SINGAPORE – A recent wave of Chinese-language online posts disparaging Singapore and its Indian community has shone a spotlight on an industry of independent content creators in China who seize on sensational and inflammatory narratives about other countries to attract clicks and generate income. Singapore authorities say the content in the 14 posts that have […]
TAIPEI (Reuters) — Taiwan’s government launched a website on Sunday to encourage Chinese nationals to report intelligence tips, saying it was offering a secure channel to what it says is an increasing number of people who are fed up with the system and want change. Taiwan and China, which views the democratically governed island as […]
Conspiracy theorists have claimed that ‘time travel is real’ after spotting a suspicious performer at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games sporting a pair of ‘AirPods’ Charlotte Hawes 07:00, 14 Jun 2026 View 4 Images A ‘time traveller’ was recently spotted in footage from the 2008 Beijing Olympics(Image: yessirbrother/Tiktok) A time traveller wearing ‘AirPods’ has been […]
![[OPINION] The Ateneo tragedy: When a school shields its basketball team](https://www.socialmediaasia.com/wp-content/uploads/ateneo-basketball-opinion-june-14-2026.jpg "[OPINION] The Ateneo tragedy: When a school shields its basketball team")
It’s no secret in local sports that elite collegiate basketball teams run like pro squads. They’re virtually autonomous, managing their own programs and personnel, attracting sponsorships, and landing lucrative brand deals. But when tragedy strikes, as it did at Ateneo de Manila University, it exposes the dangers of letting a successful team become a self-governing […]
Good morning! ☕️ This week’s edition covers faster visa access with Dubai offering 48-hour tourist visa approvals and a proposed $750 US visa interview shortcut, along with Indian Railways’ planned IRCTC website revamp aimed at improving ticket booking experiences. We also look at Agoda’s list of Asia’s cheapest short-haul flight routes this summer, alongside UPI’s […]
Japanese political parties are examining the idea of having social media users bear the responsibility of not spreading false or wrong information during election campaign periods. Members of a consulting group between the ruling and opposition camps are also considering obliging social media service providers to take necessary steps to reduce the negative impact of […]
MANILA, Philippines — The Ateneo de Manila University on Friday asked its community and the public to be discerning, following a fake statement over the deaths of basketball players Rene Baterbonia and Divine Adili. A “deleted post” of the university was shared by the account @thereplicaph via TikTok on Wednesday, claiming that there was […]
GTA 6 fans are completely split in speculative discussion about whether they’d rather see the game release sooner with lower performance levels or another delay resulting in a performance boost. Rockstar Games‘ parent company Take-Two Interactive confirmed during a recent earnings call Grand Theft Auto 6 remains on track to release on 19 November 2026, […]
The 33-year-old announced this week he would leave Irish rugby just a year out from the World Cup in Australia 09:32, 12 Jun 2026 View Image James Lowe’s Ireland career is over(Image: Photo by Raj Chavda/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) New claims from one of James Lowe’s former team-mates has revealed that the wing had […]
SINGAPORE – The mercury fell to a record low in 2026 on June 12, offering some a reprieve from days of sweltering heat amid the El Nino weather phenomenon. The weather station in Newton saw a temperature of 20.1 deg C at 12.52pm on June 12, according to the Meteorological Service Singapore’s (MSS) website. The […]
Life inside the palace was a mix of confinement and royal pampering, but Mohan was not an easy animal to tame. In his early months, the wild cub actually broke out of his enclosure at the Govindgarh Palace, sparking a frantic royal search until he was recaptured in the nearby Mukundpur woods. Over time, Mohan […]
The Caribbean undeniably gave rum its global identity, but excellence is no longer limited to one region. Today, exceptional rums are produced in places as diverse as Martinique, Guyana, Guatemala, Venezuela, Australia, Japan and India. Different climates, sugarcane varieties and production methods create unique styles that reflect their origins. India, with its abundant sugarcane resources […]
— Winners across biotechnology, digital health, medical technology, pharmaceuticals, public sector, and health equity categories honoured at prestigious Awards Ceremony LONDON, June 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The Galien Foundation, the premier global institution dedicated to honouring innovators in life sciences, announced the winners of the 2026 Prix Galien UK Awards last night at the Natural […]
