www.vgchartz.com/article/459730/palworld-early-access-roadmap-revealed/ | 2024-01-24T22:56:10Z | blocked_url |
KORHOGO, Ivory Coast - The Democratic Republic of Congo have set up a last-16 clash with record seven-time winners Egypt after playing to a 0-0 draw with Tanzania in their final Africa Cup of Nations Group F fixture on Wednesday.
The Congolese finish second in the pool with three points following a trio of draws and ad... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/dr-congo-advance-to-cup-of-nations-last-16-after-tanzania-draw | 2024-01-24T23:27:01Z | blocked_url |
LONDON - Luis Diaz scored an early goal and Liverpool held on to book their berth in the League Cup final after a 1-1 draw with Fulham in the second leg of their semi-final tie at Craven Cottage on Wednesday.
The record nine-times League Cup winners beat Fulham 3-2 on aggregate and will meet Chelsea in the Wembley fina... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/liverpool-reach-league-cup-final-after-1-1-draw-with-fulham | 2024-01-24T23:27:11Z | blocked_url |
KYIV - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Jan 24 called for full clarity on the circumstances of the crash of a Russian plane in a Russian border region and accused Moscow of “playing with the lives of Ukrainian prisoners of war”.
“It is clear that the Russians are playing with the lives of Ukrainian prisoners, ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/russia-is-playing-with-the-lives-of-ukrainian-pows-zelensky | 2024-01-24T23:27:21Z | blocked_url |
JERUSALEM - Qatar said on Wednesday it was "appalled" by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's alleged remarks on its mediation role in the Gaza war after he called the Gulf state "problematic" in a leaked recording.
"We are appalled by the alleged remarks attributed to the Israeli Prime Minister in various media... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/qatar-says-netanyahus-reported-criticism-undermines-gaza-mediation | 2024-01-24T23:27:32Z | blocked_url |
Tank shelling kills nine at UN shelter in south Gaza: Official
Tank shelling on a UN shelter on Jan 24 killed nine people in Gaza’s main southern city of Khan Younis, said the Gaza head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.
“Two tank rounds hit building that shelters 800 people - reports now 9 dead and 75 injured,... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/while-you-were-sleeping-5-stories-you-might-have-missed-jan-25-3 | 2024-01-24T23:27:43Z | blocked_url |
The Daily Show, just over a year after Trevor Noah's surprise departure and a subsequent revolving door of guest hosts, has finally (sort of) settled on a host: Trevor's own predecessor Jon Stewart.
Almost ten years after his 2015 departure, the beloved comedian and political commentator is returning to the familiar po... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/512006/jon-stewart-the-daily-show-comeback-all-we-know/ | 2024-01-24T23:28:14Z | blocked_url |
Country singer Elle King has unexpectedly rescheduled a concert in Texas, two days before it was set to take place. The 'Exes and Oh's' singer was set to perform at Billy Bob's Texas on Friday January 26, but the event has now been pushed back to September 2024.
A post shared by the venue read: "The Elle King event, or... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/512007/elle-king-postpones-texas-concert-last-minute-amid-dolly-parton-controversy/ | 2024-01-24T23:41:24Z | blocked_url |
The Last of Us Part II Remastered Debuts in 3rd on the UK Retail Charts - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted 50 minutes ago / 163 ViewsHogwarts Legacy has retaken first place on the UK retail charts, according to GfK data for the week ending January 20, 2024.
There were two new releases in the top 10 this week. The Las... | https://www.vgchartz.com/article/459731/the-last-of-us-part-ii-remastered-debuts-in-3rd-on-the-uk-retail-charts/ | 2024-01-25T00:14:53Z | blocked_url |
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed the Rebuilding Economic Prosperity and Opportunity (REPO) for Ukrainians Act 20-1 on Wednesday, 24 January, Reuters reports. The bill has broad bipartisan support and, if passed, will set the scene for Ukraine to get hold of some $300 billion of Russia’s frozen assets world... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/24/historic-seizure-of-russian-assets-for-ukraine-approved-by-senate-panel/ | 2024-01-25T00:20:58Z | blocked_url |
Several weeks ago, Britain proposed to Germany an exchange of cruise missiles, potentially easing Germany’s hesitation about supplying its Taurus missiles to Ukraine, Handelsblatt reported on 24 January, referencing government and diplomatic sources. The proposal entails Britain sending Storm Shadow cruise missiles to ... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/24/media-uk-wants-german-tauruses-to-send-more-of-its-storm-shadows-to-ukraine/ | 2024-01-25T00:21:38Z | blocked_url |
Journalists from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Schemy (Schemes) project have identified the six-man Russian military crew killed when their Il-76 transport plane crashed in Russia’s Belgorod Oblast. Using official documents and social media, the investigative reporters verified the casualties.
