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1. UK PM Starmer launches TikTok account despite government ban

   Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer launched a TikTok account on Monday despite the app being banned from government devices, as he attempts to connect to younger voters. A spokesman for his office said “security mitigations” were in place to operate the Prime Minister’s account. “TikTok, follow me,” Starmer said in the first video posted on the account, which showed him with his wife at the...

2. Louvre trade unions call for strike to demand renovations, better conditions

   Trade unions at the Louvre Museum called on Monday for a rolling strike next week to demand urgent renovations and better working conditions, piling more bad news on the beleaguered Paris institution. The announcement came a day after the world’s most visited museum admitted to a major leak in late November and nearly two months after an embarrassing robbery in which French crown jewels were...

3. Ant International signs WNBA star Sabrina Ionescu as brand ambassador

   Ant International, the Singapore-based affiliate of Chinese fintech giant Ant Group, has named US basketball star Sabrina Ionescu as its global brand ambassador in a fresh partnership between sports and tech. The four-time all-star in the US Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) was chosen as part of an effort to expand access to financial tools via innovative technology, the digital...

4. Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘One Battle After Another’ leads Golden Globes with 9 nods

   Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another scored a leading nine nominations to the 83rd Golden Globe Awards on Monday, adding to the Oscar favourite’s momentum and handing Warner Bros a victory amid Netflix’s acquisition deal. In nominations announced from Beverly Hills, California, One Battle After Another landed nominations for its cast – Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Sean Penn and...

5. New mpox strain found in UK after travel to Asia

   The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Monday it had identified a new strain of the mpox virus in England in a person who had recently travelled to Asia. “Our genomic testing has enabled us to detect this new mpox strain,” said Katy Sinka from the UKHSA, a government agency responsible for preventing and controlling the spread of infectious diseases. The agency said it would continue to...

6. Paramount counters Netflix with US$108.4 billion bid for Warner Bros

   Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile bid worth US$108.4 billion for Warner Bros Discovery, in a last-ditch effort to outbid Netflix and create a media powerhouse that would challenge the dominance of the streaming giant. Netflix had emerged victorious on Friday from a weeks-long bidding war with Paramount and Comcast, securing a US$72 billion equity deal for Warner Bros Discovery’s...

7. Powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes Japan’s northeast

   A powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake shook northeastern Japan late on Monday, prompting orders for about 90,000 residents to evacuate and tsunami warnings that hours later were downgraded to advisories. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said a tsunami as high as three metres (10 feet) could hit Japan’s northeastern coast after the earthquake struck at 11.15pm local time. Tsunami warnings were...

8. AI spending helps save global economy under threat of trade war, IMF director says

   The world economy has shown resilience despite US trade wars with its major trading partners, thanks in part to strong investment in artificial intelligence, according to an International Monetary Fund (IMF) director. “The global economy remained resilient after the rising tariffs” partly as “the inflationary impact of higher tariffs has been relatively muted, against all odds”, said Jihad...

9. Chinese court orders Malaysia Airlines to pay families of 8 MH370 victims

   A Chinese court has ordered Malaysia Airlines to pay over 2.9 million yuan (US$410,240) per victim to family members who filed suit over missing flight MH370, 11 years after it disappeared over the Indian Ocean, state broadcaster CCTV said on Monday. The order, issued on Friday by the Chaoyang District People’s Court in Beijing, covers eight missing passengers. It is the first formal...

10. Chinese team reports way to extract hypersonic weapon fuel boron from seawater

    Scientists from Northwest A&F University in China have developed an innovative technology to extract and collect boron from seawater. Boron is a lightweight element used as solid fuel in scramjet engines on some advanced Chinese hypersonic weapons. Neodymium-iron-boron rare earth magnets – used extensively in industrial and military applications – have drawn particular attention amid ongoing...