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SAN FRANCISCO – The Golden State Warriors paid an emotional tribute to Dejan Milojevic on Jan 24, as the team returned to play for the first time since their Serbian assistant coach died last week from a heart attack.
In a moving ceremony ahead of the 134-112 National Basketball Association (NBA) home win over the Atla... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/basketball/golden-state-warriors-pay-tribute-to-coach-dejan-milojevic-in-first-game-after-death | 2024-01-25T07:10:54Z | blocked_url |
LONDON - British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that more aid trucks must be able to enter Gaza and an immediate humanitarian pause is needed to help those trapped in a "desperate situation".
Cameron, who is on a visit to the Middle East and met separately with Ne... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/uks-cameron-tells-israel-more-aid-needs-to-be-able-to-enter-gaza | 2024-01-25T07:11:04Z | blocked_url |
NEW DELHI -India's government has not told its defence personnel to pull out from Maldives following a request from Male, Indian Navy Chief Admiral R. Hari Kumar told broadcaster CNN-News 18 on Thursday.
India's ties with Maldives have come under strain after Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu's election win last year p... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/india-has-not-told-its-defence-personnel-to-pull-out-from-maldives-navy-chief | 2024-01-25T07:11:14Z | blocked_url |
TALLAHASSEE - The Florida House of Representatives approved on Jan 24 a Bill aimed at barring children aged 16 and younger from social media platforms, following similar action in several states to limit online risks to young teenagers.
Passed by a bipartisan vote of 106 to 13, the measure would require social media pl... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/florida-lawmakers-vote-to-restrict-childrens-access-to-social-media | 2024-01-25T07:11:25Z | blocked_url |
The Pokemon Company 'Intends to Investigate' Palworld Over Possible IP Infringement - News
by William D'Angelo , posted 3 hours ago / 662 ViewsThe Pokemon Company has issued a statement regarding Palworld and the potential intellectual property infringement with the game.
"We have received many inquiries regarding anot... | https://www.vgchartz.com/article/459733/the-pokemon-company-intends-to-investigate-palworld-over-possible-ip-infringement/ | 2024-01-25T08:02:32Z | blocked_url |
ASTANA – In a recent report released by the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), Kazakhstan has emerged as a powerhouse in regional investment activity, reported EDB’s telegram channel on Jan. 24.
According to Anton Malakhov, head of projects in EDB Research, the monitoring focuses on three key aspects related to the cumul... | https://astanatimes.com/2024/01/edb-report-kazakhstan-leads-regional-investment-activity-in-eurasia/ | 2024-01-25T08:11:17Z | blocked_url |
ASTANA – Germany’s AMK Global GmbH company plans to build a waste processing plant in Taraz, reported the Zhambyl Region akimat (local administration) press service on Jan. 24.
Akim (mayor) of the Zhambyl Region Yerbol Karashukeyev held talks with the General Director of ThiemeBieg & Associates Torsten Thieme to discus... | https://astanatimes.com/2024/01/german-investor-plans-to-build-waste-processing-plant-in-taraz/ | 2024-01-25T08:11:23Z | blocked_url |
ASTANA – Information technologies (IT) and digitalization, healthcare, tourism and education have been identified as key fields where Kazakhstan and India can expand and forge new partnerships, according to Ambassador of India to Kazakhstan T.V. Nagendra Prasad.
In an interview with The Astana Times, Prasad spoke of tr... | https://astanatimes.com/2024/01/indian-ambassador-highlights-promising-partnerships-in-it-digitalization-and-healthcare/ | 2024-01-25T08:11:30Z | blocked_url |
ASTANA – National Commission for Women’s Affairs, Family and Demographic Policy wrapped up the outcomes of their work in 2023 and set goals for this year during a Jan. 24 meeting, reported the Ministry of Culture and Information press service.
“2023 was a productive year for the commission, which focused on exploring a... | https://astanatimes.com/2024/01/national-commission-for-womens-affairs-family-and-demographic-policy-wraps-up-2023-sets-priorities-for-this-year/ | 2024-01-25T08:11:36Z | blocked_url |
ASTANA – In 2023, net profit of the Samruk Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund reached 1.9 trillion tenge (US$4.25 billion) according to preliminary calculations, said Samruk Kazyna Chairman Nurlan Zhakupov at a Jan. 24 public council meeting, reported the fund’s press service.
“In 2022 the average oil price was 99$ per barre... | https://astanatimes.com/2024/01/samruk-kazyna-sovereign-wealth-funds-net-profit-exceeds-4-billion-in-2023/ | 2024-01-25T08:11:43Z | blocked_url |
The Princess of Wales has spent over a week in hospital following her successful abdominal surgery. Her husband Prince William is holding the fort at home and looking after their children Prince George, ten, Princess Charlotte, eight, and Prince Louis, five.
And while being in charge of the kids won't faze "confident" ... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/511885/carole-pippa-middleton-helping-princess-kate-during-hospital-stay/ | 2024-01-25T08:14:32Z | blocked_url |
Denmark’s Defense Ministry has unveiled a $13.2 million aid package for Ukraine, aimed at strengthening Kyiv’s defense capabilities against Russian cyber attacks.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine represents the first modern war with a major cyber warfare component, blending traditional trench warfare akin to early 20th-... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/25/denmark-provides-13-2-million-to-enhance-ukraine-cyber-capabilities-against-russia/ | 2024-01-25T08:32:19Z | blocked_url |
At a joint press conference with Slovak PM Robert Fico in Berlin on 24 January, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stated that Germany and Ukraine are nearing an agreement on security assurances, according to Ukrinform.