The crew belonged to ... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/24/russian-il-76-journalists-identify-crew-killed-in-crash-relatives-confirm-deaths/ | 2024-01-25T00:22:18Z | blocked_url |
The UN Security Council session to discuss the Russian Il-76 crash will take place on Friday, January 26, reports BBC, citing Russian Deputy Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyansky.
Russia had asked current Security Council President France to convene an urgent meeting on 24 January, but France declined.
On 24 Januar... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/24/un-security-council-session-for-russian-il-76-crash-set-on-26-january/ | 2024-01-25T00:22:59Z | blocked_url |
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Zelenskyy calls for international probe into Russian military IL-76 crash. Russia accuses Ukraine of shooting down its military transport plane IL-76. It says there were 65 Ukrainian POWs on board.
UN Security Council session for Russian IL-76 crash set on 26 January. As the current UN Security Counc... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/25/russo-ukrainian-war-day-700-russia-accuses-ukraine-of-downing-military-il-76-alleges-ukrainian-pows-onboard-zelenskyy-calls-for-international-probe/ | 2024-01-25T00:23:39Z | blocked_url |
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated Ukraine wants an international investigation into the downing of a Russian Il-76 military transport plane on 24 January.
“All facts must be established, to the extent possible given the crash was in Russia beyond our control,” Zelenskyy said, adding that he has tasked the ... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/25/zelenskyy-calls-for-international-probe-into-russian-military-il-76-crash/ | 2024-01-25T00:24:19Z | blocked_url |
SYDNEY Australia's centre-left Labor government on Jan 25 defended proposed tax rule changes that would trim benefits to the wealthy while giving low-income earners more breaks, in a bid to win back voters battling higher costs.
The government has reached a "different view" about the already-legislated tax cuts, Treasu... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australias-labor-government-defends-shift-in-personal-tax-policy | 2024-01-25T00:59:37Z | blocked_url |
SHANGHAI - An experimental gene therapy being developed by a Chinese company restored hearing in children with congenital deafness, researchers working on a clinical trial reported on Jan 24, adding to growing evidence of the efficacy of such treatments.
Five of six young children with profound deafness experienced hea... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/gene-therapy-restores-hearing-in-five-of-six-deaf-children-in-trial | 2024-01-25T00:59:48Z | blocked_url |
SEOUL - North Korea said it tested its new strategic cruise missile on Jan 24, state media KCNA reported on Jan 25, confirming what the South Korean military said the day before.
The missile dubbed “Pulhwasal-3-31“ is currently under development and the test-firing had no impact on the security of neighbouring countrie... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-confirms-it-tested-new-strategic-cruise-missile-on-jan-24 | 2024-01-25T00:59:58Z | blocked_url |
SEOUL - South Korea’s food and drug safety authorities on Jan 24 issued a warning not to eat toothpicks — specifically the green ones made of corn starch.
In response to a growing social media trend of cooking and eating the toothpicks, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said the starched toothpicks are supposed to b... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-food-agency-warns-against-eating-toothpicks | 2024-01-25T01:00:09Z | blocked_url |
SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for ways to be found to improve economic development after saying that a failure to provide people with basic living necessities including food is a “serious political issue”, state media reported on Jan 25.
He made the remarks while discussing regional development in ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/north-koreas-kim-warns-failure-to-provide-food-a-serious-political-issue | 2024-01-25T01:00:19Z | blocked_url |
Stormi Webster is living every fashionista's dream with a front-row seat to the 2024 Valentino show at Paris Fashion Week – and she's only five.
The daughter of Kylie Jenner was her mom's plus one to the couture event in France on Wednesday January 24, joining her grandmother Kris Jenner and the likes of Jennifer Lopez... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/fashion/512008/kylie-jenner-daughter-stormi-5-twinning-valentino-dresses-paris-fashion-week/ | 2024-01-25T01:00:25Z | blocked_url |
PETALING JAYA - With Chinese New Year around the corner, interest in gold is spiking as Malaysian shoppers try to “dodge” the upcoming luxury tax slated to be implemented in May.
