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A man is in custody charged with terrorism offences after police found a disturbing diary allegedly detailing plans for a terrorist attack.

Watsons Singapore’s commercial director Goh Choon Gek said that K-beauty brands are still its mainstay and Western brands perform strongly among premium skincare lines, but C-beauty stands out due to its novelty.“It’s very active on social media and we also feel that there’s actually a lack of physical presence, so we think there’s a lot of potential there, and we provide in store trials and testers and beauty advisors,” she added.“We think the key barriers (are) trust and familiarity, especially when the brands are new in the market.”TRENDS, TRUST AND TARIFFSAdvisory firm Dezan Shira & Associates estimates the global C-beauty…

NewsFeedPakistan has struck Kabul and declared it’s in an ‘open war’ with Afghanistan, after Islamabad accused the Afghan Taliban of opening fire along the shared border. The fighting follows days of hostilities, despite a ceasefire agreement in October.Published On 27 Feb 202627 Feb 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

The Defense Department on Wednesday shot down a U.S. Customs and Border Protection drone in southwest Texas, federal officials confirmed.A U.S. official said a laser weapon was used to down the drone, which occurred in the area of Fort Hancock, a small community located on the U.S.-Mexico border.”This reported engagement occurred when the Department of War employed counter-unmanned aircraft system authorities to mitigate a seemingly threatening unmanned aerial system operating within military airspace,” the Defense Department, CBP and the FAA said in a joint statement late Thursday night. The Department of War is the White House’s preferred term for the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Professional golfer Andrea Pavan withdrew from the DP World Tour’s Investec South African Open due to injuries he sustained in a freak elevator accident.Pavan, 36, was hospitalized and “thankful to be alive” after he fell down an elevator shaft in the building he was staying in near Cape Town, South Africa, for the tournament, according to Monday Q Info.”By all accounts, he’s in good spirits, thankful to be alive and FaceTiming with his kids,” Pavan’s former Texas A&M coach, J.T. Higgins, told the Golf Channel. Higgins hadn’t spoken to Pavan yet, but…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Chicago man convicted in the 2014 suitcase killing of his girlfriend’s mother in Bali was arrested in international airspace on a flight to the U.S. to face federal murder conspiracy charges.The Department of Justice said Tommy Schaefer, 32, of Chicago, faces a three-count indictment in the Northern District of Illinois charging him with conspiracy to kill in a foreign country, conspiracy to commit foreign murder of a U.S. national and obstruction.Prosecutors say Schaefer conspired with girlfriend Heather Mack to murder her mother, Sheila von Wiese-Mack, during a 2014 trip to Bali,…

An escape room north of Montreal has just been named the best in the entire world. The Magnifico game at the Escaparium in Laval, Que., is an immersive experience, complete with multiple actors, intricate set designs and an emotional ending that regularly brings people to tears.It’s now taken home top international honours for the second year in a row.“The closest thing I could compare it to is a movie,” said Escaparium owner Jonathan Driscoll. “It’s everything you see in a movie. There’s special effects and timing, the actors need to time themselves with what’s happening to get that emotional hit.”There…

Despite a volatile reporting season, which ended with Coles revealing poorer-than-expected results that led to a massive drop in its share price, the ASX 200 has recorded its biggest monthly increase in 10 months.The ASX 200 was up 23.3 points, or 0.3 per cent to 9198.6 on Friday — with the index climbing 3.7 per cent in February, marking a third consecutive monthly gain.The broader All Ordinaries was up 26.9 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 9435.6.Seven out of 11 sectors finished in the green, led by utilities and communication services.The weakest sectors were consumer discretionary stocks and financials.The Australian…

TOPSHOT – A Super Mario character is pictured at a Nintendo display ahead of the launch of the company’s Switch 2 console, an electronics store in the city of Nagoya, Aichi prefecture on June 2, 2025.Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty ImagesNintendo arguably has the most recognizable characters in video games, from Super Mario to Pokémon.Now, more than ever, the Japanese giant is expanding the footprint of its valuable intellectual property (IP) across movies to merchandise and theme parks, betting on nostalgia and new gamers, to drive sales of its flagship Switch 2 console and key games.”These characters, like…

BEIJING: Two major Myanmar-based criminal groups behind cross-border telecom scams have been “completely dismantled”, China’s top court said on Thursday (Feb 26), with 16 people sentenced to death.The Supreme People’s Court (SPC) said trials involving the Ming and Bai families – described as two of the so-called “four major families” controlling criminal networks in northern Myanmar – have concluded.A total of 39 people received life imprisonment or harsher penalties, including 16 who were sentenced to death, an SPC spokesperson said in a press conference.“These two cross-border armed criminal groups were completely dismantled, delivering a powerful blow to the arrogance of…