On 12 January in Kyiv, Ukraine, and the UK signed a bilateral agreement focusing on military cooperation ... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/25/scholz-berlin-kyiv-close-to-agreeing-on-security-assurances/ | 2024-01-25T08:32:59Z | blocked_url |
SYDNEY - A tropical cyclone off the coast of northern Australia was upgraded to the “severe” category three on Jan 25, hours before it was set to make landfall along the coastline bordering the Great Barrier Reef, the second such cyclone in the area since December.
The Bureau of Meteorology said tropical cyclone Kirril... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/tropical-cyclone-upgraded-to-severe-as-it-approaches-australian-coast | 2024-01-25T08:41:41Z | blocked_url |
SHANGHAI - Clean-energy projects were the largest driver of China’s economic growth in 2023, with Beijing investing nearly as much in decarbonisation infrastructure as total global investment in fossil fuels, according to a report released on Jan 25.
China is the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases driving clim... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/clean-energy-largest-driver-of-chinese-gdp-growth-in-2023-report | 2024-01-25T08:41:52Z | blocked_url |
TOKYO – The crowning of Ukrainian-born model Karolina Shiino as the winner of the Miss Japan contest this week has triggered a social media debate on what it means to be, and look, Japanese.
The 26-year-old model, who was born in Ukraine and looks Caucasian, has lived in Japan for more than 20 years and is a naturalise... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/foreign-born-miss-japan-sparks-debate-on-what-it-means-to-be-japanese | 2024-01-25T08:42:02Z | blocked_url |
HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s top court on Jan 25 overturned the acquittal of activist and human rights lawyer Chow Hang Tung of inciting others to join an unauthorised vigil to remember victims of China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Chow won an appeal at the High Court in December 2022 against her conviction and senten... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hong-kong-s-top-court-overturns-acquittal-of-human-rights-lawyer | 2024-01-25T08:42:13Z | blocked_url |
TOKYO – The Pokemon Company said on Jan 25 it will investigate and take action over any infringement of its intellectual property rights, after a viral game from a Japanese developer became dubbed “Pokemon with guns”.
Survival adventure game Palworld from developer PocketPair, in which players can use guns to capture a... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/pokemon-co-to-defend-intellectual-property-after-viral-game-sparks-plagiarism-debate | 2024-01-25T08:42:23Z | blocked_url |
YANGON – Fighters from a Myanmar ethnic minority armed group have seized control of a port town after more than two months of intense clashes with junta troops, they said.
The Arakan Army (AA) said late on Jan 24 that it “completely controlled” Pauktaw, a town of 20,000 people close to a crucial deep-water port in the ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-ethnic-minority-fighters-claim-control-of-port-town | 2024-01-25T08:42:34Z | blocked_url |
BANGKOK – Asset managers in Thailand will soon be able to set up funds to invest in forestry and tree planting projects, as regulators seek to diversify the capital markets and provide funding to sectors that champion the goal of carbon neutrality.
The “green investment trusts”, as Thai regulators are calling them, wil... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-promises-genuine-green-investment-funds-to-meet-carbon-targets | 2024-01-25T08:42:44Z | blocked_url |
BEIJING - Singapore and China will kick off their mutual 30-day visa-free arrangement on Feb 9, in time for the Chinese New Year holidays.
The agreement, signed on Jan 25 by officials from both sides, will allow ordinary passport holders from Singapore and China to enter each other’s country without the need for a visa... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/singapore-china-mutual-visa-exemption-to-start-on-feb-9-in-time-for-cny-holidays | 2024-01-25T08:42:55Z | blocked_url |
SEOUL - A health warning from South Korea's food ministry has urged people not to eat fried toothpicks made of starch in a shape resembling curly fries, after the practice went viral in social media posts.
Video clips showing people consuming the deep-fried starch toothpicks with seasoning such as powdered cheese have ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-warns-against-social-media-trend-of-eating-fried-toothpicks | 2024-01-25T08:43:06Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – Few consumers would place furniture shops at the cutting edge of technology, but local store Scanteak reckons it makes a good fit.
One of its initiatives is to employ an augmented reality feature on its website that allows customers to visualise furniture pieces in their own homes before making a purchase.
... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/firms-to-create-21500-jobs-generate-164b-in-revenue-after-help-from-enterprise-singapore-in-2023 | 2024-01-25T08:43:16Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – Investors looking for healthy yields ought to give locally listed real estate investment trusts (Reits) a good look, say analysts.
They are averaging distribution per unit (DPU) of about 6 per cent, which is not to be sneezed at, given benchmark 10-year Singapore government bond yields are hovering at aroun... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/s-reits-face-headwinds-but-offer-attractive-yields-analysts | 2024-01-25T08:43:27Z | blocked_url |
My Father Was A Rock Star!
Theatregoers will recognise writer-director-actress Aidli Mosbit, but fewer will know about her pop singer father Salleh Mosbit.
