Travel

Jul 10, 2024

TikTok, Instagram influencers help ageing Nato connect with Gen Z

LIKE most 75-year-olds, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) needs some help reaching out to the younger generation.


Jul 9, 2024

Yamal makes history as Spain sink France to reach Euro 2024 final

LAMINE Yamal, 16, became the tournament’s youngest ever goalscorer as Spain came back to beat France 2-1 in Munich on Tuesday and reach the Euro 2024 final.


Jul 9, 2024

Saudi Arabia to lure ultra-luxe travellers with palace stays

IN THE south of Riyadh, nestled into downtown streets steeped in rare desert greenery, sits a 365,000 square foot palace once lived in by King Saud bin Abdulaziz, the second ruler of modern Saudi Arabia.


Jul 8, 2024

Tencent’s hit stays on top after ‘Genshin Impact’ foe’s release

TENCENT Holdings’s Dungeon & Fighter (DnF) Mobile kept its spot as China’s top-grossing game despite the launch of a major rival from Genshin Impact studio Mihoyo, passing a key test of popularity in an intensely competitive market.


Jul 8, 2024

Justin Bieber paid US$10 million to head Ambani scion’s wedding

CANADIAN pop star Justin Bieber entertained some of India’s biggest celebrities in the latest instalment of months-long wedding celebrations thrown for the son of Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani.


Jul 7, 2024

‘Despicable Me 4’ tops North American box office on opening weekend

ANIMATED comedy Despicable Me 4 rose to the top of the North American box office on its first weekend in theatres, according to figures from industry watcher Exhibitor Relations published on Sunday.


Jul 7, 2024

MSF launches festival to spotlight volunteers, encourage Singaporeans to give back

It is being held over four weekends in July in the heartland


Jul 7, 2024

For older people who are lonely, is the solution a robot friend?

IN THE months after her husband of 65 years died, Dorothy Elicati said she did nothing but cry.


Jul 7, 2024

Airports, Wall Street and Olympics in crosshairs of climate activists

CLIMATE activists in the United States and Europe are planning protests at airports, banks and the Olympic Games in a summer of stunts they have defended as necessary even if their tactics differ.


Jul 5, 2024

France beat Portugal on penalties to reach Euro 2024 semi-finals

THEO Hernandez scored the winning kick as Kylian Mbappe’s France edged a tense Euro 2024 quarter-final clash with Portugal 5-3 on penalties after a goalless 120 minutes on Friday (Jul 5) in what will likely be remembered as Cristiano Ronaldo’s last-ever match at the tournament.