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The World’s Best Bar is in Hong Kong
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 09/10/2025
» HONG KONG — At The World’s 50 Best Bars 2025 award ceremony, held in Hong Kong last night, Bar Leone in Hong Kong ranked No.1 on list, making it the first bar in Asia to be awarded the title. It also took home the title of The Best Bar in Asia 2025.
Talks to end Hollywood actors' strike collapse
AFP, Published on 13/10/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Talks between Hollywood actors and studios over an ongoing strike have collapsed, in a blow to hopes for a swift end to a crisis that has crippled the entertainment industry.
Beloved US game show legend Bob Barker dies aged 99
AFP, Published on 27/08/2023
» LOS ANGELES - The charismatic host of one of the most popular US television game shows in history, "The Price Is Right's" Bob Barker, has passed away aged 99, his publicist confirmed Saturday.
Twitter home button becomes Doge meme
Bloomberg News, Published on 04/04/2023
» NEW YORK: Dogecoin rose as much as 30% after Twitter users noticed their home buttons changed into the dog meme after which the cryptocurrency is named.
Artists fight AI programs that copy their styles
AFP, Published on 27/03/2023
» LONDON: Artists outraged by artificial intelligence that copies in seconds the styles they have sacrificed years to develop are waging battle online and in court.
Hong Kongers to pay HK$1 per plastic bag at supermarkets
South China Morning Post, Published on 22/12/2022
» Hong Kongers will pay HK$1 (4.50 baht) for each plastic bag they take at supermarkets and wet markets from next week when the charge aimed at cutting down waste doubles in its first increase in 13 years.
Musk warns of Twitter bankruptcy if cash burn continues
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/11/2022
» NEW YORK: Elon Musk, in his first address to Twitter employees since purchasing the company for $44 billion, said that bankruptcy was a possibility if it does not start generating more cash, according to people familiar with the matter.
iPod RIP: How Apple's music player transformed an industry
AFP, Published on 12/05/2022
» PARIS: At the height of its powers the pocket-sized music player known as the iPod shifted tens of millions of units each year, helping Apple to conquer the globe and transforming the music industry.
Final refrain for iPod as Apple stops production
AFP, Published on 11/05/2022
» SAN FRANCISCO: Apple on Tuesday put out word it is no longer making iPods, the trend-setting MP3 players that transformed how people get music and gave rise to the iPhone.
Boxer battles poverty, misogyny to be Vietnam's first world champion
AFP, Published on 04/05/2022
» HO CHI MINH CITY: From her youth spent scraping a living on the streets, Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi has battled poverty and sexist prejudice to become Vietnam's first boxing world champion.