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Nigel Ng Kin-ju is in Los Angeles, adjusting a coffee grinder and apologising for the noise, when he tries to account for the past seven years over the phone. The voice on the line is his own – not the exaggerated Cantonese-inflected pidgin English of Uncle Roger, his orange-polo-wearing alter ego who famously roasted a BBC egg-fried rice tutorial in 2020 – but the measured, faintly amused tone of a 35-year-old Malaysian who still seems to be watching his own plot unfold from a slight...

The internationally acclaimed pianist Yuja Wang has denied making a last-minute change to a recent performance in Hong Kong that resulted in audience refunds, saying the concert organiser was told weeks in advance about the revised programme. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Beijing-born American pianist and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra accused the local organiser, Premiere Performances of Hong Kong, of withholding the announcement of a change that had been “communicated weeks in advance by...

"Entire days would pass without me being able to come up with a single interesting conversation topic. Doug’s reticence certainly wasn’t helping." View Entire Post ›

The ‌FAA issued a nationwide ground stop on Friday that halted nearly all departing flights for almost five hours. It was the longest nationwide halt to air travel since the attacks of September 11, 2001 and one of the single worst US travel days ever.

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"I went to buy a SIM card and discovered I could also buy pet fish, auto parts, and shoes...in the same store." View Entire Post ›

Remarkable biodiversity and history – among the richest of any civilisation in the world – have made Peru a bucket list destination for generations of travellers, including myself. Famously, it is home to the wondrous citadel of Machu Picchu, an archaeological marvel of the Inca Empire; herds of adorable llamas, alpacas and vicuñas, prized for their woolly fibres; and an incredible array of landscapes, from the snowy peaks of the Andes, the highest mountain range in the Americas, to the verdant...

After four days of battling exhaustion and dehydration following an epic swim around Hong Kong Island, Gabrielle Little is impressed by how quickly she feels like herself again. “I’ve never actually swum 45km [28 miles] before,” the 56-year-old says with a laugh. “But I knew the distance wouldn’t be a problem for me.” Little slipped into the dark water in the early hours of November 1, 2026, to attempt the formidable circumnavigation known as the HK360 Swim. Views of glowing skyscrapers kept her...

It is not a good week for billionaires. Days after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s cheating scandal emerged, it has come out that Lucy Guo – who, until last year, was the world’s youngest self-made woman billionaire – is preparing to sue her ex-girlfriend, actress Wallis Day. Lucy Guo made her billions by co-founding the data-labelling artificial intelligence company Scale AI, as well as Passes – an OnlyFans-like platform for creators. She dated the British actress for six months before they called...

Gov. Jeff Landry of Louisiana called it a “literal miracle on the Mississippi” that all of the nearly 200 people aboard the riverboat were rescued.

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