Jewellers say despite the current high price of gold, many would be aiming to buy gold earlier as the item is tipped to be included in the ne... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysians-buying-gold-jewellery-ahead-of-luxury-tax-rollout | 2024-01-25T01:00:30Z | blocked_url |
NEW YORK – IBM delivered a positive outlook for revenue and cash flow in 2024, an optimistic signal for the pace of corporate technology spending, even as it expects to reduce jobs.
Free cash flow will be about US$12 billion (S$16 billion) in the year ending in December, the company said on Jan 24 in a statement.
Analy... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/ibm-sees-strong-2024-sales-plans-job-cuts | 2024-01-25T01:00:40Z | blocked_url |
SEOUL - South Korea’s economic growth held steady last quarter as exports maintained momentum, but lingering credit risks surrounding developers cloud the outlook ahead of parliamentary elections crucial to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s economic initiatives.
Gross domestic product grew 0.6 per cent in the three months thro... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/south-korea-s-economic-growth-holds-steady-on-exports-recovery-but-credit-risks-loom | 2024-01-25T01:00:51Z | blocked_url |
SAN FRANCISCO – American automaker Tesla on Jan 24 warned of “notably lower” vehicle sales growth in 2024 and reported a fall in fourth-quarter gross margin as it cut prices and offered incentives to boost demand.
The company said it was in between two growth waves: one driven by the release of Models 3 and Y in 2017 a... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/tesla-warns-of-notably-slower-growth-in-2024-as-earnings-miss-estimates | 2024-01-25T01:01:01Z | blocked_url |
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What is far-right extremist ideology and how did a S’porean teen become radicalised?
The 16-year-old was issued a restriction order in November 2023, ISD said in a sta... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/morning-briefing-top-stories-from-the-straits-times-on-jan-25-2024 | 2024-01-25T01:01:11Z | blocked_url |
BILBAO - Inaki Williams raced back from Africa to face Barcelona in the Copa del Rey and sent Athletic Bilbao into the semi-finals by scoring a crucial goal in their 4-2 extra-time triumph on Jan 24.
The Ghana forward played on Monday for his country but made it home to help Athletic vanquish the Spanish champions and ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/barcelona-knocked-out-of-cup-as-athletic-hit-extra-time-double | 2024-01-25T01:01:22Z | blocked_url |
Real Madrid have overtaken Manchester City and topped the Deloitte Football Money League as the world's highest revenue-generating club in the 2022-23 season, with commercial revenue taking over as the largest income stream for teams.
The Spanish club, leaders for the first time since the 2017-18 season, generated tota... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/real-madrid-overtake-man-city-as-highest-revenue-generating-club-deloitte | 2024-01-25T01:01:32Z | blocked_url |
CANADA - Five players from Canada’s 2018 World Juniors team reportedly will face sexual assault charges in the country, a case that could involve current NHL players.
The Globe and Mail, a Canadian newspaper, reported on Jan 24 that the five men are tied to an alleged sexual assault that occurred in June 2018 and have ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/hockey-players-asked-to-surrender-in-sexual-assault-case | 2024-01-25T01:01:43Z | blocked_url |
SAO PAULO - A Brazilian court on Wednesday cleared a hurdle for the government's renewal of concessions contracts representing 60% of the energy distribution market in South America's largest country.
Brazil's government has been working since 2022 on new guidelines over the extension of energy distribution contracts, ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/court-clears-path-for-brazil-to-renew-energy-distribution-concessions | 2024-01-25T01:01:53Z | blocked_url |
WASHINGTON - An overwhelming majority of President Joe Biden's fellow Democrats in the Senate on Jan 24 backed a statement reiterating US support of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Forty-nine of the 51 members of the Senate Democratic caucus backed an amendment supporting a negotiated solution... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/nearly-all-us-senate-democrats-back-two-state-solution-for-israel-and-palestinians | 2024-01-25T01:02:04Z | blocked_url |
WASHINGTON - The United States’ Federal Aviation Administration on Jan 24 said that airlines could begin returning grounded Boeing 737 Max 9 planes to service once they undergo a thorough inspection and maintenance process after the agency halted flights on Jan 6 following a mid-air emergency.
Separately, the FAA said ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/faa-says-boeing-737-max-9-planes-can-return-to-service-after-inspections | 2024-01-25T01:02:14Z | blocked_url |
UNITED STATES - Three people sought medical treatment for dangerously low blood sugar in the US in 2023 after taking suspected fake versions of Novo Nordisk’s diabetes drug Ozempic, America’s Poison Centres told Reuters.
