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Entertainment

Nvidia Is Buying Hugging Face for $12.93 Billion — But the Real Prize May Be Bigger Than AI Chips

Nvidia has agreed to acquire Hugging Face for $12.93 billion, putting one of the world’s most important open-AI platforms under the control of the company that already dominates the hardware powering the artificial intelligence boom. But this deal is about much more than buying another AI company. For Nvidia, Hugging Face could become something even more strategically valuable: a gateway to millions of developers building the next generation of artificial intelligence — at exactly the moment s

September 3, 2026

Business

Singapore’s 50 Richest Hold $303.5 Billion — But Tech Fortunes Are Taking a Hit

Singapore’s wealthiest tycoons are proving surprisingly resilient despite a tougher year for technology stocks. The combined fortune of Singapore’s 50 richest people and families remained virtually unchanged at S$303.5 billion (US$239 billion) in Forbes’ 2026 ranking, even as several major tech fortunes suffered sharp declines. The list was released this week, with wealth calculated using stock prices and exchange rates as of August 14, 2026. But beneath that headline figure is a major shift i

September 3, 2026

Philippines

Tony Yang Faces Fresh Senate Scrutiny Over Citizenship Claims — But the Sanjia Steel Connection Raises Even Bigger Questions

MANILA, Philippines — Controversial businessman Tony Yang is once again at the center of a Senate inquiry, with lawmakers examining questions surrounding his claimed Philippine citizenship and his links to the company behind the controversial Sanjia Steel operation in Misamis Oriental. The renewed scrutiny comes as authorities continue investigating the steel facility and the people connected to it, putting Yang’s disputed identity and business dealings back under the national spotlight. Yang,

September 3, 2026

Asia

Singapore’s New Food Safety Grades Are Changing the Restaurant Game — Why F&B Operators Can’t Just Prepare for Annual Inspections Anymore

Singapore’s food and beverage industry is facing a major shift in how food safety performance is judged, with operators now expected to maintain hygiene standards consistently rather than simply prepare for an annual inspection. The change comes under the Singapore Food Agency’s (SFA) Safety Assurance for Food Establishments (SAFE) framework, which took effect on January 19, 2026 and replaced the decades-old A-to-D grading system based largely on annual “snapshot” assessments. From one inspec

September 3, 2026

Philippines

BFP Chief Sacked Over ₱14.7-M Alleged Payoffs — But the Bigger Question Is How a ₱485-M Ambulance Deal Got This Far

MANILA, Philippines — A procurement deal meant to strengthen the country’s emergency response system has instead become the center of a major corruption case, after the Office of the Ombudsman dismissed Bureau of Fire Protection official Jesus Fernandez from government service and filed graft and bribery charges against him over the procurement of 132 ambulances worth roughly ₱485 million. The Ombudsman said Fernandez allegedly received a total of ₱14.752 million in cash from a representative c

September 3, 2026

Entertainment

Thailand’s ‘Jurassic Park’ Is Revealing Dinosaur Secrets — And Scientists Say The Biggest Discoveries May Still Be Buried

KHON KAEN, Thailand — Thailand is becoming an unexpected center of dinosaur research, as paleontologists uncover fossils that are filling crucial gaps in the evolutionary history of dinosaurs in Southeast Asia. Across the country’s northeastern provinces, particularly Khon Kaen, Kalasin and Chaiyaphum, scientists have identified an extraordinary concentration of dinosaur remains. The discoveries are providing new clues about animals that lived tens of millions of years ago — including giant lon

September 3, 2026

Entertainment

Masai Russell Breaks the World Record — Now She Says Sub-12 Seconds Could Be Next

Masai Russell has already conquered the Olympic Games and now owns the world record in the women’s 100m hurdles. But the American star believes her historic 12.09-second run may only be the beginning. The reigning Olympic champion stunned the athletics world at the Zurich Diamond League on August 27, powering over the hurdles in 12.09 seconds to erase Nigerian Tobi Amusan’s four-year-old world record of 12.12. Russell lowered the official world record by three hundredths of a second, doing it

September 3, 2026

Business

Asia’s Wealthiest Families Are Bringing “Love” Into the Boardroom — And It Could Change How Family Offices Invest

SINGAPORE — For Asia’s wealthiest families, the future of money may no longer be measured only by returns, assets and business growth. A growing conversation among family-office leaders is putting something far less traditional at the center of wealth management: empathy, trust and purpose. That is the provocative idea behind At One Impact Week 2026 in Singapore, where business leaders, family-office principals and institutional investors are gathering to explore the concept of “love as infras

September 3, 2026

Entertainment

Bradley Barcola Is Ready for Liverpool — But Iraola’s Biggest Problem Isn’t His £123M Signing

LIVERPOOL, England — Liverpool finally have their blockbuster attacking reinforcement. Now Andoni Iraola needs something even more important: a Premier League victory. Bradley Barcola is in contention to make his Liverpool debut when the Reds travel to face newly promoted Ipswich Town at Portman Road on Friday, September 4, with Iraola hoping the France international can provide fresh attacking energy after a frustrating winless start to the season. Liverpool have opened their 2026-27 Premier

September 3, 2026

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Japan’s next energy strategy may have to focus on pricing — not just supply

Japan has already learned that simply having enough electricity-generation capacity does not necessarily protect consumers from high prices. In May, the Japanese government said the country was expected to have sufficient electricity supply for the 2026 summer peak, with no nationwide conservation request planned. However, the projected reserve margin for the Tokyo area was only 3.5% during the first half of August — close to the government's minimum buffer of 3%. That illustrates the broader

September 3, 2026