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DOHA – Son Heung-min’s South Korea toiled into the Asian Cup knockout rounds on Jan 25, after conceding a last-minute equaliser in a madcap 3-3 draw with minnows Malaysia.
The result in Doha meant the Koreans advanced as Group E runners-up and avoided a last-16 showdown with pre-tournament favourites and arch-rivals Ja... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/south-korea-struggle-into-asian-cup-last-16-with-malaysia-draw | 2024-01-25T16:27:32Z | blocked_url |
BERLIN - Union Berlin coach Nenad Bjelica was banned for three matches and fined 25,000 euros ($27,075) on Thursday after he shoved Bayern Munich's Leroy Sane, the German Football Association (DFB) said.
The Croatian coach was sent off after 74 minutes in Wednesday's 1-0 Bundesliga loss to Bayern after shoving Sane.
Th... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/union-coach-bjelica-banned-for-three-games-after-shoving-bayerns-sane | 2024-01-25T16:27:42Z | blocked_url |
Human rights organization Save Ukraine managed to retrieve four more children from Russia and the occupied territories of Ukraine.
“Today, the children finally met their families after a long separation. Some of them had not seen each other for almost two years,” Save Ukraine wrote in a Facebook post.
Thousands of othe... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/25/ukraine-returns-four-abducted-children-from-russian-captivity/ | 2024-01-25T16:27:45Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – Bharoti Pande knows the pain of losing a loved one to drowning.
Her daughter Aakanksha Pande was a strong swimmer, but the 37-year-old drowned off a beach in Bali in July 2018 after being caught in rip tides.
Highlighting that proper safety protocols were not in place then, Bharoti, 72, is hopeful that othe... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/new-codes-of-practice-for-water-safety-in-singapore-launched-to-prevent-drowning-incidents | 2024-01-25T16:27:52Z | blocked_url |
MELBOURNE - Aryna Sabalenka continued her confident march towards a second successive Australian Open crown with a 7-6(2) 6-4 victory over Coco Gauff in a blockbuster semi-final on Thursday to set up a title-decider against Chinese 12th seed Zheng Qinwen.
Zheng ended qualifier Dayana Yastremska's remarkable run 6-4 6-4... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/tennis/sabalenka-edges-gauff-to-set-up-melbourne-final-against-chinas-zheng | 2024-01-25T16:28:03Z | blocked_url |
LUANDA - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hailed progress in the construction of the Lobito Corridor, a rail link key to metals exports from the central African Copperbelt, during a visit to Angola on Thursday.
The United States has been supporting the project that links resource-rich Democratic Republic of Congo... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/blinken-hails-progress-in-construction-of-angolas-lobito-rail-corridor | 2024-01-25T16:28:13Z | blocked_url |
BERLIN - German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Thursday he was not aware of a swap offer that would see German Taurus cruise missiles going to Britain and Ukraine receiving British Storm Shadow systems in return.
"I am not aware of this offer. If there are talks about it, then not in my house," he said in an ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/german-defence-minister-not-aware-of-cruise-missile-swap-offer | 2024-01-25T16:28:23Z | blocked_url |
On 25 January, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, held a telephone call with Wiesław Kukuła, Chief of the General Staff of Poland,
Zaluzhnyi reported this on his Telegram channel.
Zaluzhnyi briefed Kukuła on the operational situation at the frontline and Ukrainian forces’ continued ef... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/25/ukrainian-polish-military-chiefs-discuss-training-combat-experience-exchange/ | 2024-01-25T16:28:25Z | blocked_url |
PARIS - Parts of a contested new French immigration law go against the constitution and must be scrapped, France's Constitutional Council said on Thursday.
The council, a body that validates the constitutionality of laws, annulled around half of the articles in the law, which was passed in December, including restricti... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/top-french-court-rules-large-parts-of-new-immigration-law-go-against-constitution | 2024-01-25T16:28:34Z | blocked_url |
GENEVA - A deal allowing Italy to build reception camps in Albania for thousands of migrants arriving by sea raises concerns about arbitrary detention and living conditions, the U.N. human rights chief said on Thursday.
"Transfers to Albania to conduct asylum and return procedures raise important human rights issues, p... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/un-rights-chief-voices-concerns-over-italy-albania-migrant-pact | 2024-01-25T16:28:44Z | blocked_url |
THE HAGUE - Judges at the World Court will hand down a judgment on Wednesday in a case in which Ukraine accused Russia of violating an anti-terrorism treaty by funding pro-Russian forces, including militias who shot down a passenger jet, and discrimination.
In the case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), t... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/world-court-to-rule-next-week-on-ukraine-case-against-russia-on-mh17-discrimination | 2024-01-25T16:28:54Z | blocked_url |
GAZA/GENEVA - In battered, hard-to-reach north Gaza, rare aid deliveries get mobbed by desperate, hungry Palestinians and aid workers report seeing people thin and visibly starving with sunken eyes.
Hunger stalks the entire Gaza Strip, the tiny enclave where 2.3 million people have been living under Israel's bombardmen... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/gaza-starves-as-israel-presses-war-on-hamas | 2024-01-25T16:29:05Z | blocked_url |
The murky career of Christian Wehrschütz, from far-right Aula to ORF correspondent accused of pro-Russia bias, encapsulates Austria’s complex relationship with Moscow.
