#FPExplained: North Korea has built a state-backed network of highly trained hackers by putting them through specialised training and rewarding successful cyber operations with money and privileges.
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Inside North Korea’s sinister hacking empire
Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, suffered a massive cyber heist in late October, with approximately $6.36 billion stolen in just 20 minutes. While the attack has not been officially attributed to any group, the FBI and several blockchain…
#FPExplained: No arguments, no intimacy, no divorce: Inside the 'quiet quitting' marriage trend
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Quiet divorce: How women are emotionally leaving their marriages
Quiet divorce is gaining attention as more women choose to emotionally withdraw from their marriages without legally separating. Driven by years of disappointment, unequal emotional labour and unmet expectations, the trend allows couples to remain under one…
#FPExplained: As winter approaches and daylight hours grow shorter, people prone to seasonal depression can feel it in their bodies and brains.
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A change in seasons can cause depression. How light exposure can help
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), also known as seasonal depression, typically affects people as winter approaches. Researchers have found that exposing those afflicted by this condition to powerful, bright light can help
Israel's former military chief Gadi Eisenkot is reportedly reaching out to the country's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies after he was tasked with forming a new government on Sunday. The 66-year-old formally received the mandate to form a government from Israel's President Isaac Herzog, and he now has 28 days to come up with a coalition.
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Eisenkot reaches out to Netanyahu and Israel's right as he seeks to form government in 28 days
Israel's former military chief Gadi Eisenkot is reportedly reaching out to the country's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies after he was tasked with forming a new government on Sunday.
A Seattle Diwali celebration was disrupted after far-right activist Jake Lang and fellow protester Thomas Allen arrived with anti-Hindu placards. But who is Lang?
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Jake Lang: The far-right activist, who disrupted Diwali celebrations in Seattle with ‘deport all dot heads’ sign
On November 7, Jake Lang and his supporters stormed the Seattle Center Armory and interrupted Diwali festivities with placards that read ‘deport all dot heads’ and ‘stop Hindu replacement of Christians’. The far-right activist is among the thousands of January…
Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, has admitted to an extramarital affair. The woman at the heart of this relationship is rumoured to be Alice Huang, a former executive of Singapore-based company Megaspeed. A Chinese businesswoman, she is suspected to be a spy.
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Who is Alice Huang? The Chinese ‘spy’ who honey-trapped Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
Alice Huang has emerged at the centre of a major controversy involving Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. A former television reporter and senior executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed, Huang has come under scrutiny following US intelligence allegations of links to…
Ousted Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina has sought a new passport and national identity card from the country's diplomatic mission in New Delhi, taking a big step towards her proposed return from India in December.
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Is Sheikh Hasina ready to return? Ousted Bangladesh PM seeks fresh passport
Nearly two years after fleeing Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina has sought fresh travel and identity documents from the country's mission in New Delhi
The Jensen Huang scandal has renewed scrutiny of Megaspeed, a Singapore-based data centre operator. This firm is already under investigations over suspicions that it was helping China access restricted artificial intelligence (AI) chips.
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Jensen Huang cheating scandal: What’s Megaspeed and why its links to Alice Huang have taken centrestage?
While Nvidia faces its biggest credibility crisis over explosive details emerging from its CEO Jensen Huang, a Singaporean firm has taken the centrestage. We track the role Megaspeed and its former executive Alice Huang played in the scandal
Delhi's air quality nosedived on Monday after Diwali celebrations, with official data reporting air quality index (AQI) rising to over 400 or the 'severe' category. However, private monitoring organisations reported AQI of above 1,000.
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Delhi AQI crosses 400, but why are some areas reporting 1,000+?
Delhi’s air pollution crisis has triggered a major AQI data discrepancy, with the official authority reporting 483 while private monitoring platforms such as IQAir recording levels exceeding 1,000 in several areas. From missing monitoring stations to conflicting…
Jensen Huang is one of the technology industry's most high-profile figures. Now. he in the spotlight over an affair with an alleged Chinese spy.
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Nvidia’s Jensen Huang: How AI visionary in black leather jacket has landed in scandal
Nvidia boss Jensen Huang has made a name by being overseeing the company’s meteoric rise to become one of the world’s most valuable companies. Now, he’s in the spotlight over an affair with an alleged Chinese spy
Around 150 Chinese nationals have been livestreaming from Dhaka's poor neighbourhoods, passing off the footage as scenes from New Delhi. Is this an attempt to damage India’s international image?
