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What to expect at the HAN @ Katong-Joo Chiat launch festival.

To celebrate the Katong-Joo Chiat neighbourhood's heritage, the two-day launch festival offers a curated line-up of programmes and activities by over 20 festival partners.

Kia has finally revealed the name of its long awaited pickup truck.

The Tasman name was initially proposed by Kia Australia, and was ultimately chosen due its connection to Tasmania, the island of inspiration, alongside the Tasman Sea.

The Tasman name is said to capture the spirit of adventure and reflect the nature of the upcoming pickup truck.

The Tasman marks Kia's first step into the global C-segment pickup truck market.

Rihanna's new album could be a family affair as she may get her sons to join her on a song.

Asked if her sons will feature on her new album, she told Entertainment Tonight: "It's up to them.

The 36-year-old singer initially struggled with knowing how to dress her sons but soon found "the biggest hack" — mimicking the outfits worn by her partner.

"It's really fun, it's cute to see my kids wear stuff that… I made and designed.

Atalanta had stunned the Premier League club 3-0 in the first leg of their quarter-final last week at Anfield, levelling another huge blow to Liverpool's dreams of a fairytale ending in manager Juergen Klopp's final season.

"We now have one competition left (Premier League) and we will throw ourselves into that completely.".

"Last week we were very poor and they had a good game," Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk told TNT Sports.

Liverpool, who won the League Cup earlier this season, now turn their attention back to the Premier League.

WASHINGTON — Israeli missiles have hit a site in Iran, ABC News reported late on Thursday (April 18), citing a US official, while Iranian state media reported an explosion in the centre of the country, days after Iran launched a retaliatory drone strike on Israel.

Israel had said it would retaliate against Iran's weekend attack, which involved hundreds of drones and missiles in retaliation for a suspected Israeli strike on its embassy compound in Syria.

Oil prices jumped on the reports of the Israeli strike.

Israel's assault on Gaza began after Palestinian Islamist group Hamas attacked Israel on Oct 7, killing 1,200, according to Israeli tallies.

Shinee's Onew will be a guest performer and awards presenter at the upcoming Star Awards 2024, and fans are excited to see him again.

"Through this break, I've learned that sometimes I should let go a little.

When it comes to visiting Singapore, Onew said that he is looking forward to visiting the Merlion Park because it's a "symbol" of the country as well as trying crab dishes.

Star Awards 2024 will be telecast live on Channel 8, Channel U, mewatch and the Mediacorp Entertainment YouTube Channel on April 21.

"To avert imminent famine, and further preventable deaths from disease, we need a quantum leap in humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza.

The US State Department said on April 18 there had been "some measurable progress" on getting aid into Gaza.

Israel is retaliating against Hamas in Gaza over an Oct 7 attack on southern Israel led by the militant group.

"The amount of time, effort, and resources poured into Gaza, makes it seem as if the rest of the world is a pure utopia.

LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will look at tightening the rules for long-term sick leave in a bid to reverse a rise in the number of Britons who have permanently dropped out of the workforce.

Some 9.4 million Britons aged 16 to 64 — 22 per cent of that age group — are neither working nor unemployed, up from 8.55 million just before the pandemic, according to official data.

Over half of the long-term sick reported suffering from "depression, bad nerves or anxiety", although many said it was a secondary condition alongside their main health problem.

"We don't just need to change the sick note, we need to change the sick note culture so the default becomes what work you can do — not what you can't," he said.

WASHINGTON — The US Congress moved closer on Thursday (April 18) to ending a months-long stalemate and voting on legislation to provide billions of dollars in security assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, despite bitter debate over the measure ahead of a weekend vote.

More than two months after the Democratic-led Senate approved a US$95 billion (S$129 billion) package of security assistance for Ukraine, Israel and US partners in the Indo-Pacific, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday unveiled House bills providing the assistance.

The hardline House Freedom Caucus came out against the security package on Thursday.

The Senate passed its security assistance package in February with strong 70 per cent bipartisan support, from both Democrats and Republicans, after rejecting a bipartisan border security bill.

Nashville, Tennessee — Chinese government-linked hackers have burrowed into US critical infrastructure and are waiting "for just the right moment to deal a devastating blow," FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Thursday (April 18).

Earlier this week, a Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson said Volt Typhoon was in fact unrelated to China's government, but is part of a criminal ransomware group.

Wray said China's hackers operated a series of botnets — constellations of compromised personal computers and servers around the globe - to conceal their malicious cyber activities.

Private sector American technology and cybersecurity companies previously attributed Volt Typhoon to China, including reports by security researchers with Microsoft and Google.