As the Austrian public broadcaster’s chief Ukraine correspondent, Christian Wehrschütz holds considerable sway over Austrian public opinion on Ukraine. ... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/25/whitewashing-putin-how-one-reporter-muddies-austrian-views-on-ukraine/ | 2024-01-25T16:29:05Z | blocked_url |
GENEVA – Israel on Jan 25 accused the World Health Organisation (WHO) of collusion with the militant Palestinian group Hamas by ignoring Israeli evidence of the “terrorist use” of hospitals in the Gaza Strip.
Ambassador Meirav Eilon Shahar told a meeting of the WHO’s executive board that there could not be health in th... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/israel-accuses-who-of-collusion-with-hamas-over-use-of-hospitals | 2024-01-25T16:29:15Z | blocked_url |
JERUSALEM - Over more than 100 days of the Gaza war, Rami Nabulsi's antique shop in the Old City of Jerusalem has been virtually empty of customers. Still, he walks the cobble-stoned alleyways to open it every day.
The Old City, surrounded by ancient walls and home to sites sacred to Judaism, Christianity and Islam, is... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/once-bustling-jerusalem-like-a-desert-says-palestinian-shopkeeper | 2024-01-25T16:29:25Z | blocked_url |
MEXICO CITY - When farmers in a tiny Mexican village last month hacked to death suspected drug cartel members who were squeezing them for protection money, it shone a harsh light on one of the country's biggest security problems: extortion.
While the government has reduced murders, extortion is far higher now than when... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/rampant-extortion-reveals-corrosive-hole-in-mexico-security-strategy | 2024-01-25T16:29:36Z | blocked_url |
HARARE - Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa quit his Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party on Thursday, two years to the day after its formation, saying it had been hijacked by the ruling ZANU-PF in a power grab.
"Fellow citizens, this is to officially and under my hand inform you that, with immediate... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/zimbabwe-opposition-leader-chamisa-quits-hijacked-party | 2024-01-25T16:29:47Z | blocked_url |
Stranger Things actress and Gen Z style muse Millie Bobby Brown just announced her first fashion as part of her brand Florence By Mills.;
The 19-year-old who already has a beauty line, a perfume collection and a fiction book (not to mention numerous acting accolades) under her belt, took to Instagram to announce the ne... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/hfm/fashion-trends/512072/millie-bobby-brown-fashion-brand/ | 2024-01-25T16:39:19Z | blocked_url |
Linguists have documented what they believe to be a new language that’s been quietly blooming in Lajamanu, a remote village in the Northern Territory of Australia predominately inhabited by Warlpiri people.
Known as Light Warlpiri or Warlpiri rampaku, it’s a mixed language created by blending different elements of stan... | https://www.iflscience.com/a-new-language-spoken-by-just-350-people-has-evolved-in-australias-outback-72633 | 2024-01-25T17:48:50Z | blocked_url |
In the latest series of True Detective, True Detective: Night Country, a team of researchers go missing in the Alaskan Arctic and are later found frozen together in a horrifying human “corpsicle”. The series contains spooky parallels to real life, and sparks some interesting questions around human cryogenics.
In an int... | https://www.iflscience.com/dyatlov-pass-incident-the-real-life-mystery-that-inspired-the-new-season-of-true-detective-72628 | 2024-01-25T17:48:56Z | blocked_url |
Sudden increases in methane concentrations in the Martian atmosphere have been a major puzzle for scientists, and the answer may lie in fluctuations in atmospheric pressure. The conclusion wouldn’t really change the prospects for life on our neighbor – but if it’s right, it would be a big step forward in knowing how to... | https://www.iflscience.com/finally-a-possible-explanation-for-mars-strange-bursts-of-methane-72622 | 2024-01-25T17:49:02Z | blocked_url |
Children ask a lot of fun questions, often quite persistently and while you are trying to cook food. One such question comes from the 9-year-old child of a Reddit user, who asked: "If helium is lighter than air, would a balloon with a vacuum in it, also float?"
An excellent and enjoyable question. First, sorry 9-year-o... | https://www.iflscience.com/if-you-filled-a-balloon-with-a-vacuum-would-it-float-72629 | 2024-01-25T17:49:03Z | blocked_url |
Charged molecules do not form a boundary layer between saltwater and air as previously thought, new research reveals. Indeed, they are depleted there relative to their abundance in the liquid as a whole. Instead, at a depth of a few molecule’s diameters an ion-enrichment layer lurks, like some mythical beast waiting to... | https://www.iflscience.com/new-evidence-reveals-the-molecules-in-saltwater-arent-behaving-like-our-textbooks-told-us-72635 | 2024-01-25T17:49:04Z | blocked_url |
Superconductive materials can transmit electricity without resistance, making them fundamental for advanced and efficient technologies. The current drawback is that this property is only obtained below a certain temperature, often pretty close to absolute zero. Even high-temperature superconductors remain below freezin... | https://www.iflscience.com/new-room-temperature-superconductor-throws-hat-in-the-ring-this-time-its-graphite-72630 | 2024-01-25T17:49:10Z | blocked_url |
A monstrous oviraptor from the Hell Creek Formation has been discovered in the US. Analysis of the hell chicken’s hindlimb suggests it weighed about 78 kilograms (172 pounds) and is a new-to-science species, indicating that there was a greater diversity of caenagnathid dinosaurs in the Hell Creek ecosystem shortly befo... | https://www.iflscience.com/pharoahs-dawn-chicken-from-hell-weighed-about-the-same-as-a-human-72625 | 2024-01-25T17:49:16Z | blocked_url |
While T. rex and other large ancient predators had the advantage of size and frankly enormous teeth when it came to intimidating their prey, smaller dinosaurs didn’t have quite the same arsenal of claws and fangs to rely on. Instead, a new paper has suggested that to source their prey, these small feathered dinos used ... | https://www.iflscience.com/robot-dinosaur-suggests-124-million-year-old-species-flapped-feathered-wings-to-scare-prey-72626 | 2024-01-25T17:49:30Z | blocked_url |
Another day, another blurring of the lines between reality and fiction. There's a decent chance you’re one of the millions of people who’s watched the viral video of ants marching around a speaker that’s blasting AC/DC in a "death spiral”. We hate to break it to you, but the video is fake.
