On a lively weekend afternoon beneath Marina Bay Sands, there is no stage, no spotlight and no audience in the conventional sense. Still, familiar music fills the underground concourse. A group of teenage girls moves in sync to rookie K-pop girl group Hearts2Hearts’ “Focus”, counting beats under their breath. A few meters away, another dance team rehearses choreography to Twice ’s “Feel Special”, ...
On a lively weekend afternoon beneath Marina Bay Sands, there is no stage, no spotlight and no audience in the conventional sense. Still, familiar music fills the underground concourse. A group of teenage girls moves in sync to rookie K-pop girl group Hearts2Hearts’ “Focus”, counting beats under their breath. A few meters away, another dance team rehearses choreography to Twice ’s “Feel Special”, adjusting their formation as shoppers pass by. No one appears surprised. Scenes like this now unfold routinely across Singapore , not only in landmark spaces but near everyday malls and underground transit corridors. Advertisement Pop-up stores dedicated to K-pop operated by major South Korean labels like SM Entertainment appear alongside cafes, fashion and lifestyle brand stores, drawing steady foot traffic. What emerges here is not a city hosting a temporary cultural event, but one in which K-pop has settled into daily life. As that presence becomes more visible across shared urban spaces, it has also begun to shape how Singapore positions itself as a destination for live entertainment. Members of K-pop band BTS perform on “Good Morning America” in New York’s Central Park in May 2019. Photo: Reuters
US Judge Grants Asylum To Chinese National Who Filmed China's Uyghur Prison Camps Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A pro-democracy activist who fled China after documenting what he described as concentration camps in the Xinjiang region was granted asylum on Jan. 28 by a New York state immigration judge , amid widespread concern about the risks he would face if deported....
US Judge Grants Asylum To Chinese National Who Filmed China's Uyghur Prison Camps Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A pro-democracy activist who fled China after documenting what he described as concentration camps in the Xinjiang region was granted asylum on Jan. 28 by a New York state immigration judge , amid widespread concern about the risks he would face if deported. Guan Heng speaks in a YouTube video that documents his trip to China’s Xinjiang region in October 2020. Screenshot/The Epoch Times Guan Heng, 38, applied for asylum after arriving in the United States illegally in 2021. He was living in New York state before he was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in August 2025. The case attracted international scrutiny in December 2025, with lawmakers in two dozen countries, including the United States, urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to abandon its plan to deport him to Uganda. The agency subsequently canceled the plan. During the Jan. 28 hearing in Napanoch, New York, Judge Charles Ouslander said that because Guan had filmed a video of the Xinjiang region, Guan had a “well-founded fear” of being persecuted if he were sent back to China. Guan was asked whether he filmed the detention camps and released the video shortly before arriving in the United States to support his asylum case. He said that was not his intent. “ I sympathized with the Uyghurs who were persecuted ,” Guan, speaking by video link from the Broome County Correctional Facility in Binghamton, New York, told the court through a translator. Human Rights in China (HRIC), a New York City-based advocacy group that has advocated for Guan’s release, has detailed Guan’s journey from China to the United States. In 2020, he read a BuzzFeed News report on detention centers in the Xinjiang region and decided to verify it, HRIC said. In October 2020, Guan traveled to the Xinjiang region alone. He released most of his video footage on YouTube in October...
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG - Get Free Report) major shareholder 2017 Gp L.L.C. Gv sold 1,845,308 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $19.00, for a total transaction of $35,060,852.00. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Major shareholders that own more than ...
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG - Get Free Report) major shareholder 2017 Gp L.L.C. Gv sold 1,845,308 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $19.00, for a total transaction of $35,060,852.00. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Major shareholders that own more than 10% of a company's stock are required to disclose their sales and purchases with the SEC. Get Alphabet alerts: Sign Up Alphabet Stock Performance Shares of GOOG traded down $0.13 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $338.53. The stock had a trading volume of 21,715,908 shares, compared to its average volume of 19,782,222. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $320.13 and a 200 day moving average price of $264.58. Alphabet Inc. has a 12 month low of $142.66 and a 12 month high of $342.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a current ratio of 1.75 and a quick ratio of 1.75. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.09 trillion, a PE ratio of 33.39, a PEG ratio of 1.86 and a beta of 1.09. Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The information services provider reported $2.87 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.29 by $0.58. The business had revenue of $102.35 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $99.90 billion. Alphabet had a net margin of 32.23% and a return on equity of 35.00%. The firm's revenue was up 15.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $2.12 earnings per share. Analysts anticipate that Alphabet Inc. will post 8.89 EPS for the current year. Alphabet Dividend Announcement The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 15th. Investors of record on Monday, December 8th were paid a dividend of $0.21 per share. This represents...
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG - Get Free Report) Director Frances Arnold sold 102 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $340.00, for a total value of $34,680.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 18,307 shares of the company's stock, valued at $6,224,380. This represents a 0.55% decrease in their posi...
