The Kennedy Center has put a perplexing PR spin on the abysmal ratings for the latest TV broadcast of the Kennedy Center Honors, which was hosted by President Donald Trump. This year’s honorees at the MAGA-fied venue were Trump-friendly artists George Strait, Sylvester Stallone, KISS, Michael Crawford, and Gloria Gaynor. However, ratings for the event,…
Hong Kong – Hong Kong Airlines has teamed up with China Oriental Performing Arts Group and Elite Fun Entertainment Limited to mark the return of the acclaimed dance drama “Poetic Dance: The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting” to Hong Kong with a specially themed flight. The dance drama will run at the Grand Theatre…
Online dating companies are pivoting to Asia as swipe-right fatigue takes hold in North America and Europe. While the apps have been struggling in western markets, executives said they were growing in the region with rising numbers of women using the apps as stigma over online dating faded. “It’s become more troublesome to flirt and…
In some of the darkest days in the political relationship between Australia and China, trade became a tool to inflict pain. The early 2020s trade war saw China slap higher tariffs on Australian wine and barley, impose biosecurity measures against beef and timber, and ban lobsters and even some coal. It took four long years…
We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China builds a record-breaking hypergravity machine to compress space and…
A frustrating New Year’s Day encounter with Sunderland saw Manchester City held at the Stadium of Light as Arsenal’s advantage at the top of the Premier League table extended to four points. Despite a late onslaught from Pep Guardiola’s side, which saw Josko Gvardiol come agonisingly close on a number of occasions, the points were…
Michelle RobertsDigital health editor, BBC News Getty Images Calamine lotion can be used to help relieve the itchiness of chickenpox spots Young children in the UK are being offered protection against chickenpox on the NHS for the first time. It is being added to the list of standard childhood vaccinations from the start of January,…
Trump said he vetoed a clean drinking water project because people are leaving Colorado “in droves.” It appears he’s relying on a single moving company’s statistics. DENVER — President Donald Trump now says he nixed a clean drinking water project in Colorado because of his belief that people are leaving the state “in droves,” which…
Created on December 30, 2025 The South African Rand has seen another month of very solid bearish momentum continue in December, as the New Year gets ready to start speculators will wonder if the trend can remain strong. The USD/ZAR is around the 16.62885 ratio as of this writing. A wide spread is being seen…
Viewers are curious to know whether Netflix has renewed or canceled Stranger Things Season 6. Created by the Duffer Brothers, the latest season follows the Hawkins squad, for whom the clock ticks to solve the town’s darkest mysteries. On top of that, they were also required to stop Vecna from conquering the world. With Season…