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The hidden heartbreak of losing a pet in Singapore and Malaysia

Growing up in a Malay family in Singapore, Hafeez Hassan feared dogs. He never expected to mourn one like a sibling. “Maybe that is what I have been grieving all along … The experience of loving something that I was taught I was not supposed to love,” he said. Even as an adult, walking his former partner’s husky Pieces in public made Hafeez anxious that a relative might see him, or that he might b...

Worker prospects in Hong Kong hair, beauty sector not cut and dried amid staff shortages

Hongkonger Terrence Wu Chung-ting puts on an apron, picks up a comb and massages hair essence into a client’s scalp during a treatment for hair loss. But eight years ago, Wu’s job could not have been any more different. A finance graduate from one of the city’s top universities, he was then a marketer for beauty products and focused on sales. But when he saw untapped potential in Hong Kong’s haird...

Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in Florida and hammers Gulf coast

Governors of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida declare states of emergency as a downsized Fema faces first major testHurricane Isaias crashed into the US Gulf coast on Friday as a dangerous category 2 storm, hammering communities in Alabama and the Florida panhandle with damaging winds, heavy rain, flooding and life-threatening storm surges.The first hurricane of the Atlantic season made landfall n...

Singaporean teenager flown to hospital after falling ill during Lion Rock hike

A Singaporean girl has been flown to a hospital after falling ill during a hike with two other friends at Hong Kong’s Lion Rock, according to police. The force received a report on Saturday from the mother of one of the hikers at about 6.50am. Her daughter called for help after the 17-year-old Singaporean friend vomited and experienced chills during their hike at Lion Rock, a 495-metre-high mounta...

CCTV footage shows ICE shooting in New York

New footage shows the moment ICE agents opened fire on a man as he drove his car with his child in the backseat.

Scientists found how coelacanths' hinged skulls grow and their brains stay tiny

Will Taiwan issue derail Washington and Beijing’s latest reset? Analysts are sceptical

Recent interactions involving the US and Taiwan are not expected to derail the current momentum in relations between Washington and mainland China, according to diplomatic analysts. Beijing was taking a pragmatic approach to navigating the complexities of the Taiwan issue, they said, but the fate of a US$14 billion arms package for the island remained a key concern. During President Xi Jinping’s r...

Jean Massillon, a Haitian mayor known for defending the people of Kenscoff, has died

Jean Massillon, the well-known mayor of Kenscoff, a once peaceful farming community in Haiti that has been under assault by violent gangs, has died

Elon Musk lashes out at Indian ‘Prime Minister’ Mukesh Ambani in Starlink

Elon Musk has accused Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani of being India’s ‘real boss’ in over delays to Starlink's entry.

How the trial of two murdered Australian surfers ended in a guilty verdict

The mother of two Australian surfers murdered in Mexico two years ago with their American friend said "accountability matters".

Trump slams Norway and Nobel committee after missing out on Peace Prize

US President Donald ⁠Trump reiterated his complaints on Friday about not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, calling it a disgraceful and embarrassing decision that had left a ‌stain on Norway, which hosts the Nobel committee. Trump unleashed on Norway hours after the committee awarded this year’s prize to Navi Pillay, a former International Criminal Court judge who oversaw a UN report that concluded...

Spirit of Hong Kong Awards: Blind musician with rare birth disease plays her heart out

A year after a seven-hour surgery in Hong Kong in 2025, Cassie Li Pui-ying was on stage at Queen Elizabeth Stadium, playing the drums before an audience of more than 2,500 people. She heard the applause but could not see who it came from. That March night was organised by Live Theatre, which her mother Marine Mak also helps run. Li sang, spoke and played the drums. The group gives visually impaire...

9/11 attacks inspired Flydubai hijacker to become a pilot: UAE probe

US country music star Ella Langley cancels show due to 'security threat'

Police say they checked the concert venue in Tulsa, Oklahoma but "could not find any threat".

