SINGAPORE – At least $11,000 has been lost in scams during the week tickets for K-pop superstars BTS’ Singapore leg of their Arirang concert tour went on sale on June 3. The police said in a statement on June 6 that there were at least 14 reported cases linked to fake concert tickets from fraudsters since […]
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s social cohesion has taken a long time to build; hence, people should not allow anyone to cast doubt about its multicultural identity, said Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo on Saturday (Jun 6). “We must always remember that the cohesion we have in our society is very precious. It has taken […]
Let us read it for you. Listen now. Your browser does not support the audio element. The U.S. stock market had its worst day since October on Friday as a sell-off in big technology companies weighed down the broader market and a strong jobs report boosted expectations that the Federal Reserve will be forced to […]
Three social media platforms have been ordered to block access to 14 posts which “target the Indian community and undermine Singapore’s model of multiculturalism”, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Saturday. The police have issued disabling directions under the Online Criminal Harms Act to block access to the posts on YouTube, Facebook and […]
SINGAPORE – All tickets for the Singapore leg of K-pop boy band BTS’ Arirang tour have been sold, with online travel platform Klook becoming the final sales channel to exhaust its allocation on June 6. The total number of tickets for the septet’s four shows in Singapore in December is about 220,000. Klook, which began […]
Thai lead rescuer Kengkad Bongkawong said in a social media post on Saturday that “no one is allowed inside the cave” because “it is too risky for anyone to enter”, but water pumping operations would persist outside. “Even though we don’t know the current condition of those two individuals, reducing the water level inside the […]
VIENTIANE – Rescuers called off their search on June 6 for two men trapped in a semi-submerged cave in Laos for more than two weeks, as the site became unstable and survival hopes faded. Seven villagers became trapped in the cave in central Xaysomboun province on May 20 when flash floods blocked their exit as […]
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The PLA’s Eastern Theatre Command said on social media that in less than two weeks, the shipborne helicopter of the Dutch frigate De Ruyter had “illegally intruded into the airspace over China’s Xisha [the Chinese name for the Paracel Islands] and then the frigate transited the Taiwan Strait”. Senior Colonel Xu Chenghua, a spokesman for […]
As China’s most important national examination, known as gaokao, looms, many students are flocking to hospitals to inhale oxygen in the belief that doing so will “recharge” their brains. Gaokao refers to the country’s national university entrance exam which takes place between June 6 and 8 every year. Many people believe it can make or […]
MANILA, Philippines – On June 1, Senator Jinggoy Estrada was placed in police custody after the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan’s 5th Division ordered his arrest for plunder and graft cases linked to the flood control corruption scandal. Estrada surrendered to agents of the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, was brought to Camp Crame for booking procedures, […]
MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang called on law enforcement agencies to act on reports about an alleged plan by Vice President Sara Duterte’s supporters to attack Malacañang on June 12. Palace Press Officer Claire Castro issued the statement after columnist Ramon Tulfo claimed on social media that intelligence reports discussed during a meeting in Camp Crame […]
SINGAPORE – Singapore must act firmly and reject attempts by those who wish to harm the nation and divide it, said Law Minister Edwin Tong on June 6. He was referring to online narratives that had surfaced, pitting the races here against each other and attacking Singapore’s multiracial society. Tong, who is also Second Minister […]
MALICIOUS EFFORTS TO SOW DISCORD MHA said that it has observed deliberate attempts to spread more of such content in Singapore’s local information space. These are malicious efforts to sow discord by inciting ill will against the Indian community in the country, said the ministry. “This includes Indian migrant workers in sectors such as construction […]
SINGAPORE – The authorities have ordered social media platforms to block access to 14 online posts that target the Indian community, such as by suggesting that Singapore was being overrun by Indians. Investigations showed that the content most likely originated from a platform based in China and was subsequently carried on other platforms and websites, […]
CNN By Hanako Montgomery, Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — One stranger from Tokyo is shutting down his business for a week to help. Another volunteer dropped everything to provide transportation and translations for American parents desperate to find their son. The weeklong quest to find James “Weston” Higginbotham in Japan has yielded no signs of […]
By Hanako Montgomery, Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — One stranger from Tokyo is shutting down his business for a week to help. Another volunteer dropped everything to provide transportation and translations for American parents desperate to find their son. The weeklong quest to find James “Weston” Higginbotham in Japan has yielded no signs of the […]
Table of Contents Punjab Kings (PBKS) captain Shreyas Iyer is known for keeping things simple on the field, but one funny incident involving the left-arm fast bowler Arshdeep Singh showed just how serious he is when it comes to player focus during a match. However, Iyer failed to take the Punjab Kings to the IPL […]
In early 2025, neuroscientist and education consultant Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath testified before the U.S. Senate with findings that ought to give education policymakers pause everywhere, not least in India. His central claim: the rapid, large-scale adoption of digital technology in classrooms is actively harming children — reducing comprehension, eroding attention, and contributing to a […]
MANILA, Philippines — Kalookan Bishop Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David defends Fr. Flavie Villanueva after he was accused by the “ex-Marines: that he allegedly received an envelope containing money from former Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Zaldy Co. In a Facebook post Saturday, David said such allegations should be backed up with facts, noting that a person’s […]
Australian indie rock band from Frankston, Victoria, have began their very first Japan tour this weekend. Listen to SBS Japanese Audio on Tue, Thu and Fri from 1pm on SBS 3. Replays from 10pm on Tue, Thu and Sat on SBS1. Listen to past stories from our podcast. Download the free SBS Audio App and don’t forget to visit […]
SAN FRANCISCO and SUZHOU, China, June 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Innovent Biologics, Inc. (“Innovent”) (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high quality medicines for the treatment of oncology, cardiovascular and metabolic, autoimmune, ophthalmology and other major diseases, announces that the international multi-center Phase 3 clinical study (G-HOPE-001, NCT06238843) of arcotatug […]
BEIJING — Chinese authorities are snuffing out any remembrance of the deadly 1989 military crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square, which happened 37 years ago Thursday, in a further tightening of a yearslong campaign to erase what happened from public memory. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles […]
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A Malaysian influencer-entrepreneur is being investigated after she threw a ghost-themed birthday party that was deemed to have contradicted Islamic values. Farhana Zahra, better known by her online moniker Cik Na, had hosted the RM500,000 (S$160,000) event on May 29, themed Bunian Village, for her three daughters. In Malay superstition, the orang bunian, or invisible […]
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, June 4, 2026 – Alvotech (NASDAQ: ALVO; ALVO-SDB), a global biotechnology company specializing in the development and manufacture of biosimilar medicines for patients worldwide, today announced the resubmission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of Biologics License Applications (BLAs) for AVT05, a proposed biosimilar to Simponi® and Simponi Aria® (golimumab), and AVT06, […]
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, June 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alvotech (NASDAQ: ALVO; ALVO-SDB), a global biotechnology company specializing in the development and manufacture of biosimilar medicines for patients worldwide, today announced the resubmission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of Biologics License Applications (BLAs) for AVT05, a proposed biosimilar to Simponi® and Simponi Aria® (golimumab), and […]
“The top 0.1 per cent, those controlling major platforms, networks and intellectual property, will continue to consolidate wealth. There may be some redistribution within the upper tier, with the top one-two per cent gaining access to scalable digital assets such as startups, creator platforms and algorithmic trading,” says Nitin Bharti, an economist specialising in wealth […]