One person also experienced hypoglycemia in 2023 after injecting a compounded version of Ozempic, s... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/suspected-fake-ozempic-linked-to-three-us-cases-of-hypoglycemia | 2024-01-25T01:02:24Z | blocked_url |
NEW YORK - The US Food and Drug Administration has been looking into 22 cases of T-cell cancers that occurred after treatment with CAR-T, two top FDA officials said on Jan 24, days after asking drugmakers to add a serious warning on the label of their cancer therapies that use the CAR-T technology.
In an article publis... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/us-fda-examined-22-cases-of-cancers-in-car-t-probe-say-officials | 2024-01-25T01:02:35Z | blocked_url |
BEIJING - The United States Navy sailed its first warship through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Jan 24 following presidential and parliamentary elections on the island, drawing the ire of Beijing.
The US Navy said the destroyer USS John Finn transited through a corridor in the Taiwan Strait that was “beyond the territ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/us-navy-sends-first-warship-through-taiwan-strait-post-election | 2024-01-25T02:32:06Z | blocked_url |
JOHOR BAHRU – Malaysia’s top cop has denied an accusation by former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad that he had been treated like a criminal during questioning by the police a few days ago.
Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Razarudin Husain, said the police were just carrying out their duties as part of their invest... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/mahathir-was-not-treated-like-a-criminal-says-malaysia-s-top-cop | 2024-01-25T02:32:17Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE - Digital asset banking group Sygnum has raised over US$40 million (S$54 million) that will fund its expansion into new markets.
The group, which was incorporated in Switzerland and Singapore in 2018, said in a Jan 25 statement that the latest fund-raising round was led by global asset management group Azimut... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/crypto-bank-sygnum-raises-54-million-for-expansion-plan | 2024-01-25T02:32:27Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – ESR-Logos Reit has signed a master lease with PharmaGend Global Medical Services at a rental rate more than 35 per cent higher than the previous one.
The lease represents about 1 per cent of the real estate investment trust’s (Reit) portfolio rental income as at end-September 2023, said the Reit manager on ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/esr-logos-reit-bags-master-lease-at-35-higher-rental | 2024-01-25T02:32:38Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE - Frasers Centrepoint Trust (FCT) is acquiring an additional 24.5 per cent effective interest in shopping mall mall Nex for $523.1 million from its sponsor Frasers Property.
The acquisition will value Nex, the largest suburban mall in the north-east of Singapore by net lettable area, at $2.13 billion, accordi... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/frasers-centrepoint-trust-to-buy-additional-245-stake-in-nex-for-5231-million | 2024-01-25T02:32:48Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – SK Hynix reported a surprise operating profit boosted by strong sales of high-end memory chips used to power artificial intelligence applications.
The world’s No. 2 maker of memory chips reported an operating profit of 346 billion won (S$347 million) in the December quarter, compared with analyst estimates ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/world-s-no-2-memory-chip-maker-sk-hynix-reports-surprise-profit | 2024-01-25T02:32:58Z | blocked_url |
LONDON – The United States and Britain have traditionally enjoyed a so-called special relationship as close allies bound by a common language.
But that goodwill has been jeopardised by an American academic who claims that the recipe for a perfect cup of tea includes a pinch of salt.
Professor Michelle Francl, an expert... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/us-embassy-smooths-ruffled-uk-feathers-over-perfect-tea-study | 2024-01-25T02:33:09Z | blocked_url |
GAZA/JERUSALEM - The United Nations said on Jan 24 that Israeli tanks struck a huge UN compound in Gaza sheltering displaced Palestinians, causing “mass casualties”, but Israel denied its forces were responsible and suggested Hamas may have launched the shelling.
The attack, which the UN said hit a vocational training ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/israel-denies-attack-on-un-refuge-in-gaza-that-drew-rebuke-from-washington | 2024-01-25T02:33:19Z | blocked_url |
SAN FRANCISCO/DETROIT – American automaker Tesla has told suppliers it wants to start production of a new mass market electric vehicle (EV) codenamed “Redwood” in mid-2025, according to four people familiar with the matter, with two of them describing the model as a compact crossover.
Tesla chief executive Elon Musk co... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/tesla-plans-to-start-building-next-generation-vehicles-in-mid-2025-sources-say | 2024-01-25T02:33:30Z | blocked_url |
KYOTO - A Japanese court on Jan 25 found guilty the perpetrator of a 2019 arson attack on an animation studio that killed 36 people, with sentencing expected later in the day, local media reported.
Shinji Aoba, 45, who himself nearly died in the fire, is widely expected to be given the death sentence.
