A forgotten 2014 Vocaloid track has become TikTok's most reproducible format of late 2026, and the template economy behind it holds lessons for Southeast Asia's creator sector.
Minister Grace Fu told Parliament that more PM2.5 forecasts would complicate public messaging during haze, defending Singapore's two-indicator air quality system.
UOB's Q3 earnings on 4 November will reveal whether core income is growing again or whether profit still leans on falling provisions. Three metrics decide the answer.
Indonesia's Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin wants WHO members to pay higher mandatory contributions and reprioritise spending as he campaigns to lead the agency.
Trump said he would welcome Michigan Congresswoman Haley Stevens into the GOP after she endorsed Republican Mike Rogers for Senate and was expelled from the Michigan Democratic Party on Sunday.
HBO's The Gilded Age returns November 1, and Yahoo News has paired each character with a zodiac sign, from Aries tycoon George Russell to Pisces architect Larry Russell.
Lewis Hamilton took his first Ferrari pole at the Mexico City Grand Prix, ending a 1,197-day wait, while Kimi Antonelli needs only a ninth-place finish to become F1's youngest champion.
Cardiologists and dietitians surveyed by Yahoo News agree on one prescription for older adults: 150 minutes of weekly exercise, more protein and fiber, and smarter heart screening.
A Yishun couple runs a 12-course omakase pizzeria from their five-room HDB flat, charging S$100 a head while juggling day jobs and HDB home-business rules.
The world's biggest crypto heist exposes the patchy state of digital asset insurance, and why exchange reserves, not policies, will decide who gets made whole.
Patrick Stewart, star of Star Trek and X-Men, has died at 86. A look back at the career of an actor who made steady, principled leadership his signature.
A study by Singapore's SFA and NUS presented at the 48th AMAF meeting projects crop losses of up to 10% during strong El Nino years, with rice most exposed.
Lula's fourth-term win halts Latin America's rightward shift and complicates Trump's renewed Monroe Doctrine, with lessons in non-alignment for ASEAN.
The viral coconut oil ritual has deep roots in the region, but dental experts say the evidence does not support the hype.
Exit polls in Israel's first election since the October 7, 2023 attack show a dead heat between Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot, with record turnout and Arab lists poised as kingmakers.
Competitive eater Zermatt Neo opens his first restaurant, Over, on Tras Street on Oct 28, featuring an 8kg food challenge, local comfort food, and a Jett Barbecue collaboration.
Indonesia's surprise gas export cuts cover less than 2% of Singapore's daily demand, but the 2028 contract expirations and rising resource nationalism pose the real test for the city-state's energy strategy.
All 10 Singapore-based companies served notices under the Transboundary Haze Pollution Act have acknowledged them, with most pledging cooperation as fires burn across Indonesian concessions.
A Yahoo News roundup contrasting celebrities born rich with those raised in poverty doubles as a readable case study on intergenerational wealth and social mobility, with clear parallels for ASEAN economies.
Intestinal permeability is real, but “leaky gut syndrome” is not a recognized diagnosis. Physicians explain what actually damages the gut lining and what the evidence supports.
Thailand's Cabinet has approved the Khlong Wang Tanot reservoir to feed its data centre boom, but protected forest, wild elephants and 654 villagers stand in the way.
Heating oil above $6 a gallon, up from $3.50 a year ago, is hurting Republicans in Maine, New Hampshire and Alaska Senate races on November 3, with voters blaming Trump's Iran war.
Theranos whistleblower Tyler Shultz says Nathan Fielder's documentary left out documented lies to make a more compelling film, and why that matters for due diligence everywhere.
Mingus Reedus escaped conviction in the Olivia Cotter case with an ACD six days before trial. Court records show he was trying to wake her up after she passed out under the influence of drugs.
Kagiso Rabada dismissed Steve Smith as South Africa levelled the series in Gqeberha, setting up a Newlands decider steeped in the history of their 2018 rivalry and the Sandpapergate scandal.
Moderna and Merck say their personalized mRNA vaccine cut melanoma recurrence or death risk by 42% over two years, with implications for Southeast Asia's precision medicine ambitions.
Cottage cheese has returned to global food trends via TikTok and Hailey Bieber, but dietitians say the protein maths, and the sodium, deserve a closer look.
Rita Hayworth's two daughters, Rebecca Welles and Princess Yasmin Aga Khan, took sharply different paths: one left fame behind, the other built an $86 million Alzheimer's advocacy machine.
President Prabowo Subianto accused MSCI of trying to intimidate Indonesia after the index provider's downgrade warning triggered a record stock market rout in Jakarta.
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