Thayil Jacob Sunny George, the founder of Asiaweek who launched the publication in 1975 to provide an English-language magazine owned by Asians that spoke for the region at a time when none existed, died at the age of 97 on Friday. Over a seven-decade career in journalism, George forged a stellar reputation as an advocate…
Tom BennettJerusalem, Alice CuddyTel Aviv, Yolande KnellRe’im and Rushdi AbualoufGaza correspondent AFP via Getty Images Some paid their respects at the site of the Nova Music Festival, where more than 370 people were killed and dozens more taken back to Gaza as hostages Israelis have gathered across the country to mark two years since the…
A Myanmar military strike on a festival event and protest killed 40 people, including children, an attendee and a local committee member told AFP on Tuesday. Myanmar has been reeling from civil war since the military seized power in a 2021 coup, prompting pro-democracy rebels to take up arms and ally with ethnic armed groups…
A 17-year-old boy and a 22-year-old man have been arrested by police investigating a cyber-attack on a chain of nurseries in London. The Metropolitan Police say the pair were arrested at residential addresses in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, on suspicion of computer misuse and blackmail. Hackers were said to have stolen the photographs, names and addresses…
The EU has announced plans to hike tariffs on imported steel in a move the UK’s steel industry has said could be “perhaps the biggest crisis” it has ever faced. The commission has set out plans to cut the amount of steel that can be imported into the bloc by half – beyond which the…
The Houston Rockets looked ready to contend for the Western Conference heading into the preseason following deals for Kevin Durant and veteran role players Dorian Finney-Smith and Clint Capela. Anchored by point guard Fred VanVleet, who signed a two-year, $50 million contract over the summer, all the pieces were in place for Houston to challenge…
Finally, Netflix will answer the question: Was it Colonel Mustard with a pipe in the library? The streaming giant has picked up a series adaptation of the Hasbro board game Clue, reimagined as a competition show. Details remain scarce, but Netflix says that players will have to undergo physical and mental challenges in order to…
It is easy to be critical of Singapore’s seemingly never-ending property cooling measures. Since 2009, the government has intervened at least 15 times in an effort to take the heat out of the city state’s residential real estate market. Despite this, average prices of second-hand private properties as well as those built by the Housing…
Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb announced that the privatisation of Pakistan International Airlineshas entered its final stage, while the government is also actively considering the outsourcing of Islamabad International Airport and the privatisation of power distribution companies. Aurangzeb made the remarks during a meeting on Tuesday with a delegation led by founder and CEO of Acumen…
Pamela MaldonadoOct 7, 2025, 06:19 AM ET Close Pamela Maldonado is a sports betting analyst for ESPN. Six weeks into the season, the Heisman race looks nothing like it did in August, the national title board is shifting but mostly stable, and one Big 12 team might be a lot more dangerous than the market…