The arson attack ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/man-convicted-in-japan-anime-arson-trial-sentencing-later-media | 2024-01-25T04:04:26Z | blocked_url |
SEOUL – Pressure on South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is set to grow after a public rift between him and his party’s leader Han Dong-hoon, fuelled by an ongoing controversy over a luxury handbag that was gifted to the First Lady in 2022.
The incident may dampen the prospects of the ruling People’s Power Party (PPP) ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/why-is-a-dior-handbag-causing-a-rift-between-skorea-president-yoon-and-his-close-adviser | 2024-01-25T04:04:36Z | blocked_url |
JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo has come under fire for saying that holding a public office did not restrict him from campaigning for any election contenders, amid growing concerns that he is putting his thumb on the scale in favour of his erstwhile rival and his son in the February election.
Mr Widodo, more... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/jokowi-faces-backlash-for-claiming-he-can-back-any-presidential-candidate | 2024-01-25T04:04:46Z | blocked_url |
TAIPEI - Taiwan president-elect Lai Ching-te said on Thursday he hopes that the United States can continue to firmly support Taiwan, as he met the first group of U.S. lawmakers to visit Taipei since he won election earlier this month.
Lai, from Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the current vice pre... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/taiwan-president-elect-says-he-hopes-for-continued-firm-us-support | 2024-01-25T04:04:57Z | blocked_url |
HONG KONG - Real estate funds are getting caught in Hong Kong’s worst commercial property slump after making ill-timed investments when the market peaked just a few years ago.
Funds are increasingly trying to sell once-prized office towers at significant discounts as they rush to exit to avoid mounting interest payment... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/hong-kong-s-worst-office-slump-squeezes-real-estate-funds | 2024-01-25T04:05:07Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – Higher casino takings saw Marina Bay Sands (MBS) deliver strong results for its fourth quarter ended Dec 31, 2023.
Net revenue for the Singapore integrated resort came in at US$1.1 billion (S$1.5 billion), up 55.6 per cent from the US$682 million recorded in the previous corresponding period, parent company... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/marina-bay-sands-sees-q4-revenue-jump-556-on-higher-casino-earnings | 2024-01-25T04:05:17Z | blocked_url |
HONG KONG – Pay for most senior investment bankers at Wall Street firms in Asia dropped to the lowest level in almost two decades, according to people familiar with the matter, as a dearth of deals in China and Hong Kong hammered the industry.
Total compensation for many senior bankers in Asia ex-Japan fell to US$700,0... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/top-banker-annual-pay-sinks-below-13-million-in-asia-as-bonuses-vanish | 2024-01-25T04:05:28Z | blocked_url |
LOS ANGELES – British actor and The White Lotus (2021 to present) villain Tom Hollander often gets mistaken for Spider-man star Tom Holland, but occasionally it works in his favour – like when he got the other man’s seven-figure film bonus.
Hollander, who also had turns in Pirates Of The Caribbean (2006 and 2007) and P... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/actor-tom-hollander-got-tom-hollands-avengers-bonus | 2024-01-25T04:05:38Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – KG Catering has been suspended for two weeks, from Jan 23 to Feb 5, after accumulating 12 demerit points within a year.
The catering business, located at 171 Kampong Ampat, was also fined $3,000, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said on Jan 23.
The fine was imposed after the caterer committed two offences – ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/kg-catering-fined-a-second-time-in-under-3-months-for-hygiene-lapses-suspended-two-weeks | 2024-01-25T04:05:49Z | blocked_url |
LONDON – From one Cup competition to another, Chelsea will hope to continue the good momentum despite languishing in mid-table in the English Premier League.
The Blues thrashed second-tier Middlesbrough 6-1 in the second leg of the League Cup semi-finals on Jan 23 for a 6-2 aggregate win, and next up on the agenda is a... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/chelsea-should-drop-mkyhailo-mudryk-and-noni-madueke-says-frank-leboeuf | 2024-01-25T04:05:59Z | blocked_url |
Mohamed Salah will definitely return to the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) if he recovers in time from injury and Egypt reach the final, Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp said.
The 31-year-old winger returned to England for treatment after picking up a hamstring injury in Egypt's 2-2 draw with Ghana last week.
Liverpool a... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/salah-will-100-return-for-afcon-final-if-he-recovers-klopp | 2024-01-25T04:06:09Z | blocked_url |
LONDON - Poland’s Adrian Meronk is jumping from the PGA Tour to LIV Golf, The Times of London and Sports Illustrated reported on Jan 24.
