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Hong Kong Cantopop singer Ekin Cheng Yee-kin has called off a concert in Tokyo next month, attributing it to “unforeseen force majeure circumstances”, as tensions between China and Japan escalate. The cancellation was announced on Tuesday evening on the social media account of Lam & Lamb Entertainment, a management company. Cheng’s concert had been scheduled for December 5 at the …

A 17-year-old student was discovered dead Tuesday morning at a public high school in Bordeaux. The teenager was found unresponsive in the courtyard of Lycee Michel-Montaigne shortly after 7am by staff, according to regional newspaper Sud Ouest. Emergency services were called immediately, but paramedics were unable to revive him and he was pronounced dead at the scene, in the Chartrons …

A Russian teenager has been detained while allegedly attempting to carry out an arson attack on a church under the direction of a Ukrainian-linked terrorist organization, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) announced on Tuesday. The foiled attack took place in the Russian Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad. According to the agency, the suspect established contact with an online recruiter connected …

Young Chinese consumers, including a growing number of men, are splurging on aesthetic medical treatments for physical, emotional and social wellness, according to the CEO of Fosun Pharma‑backed Sisram Medical and its subsidiary Alma, who says Asia’s relatively low penetration offers greater growth potential than North America. “It is a global trend that younger generations, including those [in mainland China] …

One man suffered a tragic and horrifying death which left his loved ones searching for him for days – and it was all a complete accident. It’s thought that the 39-year-old man was trying to retrieve his phone when he became trapped inside of a huge dinosaur statue. Following police investigations, it seemed likely he was trying to find his …

Two climbers have tragically lost their lives while scaling New Zealand’s highest peak, Aoraki/Mount Cook. The duo were undertaking a grand traverse of the mountain when they fell from the summit ridge on Monday (November 24) night. One of the deceased was an IFMGA-qualified mountain guide and the other was their client. The New Zealand Mountain Guides Association reported that …

The international community has cast “a vote of confidence” on Hong Kong’s prospects with their investments, with achievements attained through the proper implementation of the “one country, two systems” principle, Beijing’s top representative in the city has said. Zhou Ji, director of Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong, also said that, having “filled the gaps” in national security, now was …

At least three people were killed during nighttime attack on Tuesday, officials said Ukrainian drones struck multiple high-rise apartment blocks in cities across southern Russia on Tuesday, officials said. Krasnodar Governor Veniamin Kondratyev described the Black Sea region attack as “one of the most prolonged and massive” since the conflict began in 2022. He reported that six people were injured …

The court dismissed the indictment against James Comey, who US President Donald Trump accused of taking part in a “witch hunt” A US federal judge dismissed the cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday, ruling that the prosecutor overseeing the indictments was unlawfully appointed. Judge Cameron McGowan Currie wrote in her …

A former editor-in-chief of a Chinese nationalist tabloid has called upon official media to manage public expectations properly and refrain from using “harsh language that does not reflect the actual situation” when criticising Japan. Hu Xijin, the former editor-in-chief of the Global Times, affiliated with Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily, said some social media accounts run by official media had …