Posts by Nathan Pine
Doc On Viral Sensation Ghetto Kids & Founder Kavuma Dauda Set For YouTube Next Month
EXCLUSIVE: A new YouTube doc will tell the remarkable true story of Ghetto Kids founder Kavuma Dauda and his global viral hit dance troupe, who went from surviving on the streets of Uganda to the 2022 Qatar World Cup and Britain’s Got Talent. Produced by Toy Green, Ghetto Kids: No Plan B will launch July…
Read MoreLicensed digital token service providers to mainly serve Singapore-based customers: MAS
The bar for licensing is high and it will generally not issue one, the regulator notes [SINGAPORE] Digital token service providers (DTSP) will not be able to serve only overseas customers, said the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Friday (Jun 6). The regulator has clarified the scope of the new DTSP regulations, saying that…
Read MoreDigital token service providers need licence to solely serve overseas customers: MAS
[SINGAPORE] Digital token service providers (DTSP) will need a licence to serve overseas customers only, said the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Friday (Jun 6). The regulator has clarified the scope of the new DTSP regulations, saying that the risks of money laundering are higher in such business models and if most of their…
Read MoreUS ally intercepts Chinese naval fleet crossing near territory
China has deployed naval vessels beyond an island chain in the Western Pacific—a strategic barrier to contain its forces—passing through waterways near Japan, a close United States ally. Newsweek has reached out to the Chinese Defense Ministry for comment by email. Why It Matters Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines form the First Island Chain—an arc…
Read MorePrime Video Goes Big On UK True Crime With Docs About Shannon Matthews, Tinder Predator & Orkney Assassin
EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video has been on a true crime doc spree, acquiring a trio of documentaries from Firecrest Films on Shannon Matthews, the Orkney assassin and a Tinder predator. The Orkney Assassin will drop on Sunday followed later this year by The Hunt for Shannon Matthews and Hunting the Tinder Predator. The 90-minute feature about…
Read MoreJapan curry shops see record bankruptcies as rice prices soar
Thirteen curry shops with more than 10 million yen (S$89,345) in debt filed for bankruptcy in the year ending in March Published Fri, Jun 6, 2025 · 03:27 PM [TOKYO] A record number of curry shops in Japan went out of business in the past year, as purveyors of one of the country’s most beloved…
Read MoreFilmin Buys Series Mania Breakout ‘Putain’ From Panenka For Iberia
EXCLUSIVE: Following its international debut at Series Mania, gritty Belgian drama series Putain has landed homes in Spain and Portugal. Panenka has shopped the show to streamer Filmin in both territories, and is close to several other deals. This comes after Putain launched in French-speaking Belgium on Proximys Pickx and ahead of its debut on…
Read MoreElon Musk’s daughter reacts to Trump fallout
By Alia Shoaib is a freelance news reporter for Newsweek based between London, UK and Abuja, Nigeria. She primarily reports on U.S. politics and current affairs. Alia joined Newsweek in 2024 from Business Insider, where she reported extensively on U.S. politics, far-right extremism, the war in Ukraine and other global events. She is a graduate…
Read MoreContainer shipping rates soar, impact on shippers outside China felt
[SINGAPORE] Sea cargo rates have surged, with those for the voyage from Shanghai to the US particularly steep, fuelled by pent-up demand and front-loading as shippers rush to beat the US-China trade truce expiry. However, the uncertainty on where the market heads from here has been flagged by analysts, given that new capacity has been…
Read MoreGold could test US$4,000 an ounce amid fiscal fears, escalating trade tensions: market watchers
[SINGAPORE] While gold has cemented itself above US$3,000 an ounce in 2025 amid trade uncertainty and US fiscal fears, a bullish forecast could see US$4,000 an ounce within a year’s time, said market watchers. In Asian trading on Friday (Jun 6), spot gold was trading around US$3,371 an ounce as at 12.19 pm, up 29…
Read More‘Ballerina’ Dancing To Around $3.5M+ In Previews – Box Office
EXCLUSIVE: Sources tell us tonight that the John Wick spinoff, Ballerina, is looking to do around $3.5M-$4M in previews. That’s all in, including Wednesday fan screenings which started at 7PM as well as Thursday showtimes which began at 6PM. The hope is that the $80M-$90M Lionsgate production gets to north of $30M, which as we…
Read MoreCordlife collection rates have not recovered to pre-incident levels, but resumption of Singapore operations are ‘encouraging’
[SINGAPORE] Cordlife said that the full resumption of its Singapore operations is an “encouraging step” in restoring client confidence and regaining operational momentum, even though collection rates remain below average levels from before a storage lapse in December 2023. The cord blood bank resumed operations earlier this year after the Ministry of Health (MOH) renewed…
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