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Hong Kong singer Eason Chan was performing a dance routine at one of his concerts in Wuhan, China, when he injured his back.

Hong Kong media HK01 reported that the 49-year-old was seen clutching his back with teary eyes during the concert on May 5.

At the end of the show, he said: "I couldn't dance and be wild today and could only sing a few more songs.

"I couldn't dance because of my back pain and as a result, I sang more songs and received unexpected happiness.".

President Tharman and Malaysia's King highlight shared cultural heritage as neighbouring countries.

Beyond economic co-operation, Singapore and Malaysia have a shared cultural heritage that should be celebrated and renewed by the next generation, said President Tharman Shanmugaratnam.

'It's a painful loss': Ponggol Seafood shutters after more than 50 years due to high rental and operating costs.

'There's no such thing as child seat': PHV driver baffled at customer's response when told toddler needs child seat.

A new incarnation of The Crown is being considered.

"If they can repeat that pattern by delivering prequels in a short­er form, they bel­ieve they may have come up with a winning formula for a new incarnation of The Crown.".

During an interview with the Metro newspaper, he said: "It was resisting the temptation to slant one way or another.

People who do good things can be unpleasant, people who are nice can be evil, people who do terrible things can do good things.

Rihanna was forced to miss this year's Met Gala due to illness.

The Umbrella hitmaker had been expecting to attend, and even gave some hints about what to expect from her outfit.

"We wanna play with that, but I have no idea what I'm gonna do with that.".

Asked about her fashion regrets, she told British Vogue: "I had my nipples out, I had my panties out.

A greeting event at a screening of The Roundup: Punishment was cancelled for a bizarre reason in Hongdae, Seoul, recently.

"We didn't receive a proper apology, and they even joked that the elevator couldn't move because actor Ma Dong-seok (also known as Don Lee) was heavy," they added.

The cast also includes Park Ji-hwan, Lee Dong-hwi, Lee Beom-soo and Kim Min-jae.

The Roundup: Punishment is currently showing in Singapore cinemas.

RAFAH, Gaza Strip/CAIRO — The Israeli military seized control of the Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt on Tuesday (May 7) and its tanks pushed into the southern Gazan town of Rafah after a night of air strikes on the Palestinian enclave.

Amid international concern over the plight of civilians crammed into Rafah, Israeli tanks and planes attacked several areas and houses there overnight.

Rafah crossing closed.

A Gaza border authority spokesperson told Reuters the Rafah crossing, a vital route for aid into the devastated enclave, was closed because of the presence of Israeli tanks.

Nintendo did not offer further details on new hardware, saying that there would be no disclosure at its Nintendo Direct presentation in June.

Nintendo last year sold 15.7 million units of the hybrid home-portable device, which launched in March 2017.

Nintendo lifted its full-year forecast to 15.5 million units in February.

The company has made incremental changes to its Switch devices, with sales of the OLED model growing year-on-year even as broader hardware sales continued their annual decline.

A Chinese fighter jet endangered an Australian military helicopter during an unsafe and unacceptable confrontation over the Yellow Sea, Australia said on Monday.

The Australian public expected an explanation from China about the incident, and Australia had made "very strong representations at every level to China", he added.

In 2022, Australia protested after a Chinese navy vessel pointed a laser at an Australian military aircraft close to Australia's northern coast.

China claims sovereignty over much of the South China Sea, a conduit for more than US$3 trillion (S$4 trillion) of annual ship-borne commerce, including parts claimed by the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.

PHNOM PENH/HANOI — Cambodia plans to cut shipping through Vietnamese ports by 70 per cent as a result of a US$1.7 billion (S$2.29 billion) China-funded upgrade of a canal connecting the Mekong River basin to the Cambodian coast, the country's deputy prime minister told Reuters.

The project, to be completed by 2028, has the potential to reignite tensions between Cambodia and Vietnam, which are close partners but have often clashed.

If requested, Cambodia would provide additional information with the MRC, but had no legal obligation to do so, he said.

Sun Chanthol said speculation that the canal could be used by China for military purposes was "absolutely untrue".

The jackpot for the upcoming Toto draw on Thursday (May 9) has snowballed to an estimated $10 million, after the previous three draws saw no Group 1 winners.

The prize money snowballed from $1.2 million to $2.9 million to $5.8 million, according to the Singapore Pools website.

The Group 2 prize for the latest draw on Monday was split into four winning shares, with each winner taking home over $154,000.

A snaking queue of eager punters had formed then at one Singapore Pools outlet in Jurong West.