The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. This week’s issue is written by Damien Caverich711, who opened the Australia bureau in 2017. Nearly eight years ago, as I opened a new Australia bureau for The New York Times, I
This weekpera play, my colleague Rory Smith used his soccer expertise to look at the sport’s contribution to fashion. Specifically, he reported that vintage soccer jerseys have become popular street wear and that buying and selling them has turned i
Veteran Singaporean actor and radio DJ Marcus Chin suffered a heart attack on Monday morning (Oct 7) and is now recovering after a coronary stenting procedure. The 71-year-old had been filming a short video with fellow actor Mark Lee at Mediacorp Ca
During last month’s presidential debate, Hasan Piker appeared in the corner of the screen on his Twitch channel. With the debate playing live behind him, he interjected sporadically. “Boo, you suck,” he hollered when Vice President Kamala Harris ans
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. When Ben Mullin was a junior at California State University, Chico, he spent most of his time in the tiny basement of a
The vice-presidential debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz drew 43.1 million viewers on Tuesday night, significantly fewer than the face-off between the vice-presidential candidates in 2020, according to Nielsen. The debate in 2020, between Kamala H
LONDON: For the past year, the Biden administration has struggled to prevent a regional war in the Middle East, fearing that it might draw in the United States or wreak havoc on the world economy. This policy is now very close to failing. For the se
Veteran Singaporean actor and radio DJ Marcus Chin suffered a heart attack on Monday morning (Oct 7) and is now recovering after an emergency coronary artery bypass surgery. bet88 The 71-year-old had been filming a short video with fellow actor Mark
JOHOR: Malaysia’s southernmost state is fast emerging as a data centre hotspot in Southeast Asia, with cheap energy and an abundance of water and land drawing operators to set up shop there. This rapid growth has been fuelled by the world’s growing
SINGAPORE: China’s persistent economic woes have continued into its peak national holiday season this year, with price cuts and weak demand eating into sales of popular luxury items like hairy crabs and Moutai liquor. The spending slump among Chines
