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Blinken to visit UAE, Saudi, Israel, seeking to avert wider Middle East war

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold talks in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on Monday before heading on to Israel after warning that the Gaza war could spread across the region without concerted peace efforts, while Israel vowed to continue fighting until Hamas was eliminated. Blinken was in Jordan and Qatar on Sunday at the start of a five-day diplomatic effort in the Middle East seeking to avert a wider war in the reg...

Japan minister, in Kyiv bomb shelter, pledges funds to fight drones

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, forced into a bomb shelter by an air alert in Kyiv on Sunday, pledged millions of dollars to NATO to help Ukraine avert Russian drone strikes and announced donations of generators and transformers. "Russia has continued threats and attacks with missiles and drones in various locations, even on New Year's Day," Kamikawa said through an interpreter, after her news conference with Ukrainian Foreign Ministe...

Actress Hannah Quinlivan denies posting infidelity claims against husband Jay Chou

Actress Hannah Quinlivan, wife of Jay Chou, known as the "King of Mandopop," refuted claims that she posted accusations of cheating against her husband. Singer Jay Chou (R) and his model wife Hannah Quinlivan. Photo from Chou's Instagram As covered by the Singaporean news site Mothership, an alleged screenshot from a Weibo account thought to be Quinlivan’s spread rapidly and gained significant attention on Th...

Death toll hits 126 in Japan quake

A woman is rescued in Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 2, 2024. Photo handout via AFP Rescuers and residents sifted through rubble Saturday as their focus turned to recovering bodies and cleaning up rather than finding survivors, five days after a huge earthquake struck central Japan and killed at least 126 people. The death toll from the New Year's Day 7.5 magnitude quake in the Ishikawa region of Japan's main Honshu island was cer...

Microsoft, OpenAI hit with new lawsuit by authors over AI training

OpenAI and its financial backer Microsoft were sued on Friday in Manhattan federal court by a pair of nonfiction authors who say the companies misused their work to train the artificial-intelligence models behind the popular chatbot ChatGPT and other AI-based services. This illustration photograph taken on October 30, 2023, shows the logo of ChatGPT, a language model-based chatbot developed by OpenAI, on a smartphone...

Searches for Bangkok surge following China-Thailand permanent visa exemption

Travel searches for Bangkok soared by 200% on Chinese travel platforms following the announcement of a permanent visa waiver between China and Thailand. Thai Prime Minister SretthaThavisin said on Tuesday that Thailand and China would permanently waive visa requirements for each other's citizens from next March as both countries seek to recover tourism post-pandemic. Data from travel platform Mafengwo showed searches for the keyword "Bangkok"...

German coach wants to quench South Korea's Asian Cup title thirst

Coach Jurgen Klinsmann pledged to prepare carefully for South Korea to end its 64-year wait to win the Asian Cup. "I will do my best to help the team win the title after 64 years, for the South Korean people and all people here," Klinsmann told reporters when arriving in Dubai on Wednesday. The South Korea national football team will train here before going to Qatar to attend the Asian Cup on Jan. 10. The team will play their first match agai...

South Korean actress Park Min Young regrets dating Bithumb's owner

Actress Park Min Young described the aftermath of her past relationship with Kang Jong Hyun, de facto owner of South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange platform Bithumb, as “physically and mentally exhausting.” South Korean actress Park Min Young. Photo from Park's Instagram Attending a press conference on Jan. 1 for her new TV drama "Marry My Husband," Park appeared with a bob layer haircut and a flattering straple...

Bitcoin climbs above $45,000 for first time since April 2022

Bitcoin stormed above $45,000 on Tuesday for the first time since April 2022 as the world's biggest cryptocurrency started the New Year with a bang buoyed by optimism around possible approval of exchange-traded spot bitcoin funds. A representation of a Bitcoin is seen among woodblocks. Illustration photo by Freepik Bitcoin touched a 21-month peak of $45,532, having gained 156% last year in its strongest yearly performanc...

Japan announce star-studded squad for Asian Cup

Japan, Vietnam's opponent in the 2024 Asian Cup, have announced their final squad list of 26 players, of whom 20 are playing in Europe. Four each are playing in England and Germany, three each in France and Belgium, two each in Scotland and Netherlands, and one each in Spain, Portugal and Qatar. But only five remain from the 2019 Asian Cup: Takehiro Tomiyasu (Arsenal), Takumi Minamino (AS Monaco), Junya Ito (Stade de Reims) and Ritsu Doan (SC...