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An official has urged director Christopher Nolan to cut a scene featuring the Bhagavad Gita, calling it an ‘assault on religious beliefs of a billion tolerant Hindus’.

July 25, 2023 2:30 PM

Some netizens find the hobby a waste of time, while others are vouching for its therapeutic effects.

July 25, 2023 2:29 PM

Some relatives attending the hearing broke down in tears after the ruling.

July 25, 2023 2:28 PM

Compared to its G-7 peers, Japan’s emissions-cutting trajectory strays the furthest from its net-zero goals.

In 2020, a man in Kerala found a "red thread" floating in his bucket. Now, DiCaprio is talking about it.

Soh Choon Wee last reported for national service duty in 1992. He returned to Singapore in 2021 on the advice of his mother because of Covid – and now faces six-and-a-half years in prison.

The Chinese-owned app says the new function gives users "another way to express themselves".

The results of the World Weather Attribution study paint a grim picture for the planet’s future unless more is done to phase out fossil fuels. ‘Tens of thousands of people will keep dying’, one scientist warned.

The annual Han Kuang exercise aims to test the island's defences in case of an attack from Beijing.

July 25, 2023 12:10 PM

A human head was found in the suspects' home.

July 25, 2023 11:47 AM

Heavy rain expected across mountainous northern provinces in coming days, with landslides highly likely.

July 25, 2023 11:05 AM

A 2019 government report estimated that about 1.27 million small business owners would be 70 or older by 2025 and have no successors.

The deals represent a rapid change in Turkey’s complex relationship with the Gulf, which is now back on a more friendly footing after years of rivalry.

July 25, 2023 10:30 AM

The mother said the babysitter was engaged to care for her child a few months ago.

July 25, 2023 9:53 AM

Officials cited safety concerns and the need to make preparations for the coming storm.

Rebrands can pay off - but it's a risky move.

The national weather agency says the stifling heat will last until at least early August, with spot temperatures likely to cross 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).

The Ferdinand Marcos Jnr administration wants to hold fast to the rule of law on the South China Sea but ignore probes into the country’s war on drugs. Cherry-picking compliance with international law damages the country’s reputation and undermines its standing with easy accusations of double standards.

The emergence of an increasing number of facilities barring children is infuriating parents like Yong and, she says, inadvertently thwarting decades of government policy to boost birth rates.

July 25, 2023 5:00 AM

Among the most widely believed explanations is that the military was linked to the killings to cause instability.