The theatre veteran shares an unexpected tidbit in a new podcast series, The Objects That Made Us. Her object is an old EP record made by her father when he was in ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/arts/arts-picks-sing-lit-station-events-ding-yi-music-company-and-red-dot-baroque-s-collaborations | 2024-01-25T08:43:38Z | blocked_url |
SEOUL – A household name in South Korea for his starring roles in crime-action franchise films such as Train To Busan (2016) and The Outlaws (2017), actor Don Lee – also known as Ma Dong-seok – has joined hands with his long-time partner, martial arts director Heo Myeong-haeng, for Netflix original film Badland Hunters... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/post-apocalypse-movie-badland-hunters-is-packed-with-don-lee-action | 2024-01-25T08:43:48Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – The supervisor of a moving company was fined $8,000 on Jan 23 after he was found guilty of illegally disposing of unwanted furniture.
The National Environment Agency (NEA) said in a statement on Jan 25 that Siow Wei Wen had been engaged to move unwanted furniture from a vacated office in Beach Road to a rec... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/8000-fine-for-man-who-illegally-dumped-furniture-in-bukit-timah-area | 2024-01-25T08:43:59Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE - A 51-year-old motorcyclist was pronounced dead by a paramedic after an accident in Tuas in the morning of Jan 24.
The police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force said they were alerted to the accident involving a male motorcyclist in Tuas South Avenue 3 towards Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim at about 7.45am.
The vehi... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/man-dies-after-his-motorcycle-skids-in-tuas | 2024-01-25T08:44:09Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE - A plan by Malaysia to set up a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) to study a 2018 decision to drop a review of an international court’s ruling on three disputed islets including Pedra Branca is a Malaysian “internal matter” and will not affect bilateral ties, Singapore said on Jan 25.
Singapore’s Ministry of... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/singapore-says-kuala-lumpur-s-royal-inquiry-into-pedra-branca-an-internal-matter-of-malaysia | 2024-01-25T08:44:19Z | blocked_url |
ABIDJAN - Stars like Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Victor Osimhen are the headline acts at the Africa Cup of Nations but they rub shoulders at the tournament with journeymen who, for a fleeting week or two, get to enjoy an extraordinary opportunity.
The African championship boasts an increasingly eclectic cast of chara... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/eclectic-cast-rubbing-shoulders-with-superstars-at-cup-of-nations | 2024-01-25T08:44:30Z | blocked_url |
MELBOURNE - Order of play on the main court on the 13th day of the Australian Open on Friday (times local, prefix number denotes seeding):
* Day session: From 12 p.m. (0100 GMT)
* Night session: From 7:30 p.m. (0830 GMT)
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Mixed Doubles final
3-Hsieh Su-wei (Chinese Taipei)/Jan Zielinski (Poland) v 2-Desi... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/tennis/australian-open-order-of-play-on-friday | 2024-01-25T08:44:40Z | blocked_url |
TOKYO - Behind the global success of Japanese video games lies a delicate task: Appealing to overseas players whose expectations on issues such as sexism are increasingly influencing the content of major titles.
With the majority of sales for big games now outside Japan, everything from slang words to characters’ costu... | https://www.straitstimes.com/tech/from-japan-to-the-world-how-to-translate-a-game | 2024-01-25T08:44:50Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – Polluting companies could be liable for trillions of dollars in damages from climate lawsuits, said researchers in a recently published study.
They added that many investors and regulators are not taking the growing risk of climate litigation fully into account at a time when companies’ climate-related fina... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/climate-litigation-a-trillion-dollar-risk-for-big-polluters-study | 2024-01-25T08:45:01Z | blocked_url |
PARIS - French farmers damaged food products coming in on trucks from outside France, BFM TV reported on Thursday, as their nationwide protests to demand better pay and living conditions showed no signs of abating.
BFM TV showed images of what it said was fruit that had come from Spain lying damaged by the side of the ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/french-farmers-damage-overseas-goods-as-protests-continue | 2024-01-25T08:45:11Z | blocked_url |
ISTANBUL - The U.S. ambassador to Turkey said he anticipates that President Tayyip Erdogan will give a final sign-off on Sweden's NATO membership within days, triggering rapid steps toward U.S. Congress endorsing a sale of F-16 fighter jets to Ankara.
In an exclusive interview on Thursday, Ambassador Jeff Flake said th... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/us-envoy-sees-rapid-f-16s-sale-to-turkey-after-sweden-nato-bid-sign-off | 2024-01-25T08:45:22Z | blocked_url |
MANAUS – Climate change was the primary culprit behind the devastating Amazon drought in 2023, while the weather phenomenon El Niño played a smaller role, scientists have found.
The drought was 30 times more likely to occur with human-caused climate change, according to a new study by World Weather Attribution (WWA), a... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/severe-amazon-drought-was-made-30-times-more-likely-by-climate-change | 2024-01-25T08:45:32Z | blocked_url |
SOPERTON, Georgia – The world’s first plant using ethanol to make lower-polluting jet fuel has opened in the United States, a development that Iowa corn growers and biofuel producers say is a wake-up call to move faster to decarbonise.
