CHICAGO: NATO leaders launched Sunday the first phase of a US-led missile shield for Europe and sought to appease Russian anger over the system by renewing an invitation to cooperate. President Barack Obama and his allies declared an “interim capability” at a Chicago summit, putting a US warship carrying interceptors in the Mediterranean and a ...

SINGAPORE: A new study has placed National Service (NS) as a key indicator of integration for foreigners. The report by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) seeks to examine what immigrants ought to do in order to be regarded as a full participating member of Singapore society. The study covered some 2,000 local and foreign-born ...

PARIS: Massive extraction of groundwater can resolve a puzzle over a rise in sea levels in past decades, scientists in Japan said on Sunday. Global sea levels rose by an average of 1.8 millimetres (0.07 inches) per year from 1961-2003, according to data from tide gauges. But the big question is how much of this ...

LONDON: Robin Gibb, singer with legendary British band the Bee Gees whose disco hits defined an era, has died at the age of 62 after a lengthy battle with cancer. “The family of Robin Gibb, of the Bee Gees, announce with great sadness that Robin passed away today following his long battle with cancer and ...

PELAKON jelita, Shiqin Kamal, 21, takut menunggang motosikal kerana kenderaan itu tidak berdinding dan beratap. Pengalaman menunggang kenderaan itu bersama abangnya membuatkan Shiqin nekad tidak mahu menunggangnya lagi namun dia terpaksa membuang rasa ketakutan itu jauh-jauh selepas mendapat tawaran berlakon filem Mantera terbitan Flare Studios Sdn Bhd. Filem arahan pengarah …

LUPAKAN sebentar Adele kerana ada juga artis lain yang cuba mencuri tumpuan peminat di persada antarabangsa. Nama Pixie Lott mungkin tidak sehebat Adele mahupun Beyonce, namun Pixie semakin mengukir kejayaan cemerlang bukan saja sebagai penyanyi malah komposer dan penulis lirik. Masih terngiang-ngiang alunan vokal bersahaja Pixie dalam lagu Mama Do yang mengangkat namanya …

Hip Fragmen: Kenapa Sharifah Aini gagal tembusi DFP, IB? Oleh Zainuri Misfarzainuri@bharia n.com.my2012/05/21 Konsert Sharifah Aini yang diadakan di RTM, Angkasapuri, baru-baru ini. HARI ini seorang lagi penyanyi muda, Najwa Mahaidin membuktikan kehebatan bakatnya di pentas eksklusif iaitu Dewan Filharmonik Petronas (DFP), KLCC. Minggu lalu, di pentas yang sama menyaksikan …

SINGAPORE: After months of business bootcamps, networking events and mentoring sessions, Start-Up@Singapore&# 8217;s finest teams have finally pitched their way toward start-up success. Start-up@Singapore said 275 teams submitted their business plans, a record in its 13-year history. Pioneering this year is the social enterprise or co-operative category. Director of NUS …

SINGAPORE: Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Chan Chun Sing said there are two levels of argument that Singaporeans need to tackle on the immigration issue. He said that one focus would be on challenges faced and the other would be on the emotional responses to the issue. Mr Chan and REACH Chairman ...

WASHINGTON: World leaders will huddle at Camp David Friday with the focus on Greece as it stumbles toward an unprecedented eurozone exit that holds wildly uncertain repercussions for the global economy. Leaders from the Group of Eight industrialised nations will gather at the history-imbued US presidential retreat near Washington for a two-day summit, with the ...