‘I want to thank President Putin’, Trump says after agreeing to lift sanctions on Russian diesel – as it happened

This liveblog is now closed.Zelenskyy furious as Trump announces deal to buy Russian dieselSign up for the US Breaking News emailIn a statement to the Guardian, Robin M Maher, the executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, said that her group is “not aware of any regulation or precedent for a military execution to be livestreamed on the internet or otherwise made widely available ...

Why a Communist Party boss had a coffee shop date with Chinese content creators

The setting may have been casual but the choice was not when the Communist Party boss of a northeastern Chinese province sat down with digital content creators at a coffee shop on Wednesday. Jilin province party secretary Huang Qiang invited the influencers to the relaxed setting of the Songyuan Coffee Shop in Changchun to encourage them to “actively promote mainstream values and spread positive e...

Chinese police crack real-life ‘Breaking Bad’ drug lab, arresting ex-chemistry professor

Police in eastern China recently dismantled a cross-border drug-trafficking gang that allegedly involved a retired chemistry professor and a master’s degree holder in producing narcotics. The case went viral in China, where social media users dubbed it “China’s Breaking Bad,” after the American crime drama that aired from 2008 to 2013. The series is widely regarded as one of the greatest TV shows ...

Malaysia urged to police its firms in Indonesia as haze shuts schools

Malaysia is facing renewed pressure to clamp down on its companies over their alleged links to forest fires abroad, as recurring haze from Indonesia continues to disrupt schools and daily life despite years of regional efforts to tackle the problem. On Thursday, Malaysia ordered schools to close across several states, including Johor, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and the Rompi...

Life-threatening Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in Florida

The storm took direct aim at Florida and is expected to impact Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana.

Japanese brewer designs ‘wobbly’ beer glass to encourage responsible drinking

A craft beer producer in central Japan is hoping that its U-shaped “wobbly” glass will encourage people to drink water along with their beer, in a bid to prevent excessive alcohol consumption and dehydration. The “Wobbly Beer Glass by Yona Yona Ale”, produced by Yoho Brewing based in Nagano prefecture, has been on sale since August amid growing awareness of the need for responsible drinking. The i...

Japanese brewer designs “wobbly” beer glass to encourage responsible drinking

A craft beer producer in central Japan is hoping that its U-shaped “wobbly” glass will encourage people to drink water along with their beer, in a bid to prevent excessive alcohol consumption and dehydration. The “Wobbly Beer Glass by Yona Yona Ale”, produced by Yoho Brewing based in Nagano prefecture, has been on sale since August amid growing awareness of the need for responsible drinking. The i...

Trump fumes over Nobel peace prize snub and criticizes Norway

President complains about not winning prize in year he started war with Iran and says: ‘We will not forget, Norway’Donald Trump complained Friday about not winning the Nobel peace prize for 2026, a year in which he started a war with Iran.At what was supposed to be a rally for other Republican candidates in Syracuse, New York, the US president devoted a long portion of his speech airing his grieva...

Key things to know about Hurricane Isaias as millions under evacuation orders

The hurricane is first in the Atlantic in what has turned into a very late season. Here’s what forecasters are saying about where Isaias will hit and how hardHurricane Isaias, which made landfall on the US Gulf coast Friday night, was forecast to bring a dangerous storm surge, significant rainfall, flooding and strong winds across the US Gulf coast this weekend. Millions of people across several s...

Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in Florida with severe effects expected across several states

Governors of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida declared states of emergency as a downsized Fema faces first major testHurricane Isaias made landfall near Destin, Florida, on Friday evening, sweeping ashore from the northern Gulf of Mexico as the first Atlantic hurricane of the 2026 season.The National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami said the center of the cyclone made landfall at 9.30pm ET as a cat...

Putin tells Trump peace talks are unlikely, cites Ukraine drone attacks

Drone attacks on Moscow during last month's election undermined trilateral peace negotiations, the Kremlin says.