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Why are Chinese vloggers showing Dhaka slums as New Delhi?
Chinese vloggers have sparked controversy in Bangladesh after allegedly filming slums in Dhaka and presenting them to Chinese audiences as New Delhi. An investigation exposed their livestreaming activities, raising questions about misleading content, privacy…
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing an impeachment push from within President Donald Trump's own party, with Republican Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky introducing eight articles of impeachment against the Pentagon chief.
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Bye-bye, Pete Hegseth? US defence chief faces impeachment calls from within his own party
Republican Representative Thomas Massie has introduced eight articles of impeachment against the US Defence Secretary, accusing him of waging war without congressional approval and overseeing unlawful military strikes
How did the Jensen Huang scandal unfold? Here’s a timeline of events that thrust Nvidia’s chief executive into the spotlight, sparking an internal investigation and widespread online discussion.
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From dinners to Rubio memo and then probe… Inside Nvidia boss Jensen Huang’s Chinese spy drama
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is facing scrutiny over a secret affair with businesswoman Alice Huang, who is believed to be a Chinese spy. While it is not yet known when they first met, photos of them first emerged back in 2024. Here’s how the drama unfolded
Thomas Massie, the Republican from Kentucky, has launched a bid to impeach Pete Hegseth. But who is Massie and why does he wish to oust the defence secretary?
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Thomas Massie: The Republican lawmaker who has launched bid to impeach Pete Hegseth
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing an impeachment push from within his own party. Republican Congressman Thomas Massie has introduced eight articles of impeachment, accusing Hegseth of violating the US Constitution through unauthorised military operations…
Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan and his wife, Anna Konidala, announced that they were parting ways. The two met in 2011 and tied the knot in 2013.
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Pawan Kalyan announces separation from Anna Konidala: Who is she?
Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and actor Pawan Kalyan has announced his separation from his third wife, Anna Konidala, after 13 years of marriage. In a joint statement, the couple said they had decided to part ways with ‘mutual understanding and respect’…
An investigation determining whether Jensen Huang was the target of a foreign intelligence effort is creating worries about whether the Nvidia boss could actually be replaced.
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Could Nvidia fire Jensen Huang over Chinese ‘spy’ scandal?
For years, Jensen Huang has been at the helm of Nvidia, building it to be the biggest chip maker in the US. Now, his position as CEO faces a test after he admitted to having an affair with a woman, believed to be a Chinese spy. What happens to Huang and the…
A Russian military aircraft operated landed at Israel’s Ben-Gurion Airport on Sunday evening, drawing attention because the plane and the military unit operating it are both under US sanctions.
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Why did a Russian military plane carrying its spy chief land in Israel?
A US-sanctioned Russian military aircraft landed at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport amid the Iran war, raising questions about Moscow’s ties with Tel Aviv and Tehran. The plane reportedly carried GRU chief Admiral Igor Kostyukov. Was the surprise visit linked…
California voted overwhelmingly for Democrats in the 2026 midterms but rejected a proposed five per cent billionaire wealth tax. What role did Sergey Brin's millions, Democratic divisions and fears of wealthy residents leaving the state play in the defeat?
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Why did California reject the billionaire tax despite voting Democrat?
California voters rejected Proposition 40, a proposed one-time five per cent billionaire wealth tax, despite delivering major victories for Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections. A deeply divided Democratic Party, a multimillion-dollar opposition campaign…
The film’s real hero is Ravana. And therein lay both its greatest strength — and its most serious weakness.
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Namit Malhotra’s Ramayana gets much right, but why turn Ravana into a Marxist messiah?
Visually spectacular and largely reverential, the film undermines its own achievement with the ‘Das Kapitalisation’ of Ravana
A new COVID-19 variant, PJ.2.1, is attracting attention as it spreads across North America and other parts of the world. It was first identified in Ontario, Canada in May 2026.
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PJ.2.1: What is the new Covid-19 variant spreading globally?
PJ.2.1 is a new Covid-19 variant and a lineage of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for coronavirus disease. First identified in Ontario on May 2, 2026, PJ.2.1 spread to other countries, with the US reporting its first detection in New York City on June 30.…