The post (below) is the handi... | https://www.iflscience.com/sorry-that-viral-video-of-ants-circling-around-a-speaker-playing-acdc-is-fake-72623 | 2024-01-25T17:49:36Z | blocked_url |
Job-hunting is never fun, and even just the thought of updating your resume can fill you with dread. But what if we told you there’s a way to hack your next interview, to strike that delicate balance of showing off your skills without sounding like an arrogant jerk? Well, luckily for you, psychologists might just have ... | https://www.iflscience.com/this-simple-trick-could-help-you-succeed-in-your-next-job-interview-72624 | 2024-01-25T17:49:42Z | blocked_url |
Ask if anyone in a group gets migraines, and the nodding faces will no doubt have a haunted look to them. These strange and often debilitating headaches come with a host of unpleasant symptoms, one of which is psychedelic patterns in the affected person’s vision. So, what are they?
The strange patterns people see when ... | https://www.iflscience.com/what-are-those-strange-patterns-some-people-with-migraines-see-72636 | 2024-01-25T17:49:48Z | blocked_url |
Lying can be pretty difficult to spot, even for the machines that are made to catch liars out. So how can we tell fact from fabrication? Researchers have a few tricks up their sleeves.
Fibbing facial cues
What do you get when you combine big data, machine learning tech, and facial analysis software with a bunch of phot... | https://www.iflscience.com/what-methods-can-you-use-to-spot-a-liar-72627 | 2024-01-25T17:49:54Z | blocked_url |
When the doomed submersible the Titan imploded as the crew attempted to explore the wreck of the Titanic in June 2023, people began asking a lot of questions about implosions, including why the Titanic itself didn't implode despite being at a lower depth.
One such question, asked a number of times over the last year, i... | https://www.iflscience.com/why-did-champagne-bottles-on-the-titanic-not-implode-72621 | 2024-01-25T17:50:00Z | blocked_url |
A group of potty-mouthed parrots living at a British zoo are to be sworn into a larger flock in an attempt to teach them some manners. The eight African greys have become a star attraction at the Lincolnshire Wildlife Park for their tendency to turn the air blue, yet zookeepers have now seemingly had enough of their ef... | https://www.iflscience.com/zoo-to-introduce-famous-swearing-parrots-to-larger-flock-what-could-go-wrong-72631 | 2024-01-25T17:50:06Z | blocked_url |
The directors of Israel's Mossad intelligence service and the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency will meet Qatar's prime minister in Europe this weekend to discuss a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and release of hostages, an official briefed on the meeting told Reuters on Thursday. REUTERS | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/heads-of-mossad-cia-to-meet-qatar-pm-this-weekend-to-discuss-gaza-truce-source | 2024-01-25T17:57:12Z | blocked_url |
WASHINGTON - U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns plans to meet with Israeli, Egyptian and Qatari officials in coming days for talks on a potential Gaza hostage deal, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday.
The Washington Post, which first reported Burns' trip, said Israel has pro... | https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-cia-chief-to-help-broker-gaza-hostage-deal-source | 2024-01-25T17:57:13Z | blocked_url |
Scotland lock Grant Gilchrist will miss his country's opening Six Nations match against Wales in Cardiff after being suspended for a week.
Gilchrist was shown two yellow cards for dangerous tackles while playing for Edinburgh against Welsh side Scarlets in the Challenge Cup last weekend.
An independent disciplinary hea... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/suspended-gilchrist-to-miss-scotlands-six-nations-opener | 2024-01-25T17:57:17Z | blocked_url |
Dayana Yastremska did not feel too dejected by her semi-final defeat at the Australian Open as she knows her run would have boosted her rankings so that she can get direct entry into tournaments rather than playing in the qualifiers.
The Ukrainian became the first women's qualifier to reach the Australian Open semi-fin... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/tennis/yastremska-happy-to-avoid-qualifiers-after-australian-open-run-ends | 2024-01-25T17:57:17Z | blocked_url |
Ukraine is working to organise a visit by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna said on Thursday, the first visit since Russia's invasion by a figure widely seen as the most sympathetic to Moscow of all leaders of NATO states.
Stefanishyna confirmed the plans in remark... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/kyiv-working-to-organise-visit-by-hungarys-orban-ukraine-deputy-pm-says | 2024-01-25T17:57:19Z | blocked_url |
BUENOS AIRES - Argentine President Javier Milei's "omnibus" bill, a sprawling reform package ranging from tax hikes to privatizations, has cleared its first hurdle in Congress with a green light from a lower house committee. It now faces far tougher obstacles.