Illinois-based LanzaJet formally unveiled its US$200 million (S$268 million) facilit... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/world-s-first-ethanol-to-sustainable-jet-fuel-plant-opens-in-us | 2024-01-25T08:45:42Z | blocked_url |
BEIJING - China criticised the United States on Jan 25 for causing "trouble and provocation" after the US Navy sailed its first warship through the sensitive Taiwan Strait since presidential and parliamentary elections on the island.
China claims democratically governed Taiwan as its own and has never renounced the use... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-slams-us-provocation-in-taiwan-strait-pledges-further-drills | 2024-01-25T10:14:14Z | blocked_url |
BEIJING - A Chinese defence ministry spokesperson said on Thursday that India-China border tensions were "an issue left over from history and not the whole of China-India relations".
"It is unwise and inappropriate for the Indian side to insist on linking the border situation with bilateral relations," spokesperson Wu ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/chinas-defence-ministry-spokesperson-says-india-border-issue-left-over-from-history | 2024-01-25T10:14:24Z | blocked_url |
SEOUL - A South Korean member of Parliament for the ruling People Power Party was rushed to hospital after being attacked on Jan 25, Yonhap news agency reported, adding that her attacker was arrested at the scene.
Other news outlets said Ms Bae Hyun-jin was struck in the head with an object by an unidentified assailant... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-member-of-parliament-attacked-yonhap-news-agency | 2024-01-25T10:14:35Z | blocked_url |
BEIJING – The population of giant pandas in the wild has nearly doubled as China steps up its conservation efforts.
China’s National Forestry and Grassland Administration said on Jan 25 there are now around 1,900 pandas in the wild from some 1,100 in the 1980s.
This has been due to China’s efforts to protect the specie... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/wild-panda-population-nearly-doubles-as-china-steps-up-conservation-efforts | 2024-01-25T10:14:45Z | blocked_url |
NEW DELHI - India will oppose any curbs on its subsidies to poor fishermen at the World Trade Organization (WTO) and demand a moratorium on fishing subsidies from advanced countries including the United States, and the European Union, three government officials said.
New Delhi is planning to push its demand for extendi... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/india-to-oppose-curbs-on-subsidies-to-poor-fishermen-at-wto-meet | 2024-01-25T10:14:56Z | blocked_url |
BANGKOK – Thai opposition lawmaker Pita Limjaroenrat returned to Parliament a day after the country’s top court cleared him of allegations he had violated election rules, vowing to scrutinise government policies including a multi-billion-baht cash handout scheme.
Mr Pita resumed his lawmaker duties on Jan 25, after the... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/former-thai-pm-candidate-pita-returns-to-parliament-after-first-court-case-cleared | 2024-01-25T10:15:06Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE - Companies’ adoption of environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics is increasingly tied to the salaries of top executives in Asia-Pacific, in line with global trends.
More Asia-Pacific firms are including ESG metrics in evaluating top executives’ pay packages, with 77 per cent of them doing so in 202... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/more-asia-pacific-firms-tie-top-executives-pay-to-esg-goals-says-report | 2024-01-25T10:15:16Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – Fans of Ha Seok-jin can pit their wits against the South Korean star when he comes to Singapore in February.
The actor, who reportedly has an IQ of 152, is set to grace the stage at Capitol Theatre for the Problematic: Ha Seok-jin Fan Meet on Feb 3.
This is his first fan meet outside South Korea and celebra... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/actor-ha-seok-jin-winner-of-the-devil-s-plan-to-hold-fan-meet-in-singapore | 2024-01-25T10:15:27Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – Additional tickets released for American pop star Taylor Swift’s concerts at the National Stadium have sold out.
The tickets were released online on Ticketmaster on Jan 25 at 10am. By about 3pm, fans still trying to buy them were denied, as none of the ticket categories were available by then.
These tickets... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/additional-tickets-to-taylor-swift-s-singapore-concerts-have-sold-out | 2024-01-25T10:15:37Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – Thunderstorms are not stopping Coldplay fans from enjoying the British band’s concerts at the National Stadium.
After all, this is “Coldplay week”, according to Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.
On Jan 24, Mr Wong shared a 30-second reel titled “What song are you listening to?” on Instagram, telling his ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/dpm-wong-this-is-coldplay-week-in-singapore | 2024-01-25T10:15:47Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – A bevy of Chinese stars will descend on Singapore this weekend, as the widely anticipated Yuewen Global IP Awards will be held at the Sands Grand Ballroom on Jan 27 in collaboration with Marina Bay Sands (MBS).
According to marketing banners at MBS, one of the biggest names who will be present at the awards... | https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/stars-such-as-dylan-wang-lin-gengxin-and-kit-chan-to-gather-in-singapore-for-chinese-awards | 2024-01-25T10:15:58Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – The annual rush to pick out a Chinese New Year outfit has begun.
The season has long been regarded as a cash cow for clothing brands, with some generating more revenue from the month alone than the rest of the year combined.
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SINGAPORE – A woman who poured boiling soup from a hotpot on her male friend after an argument has been sentenced to four years’ jail.
Lim Si Hui, 33, pleaded guilty on Jan 2 to a charge of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to Mr Martin Boey, 26. Another charge of slapping him was taken into consideration for sentencin... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/4-years-jail-for-woman-who-poured-boiling-soup-on-friend-after-argument | 2024-01-25T10:16:19Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – A director-general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) who was charged over the use of diplomatic bags has been allowed by a district court to visit Tokyo for three weeks for leisure.
