“Here I am achieving this out-of-control life, and I can’t do the one thing I’m biologically put on this earth to do,” she told the Guardian. “Then I have to go onstage and be this sex symbol of femininity and empowerment? It is…
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SINGAPORE – Singapore’s manufacturing sector continued growing as factory activity recorded an eighth straight month of expansion in February, though at a slightly slower rate. The Singapore Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) – a key…
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BERLIN – A German frigate will set sail for Asia in August and, on its return journey, become the first German warship to cross the South China Sea since 2002, senior government officials in Berlin said on Tuesday (March 2). The ship will…
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Married At First Sight’s Jessika Power said she felt sorry as she inflicted pain on her husband and Tamara Joy during the 2019 reality show. However, she said she did so as she was ‘broken inside’. The 26-year-old made a clean breast of…
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MIAMI – Rickie Fowler heads into this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational seeking a long-awaited return to form that would do wonders for his bid to extend a streak of 41 consecutive major appearances. Fowler, who is 65th in the world…
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WASHINGTON – A China-linked cyberespionage group has been remotely plundering email inboxes using freshly discovered flaws in Microsoft mail server software, the company and outside researchers said on Tuesday (March 2) – an example of…
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LONDON – James Bond said he was thrilled and seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady threw in support from afar as Aston Martin showed off their first Formula One car in 61 years on Wednesday (March 3). The launch, presented online by…
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WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is moving to put semiconductors, artificial intelligence and next-generation networks at the heart of United States strategy towards Asia, attempting to rally what officials are calling…
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With demand for air travel still low following the Covid-19 pandemic, Emirates has begun offering passengers a chance to snap up empty seats in economy class. Up to three adjoining seats on a flight and will be offered to all economy…
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NEW YORK – Zoom Video Communications projected annual revenue that would top analysts’ estimates, signalling the video meeting service expects to remain a ubiquitous presence in daily life even as the pandemic recedes. Shares jumped about…
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LONDON – Brendan Rodgers has challenged Leicester to defy the odds as a mounting injury crisis threatens to wreck their bid to finish in the Premier League’s top four. Rodgers’ side lost star midfielder Harvey Barnes to a left knee injury…
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HONG KONG – Asia stocks dropped on Tuesday (March 2) and European equity futures fell as a senior Chinese official expressed wariness about the risk of asset bubbles in foreign markets and a recent bond market sell-off still weighed on…
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NEW YORK – They were just days away from a multi-billion-dollar windfall. But now employees of Jack Ma’s Ant Group are stuck holding shares so difficult to value that even the company itself is struggling to determine a fair price. It has…
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GENEVA – Top UN human rights experts said on Monday (March 1) that Russia was to blame for attempting to kill Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, and called for an international investigation into his poisoning last year. The attempt to kill…
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JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused arch-foe Iran on Monday (March 1) of a recent attack on an Israeli-owned ship, noting his country was “striking back” on the morning after a raid on Syria. “It is indeed an Iranian…
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LONDON – Britain announced Sunday (Feb 28) that it has given more than 20 million people at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, with the rapid rollout providing hope in a country with Europe’s highest death toll. Health Secretary…
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