The bill, part of a major push to reshape the South America... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/mileis-argentina-omnibus-bill-faces-gauntlet-after-clearing-first-hurdle | 2024-01-25T17:57:33Z | blocked_url |
Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) successfully soft-landed on the Moon on Friday, January 19, and was able to deploy two small rovers to explore the lunar surface. But from the get-go researchers suspected that there was something odd – the solar panels were not catching sunlight and charging the lande... | https://www.iflscience.com/first-image-of-japans-moon-lander-shows-it-hit-its-target-but-landed-askew-72637 | 2024-01-25T18:23:20Z | blocked_url |
GameFAUX: Pokemon Company Announces it Will Investigate God Over Claims of Copying Designs - Article
by Paul Broussard , posted 2 hours ago / 356 ViewsThe Pokemon Company says it plans to investigate copycat claims against worldwide religious sensation God, after fans pointed out similarities between creatures in the P... | https://www.vgchartz.com/article/459734/gamefaux-pokemon-company-announces-it-will-investigate-god-over-claims-of-copying-designs/ | 2024-01-25T18:23:27Z | blocked_url |
Microsoft Lays Off 1,900 at Xbox, Bethesda and Activision Blizzard - News
by William D'Angelo , posted 2 hours ago / 700 ViewsMicrosoft announced it is laying off 1,900 employees at its gaming division. The layoffs are primarily at Activision Blizzard, however, some at Xbox Game Studios and Bethesda/ZeniMax will also b... | https://www.vgchartz.com/article/459735/microsoft-lays-off-1900-at-xbox-bethesda-and-activision-blizzard/ | 2024-01-25T18:23:33Z | blocked_url |
Blizzard President and Chief Design Officer Are Leaving, Survival Game Cancelled - News
by William D'Angelo , posted 2 hours ago / 545 ViewsBlizzard's president Mike Ybarra and its chief design officer Allen Adham announced they are leaving the studio and Blizzard's survival game has been cancelled.
Microsoft confirmed... | https://www.vgchartz.com/article/459736/blizzard-president-and-chief-design-officer-are-leaving-survival-game-cancelled/ | 2024-01-25T18:23:44Z | blocked_url |
Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition Releases March 21 for PC - News
by William D'Angelo , posted 1 hour ago / 258 ViewsPublisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developers Guerrilla Games and Nixxes Software announced Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition will launch for PC via Steam and Epic Games Store on Ma... | https://www.vgchartz.com/article/459737/horizon-forbidden-west-complete-edition-releases-march-21-for-pc/ | 2024-01-25T18:23:55Z | blocked_url |
Metroidvania Airhead Releases February 12 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Luna - News
by William D'Angelo , posted 2 hours ago / 213 ViewsPublisher HandyGames and developers Octato and Massive Miniteam announced the Metroidvania game, Airhead, will launch for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC via Steam, Epic Gam... | https://www.vgchartz.com/article/459738/metroidvania-airhead-releases-february-12-for-ps5-xbox-series-xs-pc-and-luna/ | 2024-01-25T18:24:05Z | blocked_url |
Over 5,600 Video Game Industry Employees Have Been Laid Off in January 2024 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted 1 hour ago / 313 Views2023 ended up seeing over 10,000 employees in the video game industry laid off and 2024 is on track to be an even worse year for layoffs.
Video Games Layoffs has reported 3,770 have been... | https://www.vgchartz.com/article/459739/over-5600-video-game-industry-employees-have-been-laid-off-in-january-2024/ | 2024-01-25T18:24:14Z | blocked_url |
Platforming Action RPG Wings of Endless Announced for All Major Platforms - News
by William D'Angelo , posted 1 hour ago / 197 ViewsPublisher JanduSoft and developer Isoca Games have announced platforming action RPG, Wings of Endless, for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and... | https://www.vgchartz.com/article/459740/platforming-action-rpg-wings-of-endless-announced-for-all-major-platforms/ | 2024-01-25T18:24:23Z | blocked_url |
Julianne Hough will no doubt have left fans intrigued as the 'Dancing with the Stars' host took to her Instagram Stories to open up about the need to "release some tears" in a candid remark on mental health.
The professional dancer took to her social media to her reveal her 'outfit of the day' which consisted of a blue... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/512083/dtws-julianne-hough-cryptic-comment-opens-up-need-release-tears/ | 2024-01-25T18:42:16Z | blocked_url |
Congratulations are in order for Howie Mandel! The Hollywood funny man has officially become a grandfather for the third time, thanks to his youngest daughter.
The 68-year-old comedian and his wife Terry Mandel are now the proud grandparents of a new daughter thanks to their youngest, 31-year-old Riley Ehrlich and her ... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/512077/agt-howie-mandel-announces-baby-news-new-addition-to-family/ | 2024-01-25T18:42:22Z | blocked_url |
Kourtney Kardashian shares her three oldest children with ex Scott Disick, with the former couple living closeby to be able to easily co-parent.
The Poosh founder's ex recently shared a rare photo of nine-year-old Reign on social media this week, giving an insight into the little boy's personality.
Reign was pictured s... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/512082/kourtney-kardashian-sons-mason-and-reign-comparred-in-new-photo/ | 2024-01-25T18:42:28Z | blocked_url |
Kelly Clarkson has opened up about her family life during a relatable chat on her award-winning show, The Kelly Clarkson Show.