Gilbert Oh Hin Kwan, 45, was handed three charges on Nov 23, 2023, alleging that he deceived or abetted the deception o... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/mfa-director-general-charged-over-use-of-diplomatic-bags-allowed-to-visit-tokyo-for-leisure | 2024-01-25T10:16:29Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE - It is important for society to work together to tackle the feelings of hatred that people may have for those who are different, said Minister of State for Home Affairs Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim on Jan 25.
While speaking to the media on the sidelines of the Malay/Muslim Organisation Rehabilitation Network con... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/important-for-society-to-work-together-to-tackle-hate-of-people-who-are-different-faishal | 2024-01-25T10:16:39Z | blocked_url |
HYDERABAD, India - England were all out for 246 in their first innings on day one of the opening test against India at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Thursday.
Skipper Ben Stokes, who elected to bat after winning the toss, was the top scorer for the tourists with a belligerent 70 that included three sixes.
Spinn... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/england-246-all-out-in-opening-test-against-india | 2024-01-25T10:16:50Z | blocked_url |
Arsenal captain Leah Williamson said she was delighted to be back on the pitch after rupturing her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) nine months ago.
The 26-year-old, who also captains her country, missed England's run to the final of the Women's World Cup last year, where they suffered a 1-0 defeat to Spain.
She made h... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/arsenals-williamson-happy-to-be-back-after-nine-month-injury-layoff | 2024-01-25T10:17:00Z | blocked_url |
UEFA's Chief of Football Zvonimir Boban has said he was leaving European soccer's governing body in protest against its president Aleksandar Ceferin's move to support changes in statutes that would allow him to extend his term in office.
Boban, a former AC Milan midfielder and captain of Croatia, announced his decision... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/uefa-chief-of-football-quits-over-row-with-ceferin | 2024-01-25T10:17:10Z | blocked_url |
After making history at The American Express last week, University of Alabama sophomore Nick Dunlap rose to the top of the World Amateur Golf Ranking on Wednesday.
Dunlap shot a 29-under-par 259 at PGA West in La Quinta, Calif., to become the first amateur to win a PGA Tour event since 1991, allowing him to move from t... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/golf/nick-dunlap-takes-over-no-1-amateur-world-ranking | 2024-01-25T10:17:21Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – A revolution was going on in Chen Xingtong’s head as she made her way around Sentosa Golf Club’s Tanjong Course on Jan 25, even though the Singaporean golfer cut a calm and composed figure on the greens.
Singing tunes from the musical Hamilton – which covers the life of United States’ founding father Alexan... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/singapore-s-chen-xingtong-15-wins-qualifer-to-earn-debut-at-golf-s-hsbc-women-s-world-championship | 2024-01-25T10:17:31Z | blocked_url |
MELBOURNE - Jannik Sinner seemed to have Novak Djokovic's number at the end of last year when he beat the Serb twice in 11 days but the Italian knows facing the world number one in the Australian Open semi-finals is the acid test of his Grand Slam ambitions.
Sinner is as close as he has ever come to winning a major, ha... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/tennis/high-noon-in-melbourne-sees-sinner-gunning-for-djokovic | 2024-01-25T10:17:42Z | blocked_url |
LONDON – The insurance industry is grappling with a new kind of weather risk that is increasingly driving its biggest loss category.
While no single weather event caused more than US$10 billion (S$13.4 billion) in losses for insurers in 2023, there were 37 thunderstorms that each cost at least US$1 billion, according t... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/after-94b-hit-insurers-confront-new-weather-risk-that-is-driving-their-biggest-losses | 2024-01-25T10:17:52Z | blocked_url |
VIENNA - An Austrian court has ordered the conditional transfer of 88-year-old incestuous rapist Josef Fritzl to a regular prison from a prison psychiatric unit, his lawyer told reporters on Thursday after the hearing.
Fritzl, who has now changed his name, raped his daughter as he held her captive for 24 years, fatheri... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/austrian-incest-rapist-fritzl-to-transfer-to-regular-prison-lawyer-says | 2024-01-25T10:18:02Z | blocked_url |
BUDAPEST - Hungary's opposition will probably request and extraordinary parliament session to ratify Sweden's NATO accession but their effort will likely faily, speaker of the Parliament Laszlo Kover told website index.hu on Thursday.
Kover added that he "feels no particular urgency, there is no extraordinary situation... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/hungary-feels-no-urgency-regarding-swedens-nato-accession-parliament-speaker | 2024-01-25T10:18:13Z | blocked_url |
LISBON - Thousands of off-duty police officers in plain clothes on Wednesday protested in Lisbon for better wages, demanding the same increases in hazard pay that the outgoing government recently granted to the criminal investigation police (PJ).
In late November, after Prime Minister Antonio Costa's resignation but wh... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/thousands-of-portuguese-police-protest-over-wages-hazard-pay | 2024-01-25T10:18:23Z | blocked_url |
KYIV - Russia launched 14 attack drones and five missiles at Ukraine overnight, Ukraine's air force said on Thursday, with air defence systems destroying 11 of the drones.
The air force said on its Telegram messaging channel that Russia targeted mainly southern Ukraine.
