Nostalgia for their music and Singapore's positioning as a premier concert destination are often the reasons cited. But perhaps we've overlooked a more fundamental factor: Our indisputable obsession with karaoke and the KTV-friendly songs these bands have produced.
Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who ended a 16-day-long hunger strike this week, says his fight is not over.
APIA - The leaders of the Commonwealth group of nations will meet at a welcome banquet in Samoa in the South Pacific on Thursday, with climate change and reparations for Britain's role in the transatlantic slave trade both likely to be on the agenda.
In Greek mythology, the princess Cassandra warned her fellow Trojans that the wooden horse outside the gate of Troy was packed with Greek warriors. No one believed her. The Trojans brought the horse into the city. Catastrophe ensued. The federal government’s ballooning debt has
There is scant evidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin is intimidated by the West. On the contrary, the Russian leader has demonstrated a remarkable ability to intimidate his adversaries. Nearly two and a half years into the largest European invasion since the Second
Much has been written about the implications of Israel’s devastating attacks against Hezbollah for Iranian policy in the Middle East, but less has been said about their consequences for a rogue state in the Western Hemisphire. Many will assume the regime in Venezuela fears no
WASHINGTON - Over 60 Democratic lawmakers from the U.S. House of Representatives wrote to President Joe Biden on Wednesday, urging him to use Washington's leverage with Pakistan to secure the release of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
As defence minister, Prabowo Subianto made some hefty military purchases in recent years, but fiscal constraints have reined in spending. The programme Insight looks at the prospects for Indonesia’s armed forces with the ex-general as president.
Domestic consumption is the key to boosting China’s economy, but the safe and slow approach means the clock is ticking for visible results, says economist Lee Kok How.
White House said the move is in violation of UN Security Council resolutions.
UNITED NATIONS - The United States, South Korea, Britain and Ukraine say North Korea has sent troops to Russia for possible deployment in Ukraine, a move that the White House said on Wednesday is in violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions.
MOSCOW - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, one of Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's closest allies, said in an interview broadcast on Wednesday that deploying any foreign forces in the Ukraine conflict would inevitably lead to an escalation.
Descriptions such 'green' or 'natural' must now be used with credible evidence.
WASHINGTON - The Biden administration is trying to provide Ukraine with $10 billion in military aid as part of its $20 billion commitment to the country under a $50 billion loan coordinated with the G7 and European Union, the White House National Security Council said on
MONTEVIDEO - A Uruguayan pension reform plan that seeks to lower the retirement age to 60 and will be put to citizens in a referendum on Sunday would \"blow up\" the South American country's stable economic model if it went ahead, conservative presidential candidate Alvaro
An army of Chinese-controlled social media bots is attempting to influence voters in Alabama, Texas and Tennessee, while denigrating Florida Senator Marco Rubio, according to new research published on Wednesday by Microsoft.
Laser-based remote-sensing technology has revealed evidence of numerous structures, plazas, fortifications, roads, and other urban features.
MOSCOW - The idea of the BRICS group ever challenging the U.S. dollar is for the fairies as long as China and India remain so divided and refuse to cooperate on trade, the former Goldman Sachs economist who came up with the BRIC acronym told Reuters.
MOSCOW - Below are the key points from the Kazan declaration issued by the BRICS group after a summit in Russia.
ANKARA - Turkey said on Wednesday that a deadly attack was carried out at the headquarters of Turkish Aerospace Industries (TUSAS) near Ankara, while media reported a loud explosion at the site and showed footage of an exchange of gunfire there.
ANKARA - A deadly attack was carried out at the Turkish Aerospace Industries' headquarters near Ankara on Wednesday, the government said, as broadcasters showed footage of several armed assailants entering the building amid reports of gunfire and a loud explosion.
The cyber attack was "unprecedented in scale", said a Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman.
WASHINGTON - Iraqi-led strikes and raids killed at least seven Islamic State operatives in Iraq, U.S. Central Command said on Wednesday, a day after Baghdad reported the militant group's commander for Iraq had been killed in a military operation.
MANILA - A Philippine preacher accused of sexually abusing his followers spoke out on Wednesday for the first time since being indicted for trafficking and other criminal charges, denying new allegations of wrongdoing on top of existing charges.
NEW DELHI/BEIJING - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held their first formal talks in five years on Wednesday, signalling that ties between the Asian giants damaged by a deadly military clash in 2020 had begun to recover.
The two leaders met on the sidelines of the Brics summit in Russia for their first formal talks in five years.
NEW DELHI/BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed on Wednesday to boost communication and cooperation between their countries and resolve conflicts to help improve ties that were damaged by a deadly military clash in 2020.
COPENHAGEN - Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson will remain in detention in Greenland where he has been held since July while Denmark decides whether to extradite him to Japan, local police said on Wednesday.
The CEO of Invest Johor suggested that starting salaries in the SEZ can be set at between RM4,000 and RM7,000.
KAZAN, Russia - Russia proposed the creation of a BRICS grain exchange, which could later be expanded to trade other major commodities, President Vladimir Putin said in opening remarks to a summit of leaders of the BRICS countries on Wednesday.
It is unclear if it died due to the same infection that killed 11 other monkeys in the past 10 days.
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday approved the selection of the next chief justice, who was chosen through a new process that the government's opponents say is designed to undermine judicial independence.
WASHINGTON - NASA and Chinese officials are engaged in talks to let American scientists analyze rocks retrieved by China from the moon, according to the head of the U.S. space agency, as Washington pursues improved communication with Beijing on issues involving space.
ROME - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday there is evidence that North Korea troops are in Russia, and it remained to be seen what they would be doing there.
ROME - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday there is evidence that North Korean troops are in Russia but it remained to be seen what they would be doing there.
The woman has also filed a defamation complaint against the doctor.
BENGALURU - Schools were shut and people worked from home in India's tech hub of Bengaluru on Wednesday after the heaviest rains in nearly three decades again brought the city to a standstill.
The Taliban, an ultraconservative Islamic political group, retook control of Kabul a little more than three years ago, dashing many Afghans’ hopes for a tolerant, democratic government. As US troops withdrew from Afghanistan days after the Taliban’s resurgence in 2021, hundreds