British band The 1975 front man Matt Healy (left) and band members are seen backstage at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, Singapore, July 18, 2023.

Malaysia cancels music festival, bans UK band The 1975 for on-stage same-sex kiss

Homosexuality is a crime in Muslim-majority Malaysia, where sodomy can be punished with up to 20 years in prison and caning.

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A sweaty robot may help humans understand impact of soaring heat

Arizona researchers have deployed a robot that can breathe, shiver and sweat to answer the burning questions of what happens to the body when a human gets heatstroke. ...

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'Barbenheimer' frenzy hits North American cinemas

"Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" hit North American movie theaters on Friday, in what is expected to be among Hollywood's biggest weekends of the year, inspiring a frenzy for the diametrically opposed films. ...

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Winner of Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals and Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, Tony Bennett poses with his trophies at the 49th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, on Feb. 11, 2007. Bennett, the last in a generation of classic American crooners whose ceaselessly cheery spirit bridged generations to make him a hitmaker across seven decades died on July 21, 2023, in New York, US media reported. He was 96.

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Tony Bennett, last of classic American crooners, dead at 96

Tony Bennett, the last in a generation of classic American crooners whose ceaselessly cheery spirit bridged generations to make him a hitmaker across seven decades, died Friday in New York. He was 96.

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Transmilenio is Bogotá’s legendary bus rapid transit (BRT) system,

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How is this city moving its 10 million residents?

Transmilenio was the inspiration for TransJakarta’s development in early 2004, from its access to its fleets.

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Colombian singer Shakira arrives for the screening of the film Elvis during the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 25.

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Spanish court opens new tax probe into singer Shakira

A Spanish court said Thursday it has opened a new probe into Colombian music superstar Shakira for alleged income tax fraud.

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A room of one's own

In the last few years, a new term has cropped up among urbanites that highlights the need for a private space that is not their home: staycation.

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The Resonanz Children’s Choir (TRCC) performs a number while dressed in Minangkabau traditional attire at the Leonardo Da Vinci International Choral Festival in Florence, Italy, which ran from July 11 to 14, 2023.

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Indonesian children’s choir wins international festival in Italy

The Resonanz Children’s Choir (TRCC) took home the grand prix prize in the Leonardo Da Vinci International Choral Festival in Florence, Italy, on Friday.

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Australian actress Margot Robbie poses on the pink carpet upon arrival for the European premiere of “Barbie“ in central London on July 12, 2023.

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Pretty in pink: 'Barbie' marketing blitz hits fever pitch

Barbie mania is everywhere as the hotly anticipated film hits theaters worldwide.

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10 out of 10: US singer Taylor Swift attends In Conversation With... Taylor Swift during the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival at TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Sept. 9. Swift made music history on Monday, becoming the first artist ever to simultaneously nab all ten of the top United States song chart's spots after the release of her album Midnights.

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Taylor Swift sets women's record for most number one albums

The record debuted at the top of the Billboard charts, becoming the pop queen's 12th number one album and surpassing Barbra Streisand for the most among women.

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A young person walks through a tunnel near Jl. Kendal during afterwork hours in Jakarta on July 11, 2023. A survey in 2022 showed that young people, specifically Gen Zs, in Indonesia experience the most mental health problems, with over 59 percent out of 1,870 respondents.

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Indonesian Gen Zs take closer interest in mental health

Data from mobile survey platform Jakpat in 2022 also show that Gen Zs in Indonesia experience comparatively the most mental health problems, at over 59 percent out of 1,870 respondents.

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Nation’s educators: A number of teachers attend an appointment ceremony as civil servants at Tegar Beriman ground in Cibinong, Bogor Regency, West Java, on July 5, 2023. Antara/Yulius Satria Wijaya

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When teachers are the bullies, where do students go?

A World Bank report in 2020 has called for a 'teacher reform' in Indonesia, saying that Indonesian teachers’ knowledge in language, math and pedagogy was very low compared with other countries.

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British actress Jane Birkin and French singer Serge Gainsbourg pose during the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 22, 1976. British-French singer and actress Jane Birkin died at 76, it was announced on July 16, 2023.

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Jane Birkin, actor, singer and style icon, dies at 76 in Paris

Birkin had been suffering from health problems in recent years that had forced her to cancel concerts.

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APR highlights sustainable practices in viscose rayon production

As the world races to limit carbon emissions and reverse environmental damage, it is evident that the industry requires a collective approach to address these issues.

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LPEM UI: APRIL Group contributed Rp 484.3 trillion to Indonesian GDP from 2016 to 2022

Research by the Institute for Economic and Social Research at the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Indonesia (LPEM FEB UI) shows that APRIL Group’s operations in the period of 2016-2022 contributed significantly to national economic growth and catalyzed economic recovery in Riau province following the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Aspartame sweetener, used mostly in soft drinks, 'possibly carcinogenic': WHO

"We're not advising companies to withdraw products, nor are we advising consumers to stop consuming altogether," said Francesco Branca, the World Health Organization's nutrition and food safety director.