During Thursday's episode, the American Idol alum opened up about fussy eaters during a conversation with Chrissy Teigen and restaurateur David Chang, and admitted that she finds it difficult t... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/512084/kelly-clarkson-diet-confession-opens-up-about-family-life-at-home/ | 2024-01-25T18:42:34Z | blocked_url |
It was only a matter of time before the feline fans made cats high fashion (again) and it seems that 2024 is the year.
Amid the glamour of supermodel Claudia Schiffer wearing an eye-catching Versace dress to the Argylle premiere in London, an unconventional accessory caught our attention. Claudia was spotted with a bac... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/hfm/fashion-trends/512055/its-not-just-claudia-schiffer-the-cat-is-fashions-hottest-statement-piece/ | 2024-01-25T18:42:40Z | blocked_url |
Princess Anne is renowned for her chic and fabulous sense of style and on Thursday, the 73-year-old looked exceptional when she stepped out in a brilliant green outfit.
The Princess Royal paid a visit to the Save The Children head office in London, a charity of which she is a patron. For the outing, she donned a stylis... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/512073/princess-anne-silky-slip-skirt/ | 2024-01-25T18:42:47Z | blocked_url |
Super Bowl LVIII is one of the biggest dates in the sporting calendar, where the champions from the AFC and NFC leagues will come together to battle it out for the Vince Lombardi trophy.
Taking place at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, millions of people from all over the world will tune in for the huge event, which... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/512079/nfl-super-bowl-2024-date-halftime-performer-how-to-watch/ | 2024-01-25T18:55:27Z | blocked_url |
It seems Jenna Bush Hager knows all too well how tricky it can be to deal with an opinionated mother-in-law, especially in the first stages of a marriage.
The Today Show star, 42, has been married to her husband Henry Hager since 2008, and together they share kids Mila, ten, Poppy, eight, and Hal, four.
Though the form... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/512088/jenna-bush-hager-confesses-rage-inducing-argument-mother-in-law/ | 2024-01-25T18:55:33Z | blocked_url |
Kanye West and his daughter North West are bringing expensive grills back into the mainstream, while Billie Eilish is also presenting a spin on the dental accessory in a more minimalistic sense.
However, while the opulent jewelry pieces have usually been seen as mainstays of the hip-hop scene, it was once one of pop's ... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/512085/katy-perry-history-making-purple-diamond-grill-eye-watering-value-see-here/ | 2024-01-25T18:55:39Z | blocked_url |
DOHA - A 24-team Asian Cup can dilute the quality of the matches with only eight teams going home after the group stage, but for some of the less illustrious nations it is a rare opportunity to show they belong at a major tournament.
Tajikistan, Palestine, Syria and Indonesia have all secured historic first knockout st... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/asian-cup-minnows-make-their-mark-to-advance-to-last-16 | 2024-01-25T19:29:49Z | blocked_url |
Bev Priestman, who coached the Canadian women's soccer team to an Olympic gold medal in 2021, has signed a contract extension that will keep her in the position through the 2027 World Cup, Canada Soccer said on Thursday.
The 37-year-old Priestman has a 28-9-10 record in 47 matches at the helm of the Canadian team and w... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/canada-womens-coach-priestman-extends-contract-to-2027-world-cup | 2024-01-25T19:29:49Z | blocked_url |
MAIDUGURI - At least 30 people have been killed and several others injured in Nigeria's central Plateau state in a series of attacks around Mangu town, despite a curfew imposed by the state government, a community spokesperson said.
Farmer-herder attacks and communal conflicts are rife in central Nigeria, an ethnically... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/attacks-in-nigerias-plateau-state-leave-at-least-30-dead | 2024-01-25T19:29:52Z | blocked_url |
MADRID/LISBON - Spring temperatures in the middle of Spain's winter lured people to beaches and outdoor cafes on Thursday - but even those enjoying the unusually warm weather voiced concerns about climate change and the threat of new heatwaves.
The meteorology service expected temperatures to reach 28 degrees Celsius (... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/climate-worries-begin-early-in-iberia-as-january-heats-up | 2024-01-25T19:30:03Z | blocked_url |
KYIV - Questions remained on Jan 25 over the military plane crash that Russia said had killed dozens of captured Ukrainian soldiers ahead of a planned prisoner exchange.
The Russian defence and foreign ministries blamed Ukrainian forces for downing the IL-76 transport plane over the southern Belgorod region.
They said ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/uncertainty-hangs-over-russias-account-of-plane-crash | 2024-01-25T19:30:13Z | blocked_url |
GENEVA - The head of the World Health Organization called for a ceasefire and a "true solution" to the Israel-Palestinian conflict in an emotional plea to the global health body's governing body on Thursday where he described conditions in Gaza as "hellish".
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who lived th... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/who-chief-breaks-down-describing-hellish-gaza-conditions | 2024-01-25T19:30:24Z | blocked_url |
Ukraine expects to start building four new nuclear power reactors in 2023 as the country seeks to compensate for lost energy capacity due to the war with Russia, said Energy Minister German Halushchenko, Reuters has reported.
According to the minister, all four reactors will be built at the Khmelnytskyi nuclear power p... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/25/reuters-ukraine-to-start-building-four-nuclear-reactors-in-2024/ | 2024-01-25T19:40:45Z | blocked_url |
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense has officially claimed responsibility for sabotaging three Russian bombers, Tu-22M3, in the summer of 2023.