A senior Vodafone Idea executive has ignited a discussion online about airline refund practices after claiming she lost nearly Rs 40,000 despite her international flight being cancelled by the airline. Kanika Mohan Saxena, Vice President at Vodafone Idea, detailed her experience in a LinkedIn post, describing a week-long struggle involving IndiGo and MakeMyTrip after her […]
Meta has completed an operational split from Manus and suspended data sharing: report. Both sides have scrambled to comply with Beijing’s April order to reverse the $2 billion deal. Beijing has tightened tech export controls on cross-border deals involving strategic assets, as the U.S.-China tech race intensifies into a contest over talent, hardware and data. […]
SpaceX will debut under Nasdaq and Nasdaq Texas today under the symbol ‘SPCX’. Elon Musk’s SpaceX has raised a record-breaking $75bn in its IPO debut, setting the scene for rivalling AI giants Anthropic and OpenAI as they gear up to go public. The X and xAI-parent company has confirmed some 555.6m shares at a price […]
China’s ministry of state security has claimed that foreign espionage and intelligence agencies are using innovative new methods to monitor the country’s waters, including deploying “spy” animals fitted with sensors. In a post on the Chinese platform WeChat on Friday, the ministry warned that an “invisible secret war” was quietly playing out in the seas […]
History is full of surprising artists, but few are as unusual as Ruby. The Asian elephant, who lived at the Phoenix Zoo in Arizona, became an international sensation after displaying an unexpected talent for painting. What began as a simple enrichment activity evolved into a remarkable career that captured the imagination of visitors, collectors and […]
1. Is the Image Showing a Large Crowd at CJP’s Protest AI-Generated? No, It’s Real! During the CJP’s first protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, an image showing a large crowd was widely shared on social media. Those sharing it claimed that the image was an AI-generated one, which was created to falsely show a larger number […]
After Mexico kicked off the tournament on Thursday, attention shifts north, with Toronto and Los Angeles hosting the next matches of FIFA’s biggest-ever World Cup. Canada and the United States both begin their campaigns on Friday, but there is already plenty happening in the matches and outside, too. From a record number of red cards […]
Mexico and Korea Republic opened their FIFA World Cup 2026 campaigns with victories, while the Socceroos continue preparations for their Group D opener against Türkiye on Sunday. Stream all 104 matches of the FIFA World Cup 2026™ live and free on SBS On Demand, with full replays, mini matches and highlights available throughout the tournament. https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/fifa-world-cup-2026 […]
SINGAPORE: A woman falsely accused her ex-boyfriend of rape after becoming concerned that he would not take responsibility if she became pregnant, as the birth control patch she was using had expired. Liau Wan Ting, 35, was sentenced to five weeks’ jail on Friday (Jun 12) after she pleaded guilty to one count of providing […]
Openai bans China-linked accounts over fake electricity bill outrage OpenAI has banned two clusters of ChatGPT accounts it believes were operating from China after finding they used the platform to run covert influence campaigns aimed at US tech and policy debates, including one effort that produced cartoons blaming AI data centres for rising household electricity […]
SINGAPORE – A woman who made a police report accusing her ex-boyfriend of raping her was handed a five weeks’ jail sentence on June 12 for providing false information to a police officer. Liau Wan Ting, 35, made the allegation after having consensual sex with her ex-boyfriend. She did so because her birth control patch […]
On the face of it, the incident was an outcome of a business rivalry between two coaching kings of Bihar. But in reality, it marks the beginning of a slow crumbling of a myth built over six years: the carefully cultivated image of a youth icon and the deliverer of government-job dreams. He is the […]
TL;DR Meta has cut Manus off from its internal systems and told staff to sunset the platform. The $2 billion acquisition is being dismantled after Beijing ordered it unwound in April, and Manus’s founders are trying to raise $1 billion for a buyback. Meta has erected a data firewall between itself and Manus, the Chinese-founded […]
MANILA, Philippines — POOL legends Efren “Bata” Reyes and Francisco “Django” Bustamante and carom ace Francisco de la Cruz banner the coaching staff of the newly-formed national sports association National League for Billiard Sports of the Philippines (NLBSPh). The NLBSPh replaced the Billiards Sports Congress of the Philippines (BSCP), which the Asian Confederation of Billiard […]
Chinese fans have embraced referee Ma Ning as their World Cup representative after China’s failure to qualify The “Card Master” has become a social media star ahead of the tournament India’s connection to the World Cup comes through Indian-origin players and photojournalist Gitika Talukdar The FIFA World Cup 2026, which begins on June 11 across […]