Odesa regional Governor Oleh Kiper said on Telegr... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-it-shoots-down-11-of-14-russian-drones | 2024-01-25T10:18:34Z | blocked_url |
MOSCOW - The United Nations said it opened a Russian bank account in 2022 as Western sanctions complicated the use of normal payment channels and has received membership fees from three Russian banks to a U.N. climate funding programme since then.
Sovcombank, one of Russia's 13 most important credit institutions accord... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/un-opened-russian-bank-account-to-enable-climate-payments-amid-sanctions | 2024-01-25T10:18:44Z | blocked_url |
Marcus Smith frequently tops the charts for eluding tacklers, and trying to pin him down for this interview was a similarly there-one-minute-gone-the-next experience.
For a couple of days my journalistic fingers were left pawing at thin air, like the galaxy of hapless defenders who had gone before. And understandably s... | https://www.rugbypass.com/plus/marcus-smith-i-felt-run-down-being-able-to-refresh-my-mind-was-key/ | 2024-01-25T10:52:58Z | blocked_url |
Big news, everyone: the sausage catastrophe has been reproduced with tiny balls.
Look. It’s a little-known fact in mathematics, but the more difficult your theorem is to prove, the sillier its name has to be. Take, for example, the fact that there is no nonvanishing continuous tangent vector field on even-dimensional n... | https://www.iflscience.com/too-many-balls-will-cause-a-sausage-catastrophe-and-now-theres-finally-proof-72620 | 2024-01-25T10:57:19Z | blocked_url |
Overall Game of the Year 2023 - Article
by Evan Norris , posted 2 hours ago / 475 ViewsWhen all is said and done, 2023 will be remembered as one of the best years of the ninth generation. It was a time when every platform and every corner of the industry got in on the fun. PC gamers enjoyed exclusives like Against the ... | https://www.vgchartz.com/article/459542/overall-game-of-the-year-2023/ | 2024-01-25T11:06:09Z | blocked_url |
Claudia Schiffer was seen stepping onto the red carpet last night for the Argylle premiere in London and followers of Hollywood's most fashionable might have recognised her gorgeous gown.
The supermodel, 53, looked sensational as she headed out in a silver and acid yellow checkerboard Versace gown made from chainmail f... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/fashion/celebrity-style/512021/claudia-schiffer-surprises-same-slinky-chainmail-dress-anne-hathaway-photos/ | 2024-01-25T11:14:24Z | blocked_url |
Sofia Vergara became very vocal during an awkward moment on The Kelly Clarkson Show on Wednesday.
The moment, which can be watched below, saw the Modern Family actress tell the host to "shut up" during a divisive conversation about her role as Griselda Blanco in the new Netflix series, Griselda.
Sofia had to undergo a ... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/512016/sofia-vergara-tells-kelly-clarkson-shut-up-during-disagreement-on-air-moment-griselda-transformation-watch/ | 2024-01-25T11:14:30Z | blocked_url |
Sarah Ferguson shared a health update while leaving the King William VII hospital in Marylebone, London on Wednesday, just days after revealing her skin cancer diagnosis.
Smiling as she left hospital, the Duchess, who was wearing a navy blue blazer and matching skirt, responded to fans who asked how she was doing. She ... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/512013/sarah-ferguson-reveals-health-update-spotted-leaving-hospital/ | 2024-01-25T11:14:36Z | blocked_url |
King Harald of Norway was quizzed on whether he would ever abdicate following his Danish counterpart Queen Margrethe's shock decision to step down earlier this month.
Speaking to press on Tuesday at Faktisk.no, a non-profit fact-checking organisation in Oslo, King Harald, who attended the engagement using crutches, sai... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/512023/king-harald-norway-sets-record-straight-abdication/ | 2024-01-25T11:14:42Z | blocked_url |
The cost-of-living crisis has transformed many of us into money-saving experts as we attempt to minimise those looming energy bills. While the cost of running a tumble dryer varies with each model, there's no doubt that the tumble dryer is one of the most energy-sapping appliances to run, especially in larger household... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/shopping/512010/best-heated-clothes-airers-dryers/ | 2024-01-25T11:14:48Z | blocked_url |
If you're looking for the perfect gift for a teenage girl or a young adult, you might want to check out our list of cool - but affordable - jewellery brands - especially as Valentine's Day is coming up.
Plus, we reached out to jewellery designer Laura Gravestock to find out if you really need to spend a lot of money on... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/shopping/512022/best-affordable-jewellery-brands-for-girls-and-women/ | 2024-01-25T11:14:55Z | blocked_url |
Netflix's latest miniseries Griselda explores the life of real-life crime boss Griselda Blanco, a businesswoman turned notorious cocaine trafficker who became 'The Godmother' of Miami's drug empire in the 1970s.
The six-parter, which stars Modern Family's Sofia Vergara in the titular role, is a "fictionalised" version ... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/512029/where-are-griselda-blanco-children-now-netflix/ | 2024-01-25T11:27:34Z | blocked_url |
We love to see a glamorous throwback ‘fit, especially when it’s Victoria Beckham-approved.