Frontline report: Ukraine struck one of the Russian airfields used by strategic bombers Tu-22
Russia has used its Tu-22M3 aircraft to target Ukrainian ... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/25/ukrainian-reconnaissance-officer-oleh-babii-leads-destruction-of-russian-bombers-in-2023/ | 2024-01-25T19:41:26Z | blocked_url |
There are currently 7.7 billion people on Earth. In the next 30 years, that number will likely rise to 9.7 billion. By the end of the century, it could be as high as 11 billion. That’s according to the latest World Population Prospects report released this week by the United Nations (UN).
According to the report, the c... | https://www.iflscience.com/there-could-be-11-billion-people-on-earth-by-the-end-of-the-century-says-un-report-52821 | 2024-01-25T19:49:29Z | blocked_url |
Chicago Fire fans saw a heartfelt tribute at the end of season 12's second episode 'Call Me McHolland,' as a title card appeared that simply read 'In Memory of Dale Hay'.
Dale Hay was a part of the construction team at Cinespace Chicago Film Studios; CineSpace is one of the largest sound stage and facilities operators,... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/512092/chicago-fire-pays-tribute-to-beloved-crew-member-following-death/ | 2024-01-25T20:49:32Z | blocked_url |
Chrissy Teigen has opened up about a huge change in her family home this week, and it's an emotional one.
The model, who shares four young children with John Legend, revealed on SiriusXM's TODAY radio Show Happy Hour that her beloved mother, Vilailuck "Pepper" Teigen, has moved out of the family home and back to Thaila... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/healthandbeauty/mother-and-baby/512086/chrissy-teigen-and-children-emotional-upheaval-explored-by-expert-amid-change-at-home/ | 2024-01-25T20:49:38Z | blocked_url |
The return of baby bangs, or "the micro fringe," is quickly setting the tone as the dominant hair trend of 2024.
This stylish comeback, characterised by its short length and sharp precision, has of course been spotted on none other than the ever fashion-forward Zendaya, whose appearances at various high-profile shows d... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/hfm/beauty-trends/512090/short-fringe-baby-bangs-hairstyle/ | 2024-01-25T20:49:44Z | blocked_url |
Sofia Richie Grainge has just announced she is expecting her first child with husband Elliot Grainge.
The news comes on the heels of her TikTok-approved Chanel clad wedding last year, and of course the socialite turned fashion mogul couldn't be more thrilled.
Speaking exclusively to Vogue, Sofia shared the intimate det... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/hfm/culture/512091/sofia-richie-pregnancy-baby-announcement/ | 2024-01-25T20:49:50Z | blocked_url |
King Charles has arrived back in London ahead of his surgery for an enlarged prostate and ahead of his arrival, the winner of His Majesty's Gold Medal for Poetry was confirmed.
On Thursday, it was announced that Iranian-British poet Mimi Khalvati had been awarded the honour by the Poetry Medal Committee. The Gold Medal... | https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/512089/king-charles-gold-medal-poetry-arrives-london-helicopter-hospital-treatment/ | 2024-01-25T20:49:56Z | blocked_url |
MILAN - Serie A is exploring potential alternatives to a title sponsorship deal with Telecom Italia (TIM) whose brand has been tied with Italy's top flight soccer league for over two decades, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
Serie A is seeking to sign a more lucrative deal once the existing three-year... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/serie-a-explores-alternatives-to-tim-in-sponsorship-deal-talks-sources-say | 2024-01-25T21:02:32Z | blocked_url |
Sophomore golfer Nick Dunlap wiped tears with his gray Alabama jacket and went to great lengths to thank family, coaches, teammates and trainers for teeing him up for the opportunity to turn pro starting immediately.
"At this time I do want to announce that I am turning professional. I am accepting PGA Tour membership ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/golf/alabama-amateur-nick-dunlap-turns-pro-headed-to-pebble | 2024-01-25T21:02:43Z | blocked_url |
OTTAWA - Canadian cabinet members on Thursday condemned the premier of the energy-rich province of Alberta for reportedly saying that Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault should be targeted over his policies.
Danielle Smith, who says Ottawa's plan to cut emissions of greenhouse gases will cripple Alberta, made her re... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/alberta-premier-assailed-for-saying-canada-environment-minister-should-be-targeted | 2024-01-25T21:02:45Z | blocked_url |
QUITO - Ecuadorean Police on Thursday destroyed some 21.5 metric tons of cocaine which they seized over the weekend as part of a military offensive declared by the government to combat organized crime.
The drugs were found on Sunday stored in hundreds of blocks in storage space built under a pig farm located in the cit... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/ecuador-police-destroy-over-20-metric-tons-of-cocaine | 2024-01-25T21:02:46Z | blocked_url |
ANKARA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday signed off on the parliament's ratification of Sweden's NATO membership bid, the presidency's official gazette showed, marking the final step in Ankara's approval of Stockholm into the alliance.
Parliament ratified Sweden's NATO bid on Tuesday, clearing a major hurd... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/turkeys-erdogan-signs-off-on-swedens-nato-membership-ratification | 2024-01-25T21:02:48Z | blocked_url |
DUBAI -A huge fire that broke out at a hospital in Iran's capital Tehran was contained on Thursday evening, state media reported, with an official saying the blaze had engulfed the building's exterior facade.
