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SINGAPORE: Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong has written to Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to express his condolences after an earthquake killed dozens and left a trail of destruction, Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said on Monday (Jun 15).Mr Wong also said that Singapore stands ready to assist the Philippines as required. The 7.8-magnitude earthquake hit the Philippines on Jun 8 and killed at least 61 people.Major aftershocks in the following days have also left dozens missing.  There are currently no reports of Singaporeans injured in the earthquake, but MFA said it is closely monitoring the situation.The ministry has also…

Elon Musk just became the world’s first trillionaire. We break down what $1 trillion can buy across 35 categories.Published On 15 Jun 202615 Jun 2026On Friday, Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire after his company SpaceX launched its initial public offering.A trillion is a 1 with 12 zeros, or 1,000 billions. To try to make sense of that, even if you burned through $1m every day, it would take 2,700 years to spend $1 trillion. With $1 trillion, you could fund global famine relief 166 times, provide clean water to everyone on Earth for 20 years, rebuild Gaza 14…

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SK Hynix Inc. 12-layer HBM3E memory chips, front, and a LPDDR5X CAMM2 memory module arranged at the company’s office in Seongnam, South Korea, on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAsian tech stocks surged Monday, as investors cheer news that Iran and the U.S. have reached a deal to end the Middle East conflict. Japanese tech investor SoftBank was the best performer among major tech stocks in Asia, rising over 12%. Tokyo Electron and Advantest added 9.19% and 7.69% respectively. Memory chip behemoths and heavyweights on South Korea’s Kospi Index, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix gained 4.65% and 6.42%, respectively. Taiwan…

Over on Threads, user sj.bees recounted her meeting with Salonga, saying that the actress attended the concert alone while carrying her bag of freebies, and even took the “very crowded subway” home afterwards.”If someone like Lea Salonga can go through the proper ticketing process, wait under the sun while queuing and even be turned away by staff because of the chaotic entry process, then why can’t others?” wrote the user.The first night of BTS’ Busan concert faced several issues, including delays at entry points and a shortage of complimentary gifts, resulting in the show starting more than an hour late.Following…

The 22-year-old scored two goals against Tunisia but had muted celebrations against the country of his father’s birth.Published On 15 Jun 202615 Jun 2026For a 22-year-old making his World Cup debut for Sweden, Yasin Ayari could only have dreamed of a better start to his introduction to the biggest showcase of football.With a full-throttled volley into the top corner of Tunisia’s net just seven minutes into the first half of their Group H match in Monterrey, Ayari had opened the scoring for the Scandinavian side against their North African opponents.The fresh-faced midfielder, though, did not revel in the moment as…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As President Donald Trump prepares to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary today with a UFC event at the White House, a national network of angry activists has assembled its own fight card: a celebrity concert headlined by Jane Fonda, hundreds of “watch parties,” local organizing events including a “RAGE AGAINST THE CAGE!” protest and a coordinated operation aimed at fighting Trump “through the midterm elections and beyond.”About 400 organizations in the “No Kings” coalition with combined annual revenues of about $3 billion have organized Sunday’s nationwide protest operation. Internal planning documents obtained by…