Meronk, 30, played in just 14 events on the Tour before making the switch. He is a four-time winner on the DP World Tour, finishing in the top 10 in last year’s DP World Eligibility T... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/golf/adrian-meronk-joining-liv-golf-tyrrell-hatton-close-to-deal-reports | 2024-01-25T04:06:20Z | blocked_url |
SAN DIEGO - Coming off one of his best career weeks on the PGA Tour, Chinese Taipei’s Kevin Yu grabbed the first-round lead at the Farmers Insurance Open on Jan 25 in San Diego.
Playing at Torrey Pines’ North Course, Yu racked up eight birdies, five of which came on the back nine, where he began his round. His birdie a... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/golf/taiwanese-golfer-kevin-yu-starts-hot-leads-at-farmers-insurance-open | 2024-01-25T04:06:30Z | blocked_url |
WEST ALEXANDRIA — Birthdays this week: Dawn Miller Orr, Clara Wienhoff, Mike Guehring, Christine Slater, Tina Strong, Lindsay House, John Coffman, Gus Ross, Christine Bitner, Cadien Maples, Clara Wienhoff, Wil Jones, Paula Durkle, Lyndsay House, Ellie Warrick, Cristal Cooper, Waylon Byrd, Laura Rosell, Tammie Bitner, K... | https://www.registerherald.com/2024/01/23/west-alexandria-news-410/ | 2024-01-25T04:06:38Z | blocked_url |
LONDON – It was not long ago that spending US$1,000 (S$1,300) a night on a hotel room was considered an extravagance, even among ultrahigh-net-worth travellers. But lately that figure merely gets you in the door at luxury properties in major markets.
In 2023, the new Raffles London at the OWO, Atlantis the Royal in Dub... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/how-1300-a-night-hotel-rooms-became-the-new-normal | 2024-01-25T04:06:41Z | blocked_url |
SEOUL -North Korea said it tested its new strategic cruise missile on Wednesday, state media KCNA reported on Thursday, confirming what the South Korean military said the day before.
The missile dubbed "Pulhwasal-3-31" is currently under development and the test-firing had no impact on the security of neighbouring coun... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/north-korea-says-it-tested-new-strategic-cruise-missile | 2024-01-25T04:06:51Z | blocked_url |
BEIJING -A fire at a street shop in Xinyu City of Jiangxi Province has killed 39 people and injured nine, Chinese state media and the local government said on Wednesday, adding that some people were still trapped.
The fire broke out in the afternoon in an underground floor of the shop on Tiangongnan Avenue in the Yushu... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/shop-fire-in-chinas-jiangxi-province-kills-39-traps-others | 2024-01-25T04:07:01Z | blocked_url |
BEIJING -The United States Navy sailed its first warship through the sensitive Taiwan Strait on Wednesday following presidential and parliamentary elections on the island, drawing the ire of Beijing.
The U.S. Navy said the destroyer USS John Finn transited through a corridor in the Taiwan Strait that was "beyond the te... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/us-navy-sends-first-warship-through-taiwan-strait-post-election | 2024-01-25T04:07:13Z | blocked_url |
Palworld Sells Over 8 Million Units in Under 6 Days on Steam - Sales
by William D'Angelo , posted 15 minutes ago / 100 ViewsDeveloper Pocket Pair announced Palworld has sold over eight million units in under days since it released in Early Access. This only includes sales on Steam and does not include sales on the Xbox... | https://www.vgchartz.com/article/459732/palworld-sells-over-8-million-units-in-under-6-days-on-steam/ | 2024-01-25T04:24:01Z | blocked_url |
BEIJING - An unusually large delegation of about 200 Japanese business leaders arrived in China this week to bolster economic relations in the first such visit in more than four years and in the face of geopolitical headwinds that have strained bilateral ties.
Japanese economic delegations had visited China every year ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/japan-business-leaders-return-to-china-seeking-to-bolster-cooperation | 2024-01-25T05:36:41Z | blocked_url |
TOKYO - A Japanese man was convicted and sentenced to death on Thursday for the arson and killing of 36 people at famed anime studio Kyoto Animation in 2019, public broadcaster NHK said.