Just yesterday Victoria Beckham posted on her Instagram story to wish her BFF Eva Longoria a big congratulations for her recent Academy Awards nomination for Best Original Song in her latest Directorial role for the film Flamin' ... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/hfm/fashion-trends/512019/vb-honours-eva-longorias-oscar-nomination-in-2024s-chicest-dress-trend/ | 2024-01-25T11:27:40Z | blocked_url |
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle might have swapped the Crown Estate in Windsor for sunny California four years ago, but the interiors at their Montecito mansion remain fit for royalty.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved into their grand nine-bedroom home, estimated to be worth around $30 million, in the summer of 2020... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/homes/512025/prince-harry-and-meghan-markles-grand-dining-room-at-montecito-mansion-fit-for-a-castle/ | 2024-01-25T11:27:46Z | blocked_url |
If you grab a jar of honey out of the kitchen cupboard (or your jar of royal honey out of the bedside table), you’ll be able to see an expiration date stamped across the packaging. But does honey ever really “expire”? And if not, why?
The components that make up honey are, crucially, nothing to do with bee vomit. In fa... | https://www.iflscience.com/does-honey-go-bad-72619 | 2024-01-25T11:40:51Z | blocked_url |
BEIJING – China may have helped secure a truce among warring parties in neighbouring Myanmar, but its peacemaking effort is unlikely to bring about a more lasting solution to the intractable crisis.
Experts believe China is acting to secure its interests, and is unlikely to go further and facilitate dialogue between ke... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-mediated-ceasefire-in-myanmar-but-questions-remain-if-it-can-lead-to-lasting-peace | 2024-01-25T11:46:57Z | blocked_url |
A court in military-run Myanmar has put up for auction the villa where ex-leader and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi spent 15 years under house arrest, and set starting bids at 315 billion kyats ($90 million), a source said on Thursday.
Suu Kyi, back in detention since the military overthrew her government in 2021, has... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/myanmar-ex-leader-suu-kyis-house-arrest-site-worth-at-least-90mln-court | 2024-01-25T11:46:58Z | blocked_url |
BANGKOK – China and Thailand are set to sign an agreement to waive visa requirements for travellers between the two countries from March 1, as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is due to visit the South-east Asian nation this week.
Mr Wang will sign the deal for China, a major source of foreign visitors for Thailand, du... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/china-thailand-to-sign-pact-on-visa-free-travel-starting-march | 2024-01-25T11:46:59Z | blocked_url |
BANGKOK – Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan will visit Laos from Jan 26 to 29, first for bilateral meetings with Lao leaders in Vientiane, and then the Asean foreign ministers’ retreat in Luang Prabang.
In Vientiane from Jan 26 to 27, he will kick off commemorative activities for the 50th ann... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/foreign-minister-vivian-balakrishnan-to-visit-laos-from-jan-26-to-29 | 2024-01-25T11:47:01Z | blocked_url |
An algorithm rolled out by the government in an Indian state to verify welfare claimants has been “killing off” its citizens.
Now, those erroneously declared dead by the system are going to extraordinary lengths to prove that they are still alive.
A report that ran in the news network Al Jazeera took up the story of 10... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/thousands-in-india-go-to-great-lengths-to-prove-they-are-alive-after-being-killed-by-an-algorithm | 2024-01-25T11:47:12Z | blocked_url |
KYIV - Ukraine will do everything possible to secure an international investigation into the downing of a Russian military transport plane, the country's ombudsman said on Thursday, a day after Moscow accused Kyiv of deliberately shooting it down.
Russia said the Ilyushin Il-76 military plane was carrying 65 captured U... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/ukraine-calls-for-international-probe-into-downing-of-russian-military-plane | 2024-01-25T11:47:22Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – A regional rally failed to prevent the local market from sinking ever so slightly into the red on Jan 25 with investors searching in vain for some inspiration.
The uncertain mood here left the Straits Times Index (STI) down 0.2 per cent or 5.69 points at 3,147.64 with losers nipping ahead of gainers 281 to ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/singapore-shares-dip-bucking-regional-rally | 2024-01-25T11:47:33Z | blocked_url |
What is the outlook for interest rates and the impact on stocks and bonds? What is the outlook for Singapore and China? And is it time to exit fixed deposits and invest in what, exactly? Genevieve Cua interrogates Kelvin Tay from UBS Wealth Management.
Synopsis: Learn to protect and grow your wealth in this monthly Bus... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/wealthbt-podcast-investing-profitably-in-2024 | 2024-01-25T11:47:43Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – An eatery in Little India plagued by rat and cockroach infestations has had its licence suspended for two weeks from Jan 23 to Feb 5, the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) said on Jan 23.
Al-Mustafa Restaurant, located at 11 Lembu Road, was penalised after the SFA conducted a routine inspection and found multiple... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/al-mustafa-restaurant-in-little-india-suspended-for-two-weeks-over-rat-and-roach-infestation | 2024-01-25T11:47:53Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – A former lawyer who misappropriated nearly $480,000 that three clients had entrusted to him was sentenced to three years and 11 months’ jail on Jan 25.
Gurdaib Singh Pala Singh, 70, committed the offences between 2011 and 2016.