There were no fatalities, Tehran Fire Department spokesperson Jalal Maleki told state TV, adding that the cause... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/fire-at-a-hospital-in-irans-capital-contained-no-fatalities-state-media | 2024-01-25T21:02:54Z | blocked_url |
DUBAI - A huge fire that broke out at a hospital in Iran’s capital Teheran was contained on Jan 25 evening, state media reported, with an official saying the blaze had engulfed the building’s exterior facade.
There were no fatalities, Teheran Fire Department spokesperson Jalal Maleki told state TV, adding that the caus... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/huge-fire-at-a-hospital-in-iran-s-capital-contained-no-fatalities-says-state-media | 2024-01-25T21:03:15Z | blocked_url |
WASHINGTON - The U.S. government privately warned long-time antagonist Iran about a "terrorist threat" within its borders ahead of a deadly attack this month that was claimed by the Islamic State militant group, a U.S. official said on Thursday.
While the official said the warning about the Jan. 3 attack - two suicide ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/us-warned-iran-of-terrorist-threat-before-jan-3-attack-official | 2024-01-25T21:03:25Z | blocked_url |
The head of the United Nation's drugs and crime office on Thursday warned of a "vicious cycle" of arms trafficking to increasingly powerful Haitian gangs, fueling an internal conflict and worsening violence across the Caribbean.
"It's more important than ever to take every measure possible to prevent illicit flows," th... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/un-urges-measures-to-stop-arms-trafficking-fueling-haitis-gang-wars | 2024-01-25T21:03:36Z | blocked_url |
WASHINGTON - Nasa said on Jan 25 that its miniature robot helicopter Ingenuity, which in 2021 became the first aircraft to achieve powered flight on another planet, can no longer fly, ending a mission that lasted far longer than originally planned.
“It is bittersweet that I must announce that Ingenuity, the ‘little hel... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/nasa-announces-end-of-history-making-mars-helicopter-mission | 2024-01-25T21:03:46Z | blocked_url |
WASHINGTON - Two major donors stopped funding Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s campaign, saying the race for the party’s nomination was effectively over and that Donald Trump will be the party nominee.
Trump issued a threat to donors on Jan 24 night to stop funding Mrs Haley as he seeks to knock her out ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/two-prominent-haley-donors-pull-funding-after-trump-new-hampshire-win | 2024-01-25T21:03:57Z | blocked_url |
WASHINGTON - Bipartisan US Senate talks on a border security deal that some have set as a condition of further aid for Ukraine and Israel have hit a critical point, lawmakers said on Jan 25, with a top Senate Republican saying a “plan B” may be needed to provide more aid for US allies.
A small group of senators has spe... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/us-senate-border-talks-reach-critical-moment-could-imperil-ukraine-aid | 2024-01-25T21:04:07Z | blocked_url |
BRASILIA - Venezuela and Guyana have reassured that they will not use violence, threats or involve third parties in their dispute over the Esequibo territory's borders.
The region is generally recognized as part of Guyana, but in recent years Venezuela has revived its claim to the territory and to offshore areas after ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/violence-off-the-table-in-venezuela-guyana-border-dispute-says-official | 2024-01-25T21:04:17Z | blocked_url |
Report: Reikon Games Lays Off 80% of Employees - News
by William D'Angelo , posted 2 hours ago / 511 ViewsPoland-based Reikon Games, the developer of Ruiner, has reportedly laid off about 80 percent of its employees, according to sources familiar with the matter who spoke with Kotaku.
The report says the studio has lai... | https://www.vgchartz.com/article/459741/report-reikon-games-lays-off-80-of-employees/ | 2024-01-25T21:18:22Z | blocked_url |
The Swiss military correspondents wanted action; the 93d brigade wanted to oblige. Vladyslav Ovcharenko, callsign “Tourist,” had an idea: attach a munition to a racing drone bought online.
Donning goggles, he sped the drone kilometers away to a Russian-controlled village. Picking up speed, it slammed inside the blue do... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/25/how-fpv-drones-became-ukraine-top-weapon/ | 2024-01-25T22:31:36Z | blocked_url |
The fate of a bipartisan border deal that Senate Republicans demanded to fund Ukraine aid appeared dimmer this week after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell acknowledged to Republicans that Donald Trump’s opposition to the deal has complicated its future, The Washington Post has reported.
In December 2023, Czech Pr... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/25/media-ukraine-aid-deal-on-rocks-after-trumps-comments%EF%BF%BC/ | 2024-01-25T22:32:16Z | blocked_url |
Asked if Hungarian PM Orbán would withdraw his veto on the EU’s four-year aid package for Ukraine, Valtonen said she is “very confident” that Hungary will give up its blockade:
“[Hungary’s] Foreign Minister Szijjártó has given us a positive signal and I very much hope that we will finally be able to approve the aid for... | https://euromaidanpress.com/2024/01/26/finnish-fm-hungary-gave-us-positive-signal-that-it-will-stop-blocking-eus-e50-billion-ukraine-aid/ | 2024-01-25T22:32:57Z | blocked_url |
NEW YORK - The Dow and S&P 500 powered to fresh records on Jan 25, following solid US growth data, shrugging off big drops in Tesla and Boeing.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.6 per cent to 38,049.13, while the broad-based S&P 500 gained 0.5 per cent to 4,894.16, its fourth straight record close.