The deadly attack on the Kyoto-based studio, better known as KyoAni, had sent shockwaves not only through Japan where violent crime i... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/japan-man-gets-death-sentence-for-killing-36-in-anime-studio-arson-nhk | 2024-01-25T05:36:52Z | blocked_url |
TOKYO - Japan achieved an unprecedented "pinpoint" moon landing within 100 metres (328 feet) of target, the space agency said on Thursday, after its probe SLIM's touchdown on Saturday made Japan the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) also said it received all da... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/japan-says-slim-spacecrafts-pinpoint-moon-landing-is-success | 2024-01-25T05:37:02Z | blocked_url |
SAN FRANCISCO – Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said Chinese automakers will “demolish” global rivals without trade barriers, underscoring the heat the US electric vehicle (EV) market leader faces from the likes of BYD, who are racing to expand worldwide.
His comments come after billionaire investor Warren Buffett-back... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-says-chinese-ev-firms-will-demolish-rivals-without-trade-barriers | 2024-01-25T05:37:13Z | blocked_url |
The Necessary Stage
Esplanade Theatre Studio
Jan 24, 8pm
A quiet and affecting work of realism, Oo-woo spends its modest 75 minutes examining the aftermath of a mother’s dementia diagnosis as family tensions and gender favouritism in a Malay household bubble to the surface.
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SINGAPORE – A man who allegedly barricaded himself in a Sembawang flat with his girlfriend and kicked a policeman during his arrest was charged on Jan 25 with assaulting a public servant.
Haridas Ryan Peter, 49, is accused of kicking the 22-year-old special constable sergeant’s right hand and hip at a Sembawang Drive c... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/man-allegedly-barricaded-himself-in-flat-with-girlfriend-charged-with-kicking-cop-during-arrest | 2024-01-25T05:37:34Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – Local artiste Rebecca Lim is yet another public figure here to have become the face of a bitcoin investment scam without her knowledge.
Since early January, The Straits Times has repeatedly seen on a reputable regional news site an advertisement with a picture of the award-winning actress captioned “Rebecca... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/fake-bitcoin-ad-featuring-actress-rebecca-lim-among-scams-using-methods-to-evade-detection | 2024-01-25T05:37:44Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – Condominium resale prices rose 7.5 per cent in 2023, with December marking the fifth consecutive month of price growth for the market, according to flash data released by real estate portals 99.co and SRX on Jan 25.
Despite a smaller increase of 0.5 per cent in overall resale prices in December compared wit... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/housing/condo-resale-prices-up-75-in-2023-rise-for-5th-straight-month-in-december | 2024-01-25T05:37:55Z | blocked_url |
LOS ANGELES - Doc Rivers, who guided the Boston Celtics to the 2008 National Basketball Association (NBA) title, has reached an agreement in principle to coach the Milwaukee Bucks, ESPN reported on Jan 24.
Rivers, 62, is currently working as an ESPN NBA commentator, a job he began after he was fired as head coach of th... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/basketball/doc-rivers-poised-to-coach-milwaukee-bucks-report | 2024-01-25T05:38:05Z | blocked_url |
LONDON - Former England striker Michael Owen has said he would give son James “my eyes” to help him see fully again.
James Owen, 17, was diagnosed with the degenerative eye condition Stargardt disease aged just eight.
Speaking on the BBC Access All podcast, former Liverpool forward Michael Owen said: “You want to swap ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/former-england-footballer-michael-owen-would-give-my-eyes-to-help-son-see-again | 2024-01-25T05:38:16Z | blocked_url |
HYDERABAD, India - India picked a three-pronged spin attack but did not completely disregard the need for speed against England in the opening test at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Thursday.
England captain Ben Stokes, who elected to bat after winning the toss, took a gamble by going into the match with Mar... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/india-retain-pace-duo-for-series-opener-against-england | 2024-01-25T05:38:26Z | blocked_url |
A fire broke out at a large oil refinery in the southern Russian town of Tuapse on Wednesday and emergency teams were battling the blaze, Russian news agencies quoted officials as saying.
"According to emergency services of Tuapse district, a fire broke out on the territory of the oil refinery in the town," the agencie... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/oil-refinery-in-southern-russia-ablaze-news-agencies-quote-officials | 2024-01-25T05:38:36Z | blocked_url |
Finn Wolfhard on Ghosts, Cringe Videos, & Making Horror Movies
The ‘Ghostbusters’ star says he’ll believe in ghosts as soon as he sees one.
Finn Wolfhard is an actor we’ve seen grow up before our eyes. He broke onto the scene at only 13 years old as Mike Wheeler on Netflix’s Stranger Things, and his career has been boo... | https://www.nylon.com/entertainment/finn-wolfhard-interview-ghostbusters-frozen-empire-ysl-beauty | 2024-01-25T06:13:41Z | blocked_url |
FOMO
Lucy Liu, Kristin Stewart, & Aubrey Plaza Party In Park City — Plus More Sundance 2024 Photos You Missed
From cast parties to vodka-fueled functions and beyond.