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG - Get Free Report) Director Frances Arnold sold 102 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, January 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $340.00, for a total value of $34,680.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 18,307 shares of the company's stock, valued at $6,224,380. This represents a 0.55% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Get Alphabet alerts: Sign Up Frances Arnold also recently made the following trade(s): On Wednesday, December 31st, Frances Arnold sold 102 shares of Alphabet stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $313.45, for a total value of $31,971.90. On Monday, December 1st, Frances Arnold sold 102 shares of Alphabet stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $317.66, for a total value of $32,401.32. Alphabet Stock Down 0.0% NASDAQ GOOG traded down $0.13 on Friday, reaching $338.53. The stock had a trading volume of 21,715,908 shares, compared to its average volume of 19,782,222. The company has a market capitalization of $4.09 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.39, a P/E/G ratio of 1.86 and a beta of 1.09. Alphabet Inc. has a 1 year low of $142.66 and a 1 year high of $342.29. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $320.13 and a 200 day moving average price of $264.58. The company has a current ratio of 1.75, a quick ratio of 1.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The information services provider reported $2.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.29 by $0.58. Alphabet had a return on equity of 35.00% and a net margin of 32.23%.The company had revenue of $102.35 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $99.90 billion. During the same quarter in the pre...
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL - Get Free Report) was the recipient of some unusual options trading on Friday. Stock traders purchased 1,377,435 call options on the stock. This is an increase of 69% compared to the typical daily volume of 815,803 call options. Get Apple alerts: Sign Up Key Apple News Here are the key news stories impacting Apple this week: Positive Sentiment: Record quarter driven by iPh...
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL - Get Free Report) was the recipient of some unusual options trading on Friday. Stock traders purchased 1,377,435 call options on the stock. This is an increase of 69% compared to the typical daily volume of 815,803 call options. Get Apple alerts: Sign Up Key Apple News Here are the key news stories impacting Apple this week: Positive Sentiment: Record quarter driven by iPhone 17 and China — Apple beat revenue and EPS expectations, reported record iPhone sales and gave strong March-quarter revenue/margin guidance, supporting bullish near-term fundamentals. Apple sales, profit beat Record quarter driven by iPhone 17 and China — Apple beat revenue and EPS expectations, reported record iPhone sales and gave strong March-quarter revenue/margin guidance, supporting bullish near-term fundamentals. Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrades/price-target increases — Several firms raised targets and reiterated buy ratings after the beat (including TD Cowen, JPMorgan, Monness Crespi & Hardt), which supports upside sentiment among institutional investors. Analyst notes Analyst upgrades/price-target increases — Several firms raised targets and reiterated buy ratings after the beat (including TD Cowen, JPMorgan, Monness Crespi & Hardt), which supports upside sentiment among institutional investors. Neutral Sentiment: AI strategy remains ambiguous — Apple announced partnerships (e.g., Google Gemini) and made AI-related M&A (Q.ai), but offered limited execution details; these moves signal intent but leave monetization and competitive positioning unclear. AI details unclear AI strategy remains ambiguous — Apple announced partnerships (e.g., Google Gemini) and made AI-related M&A (Q.ai), but offered limited execution details; these moves signal intent but leave monetization and competitive positioning unclear. Neutral Sentiment: Potential supply-chain diversification — Reports that Apple is exploring U.S. foundry partners (e.g., Intel) could ease long-term sourcing...
Revelations from more than three million newly released documents related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein dominate the front pages of Saturday's papers. The Times reports that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor invited Epstein to visit Buckingham Palace two months after the financier was released from house arrest, according to an email from 2010. The email was sent from an account attributed to ...
Revelations from more than three million newly released documents related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein dominate the front pages of Saturday's papers. The Times reports that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor invited Epstein to visit Buckingham Palace two months after the financier was released from house arrest, according to an email from 2010. The email was sent from an account attributed to "The Duke" which appears to be linked to the former prince. The BBC has not been able to independently verify their authorship. Mountbatten-Windsor has repeatedly denied all allegations of wrongdoing connected to Epstein, and the BBC has contacted him for a response. The exchange is among the latest batch of more than three million pages released by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday.
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China’s factory activity unexpectedly worsened after snapping its worst contraction streak on record in December, as the world’s second-largest economy struggles to pick up momentum. The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index fell to 49.3 in January from 50.1 in December, the National Bureau of Statistics said Saturday. The median estimate of economists surveyed by Bloomberg was 50.1. T...
China’s factory activity unexpectedly worsened after snapping its worst contraction streak on record in December, as the world’s second-largest economy struggles to pick up momentum. The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index fell to 49.3 in January from 50.1 in December, the National Bureau of Statistics said Saturday. The median estimate of economists surveyed by Bloomberg was 50.1. The non-manufacturing measure of activity in construction and services declined to 49.4 from 50.2 last month, the statistics office said. That is the lowest level since December 2022 and missed the median estimate of 50.3. The data provide the first official snapshot of the health of China’s economy this year after growth slowed last quarter to the weakest since the reopening from Covid lockdowns in late 2022. With domestic demand still subdued, the outlook for factories hinges in large part on the strength of sales abroad, which powered China to an unprecedented trade surplus last year. What Bloomberg Economics Says... “The steep and unexpected declines in China’s PMIs into contraction in January mark a troubling start to 2026 for the economy. The weakness had little to do with noise around the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday — the details signal a genuine weakening in economic momentum. Supply softened. Demand lurched down. Also alarmingly, business confidence deteriorated sharply. The message from the business survey calls for urgent policy support to stabilize sentiment and activity.” — Chang Shu and David Qu . For full analysis, click here China’s gross domestic product expanded 5% last year , meeting the official target as record exports compensated for cooling private consumption and a historic drop in investment. Beijing may adopt a looser approach this year and even reduce the national goal for the economy for the first time in four years. President Xi Jinping has signaled a greater tolerance for slower growth in some regions, and said recently that China should cra...