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An Iraqi man looks at a grounded boat along a dried-up bank in the Chibayish marshes in Iraq's southern Dhi Qar province on June 25, 2023.

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Iraq's marshes are dying, and a civilisation with them

Mohammed Hamid Nour is only 23, but he is already nostalgic for how Iraq's Mesopotamian marshes once were before drought dried them up.

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Czech writer Milan Kundera poses in a garden in Prague on October 14, 1973. Czech writer Milan Kundera, the author of “The Unbearable Lightness of Being“, has died aged 94, said Anna Mrazova, spokeswoman for the Milan Kundera Library in his native city of Brno on July 12, 2023.

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Milan Kundera dies at 94

"Unfortunately I can confirm that Mr Milan Kundera passed away yesterday (Tuesday) after a prolonged illness," Anna Mrazova, spokeswoman for the library in his native city of Brno, told AFP.

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This composite picture released by NASA/ESA on August 30, 2022 from the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope shows the heart of M74, otherwise known as the Phantom Galaxy. M74, a spiral galaxy 32 million light-years away, is composed of about 100 billion stars.

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NASA to unveil new Webb image on telescope's first anniversary

Webb, the most powerful observatory in orbit, was launched in December 2021 from French Guiana, on a million mile (1.6 million kilometer) voyage to a region called the second Lagrange point.

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Halls of Time

In its nearly five centuries of history, Jakarta has evolved along with its people, from trading port to major metropolis and now the largest city in Southeast Asia.

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People watch flowing lava during an volcanic eruption near Litli Hrutur, south-west of Reykjavik in Iceland on July 10, 2023.

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'Orange like the sun': visitors flock to Iceland volcano

Despite warnings to stay away from Iceland's latest volcanic eruption near Reykjavik, a group of curious visitors couldn't resist the lure of lava that is "orange like the sun".

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This photo illustration created in Washington, DC, on July 5, 2023, shows Threads, an Instagram app, on the App Store, in front of the logos of Instagram and Threads. Facebook owner Meta's new Threads app, meant to compete with Twitter, was available for pre-order on mobile app stores on iPhone and Android operating systems on July 5, 2023.

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Twitter rival Threads signs up 100 million users in five days

While ChatGPT took two months to hit the 100 million user mark and video-sharing app TikTok took nine months, Instagram itself took two and a half years to reach that mark after its 2010 launch.

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This handout image released on July 10, 2023, by the European Space Agency (ESA) shows an artist impression of exoplanet LTT9779b orbiting its host star.

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'Like a mirror': Astronomers identify most reflective exoplanet

This strange world, which is more than 260 light years from Earth, reflects 80 percent of the light from its host star, according to new observations from Europe's exoplanet-probing Cheops space telescope.

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A worker feeds laying hens in Manonjaya, Tasikmalaya regency, West Java, on July 5, 2023. The government has offered subsidized corn to poultry farmers to keep egg prices in check.

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Proof humans reshaped the world? Chickens

That is the conclusion of scientists whose findings are offered as proof that rapid expansion of human appetites and activity so radically altered natural systems as to tip Earth into a new geological epoch called the Anthropocene, or the "era of humans".

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Singer-storyteller: United States singer Taylor Swift poses in the press room after winning six awards at the 50th Annual American Music Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, on Nov. 20. Swift is set to direct a feature-length film which will be produced by Searchlight Pictures, US media reported on Friday.

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Millions vie for tickets to Taylor Swift's only stop in Southeast Asia

When Swift brings her acclaimed "Eras Tour" to Singapore next March, Lukman will be one of the 300,000 fans - called "Swifties" - in the audience for one of the six shows in the city state.

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ASPiRE: Empowering Future Sustainability Leaders at APRIL Group

As companies strive to minimize their environmental impact and embrace sustainable practices, the demand for qualified sustainability and ESG professionals has skyrocketed.

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What we know about Threads, Meta's 'Twitter killer'

Threads is a text-based sidekick of Instagram, the image-heavy social network that Facebook bought more than a decade ago and became the world's most popular app for photo sharing.

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Musk predicts Tesla self-driving cars 'later this year'

"In terms of where Tesla is at this stage, I think we are very close to achieving full self-driving without human supervision," Musk said via video link at the opening ceremony of an artificial intelligence conference in Shanghai.

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K-pop megastar girl group BLACKPINK is pictured in its very first Seoul concert in 2018.

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Vietnam 'looking into' Blackpink concert organiser over S. China Sea map

Vietnam is investigating "an incident" involving the organiser of a Blackpink concert in Hanoi after its website was found to feature a map showing China's territorial claims in the South China Sea.

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Twitter rival Threads crosses 10 million users within hours of launch

Threads is the biggest challenger yet to Elon Musk-owned Twitter, which has seen a series of potential competitors emerge but not yet replace one of social media's most iconic companies, despite its epic struggles.

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