NEW YORK, Feb 15 — An anonymous woman who accused Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Sean “Diddy” Combs of raping her in 2000 when she was 13 dismissed her civil suit on Friday against the hip-hop moguls.

GENEVA, Feb 15 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) released new findings yesterday about an “alarming” lack of awareness about alcohol’s link to cancer across Europe and called for clear and prominent tobacco-style warnings in the region with the world’s heaviest drinkers.

BEIT LAHIYA, Feb 14 — A ceasefire has enabled some Gazans to go back to their ruined homes without fear of Israeli airstrikes, but they have returned to a severe water crisis.

SINGAPORE, Feb 14 — Singapore’s government is expected to focus on cost of living issues, housing, and employment in next week’s budget as it heads towards an election buoyed by strong growth and low inflation but facing uncertainties over US trade policies.

REUTERS, Feb 14 — TikTok returned to the US app stores of Apple and Google on Thursday, as President Donald Trump delayed its ban until April 5 and assured the companies they would not be fined for distributing or maintaining the Chinese app.

SINGAPORE, Feb 14 — Singapore’s economy grew 5.0 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2024 from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, higher than an official advance estimate of 4.3 per cent released last month.

ANKARA, Feb 14 — The Palestinian group Hamas said on Thursday that it is ready to resume the next hostage release on Saturday if Israel adheres to the terms of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, Anadolu Agency reported.

WASHINGTON, Feb 13 — United States (US) President Donald Trump said he plans to unveil reciprocal tariffs on Thursday afternoon but gave no details about his latest tariff plan, which could take aim at every country that charges duties on US imports.

BENGALURU, Feb 13 — Media giant Paramount Global's channels, including CBS and Nickelodeon, will be unavailable on YouTube TV starting today after the two companies failed to reach a contract renewal, both parties said.

NEW YORK, Feb 13 — Zero women cracked the list of the world's 100 highest-paid athletes released yesterday by Sportico.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 13 — Elon Musk’s social media platform X has agreed to pay about US$10 million (RM44.6 million) to settle a suit that United States President Donald Trump brought against the company and its former chief executive, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.

WASHINGTON/MOSCOW/KYIV, Feb 13 — Donald Trump said both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed a desire for peace in separate phone calls with him yesterday, and Trump ordered top US officials to begin talks on ending the war in Ukraine.

WASHINGTON, Feb 13 — Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago during the Jurassic Period and possessed surprisingly modern traits, a discovery that rewrites the history of avian evolution.

BANGKOK, Feb 12 — Fifteen Malaysians were among 260 foreign victims of call centre syndicates in Myawaddy, Myanmar, who were released by the Burmese authorities and sent to Thailand for deportation today.

BRUSSELS, Feb 12 — The European Commission on Wednesday scrapped draft rules regulating technology patents, artificial intelligence (AI), and consumer privacy on messaging apps, saying it did not expect them to receive the green light from European Union (EU) lawmakers and countries.

PARIS, Feb 12 — French President Emmanuel Macron stressed that any solution to rebuild Gaza "must not come at the expense of disrespecting the rights of the Palestinians and regional sovereignty." The Palestinian News Agency reported him as saying that "the Palestinians of the Gaza Strip do not...

MANILA, Feb 12 — The Philippine National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) filed grave threats and inciting to sedition charges today against Vice President Sara Duterte before the Department of Justice (DOJ).

SEOUL, Feb 12 — North Korean state media on Wednesday denounced US President Donald Trump’s proposal to take over Gaza and relocate Palestinians as bluster and accused Washington of robbery.

WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS — The European Union (EU) and Canada said on Tuesday they were prepared to hit back after United States (US) President Donald Trump decided to impose tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports, escalating fears of a trade war.

SINGAPORE, Feb 11 — Singapore will deport an Iranian woman and her Malaysian husband as well as ban them from re-entering the country after they were found to be engaging in activities that posed a threat to Singapore’s security.