Penyanyi Ailee dilaporkan bakal mendirikan rumah tangga dengan lelaki pilihannya iaitu Choi Si Hoon pada 20 April tahun depan. Keputusan itu diambil selepas setahun mereka mengenali hati budi masing-masing. Syarikat pengurusan Ailee iaitu A2G Entertaiment turut mengesahkan khabar gembira tersebut. Katanya Ailee teruja untuk berkongsi khabar gembira itu kepada peminat selepas hubungan mereka mendapat restu keluarga. “Selepas berkenalan dan bercinta selama setahun mereka memutuskan untuk berkahwin berdasarkan kasih sayang dan kepercayaan mendalam. “Keputusan dibuat selepas mereka mendapat restu daripada kedua-dua belah keluarga,” katanya. Dalam pada itu, Ailee turut berjanji akan terus berkarya dan menghiburkan peminatnya. Malah dia juga gembira kerana dapat bertemu dengan insan yang sedia menjaganya. “Kefahaman dan kebijaksanaannya membuatkan saya ingin menghabiskan sisa hidup saya bersamanya. “Tolong sokong masa depan kami bersama, dan kami akan hidup bahagia selama-lamanya,” ujarnya. Sementara itu, Si Hoon merupakan seorang usahawan dan pernah muncul dalam program Single’s Inferno. Ailee dan Si Hoon secara...

TOKYO (AFP) – Shares in the Japanese parent of 7-Eleven soared on Wednesday after a media report said its founding family wanted to take the firm private before the end of March as it looks to fend off a multibillion-dollar buyout offer. Seven & i, owner of the world’s biggest convenience store chain, earlier this year rejected an offer of nearly USD40 billion from Canadian rival Alimentation Couche-Tard. ACT has since sweetened its offer, which if completed would be the biggest foreign takeover of a Japanese company, creating a convenience store behemoth with some 100,000 outlets. (FILES) A woman walks out of a 7-Eleven convenience store along a street in central Tokyo on August 22, 2024. PHOTO: AFP Last week Seven & i said it was studying a counter-offer from its vice president Junro Ito, the founder’s son, and his company Ito-Kogyo, which already has a stake of around eight...

NEW YORK, 19 NOV – Dua puluh lukisan Wyeth daripada harta pusaka salah seorang cucu perempuan pengasas LL Bean akan dilelong hari ini. Koleksi milik Linda Bean itu dianggarkan bernilai lebih daripada AS$3 juta dan merupakan sebahagian daripada lelongan seni Amerika yang lebih besar, yang dianjurkan oleh Bonhams di New York. Koleksi itu termasuk lukisan dan ilustrasi oleh Andrew Wyeth, anaknya, Jamie Wyeth, serta bapanya, ilustrator NC Wyeth. Lelongan itu turut menampilkan lukisan Norman Rockwell bertajuk A Scout is Loyal yang dihasilkan pada tahun 1940, menggambarkan seorang pengakap di hadapan bendera, seekor helang, Abraham Lincoln, dan George Washington. Namun, ia bukan sebahagian daripada koleksi Bean dan ditawarkan oleh seorang pengumpul yang tidak dikenali, di mana lukisan itu dijangka mencapai harga antara AS$3 juta hingga AS$5 juta, menurut jurucakap rumah lelongan tersebut. Bean, yang meninggal dunia pada Mac lalu di usia 82 tahun, merupakan seorang ahli perniagaan, dermawan dan aktivis konservatif...

OSLO (AFP) – Norwegian police said Tuesday that the 27-year-old son of Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit had been arrested on suspicion of rape. Police said in a statement that Marius Borg Hoiby, who was born from a relationship prior to Mette-Marit’s 2001 marriage to Crown Prince Haakon, had been arrested Monday evening. He was suspected of violating the criminal code “which concerns sexual intercourse with someone who is unconscious or for other reasons unable to resist the act”, the statement said. “What police can say about the rape is that it concerns a sexual act without intercourse. The victim is said to have been unable to resist the act,” police said. (FILES) Picture taken on June 16, 2022 in Oslo, Norway, shows Marius Borg Høiby sitting next to his mother Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit. PHOTO: AFP Borg Hoiby was detained on August 4 following a night-time row at a woman’s...

LOS ANGELES, 19 NOV – Christian Pulisic menjaringkan dua gol ketika Amerika Syarikat membelasah Jamaica 4-2 untuk menempah tempat ke separuh akhir Liga Negara CONCACAF kelmarin. Bintang AC Milan itu mempamerkan aksi mempesonakan di Stadium Citypark St. Louis untuk memberikan kemenangan agregat selesa 5-2 kepada pasukan Mauricio Pochettino berikutan kemenangan 1-0 perlawanan pertama mereka di Kingston yang lalu. Penyerang Amerika Syarikat yang sedang meningkat naik, Ricardo Pepi, juga menjaringkan gol lagi tambahan pada perlawanan minggu lalu, disertai dengan jaringan pemain sayap Juventus, Tim Weah. Demarai Grey menjaringkan dua gol pada separuh masa kedua sebagai sagu hati pasukan Reggae Boyz. Pulisic membuka jaringan untuk pasukan tuan rumah pada minit ke-13, menerima hantaran tinggi daripada Weston McKennie di tepi kawasan dan merembat rendah melepasi penjaga gol Jamaica, Andre Blake. Penyerang AC Milan itu kemudian menggandakan pendahuluan AS pada minit 33 selepas serangan balas yang lancar. McKennie menyerang dari sayap kanan,sebelum membuat hantaran...

