Asia

by Jalees ANDRABI The Indian government on Monday revoked Kashmir’s special status, stripping the significant autonomy it has enjoyed for seven decades in a move expected to further inflame tensions in the Muslim-majority region and infuriate rival Pakistan. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi Hindu-nationalist party rushed through a presidential decree to scrap the disputed region’s […]

by Elaine YU / Yan ZHAO Hong Kong riot police clashed with pro-democracy protesters for a third straight day Monday as the city’s leader warned the global financial hub was nearing a “very dangerous situation”, and a rare strike caused transport chaos. Clouds of tear gas billowed across the working-class district of Wong Tai Sin […]

Just when you think things can take a turn for the worse, sometimes you just got to wait it out and know that there is always a silver lining in every cloud. For Hong Kong singer-actress Sammi Cheng, things have been getting better for her and her marriage. On 1 Aug, she was spotted at […]

You can never believe in everything you see online anymore since there are ways to Photoshop images or alter videos. Recently a ‘young’ and ‘beautiful’ Chinese vlogger got exposed to be a 58-year-old woman when her beauty filter malfunctioned during her livestream to the shock of her fans. According to BBC, the vlogger is known […]

China’s military has released a slick propaganda video showing a drill of armed troops quelling a protest in Hong Kong, in a thinly veiled warning to the city’s pro-democracy movement. The video, posted to social media on Wednesday by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) garrison in Hong Kong, has a caption in which the […]

by Sara HUSSEIN Scientists in Japan will begin trying to grow human organs in animals after receiving government permission for the first study of its kind in the country. The cutting-edge — but controversial — research involves implanting modified animal embryos with human “induced pluripotent stem” (iPS) cells that can be coaxed into forming the […]

by Yan ZHAO Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters appeared in court Wednesday after being charged with rioting, setting the stage for further unrest in a weeks-long crisis that has rocked the global financial hub. The announcement on Tuesday night that 44 people had been charged with rioting — an offence that carries a jail […]

Sometimes people do stupid things to be famous but it comes at a price if they are not careful. Malaysian singer Ara Johari did a food challenge that almost caused her her life and she received backlash for what she did. Malay Mail reported that Ara Johari did a challenge of eating spicy noodles with durian […]

After weeks of increasingly violent protests, China’s top policy body on Hong Kong affairs was set to hold an extremely rare press briefing Monday on the crisis engulfing the financial hub, where dozens of protesters were arrested in weekend clashes with police. What began as a mass display of opposition to an extradition bill two […]

Hijabi fashion entrepreneur Neelofa was criticised online recently for uploading clips of Disney’s The Lion King on social media. The 30-year-old has apologised since then, saying that she had no intention of breaking copyright-related laws and that she respects intellectual property. Neelofa, whose real name is Noor Neelofa Mohd Noor wrote an apology on Twitter. […]

Hong Kong actor Nicholas Tse who has recently helmed cooking shows now hopes to whip another feast for the eyes on movie screens. Tse is reuniting with Donnie Yen after 14 years to shoot a thriller called Raging Fire. It is a comeback to action movies after starring in films such as New Police Story […]

Director-actor Stephen Chow has been the subject of many rumours regarding his love life despite being a private person. He was rumoured to be the mysterious father of actress Cecilia Cheung’s third child in Jan 2019. The latest rumour is that he is married. In 2010, he broke up with longtime girlfriend construction heiress Yu […]

Popular soft drink giant Coca-Cola will be releasing an alcoholic beverage but it will not be in the US market just yet. Coca-Cola spokesperson Scott Leith said the company will officially launch the Lemon-do alcoholic soft drink in Japan in October. It debuted in May 2018 in Kyushu, Japan’s southernmost island in three varieties ranging […]

by Andrew BEATTY Australian universities are being investigated over their contracts with Chinese-state run Confucius Institutes, officials said Thursday, amid fresh revelations over the scope of Beijing’s control of teaching in the centres. Attorney-General Christian Porter said the government was looking at whether deals between thirteen Australian universities and the Confucius Institutes breach new foreign […]

An American warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the US Navy and Taiwanese authorities said Thursday, triggering concern in Beijing. The transit came as China, which views Taiwan as a renegade province, unveiled a defence white paper Wednesday stressing its willingness to use force to thwart any move towards the self-ruled island’s independence, and accusing […]