Even though he was struck off the rolls in 2018, he continued to act as an advoc... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/jail-for-ex-lawyer-who-misappropriated-almost-480k-of-clients-money | 2024-01-25T11:48:04Z | blocked_url |
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Singapore-China mutual visa exemption to start on Feb 9 in time for CNY holidays
Condo resale prices up 7.5% in 2023, rise for 5th straight month in Dec
In 2023, the overall price growth ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/evening-update-today-s-headlines-from-the-straits-times-on-jan-25-2024 | 2024-01-25T11:48:14Z | blocked_url |
MADRID - A Spanish High Court judge proposed on Thursday that former football federation chief Luis Rubiales stand trial over the kiss he planted on player Jenni Hermoso's lips after Spain's victory in the Women's World Cup.
The court said in a statement that the judge, Francisco de Jorge, also sought a trial for forme... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/spanish-judge-wants-ex-soccer-boss-rubiales-to-stand-trial-in-kiss-case | 2024-01-25T11:48:25Z | blocked_url |
MELBOURNE - Aryna Sabalenka took a big step towards retaining her Australian Open crown by beating American fourth seed Coco Gauff 7-6(2) 6-4 in a thriller on Thursday to reach the final where she will meet Zheng Qinwen or qualifier Dayana Yastremska.
In a rematch of their U.S. Open final in September, the two reigning... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/tennis/superb-sabalenka-beats-gauff-to-reach-australian-open-final | 2024-01-25T11:48:35Z | blocked_url |
WASHINGTON - Americans are unhappy about a looming election rematch between Democratic President Joe Biden and his Republican predecessor Donald Trump, but that won't stop them from voting, a Reuters/Ipsos poll this week found.
As Trump handily beat his sole remaining primary challenger, Nikki Haley, some 67% of respon... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/americans-dismayed-by-biden-trump-2024-rematch-reutersipsos-poll-finds | 2024-01-25T11:48:45Z | blocked_url |
KYIV - Three major Ukrainian state organisations reported on Thursday cyberattacks or problems with their information resources.
Ukraine's state-run energy company Naftogaz said one of the data centres had been hit by a "large-scale cyberattack."
"Our websites and call centre are currently down," it said on the Telegra... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/several-ukrainian-state-run-bodies-report-cyber-attacks | 2024-01-25T11:48:56Z | blocked_url |
LONDON - The president of Europe's human rights court said on Thursday there was a legal obligation on states to comply with its injunctions in response to Britain's threat to ignore such orders over its plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda.
In order to enact this plan, a bill is going through the British parliam... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/uk-must-comply-with-human-rights-court-orders-president-says | 2024-01-25T11:49:06Z | blocked_url |
GAZA/DOHA/JERUSALEM - Israeli forces relentlessly bombarded areas around two hospitals in Gaza's main southern city Khan Younis on Thursday, pinning down large numbers of displaced people, residents said, in an offensive to take Hamas' main stronghold in the enclave's south.
Gaza health officials said at least 50 Pales... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/israeli-tanks-batter-hospital-districts-in-gazas-khan-younis | 2024-01-25T11:49:16Z | blocked_url |
TEL AVIV - As a child, Sarah Jackson survived the Nazi Holocaust. On Oct. 7 last year, she found herself sheltering three Israelis fleeing the deadliest attack on Jews since World War Two.
Ahead of Saturday's International Holocaust Remembrance Day, they were reunited for the first time since Hamas gunmen tore through ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/revellers-who-fled-hamas-reunite-with-holocaust-survivor-who-sheltered-them | 2024-01-25T11:49:27Z | blocked_url |
JERUSALEM - More than three months into the war in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being challenged by members of his own war cabinet about strategy, pressured by Washington over post-war Gaza plans and hemmed in by his far-right ministers.
He is also facing mounting demands by the families of hostag... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/the-key-people-in-israels-government | 2024-01-25T11:49:37Z | blocked_url |
NEW YORK - Donald Trump may go face-to-face with the writer E. Jean Carroll in open court on Thursday, to convince jurors he shouldn't pay her any damages despite being liable for having defamed and sexually abused her.
Lawyers for Carroll are expected to wrap up their case in federal court in Manhattan, and Trump coul... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/trump-on-deck-to-testify-at-e-jean-carroll-trial | 2024-01-25T11:49:48Z | blocked_url |
Bellingcat’s investigative journalist Christo Grozev has helped expose a covert Russian military intelligence unit called 29155, a special forces team carrying out sabotage and assassinations across Europe, as he told The Insider. The emails obtained by investigators shed light on Russia’s overconfidence about a quick ... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/25/bellingcats-investigator-uncovers-special-russian-kill-team-sabotage-plots-across-europe/ | 2024-01-25T12:40:54Z | blocked_url |
On the morning of 25 January, a cyber attack made at least three major Ukrainian e-services temporarily inaccessible, according to Liga. Those affected were the Shliakh information system allowing the male civil volunteers to cross the border, and the online client services of Naftogaz oil and gas company and the Ukrpo... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/25/massive-cyber-attack-hits-ukrainian-e-services/ | 2024-01-25T12:41:34Z | blocked_url |
A vacuum distillation column at an oil refinery caught fire in Russia’s Tuapse City overnight on 25 January, according to the local Russian authorities. Local sources spotted drones in the sky before three explosions occurred, followed by the blaze. Russian Telegram channel Mash claimed that three drones were shot down... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/25/russias-black-sea-port-oil-refinery-engulfed-in-flames-after-another-drone-raid/ | 2024-01-25T12:42:14Z | blocked_url |
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