PARIS (AFP) – Paris authorities are scrambling to halt an ongoing decline in the number of residents in the French capital’s centre which has dropped by around 10,000 every year for the past decade. The city of Paris, limited by the “Peripherique” ringroad, currently counts 2.1 million inhabitants, some 140,000 fewer than in 2013. The surrounding region, called “Ile de France” (Island of France) totals over 12 million. The exodus from what is the European Union’s most densely-populated capital has caused hand-wringing at city hall where the municipal council is preparing to debate a new urban development plan (PLU), submitted by mayor Anne Hidalgo, a Socialist, and her allies. The aim is to raise the quality of living in the capital over the next decade and beyond to stop the exodus of middle-income residents and families, notably by boosting affordable housing, but also by helping residents adapt to the effects...

Oleh Salawati Haji Yahya BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, 18 NOV – Penutupan sementara separuh jalan Lebuhraya Tungku (Fast Lanes bagi kedua-dua hala) akan bermula pada 18 November hingga 30 Disember. Menurut kenyataan Jabatan Kerja Raya (JKR), penutupan sementara itu adalah disebabkan memberi ruang kepada pihak JASTRe untuk melaksanakan kerja-kerja landskap di Lebuh raya Tungku, dan penutupan akan bermula dari pukul 7:30 pagi hingga 5:30 petang, dan 8 malam hingga 5 pagi. Sehubungan itu, pengguna jalan berkenaan dinasihatkan untuk berhati-hati dan mematuhi papan tanda arahan jalan raya serta had kelajuan yang telah ditetapkan. Peta menunjukkan lokasi penutupan sementara separuh jalan Lebuhraya Tungku (Fast Lanes bagi kedua-dua hala). – GAMBAR SERAHAN JKR   Source link

The Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sports (MCYS) has addressed a recent incident involving members of Brunei Darussalam’s national football team during their participation in the ‘FIFA Days’ friendly matches in the Russian Federation, held from November 12 to 18, 2024. A video of the incident has been circulating on social media, prompting the Ministry’s response. In a statement released on Monday, the MCYS expressed serious concern over the incident, emphasising that such behavior tarnishes the image and reputation of Brunei Darussalam, as well as undermines the integrity of its national athletes on the international stage. The Ministry underscored that the responsibility of representing the nation extends beyond performance on the field; it encompasses respect, discipline, ethics, and values that reflect Brunei’s identity as a Malay Islamic Monarchy. FILE – Photo shows Brunei Darussalam and Russia national teams during their international friendly match. PHOTO: NFABD The Ministry referred to a...

GEORGE TOWN, 18 NOV – Lelaki yang mengalami kecederaan dalam pergaduhan dengan seorang warga asing Sabtu lepas, telah selesai menjalani pembedahan mata dan keadaannya stabil. Ketua Polis Pulau Pinang, Datuk Hamzah Ahmad berkata lelaki berumur 52 tahun itu sedang menerima rawatan di Hospital Pulau Pinang, dan mungkin akan mengalami kecacatan kekal akibat kejadian. Beliau berkata berdasarkan siasatan awal, lelaki itu dipercayai mabuk semasa bergaduh akibat perselisihan faham dengan seorang lelaki berumur 28 tahun yang merupakan pemegang kad Suruhanjaya Tinggi Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu bagi Pelarian (UNHCR). “Suspek tiada sebarang rekod lampau.. namun mangsa ada beberapa kes jenayah lampau, dan polis sedang lengkapkan kertas siasatan kes itu, kita akan tuduh lelaki warga asing itu di bawah Seksyen 352 Kanun Keseksaan nanti,” katanya. Beliau berkata demikian ketika ditemui selepas Majlis Serah Terima Tugas Ketua Polis Daerah Timur Laut. Dalam kejadian di Jalan Ara Kuda, Tasek Gelugor, Pulau Pinang kira-kira pukul 2 petang Sabtu lepas, pergaduhan...

SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing has delivered layoff notices to more than 400 members of its professional aerospace labor union, part of thousands of cuts planned as the company struggles to recover from financial and regulatory trouble as well as an eight-week strike by its machinists’ union. The pink slips went out last week to members of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, or SPEEA, The Seattle Times reported. The workers will remain on the payroll through mid-January. Boeing announced in October that it planned to cut 10 per cent of its workforce, about 17,000 jobs, in the coming months. CEO Kelly Ortberg told employees the company must “reset its workforce levels to align with our financial reality.” The Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, or SPEEA, union said the cuts had affected 438 members. The union’s local chapter has 17,000 Boeing employees who are largely based in...