This is FOMO, your destination for the best party photos from each week’s most fabulous events. This time, FOMO takes Park City, bringing you the best Sun... | https://www.nylon.com/nylon-nights/sundance-2024-party-photos | 2024-01-25T06:13:42Z | blocked_url |
MELBOURNE - Statues of British colonial figures Captain James Cook and Queen Victoria were damaged in Melbourne on Jan 25, as annual Australia Day celebrations were again marked by division and protest.
On the eve of the country’s national holiday, a now-traditional row over Australia’s often brutal past re-erupted.
In... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/statue-toppled-as-australians-reckon-with-bloody-past | 2024-01-25T07:09:08Z | blocked_url |
A Malaysian man was so fed up with cars blocking his workshop that he decided to take matters into his own hands – by moving the vehicles with a forklift.
The nearly four-minute video posted on Mr Hasan Al Razak’s TikTok account on Jan 21 showed three cars that were parked at the entrance of his shop near Batu Caves in... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-man-uses-forklift-to-remove-parked-cars-blocking-his-shop | 2024-01-25T07:09:18Z | blocked_url |
TAICHUNG, Taiwan - The first batch of new recruits began serving their one-year compulsory military service in Taiwan on Jan 25 after the conscription period was extended from four months due to government concerns about China's rising military threat.
President Tsai Ing-wen announced the extension in late 2022.
China,... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/taiwan-begins-extended-one-year-conscription-in-response-to-china-threat | 2024-01-25T07:09:29Z | blocked_url |
Score: A Film Music Documentary (PG13)
94 minutes, limited screenings at The Projector
This 2016 documentary features interviews with more than 50 composers, including Heitor Pereira (Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, 2022), Hans Zimmer (Dune, 2021, for which he earned an Academy Award for Best Original Score), Danny Elfma... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/film-picks-score-a-film-music-documentary-only-the-river-flows-and-johnny-keep-walking | 2024-01-25T07:09:39Z | blocked_url |
MANILA – Singapore’s theatre scene will be abuzz with American history from April 19, when the Tony-winning musical Hamilton arrives in the Republic for the first time.
The production – which premiered on Broadway in 2015 and with book, music and lyrics by American multi-hyphenate Lin-Manuel Miranda – tells the story o... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/guide-to-a-revolutionary-moment-in-theatre-8-themes-in-the-musical-hamilton | 2024-01-25T07:09:50Z | blocked_url |
Penny Tai 2024 Drift World Tour In Singapore
Malaysian singer-songwriter Penny Tai is back for her first solo Singaporean concert in 11 years.
Over the past two decades, the Mandopop artiste has built up a discography that includes 13 albums and 4 EPs.
She also holds the distinction of being the female artiste with the... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/music-picks-concerts-by-penny-tai-and-kreator-rahimah-rahim-and-more-at-wisma-geylang-serai | 2024-01-25T07:10:00Z | blocked_url |
Small plates with strong flavours at Appetite
Dinner at Appetite is an intimate affair. The cosy dining room is perched on the second floor of a shophouse overlooking Amoy Street. There is only one table: a U-shaped marble counter that fits no more than eight guests. Contemporary art bedecks the walls, jazz music wafts... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/food-picks-new-dishes-at-appetite-jeju-cuisine-at-tanjong-pagar-gelato-at-lavender | 2024-01-25T07:10:12Z | blocked_url |
Who: Mr Tyson Lim, 30, has been in the interior design industry for the last 10 years, marketing, designing and managing residential renovation projects. In 2020, he decided to strike out on his own and founded Homeez, a tech start-up that allows home owners looking to renovate to get an instant, online quotation. The ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/my-perfect-weekend-with-interior-design-start-up-founder-tyson-lim | 2024-01-25T07:10:22Z | blocked_url |
Klarra opens new flagship
Home-grown womenswear brand Klarra, known for its feminine wardrobe staples, has a new home in Ion Orchard.
The new flagship boutique, which is bigger than its previous store in basement two, aims to be a haven for weary shoppers.
The 1,485 sq ft store is all curves and calm vibes. Earthy tone... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/style/style-news-klarra-opens-new-boutique-french-shoe-brand-salomon-lands-in-singapore | 2024-01-25T07:10:33Z | blocked_url |
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