The tech-ric... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/dow-sp-500-close-at-records-after-solid-us-growth-data | 2024-01-25T22:35:06Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE - Mainboard-listed LHN’s Coliwoo serviced apartment franchise has been providing affordable rental accomodation in Singapore for several years.
Since LHN bought its first property in 2020, the Coliwoo brand has grown to 2,100 keys (keys denote rooms in the hospitality industry). When The Straits Times met LHN... | https://www.straitstimes.com/business/lhn-s-cool-coliwoo-co-living-apartments-have-wind-in-their-sails | 2024-01-25T22:35:16Z | blocked_url |
Family companies are the hidden engines of the global economy.
More than 90 per cent of all companies are family companies. These include many of the world’s biggest organisations, such as LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton in France and Samsung Electronics in South Korea.
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Read the full story... | https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/family-companies-are-experiencing-heir-loss | 2024-01-25T22:35:47Z | blocked_url |
Study Taiwan’s EasyCard system
I refer to the report “LTA shelves plan to replace older public transport payment cards with SimplyGo by June” (Jan 22). Transport Minister Chee Hong Tat cited London and Hong Kong’s use of account-based transit cards that do not display fare deductions and card balances.
Taiwan’s EasyCar... | https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/forum/forum-excerpts-from-readers-letters-63 | 2024-01-25T22:35:59Z | blocked_url |
We thank Mr Stephen Tan for his feedback (Plan needed to make older HDB flats more liveable amid rising temperatures, Jan 9).
As the master developer of public housing in Singapore, HDB plays a key role in supporting the nation’s commitment to sustainable development. Over the years, we have intensified our efforts to ... | https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/forum/forum-hdb-studying-application-of-cool-coatings-on-block-facades | 2024-01-25T22:36:09Z | blocked_url |
I write to thank Mr Shawn Hoo for a detailed and well-researched article about independent art spaces in Singapore (Indie arts clusters fight to lay down roots, Jan 25).
Independent art spaces indeed play an important role in the development of artists, and in challenging and educating audiences on art and cultural app... | https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/forum/forum-more-help-needed-for-singapore-to-develop-vibrant-arts-economy | 2024-01-25T22:36:19Z | blocked_url |
South Koreans tend not to think about North Korea very much. But for me, 2024 will be different. Just after the new year began, my 19-year-old son suspended his university studies to join a front-line unit for his compulsory military service.
Attending a ceremony for the new recruits in the freezing Seoul weather, many... | https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/in-south-korea-a-quiet-debate-over-conscription-is-heating-up | 2024-01-25T22:36:29Z | blocked_url |
When he handed over the presidency seven years ago, Mr Barack Obama warned his incoming successor Donald Trump that the most urgent problem he would face was North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile programmes.
He saw those programmes as a completely unacceptable threat to America’s security and world peace, but he ha... | https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/kim-jong-un-s-threats-of-war-may-not-be-bluster-this-time | 2024-01-25T22:36:40Z | blocked_url |
At the recent COP28 United Nations climate talks, two men were key to clinching the agreement for the world to transition away from fossil fuels. United States special climate envoy John Kerry, 80, and his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua, 74, helped bridge deep disagreements over references to fossil fuels in the final... | https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/st-editorial/us-china-climate-leadership-must-endure | 2024-01-25T22:36:50Z | blocked_url |
When is a gift not really a gift?
This question has come to the fore since last week when former transport minister S. Iswaran was handed 27 criminal charges related to his dealings between 2015 and 2022 with property billionaire and Singapore GP chairman Ong Beng Seng. Twenty-four charges come under Section 165 of the... | https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/why-the-public-sector-is-so-wary-of-gifts-and-hospitality | 2024-01-25T22:37:21Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE – With cyber-threat hunting skills in high demand, Military Expert 4 (ME4) Tan Jia Le, 25, could easily have joined the private sector, like many of his fellow information security graduates from the National University of Singapore (NUS).
But ME4 Tan, who also studied information security at polytechnic, had... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/cyber-security-specialists-among-122-appointed-as-saf-senior-military-experts | 2024-01-25T22:37:32Z | blocked_url |
SINGAPORE - A number of public transport systems worldwide have begun their shift to account-based ticketing platforms in recent years.
Some still concurrently run systems that offer card-centric modes of payment to cater to the needs of various groups.
With account-based ticketing, travel records are held in a back of... | https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/shelving-of-simplygo-plan-what-are-other-cities-doing-with-public-transport-payments | 2024-01-25T22:37:42Z | blocked_url |
BOURNEMOUTH, England - Bournemouth scored five times in the first half to crush second-tier Swansea City 5-0 in the FA Cup fourth round on Thursday.
Defender Lloyd Kelly put Premier League Bournemouth in front after seven minutes, firing into the top corner following a free kick.
Alex Scott doubled the lead three minut... | https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/bournemouth-strike-early-in-rout-of-swansea | 2024-01-25T22:37:52Z | blocked_url |
THE HAGUE - The United Nations' top court will rule on Friday on whether it will grant emergency measures against Israel following accusations by South Africa that its military operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide against Palestinians.
The 15 judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), also known as the Wo... | https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/factbox-who-are-the-veteran-south-african-and-israeli-judges-hearing-the-gaza-genocide-case | 2024-01-25T22:38:04Z | blocked_url |
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